Song of the Month: Housewives - Bas (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5S9JKRmC20)
Bonjour tout le monde, I'm back to report what I did this month and sadly nothing interesting really happened. Probably because I spend most of my time at school or working. I didn't do much for Valentine's Day since I don't have a significant other and I just find Valentine's Day pretty stupid. It's mainly a day were fools buy girls box of chocolates, cards, teddy bears, and other such nonsense, in short Valentine's Day is just not for me. However what I have been doing is messing around with my diet and I've just been experimenting with different diets. The current one I'm doing is called "Flexible Dieting", it's a diet the author of Iron & Tweed put together so he could stay lean while eating like a fat hog, it's based around getting enough calories and hitting the right macros based off of his height and weight (link: http://ironandtweed.com/flexible-dieting-stay-lean-plus-7-days-meals).My old diet was eating a 1 1/2 pound steak and 4 scrambled eggs twice a day and I did stay lean but my cholesterol levels went way the fuck up, since this diet was way to unhealthy for me I decided to try something else and I believe this is a diet that is worth trying. It begins with you having to track your calories and macros using an app called MyFitnessPal, since I stand 6'4" and weighing around 193 (at the time) pounds my average calorie intake is around 3,500 calories per day and I set my macros for a high fat/high protein intake while having a somewhat moderate carb intake since you need this nutrient for energy. I usually make my own meals but I like to follow most if not all of Nate's meals, my favorite being oatmeal with whey protein and peanut butter every morning, that shit is just delicious and I highly enjoy it with a cup of coffee. Also not to mention my favorite benefit of this diet is I get a cheat day (which is usually on a Saturday) and pig out on whatever I can get my hands on. Either it being a whole apple pie with vanilla ice cream or a bacon cheeseburger with fries and a shake, though I still try to keep a moderate track of what I eat as not to go overboard. I've been using this diet since the beginning of this month and still following my usual workout regime, I've got to say that I have been noticing a change in my physique during mid-February, my body started to become a bit more lean that with last month's diet. I recently had a physical 3 days ago and they weighed me and checked my blood, my triglycerides went from 412 to 387 and I lost 4 pounds! It's unbelievable how my cholesterol levels went down during the 28 days of following this diet and not to mention I also lost 4 pounds during that period. With this diet I have noticed a greater spike in energy while following this diet and combine that with a high calorie intake I believe that my body will become a lean mean machine in no time. In conclusion I absolutely adore this diet and I strongly believe that anyone trying get/stay lean this is the diet for you.
This has been your man Xylo and on a closing note I just want to say thank everyone who red this blog post. I plan to make a another blog called the "The Xylo Lifestyle" (pretty creative isn't it? :/). It's usually where I post about bodybuilding, diet, supplements, motivation, life, etc. It's usually about how I live my life and I decided to share my useless knowledge on how I live my life day by day. So until then I hope to post again to you all next month or soon, ciao.