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Weeks 5 - 6
The Accelerated Fat Loss Cycle
The advice and tips given in this download are meant for healthy adults only. You should
consult your physician to insure tips given in this course are appropriate for your individual
circumstances.
If you have any health issues or pre-existing conditions, please consult with your physician
before implementing any of the information provided below.
This product is for informational purposes only and the author does not accept any
responsibilities for any liabilities or damages, real or perceived, resulting from the use of this
information.
To refresh your memory, your body is not designed for fat loss. As soon as you start
manipulating calories by increasing or decreasing food intake, your body responds by
trying to adapt and fight against fat-loss.
Think of fat like your bodys insurance policy for survival. It wants to hang on to as
much fat as it can to insure it has everything it needs just in case.
So your body does its job by making a series of complicated calculations to balance its
energy resources and the performance of its various functions 24/7.
And in order for your body to perform these functions, it must adapt.
So this cycle takes into account the five ways your body uses adaptation to be more
efficient. Here is a breakdown of how we'll address these five adaptive responses:
1. Manipulate glycogen in new ways that your body has never experienced.
You should know by now that you deplete carbs in this program to force your body to
find fat stores when it needs energy. Remember, long-term use of carb depletion
actually hinders fat loss because of the overall reduction in metabolic rate and
hormone outputsuch as thyroid (T3 to T4 conversion), leptin sensitivity and growth
hormone factors
So in order to overcome these various adaptations youll be using 3 higher carb days
within your week; a mid-week carb load (re-feed), a cheat day, and a baseline day.
This will help balance things out physically and psychologically. It will also make it a
lot easier to adhere to.
Its pretty common knowledge that increased blood sugar levels promote fat storage;
balanced levels make your body capable of using more stored fatty acids as a
source of energy.
More fibrous carbohydrates and fewer days of sugar based carb consumption will
promote more balanced blood sugar levels.
Most diets today use only low-glycemic foods. Such diets are hard to live with over
the long term, and most people eventually abandon these types of plans.
Protein is the only macronutrient that maintains and releases nitrogen to keep your
muscles healthy. When you don't consume enough protein each day, muscle
becomes unhealthy and a negative nitrogen balance is present.
When this happens, your body sees such muscle as a liability and uses the
unhealthy muscle tissue instead of fatty acids as a source of energy.
Consume protein throughout the day to keep your muscles healthy and maintain a
positive nitrogen balance. This is a very important part of this particular cycle.
Calorie reduction is obviously one of the easiest ways to force an energy deficit that
leads to fatty acids being used as energy.
Cycle 3 uses calorie restriction strategically, on specific days, because your body
quickly "senses" calorie reduction. You should know by now that if you follow a
reduced-calorie diet continually, your body will have no other choice but to conserve
energy and reduce its metabolic rate.
This cycle is strategically set up to overcome and prevent metabolic slow down.
5. Overcome and manipulate your body's need for constant and continual
energy.
When your body doesn't have an ongoing feeding pattern, sometimes it will
assume the last meal you gave it is the last meal it will get.
So your eating patterns determine how and if your body uses the food you take in
immediately or whether it stores it for later use.
The structure of your meal patterning is one of the major keys to success with this
cycle and plan.
Youll also manipulate meal portions to stimulate your metabolic rate with hyper-
caloric eating.
This makes almost all diets ineffective. This plan overcomes this by adding in cheat
days and re-feeds on specific days to keep your body burning fat and to keep you
from going insane. :)
This unique food plan cycle works best if you follow it for no more than 14 days; it
is not meant to be used forever.
Its one of the most powerful sequences of patterning macro-nutrients to get you
"unstuck" from a diet plateau and works especially well if you have dieted a lot
throughout the years.
It will also spark your metabolic rate when you follow it properly.
The AFL is the first and only plan that considers every one of the body's adaptive
means and, best of all, overcomes them to help you crack the fat-loss code.
Don't be afraid to try new things. This plan encourages and even demands your
body change, so you might as well go for it and give it your all.
Prepare your food ahead of time and use a cooler, food containers, a
shaker and water bottles when necessary.
Control the environments you spend your time in and try not to eat out.
Hang out with people who will support your goals during this journey
AVOID friends, family, and co-workers who will tempt you and bring you
down.
On fats-up days, eat protein at every meal except for "fat snacks."
