Food Planning
I haven’t exactly been a good boy with respect to my diet, level of exercise, and plan to reach 80 kg. I have terrible memories of sixteen-ounce servings of medium-rare prime rib, Mexican lunches, and more wisdom-tooth-soothing milkshakes than I care to admit. Nonetheless, it has all begun again, and I’m back in the dietary saddle.
Before embarking on my diet and exercise regimen again, I decided to plan out a bit exactly where I’m trying to go. With that idea in mind, I sketched out the following dietary plan which I will term The Five Year Plan in a tip of my hat to the Russian government:
Phase One: Weight Loss
- Week 1. 1500-calorie “hard ceiling”. I’m not allowed to go over this amount at all. Hacker’s Diet exercise plan every morning. At least thirty minutes of cardiovascular work (walking or biking) every day.
- Week 2 until I weight 80 kg. 1200-calorie “hard ceiling”. Again, I’m not allowed to go over this amount for any reason. Hacker’s Diet exercise plan every morning. At least thirty minutes of cardiovascular work (walking or biking) every day.
Phase Two: Weight Maintenance
I must maintain 80 kg with a hard ceiling of 85 kg for at least six months. This is done to build the habit of healthy eating. I’m not sure how much exercise will take, but I must continue the Hacker’s Diet exercise plan at whatever rung feels best no matter what. Weighing 80 kg means nothing if I still wheeze after walking up a flight of stairs.
Phase Three: Vegetarianism
For a long time now I’ve realized that if I had to kill my own meat, I wouldn’t eat meat, and it’s time that I stop letting the capitalist division of labor do my dirty work for me. I have no desire to become vegan because I have no ethical problems with dairy, and I’m still undecided about eggs.
Please don’t think that I have a problem with anyone else eating meat. I could care less really. This is purely an exercise in reflecting my personal worldview by my own choices.
Phase Four: Natural Foods
Once I have succeeded in committing vegetarianism to my dietary landscape. I will adopt a policy in which I try to eat only foods that I understand. If there’s a chemical on my food box that I can’t pronounce, then I’ll politely put the box in question back on the shelf. I understand fully that this will mean giving up soda of all types. I’ll also try to favor whole foods over processed ones. This will of course mean doing almost all of my cooking at home since nearly everything I could eat outside my home will be processed. This phase is far less rigid than the others.
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