My Diet
Posted by Chris on August 27, 2009
I want to give as much information surrounding my polyphasic sleep experiment as possible. Diet seems to be a hot topic around the sleep blogs. Some say it helps to be vegan/vegetarian. Others Say the extended waking Hours require more calories.
Well here is my current Diet that I've been on and stick to pretty generally.
Supplements i take:
B complex:
Schiff Super Vitamin B Complex, 120 Tablets
Omega3 Flax caps:
Optimum Flaxseed Oil Softgels, 1000mg/100 Softgels
Multivitamin:
Nature's Best Multi Pak, 30 Packets
Protein Powder:
CytoSport Muscle Milk Light, 1.65 Lbs., Chocolate Milk
Fat Burner:
I used to take Lipo6x but I stopped for this experiment since it has caffeine and other stimulants in it.
Nutrex Lipo 6x, 120 Multi-Phase Capsules
I also used to take a pre-workout supplement, but I stopped taking that for the experiment as well. Although I plan on resuming it once I feel normal and adapted
Gaspari Nutrition SuperPump250, 800 Grams, Refreshing Orange
As you can see I've done my homework and I've been keeping in shape for many years. I will be able to tell how my body reacts to the changes in sleep and whether or not I need to make any dietary adjustments.
Breakfast:
For breakfast I usually have either 2 eggs and some toast or oatmeal with a scoop of protein powder and milk. Sometimes I'll have some turkey bacon with my eggs. It just depends on my Mood. Basically my diet is #1 calorie restricted and #2 low carb and high protein. I have Body goals I'm following in addition to the Polyphasic Sleep experiment.
Lunch:
For lunch I usually have a tuna sandwich or some kind of chicken/rice combination. Anything whole food high in protein will do.
Dinner:
Dinner is pretty much the same as Lunch. I try to eat chicken, fish or Low fat red meat and lots of vegetables.
Snacks:
Any good diet has lots of snacks through out the day. I usually stick with baby carrots, almonds, various fruits or fat free cottage cheese mixes.
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Interesting that your diet seems to be low in fat and carbs, which really isn’t healthy. Too much lean protein will lead to rabbit starvation.
Also toast, oatmeal and rice don’t sound very low-carb.
Just curious…
Basically I try to get 1g of protein per lb of lean body mass. So in my case thats around 180g of protein. Now since I’m on a cut(calorie restricted diet) I try to stay below 2500 calories. More like 2000 or so. Fat and carbs are very calorie dense. So foods that have a high fat/carb to protein ratio just don’t work. Also low carb doesn’t mean no carb. I’m not on adkins or a Keto diet. Oatmeal, especially the steel cut kind, is made up of complex whole food carbs. The toast i mentioned would be whole wheat. And i usually have most of my carbs in the morning to get my body going. At the end of the day it all somehow adds up right. In the near future i may add a full day example of my diet and macro nutrition.