3. Eat only proteins and carbs from AFL food list unless its a cheat meal.
4. Follow your food TYPE for each meal of each day from the approved food lists below.
4. You may (and should) eat red meat. Try to use grass fed and hormone free.
5. Eat a fat snack between breakfast and lunch and between lunch and dinner.
7. Eat only fats and vegetables from the AFL food list.
Fats-Down/Carbs-Down Day
1. Keep portion sizes smaller than you're used to.
4. Keep your fat intake to a minimum and avoid all saturated fats.
5. You may have only supplemental fats, such as essential fatty acid supplements or
flaxseed oil.
8. Eat only fats and vegetables from the AFL food list.
2. On Sunday, eat at least three meals and consume larger portions (vacation meal size).
4. Women may have one serving of starchy carbs at two different meals. Make sure to
move your starch to the meal after your workout if youre exercising. Consume before
3pm if not exercising.
5. Men may have one serving of starchy carbs at three different meals.
6. You may substitute a fruit for a starch for 1 meal on this day.
Cheat Days
1. Eat whatever you want in any amount.
2. You can fill up and satisfy yourself, but dont binge or stuff.
3. If you consume alcohol on this day - make sure you do it AFTER a few cheat meals,
otherwise you could sabotage the hormonal effect of the cheat day.
So Ill only say this once. IF you binge or stuff all day long on cheat days (trust meIve
had my moments), youll create a downward spiral and completely sabotage your fat loss
goals.
Try to avoid a lot of deep fried foods and high fructose corn syrup. Deep
fried foods are basically void of any nutritional value and therefore dont
provide any metabolic or hormonal benefits for the cheat. HFCS has been
shown to potentially block or negatively impact leptin levels.
Again, its a cheat day so you dont have to get anal, but little tricks like
this can really help.
Dont weigh yourself for at least 2 to 3 days after your cheat day. This is HUGE,
because it will keep you psychologically in the right spot because when you cheat
right, almost all the weight youve gained is just water weight from extra carbs.
Remember, for EVERY gram of carb you consume your body holds nearly
3 grams of water. Now you can see why youll gain some water weight after
cheating. Its just a natural part of the process.
You should be one to three pounds lighter a few days after you cheat day
if youre doing things properly and using the next trick
Remember the extra water your body will carry (from all the carbs) the next day.
Thats why you hear people always talking about carb-bloat the day after cheating.
And the more water you give your body, the less it will HOLD onto.
2. P + V (proteins + vegetables)
3. O (fat snack)
4. P + S (protein + starch)
5. P (protein snack)
8. P + A (protein + fruit)
9. FF/SA (free food / sweets and alcohol)
*Youll notice that fruit intake is limited for this cycle but youre allowed to substitute one fruit
for a starch on Baseline days and you can consume fruit liberally for cheat meals and cheat
days if desired.
**Directions and guidelines for each individual day of the plan are provided below each
individual meal plan chart below.
**If you feel its necessary to count calories or youre concerned with portion control, refer to
your Quickstart Guide. It breaks down calorie counting, grams, and portion sizes in more
details. Guidelines are also provided below.
Low carb protein powder (make sure you use a low temperature
processed brand)
o Men: 1 - 2 scoops (30 40 grams)
o Women: 1 1 scoops (20 to 30 grams)
Fresh wild caught fish: Salmon, Trout, Tuna, Cod, Tilapia, White fish
o Men: 6 8 ounces
o Women: 3 4 ounces
Other wild caught seafood: lobster, crab, shrimp, scallops (limit intake)
o Men: 6 8 ounces
o Women: 3 4 ounces
2. Serving sizes: Men under 200 lbs = 1 cup, Men over 200 lbs. = 1 cups.
Women = to cup. *Unless indicated differently on meal plan.
3. Make sure to move your starch (and fruit) based meals to post workout or before
3pm if youre not exercising.
*Try to stick with starches from nature as much as possible. Limit your
intake of processed carbs.
3. NO fruit juices.
2. Make sure to have at least two servings of green cruciferous vegetables per day.
3. Serving size (men and women) = 1 cup on all veggies (raw, steamed, or minimally
cooked)
3. Monitor your portion sizes carefully with fats. Its very easy to overdo it and
add in an additional 300 to 400 calories per day if youre not careful.
4. Make sure you LIMIT fat in any meals containing starchy carbs or fruits.
Type (O) = Fats or Oil for the Accelerated Fat Loss Cycle
Condiments:
You may use condiments, but remember to watch hidden sugars and check carb
count. Great examples are mustard, salsa, sugar free hot sauces, and low
sodium soy sauce.
Sea Salt
Horseradish
Stevia or other no/low calorie all natural sweeteners
Pepper (any kind)
Vinegar
Ketchup (high fructose corn syrup free or no sugar only)
Garlic
*Avoid agave nectar unless its 100% raw. The processing destroys any legit
health benefits and increases the bad sugars.
