I didn't say the diets are BS. The BS is that people think "going on a diet" is the way to health and happiness. They obsess about the rules these diets have (eat this, don't eat that, eat at this time etc.), thinking that is the way to lose weight. Trust me I could easily get overweight by eating Paleo and Med.

But now that you mention it, Paleo BS: grains are bad, legumes are bad, carbs are bad. Paleo is like a religion and it's cross-fitting followers are obsessed with the rules. Don't get me wrong, the general idea of Paleo is good but people need to feel like it's ok to break the rules and they will be just fine. My normal diet is pretty close to Paleo but I have not been inducted into the church. I live in Boulder and half the population lives gluten free despite not having the slightest trace of celiac disease. Gluten is awesome and gives me power. The Paleo church expelled me due to my gluten habits.


because they are lazy and eat too much

Deep fried Mars bars

I can't believe no one mentioned Peanut M&M's. They are my kryptonite.

First off, the point has been made before. ("Twinkie Diet" wasn't it?) Portion control, we get it.

Second, how's the nutritional value of that junk you're eating? I'm not exactly one to count macro- or micro-nutrients, but all that processed food is crap, at best.

Lastly, hunger isn't much fun, so while it's true that the math doesn't change, why fault people for looking for ways to make it less painful?

I believe that you have mentioned on your blog that you own your metabolic cart. If so ot would be cool if you did some ramp tests showing showing your RER at a range of wattage and/or running speed. You could do a baseline now off of your normal diet and then a test at the end of the experiment. If you're willing, test at the concclusion of each cheat food. It would definitely be interesting to see.

plus your jealous of their willpower so you handle it by trying to troll anyone that cares about their health with this amazing experiment where you arent going to gain weight training of an ironman

in addition maybe show us maybe you can gain real muscle mass instead of focus on body weight

and how your performance is effected for high energy events like olympic tri, 5k etc, instead of long shuffle jog finisher events.

I don't think I'll be gaining muscle. Hopefully maintaining overall, maybe losing some upper body muscle which I'm ok with. I use a withings scale which does measure body fat. It's affected a bit by hydration status, but if we take the starting and ending readings over a few days we'll get an approximate idea of muscle retention. My withings scale with the way it's set up tracks within about 1% of a hydrostatic test for me.

well the important thing is how much useful muscle you have . watts/kg is a good ratio predictor of that.

and peanut butter M&M's - I'm going to have to work these in somehow. Maybe as a topping to the milkshakes

WHAT???? I had to google that... looks pretty amazing but there is a severe shortage of mars bars in the USA and I have no deep fryer. Do you make these yourself or is there somewhere you can get them served up?

I don't expect many blood sugar spikes during the burger phase, but of course during the milkshake and donut phases this will be inevitable... mmm donuts

Is the hypothesis that only calories matter and the macro and micro nutrient composition of your food is irrelevant? That's a pretty radical hypothesis!

Nice. Periodisation. Looking forward to seeing what's going to go down during your race phase.

Here is the tentative schedule:

• 78-77kg: burgers
• 77-76kg: pizza
• 76-75kg: milkshakes / ice cream
• 75-74kg: beer
• 74-73kg: pancakes, donuts and cake

The one caveat to the schedule above, is that I have a ski trip planned at the end of March. I think beer is going to be the easiest to fit in with that, since I don’t have to work, or drive anywhere. So I may well adjust that, depending on how the progress goes.

All of this is just lame ass excuse for being weak. First of all, the Ultraman Hawaii guys are debating revoking your Ultramanhoodcard on account of not manning up and including the Macca appoved cabbage and water plan (you do realize that cows get fat eating nothing but grass.....so you're really avoiding the cabbage cause you don't want to turn into the size of a small cow)!!!!

maybe I will include the cabbage for going sub 70kg, with a treat allowance of sauerkraut