BigYellowLemon
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Hello all. I think I'd make a log of my daily life. I've always wanted to keep a diary but never had the will, but a log is similar but more stimulating. It'll help me keep track of what I do/take/eat and how I feel.
Right now I'm on day 2 of my PUFA depletion experiment. I am basically consuming soda, candy, rice, sweet potatoes, and broccoli, filling the micronutrient blanks with supplements. In fact most of my micronutrients come from pills and powders, lol. Considering I will be moving soon, I thought it'd be wise to guarantee myself a secure supply of nutrients, rather than be at the mercy of my parents and extended family. After I get my first paycheck I'll be able to get a decent diet but not right now.
I'd rather not be eating rice or sweet potatoes, but I can't eat normal potatoes right now because they are a nightshade. And I'd rather be eating skimmed dairy than mineral powder. Removing these two food groups has eliminated my life-long dandruff, or at least it's absence has coincided with the removal of these food groups.
I feel good so far. I guess I'm not at zero fat yet, I had some spam and bologna of all things today. I'm mostly eating sucrose or invert sugar, but I have some glucose powder and starch's to balance things out a bit.
I'm around 5'11, 125lbs, probably around 10% bodyfat. Both my parents were and still are pretty skinny, I have always been insanely thin no matter what I eat. This isn't a good thing when you're an American male teenager because I often weight less than most girls haha, so I'd like to lean out a bit so my abs stand out more and I'd like to gain a bit of muscle, but really I don't care too much about these things and won't be putting effort into them besides diet. I have always been extremely strong for my size, people have commented on this a lot actually. I attribute this to the high amounts of PUFA my body creates endogenously.
I'll be updating this thread.
It seems like most PUFA depletion experiments fail, either due to intense fat cravings or anxiety. I have very little anxiety as is and my fat craving has been moderate, hopefully these two things last. I will not be consuming much caffeine because it can be anxiogenic as ****.
I don't expect a miracle but after reading some success stories of low-fat diets, (tyw and haidut), I thought I'd give it a try. I'm coming to this diet after eating TONS of PUFA for the first 17 years of my life, and then ramping it up even further last year until this summer, where I ate tons of seafood and fried foods. Luckily I was also moderately orthorexic so I was constantly burning PUFA off from not eating enough. During this fall I've been eating a lot of fat and generally letting myself eat whatever I want so as to get rid of my orthorexic neuroticism, it definitely helped me get rid of OCD and anxiety (both of which I am relatively free of compared to how I was), but I think it's time to eat healthy and actually give low-fat a try. If you remember my introduction post I made the case for a high-saturated fat diet. That didn't really work as I thought it would and now I think carbs are better, though I still flip flop sometimes. Glucose is just a lot cleaner and less stressful.
Mostly this thread will serve as a journal and if you are entertained by it, I am happy.
Right now I'm on day 2 of my PUFA depletion experiment. I am basically consuming soda, candy, rice, sweet potatoes, and broccoli, filling the micronutrient blanks with supplements. In fact most of my micronutrients come from pills and powders, lol. Considering I will be moving soon, I thought it'd be wise to guarantee myself a secure supply of nutrients, rather than be at the mercy of my parents and extended family. After I get my first paycheck I'll be able to get a decent diet but not right now.
I'd rather not be eating rice or sweet potatoes, but I can't eat normal potatoes right now because they are a nightshade. And I'd rather be eating skimmed dairy than mineral powder. Removing these two food groups has eliminated my life-long dandruff, or at least it's absence has coincided with the removal of these food groups.
I feel good so far. I guess I'm not at zero fat yet, I had some spam and bologna of all things today. I'm mostly eating sucrose or invert sugar, but I have some glucose powder and starch's to balance things out a bit.
I'm around 5'11, 125lbs, probably around 10% bodyfat. Both my parents were and still are pretty skinny, I have always been insanely thin no matter what I eat. This isn't a good thing when you're an American male teenager because I often weight less than most girls haha, so I'd like to lean out a bit so my abs stand out more and I'd like to gain a bit of muscle, but really I don't care too much about these things and won't be putting effort into them besides diet. I have always been extremely strong for my size, people have commented on this a lot actually. I attribute this to the high amounts of PUFA my body creates endogenously.
I'll be updating this thread.
It seems like most PUFA depletion experiments fail, either due to intense fat cravings or anxiety. I have very little anxiety as is and my fat craving has been moderate, hopefully these two things last. I will not be consuming much caffeine because it can be anxiogenic as ****.
I don't expect a miracle but after reading some success stories of low-fat diets, (tyw and haidut), I thought I'd give it a try. I'm coming to this diet after eating TONS of PUFA for the first 17 years of my life, and then ramping it up even further last year until this summer, where I ate tons of seafood and fried foods. Luckily I was also moderately orthorexic so I was constantly burning PUFA off from not eating enough. During this fall I've been eating a lot of fat and generally letting myself eat whatever I want so as to get rid of my orthorexic neuroticism, it definitely helped me get rid of OCD and anxiety (both of which I am relatively free of compared to how I was), but I think it's time to eat healthy and actually give low-fat a try. If you remember my introduction post I made the case for a high-saturated fat diet. That didn't really work as I thought it would and now I think carbs are better, though I still flip flop sometimes. Glucose is just a lot cleaner and less stressful.
Mostly this thread will serve as a journal and if you are entertained by it, I am happy.