Nutrition and Metabolic Diagnostic Testing

Thanks to a tip from Michael: The Fat Burning Machine Blog, I went to the Kingsley Institute this morning to have some diagnostic tests performed and a consultation with a nutritionist. Unfortunately, the tests weren’t as comprehensive as Michael or Bec’s. They measured my height, weight, bodyfat and 30 minute resting metabolism – no moving test.

After filling out a ton of forms, I then met with the nutritionist. This sessions was mostly a recounting of my past and current eating habits and physical, mental and emotional attachments to food including mood eating and body image. I also gave her a rundown of what I typically eat in a day, when and how often I exercise and what my exercise entails. Next week, I go back for the full results of my tests and a customized diet.

From my discussion with the nutritionist thus far, my expectations aren’t very high. I did get her to reluctantly divulge my RMR in advance and it’s 1,279 calories per day which is roughly what all the formulas I’ve ever tried say it should be. Yet she insisted, my resting metabolism is impaired and needs to be brought up. Frankly, I was quite pleased because with all my wacky yo-yo dieting last year and 30lbs lost, I thought my metabolism was shot at around 1,000 calories or less, so I’m glad to hear it’s close to where it should be for my height, weight and age. So I’m roughly burning 12 calories per pound of bodyweight – maybe I did put some muscle on after all. I’ll be curious to hear the rest of the test results including my bodyfat (hoping for 17% or lower) and lean muscle percentages.

On the workout front, I just found out my gym will be closed for a week starting Monday! So now I don’t know what to do about my 4-week Warp Speed Fat Loss program. I really wanted to get a clean 100% compliance with the exercise plan. On the nutrition front, it’s nearly impossible to meet the specific WSFL ratios and calorie counts with a high raw food diet, but I’m trying to match the plan as best I can and estimate my compliance on the nutrition side to be around 85-90%.

So what do you think I should do about Warp Speed? Should I do TT Bodyweight exercise or Crossfit classes and yoga while my gym is closed and re-start Warp Speed yet again in a week? I don’t know what else to do if I really want a to monitor 100% on the WSFL exercise. I’m also thinking I can put together a raw food plan in the meantime that comes closer to the macronutrient ratios that WSFL calls for. What to do…

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KaliLilla.com

I think I will do Turbulence Training next week while my gym is closed and then start Warp Speed yet again PERFECTLY w/o interruption for 4 weeks straight. :)

B

Its only a 4 week program so you can start it again anytime. I would stop now, get the nutrition plan in place and then go in for the full on assault.
Bec