I've started trying to put on some weight using Jonathan Perez's guide "From skinny to muscular" - which Fred Patenaude recommends in "Raw Secrets". The philosophy is basically to lift heavy weights (working muscles to the point of failure by 12 reps) and to eat huge amounts of food - at least 4,000 calories for someone like me.
I started with my training schedule on Monday, and yesterday I started trying to pack in the calories - I managed a whopping 4,900 calories, and I was exhausted last night, still exhausted now. My digestion is not working from eating so much. This is where my calories came from - not all raw (Mexican dinner, vegetarian at least, at Margarita's. Very yum though!)
Food Name Cals
Watermelon, raw (1 whole) 1309
Papaya, raw (1 whole) 119
Pomelo, raw (4 cups) 288
Mango, raw (2 mangos) 269
Raw Pumpkin Pie (1 slice) 484
Igor's Live Flax Bread (9 squares) 387
Steamed Sweet Potato (One 2"x5") 103
Raw Pine nuts (Pignolias) (1/4 cup) 195
Apple, raw (3 sm apples) 188
4 Enchiladas with beans, meatless 825
1/2 cup Spanish rice 108
2 cups Vegetable soup, Spanish style, stew type 382
1 cup Refried beans 242
Totals 4897
I worked this out using www.fitday.com , a very cool site indeed.
Anyway, this morning I decided that I couldn't keep up with this kind of eating. Yesterday I dedicated 75% of my energy to eating and calculating calories... I was really eating non stop, and its difficult to keep up. Last night I felt sick. Today I feel sick. My face is bloated and my right eye is even smaller than usual. No way!
So I'm going back to eating as intuitively as possible, following just Jonathan's training schedule without the his nutritional recommendations. Let's see where it goes!
