More meat, less fat….huh?

Last night….problems again. Halfway through the night I woke up and binged on beef fat. WTF?? I haven’t eaten anything in the middle of the night for…..sheesh…I can’t even remember how long. In fairness it probably ended up being about 150 grams or less….so total calories for the day was still about 2,500.

The interesting thing is…I slept not just well….but “deep” after that. Noted!

Today….recovery day.

Food? I’m trying something new. I ate 650 grams of lean beef (let’s say 24g protein, 4 grams or less of fat….per 100 grams). That’s about 860 calories…..and about 155 grams of protein. For the past few months….on my meat days I have only been eating 75-80 grams of protein per day. Maaaaaaaybe I need a bit more than that if I plan to continue exercising like a crazy man? 

That meal was in two parts. The first 550 grams was about 3 hours ago. Just now I ate the other 100 grams. The plan is to follow this up with 40 grams of beef fat in about 2 hours….just before bed. Total calories would be about 1200-1300 for the day….62 grams of fat, 155 grams of protein. Much closer to 50% / 50% protein to fat……as opposed to the 80% fat I was doing the past few weeks.

I’ll try this for today…..and see what tomorrow brings.

Today’s bodyweight was 72.2kg….but after last night’s fat binge….and today’s lack of robust activity….I’d expect a bit of gain when I weigh in tomorrow, but I’m also hoping that tomorrow is the “high mark” after this past week of “detoured” eating. From there….wherever it is…..I’ll look to ease back to 70.0 kg…..by enjoying the journey and still doing scheduled (and disciplined!!) refeeds along the way.

If, however, the 50/50 ratio leads to sugar cravings (from lots of protein to glucose conversion)…fat gain….or sleep issues….then I’ll start upping the fat again.