A day in the life of an omnomnivore…

I’ve had several people ask me what my daily diet entails. It’s really a personalized hybrid. It can be broken out into four components. On one part, I loosely follow the Zone Diet- I’m not uberstringent on my portions, but I do get all my carbs from vegetables and fruits during the work week. The second part is that I also incorporate the Paleo Diet, excluding dairy, legumes, sugars, and grains from my normal eating habits. The third part is that I try to space out my eating equally throughout the day, so I’m constantly eating small meals to sustain my energy levels, usually anywhere between 2 and 4 hours between meals or snacks. The last part is based on the teachings of Robb Wolf, the lead nutritionist at CrossFit HQ. He recommends a high carb (high GI content), no fat meal immediately post workout to help aid in recovery. If you’re interested in finding out more, or anything that I talk about regarding the Zone and the Paleo Diets, I HIGHLY recommend you reading through his FAQ for some basic info, even if you’re not someone who consider themselves active.

The majority of my meals during the week are pretty simple, partially due to the fact that I end up preparing so many meals without the luxury of having the proportional amount of time to make something delicious and aesthetically pleasing. This leads to a lot of compartmentalization of my meals, usually in the form of a bag full of plastic containers.

So I thought I’d give you some insight into what my diet today looks like. For some background information, I’m at 15 blocks for the Zone Diet, with 3x the fat allowance for my activity level. With anyone who participates in a sport or is highly active (checking the mail three times a day does not count as active, unless your mailbox is in a different zip code and you walked to get to it. Uphill. Both ways.), there is a wide held understanding that you can multiply your amount up to 5x, although 5x fat is generally reserved for those with a very high metabolic rate, and 2x or 3x the fat being the norm for anybody that works out 3-5 times a week.

So as I mentioned earlier, there are four components of my diet. The last component, is the carb deletion. I remove 33% of my daily carb intake, getting my body’s energy through ketosis and a higher fat intake. With every block of carbohydrate that you remove, you can add in 3 blocks of fat to substitute in, down to a MAX of 50% of carbohydrate reduction.

Did I lose you?

So with a 33% reduction of carbs from 15 blocks, that takes me down to 10 blocks of carbs daily. (10 blocks of carbs)

I maintain the same approximate amount of protein, although I’m not too concerned with precisely weighing and measuring it out, I try to get it as close as possible. (15 blocks of protein)

I said that I’m 3x fat (3 x 15 = 45) plus the 5 blocks of carb reduction in which I can add to my blocks of fat (5 x 3 = 15). (60 blocks of fat)

This diet might not be the most efficient at building significant muscle mass, or optimizing fat loss, or any number of things. It might seem complicated, but with all kinds of diets, it becomes easier and fairly routine once you get the hang of it. I’ve heard of of diets that are plenty more complicated than mine. But really, as I’ve said before, it’s a diet that works for me. So what’s your diet like? What are some things that you’ve found to help you achieve your goals? What are some other questions you have regarding the way I eat? Improvements? Leave your thoughts in the comments.

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