MEAL TYPE
1 P/O
2 P/O
3 P/V
4 O
5 P/V
6 P
Type Key: P = Protein V = Vegetables
O = Fat A = Fruit
DAILY GUIDELINES AND DIRECTIONS
MEAL TYPE
1 P/S
2 P
3 P/V
4 P
5 P/V
6 P
Type Key: S = Starch P = Protein V = Vegetables
DAILY GUIDELINES AND DIRECTIONS
MEAL TYPE
1 P/S
2 P/V
(Low Fats)
3 P
(Low Fats)
4 P/S/V
(Low Fats)
5 FF/SA
Type Key: S = Starch P = Protein V = Vegetables
O = Fat SA = Sweets & Alcohol FF = Free Food
DAILY GUIDELINES AND DIRECTIONS
1. You may have 1 serving of fruit with your first meal of the day or in place of a starch.
2. Consume 1 starch at 2 different meals on this day and make sure at least one starch
is consumed after exercise.
3. Try your best to exercise an hour or two before your first evening re-feed.
4. Consume at least 4 meals on this day. You may skip meals 2 and/or 3.
5. If consuming 5 meals, make sure to use protein shakes to save room for evening re-
feeds.
6. Consume LOW fats in meals before and after exercise and meal containing starches.
7. Don't binge or stuff on your cheat food and if you choose to consume alcohol, do it
AFTER your re-feed.
MEAL TYPE
1 P/O
2 P/O
3 P/V
4 O
5 P/V/O
6 P/O
Type Key: P = Protein V = Vegetables
O = Fat
DAILY GUIDELINES AND DIRECTIONS
MEAL TYPE
1 P/S
2 P
3 P/V
4 P
5 P/V
6 P
MEAL TYPE
1 FF
2 FF
3 FF
4 SA/FF
1. Eat whatever you want in any amount, just don't binge or stuff.
2. Try to skip the alcohol and sweets the first week of this cycle, and make sure to
consume alcohol AFTER a few cheat meals before indulging.
3. Follow all cheat day guidelines inside this manual.
MEAL TYPE
1 P/S
2 P/S/V
3 P/S/V
4 P
1. You may have one serving of fruit with your first meal of the day or in place of 1 starch
on this day.
2. Consume 2 starches with protein and veggies.
3. Make sure to consume 1 starch 2 to 3 hours before exercise and at least 1 starch
after exercise if working out on this day.
4. LIMIT fat intake in all meals on this day.
5. Consume only 4 meals on this day, but feel free to make portion sizes larger than
normal.
MEAL TYPE
1 P/O
2 P/O
3 P/V
4 O
5 P/O/V
6 P
MEAL TYPE
1 P/S
2 P
3 P/V
4 P
5 P/V
6 P
MEAL TYPE
1 P/S
2 P/V
(Low Fats)
3 P
(Low Fats)
4 P/S/V
(Low Fats)
5 FF/SA
1. You may have 1 serving of fruit with your first meal of the day or in place of a starch.
2. Consume 1 starch at 2 different meals on this day and make sure at least one starch
is consumed after exercise.
3. Try your best to exercise an hour or two before your first evening re-feed.
4. Consume at least 4 meals on this day. You may skip meals 2 and/or 3.
5. If consuming 5 meals, make sure to use protein shakes to save room for evening re-
feeds.
6. Consume LOW fats in meals before after exercise and meal containing starches.
7. Don't binge or stuff on your cheat food and if you choose to consume alcohol, do it
AFTER your re-feed.
MEAL TYPE
1 P/O
2 P/O
3 P/V
4 O
5 P/V/O
6 P/O
MEAL TYPE
1 P/S
2 P/V
3 P/V
4 P
5 P/V
6 P
MEAL TYPE
1 FF
2 FF
3 FF
4 SA/FF
1. Eat whatever you want in any amount, just don't binge or stuff.
2. Follow all cheat day guidelines inside this manual.
MEAL TYPE
1 P/A
2 P/S/V
3 P/V
4 P
1. You may have one serving of fruit with your first meal of the day or in place of 1 starch
on this day.
2. Consume 2 starches with protein and veggies.
3. Make sure to consume 1 starch 2 to 3 hours before exercise and at least 1 starch
after exercise if working out on this day.
4. LIMIT fat intake in all meals on this day.
5. Consume only 4 meals on this day, but feel free to make portion sizes larger than
normal.