This program will show you what to eat and how to exercise. You’ll see your body change -- and you'll learn why it’s changing. The meal plans and workouts are from The TNT Diet, a new book from Men's Health's Adam Campbell and Jeff Volek, Ph.D. That means it's backed by the latest science and proven in the lab. Best of all, it's easy to follow. The principle is this: Don't let your body store fat. It's that simple.
Rodale (the publisher) has been in business for some time and has a nice clinch on the “average guy’s guide to muscle” market and one of the reasons is they consistently put out a good product. TNT is a very nicely done book that’s quick to read and easy to understand. The progression is logical, little repeat information, important data is noted in tables\graphs, and non-important data (such as testimonials) is separated from the main text so you can just skip parts that you really don’t care about without fear of missing something.
Content Usability
The real test for any item that I review is if you can actually use it to perform the task that it’s meant to do. With the TNT book I’m quite happy to report “yes”.
The book is broken down into unique chapters that tell you EXACTLY what you need to know to follow this diet successfully. If you’re just starting the program then you’d read pgs 33-57 for the diet and write down your workout log in the back, and whamo…you’re set. The instructions are extremely concise. They’re specific and still provide a great deal of flexibility. Short of flat out refusal to follow the instructions I really struggle to think of a reason that any person that picked up this book could not be successful with only the material given and very little effort on their part.
Personal Experience:
Mr. Campbell was kind enough to let me see a draft version of the book but in all honesty it wasn’t until Roland (Lost Dog) sent me some pictures that I really took an interest in it. It took about 3 seconds for the thought to register in my mind “Damn…home boy is lean” and he attributed his success to the TNT diet.
Thus motivated I went ahead and put in my order with amazon (to support the cause) and started it myself. Starting it up was easy. The book is kind of a “Adkins” (newer version) meets “Nutrient Timing”. For those just starting the nutrient timing is a little misleading because you’re stuck in a 4 week induction phase where the big key is drinking a protein shake in your workout window. HOWEVER I followed simple instructions and plugged on through.
The first week (4-5 days) or so felt like I was kicked in the boys. Energy was drained and I felt like I was going to die at any moment. Then things started picking up and I pretty well felt like my usual grumpy self. This continued right through the completion of the induction phase.
***One important note that I’d like to point out is that I did NOT follow the exercise regiment, I did exercise but what I did was significantly different than what the book recommends.*** While there were times that I really felt like crap\drained, my training was virtually unaffected. I continued to improve in all aspects of training with only a handful of days that just really went south (that I’d blame on the diet). After the induction phase (you read a little more of the book to figure out what category you’re in and what you’re aloud to eat\when). The skies cleared, carbs were back on the menu. The program became that much easier to follow and energy is at a brand new high, training is great.
Final Thoughts:
If you’re willing to concede that diet is 80% of the equation on if you succeed or fail in your body comp goals then you’ve got to really find something that you’re willing to do. For me personally, this diet fits that perfectly. I like the food. I like the freedom (after surviving the first 4wks). I chose the "acceptable" version off all of the different sections which basically means that I never worry about shakes. I eat whole food all the time. I chose to do that because I felt like it'd give *me* the best chance of sticking to the diet and I really like that I can live my life and be successful at my training\dietary goals without spending any more time than absolutely necessary. With this plan I’ve dropped 5lbs in 8wks and more importantly 3 pants sizes. Performance is good and it’s been practically stress free. I think it’s very possible that this is a plan that I’ll be willing and able to stick with for the rest of my life and be successful doing so.
Will the "TNT" diet also be applicable if one is looking to gain muscle. Or is the information in the book more oriented towards fat-loss? Also, I'm tired of counting calories...Is there some help in the book to not count calories? Thanks again
For the MOST part the book is centered around fat loss but "TNT" diet does indeed offer plans for those trying to put on mass. I can honestly say that I've not counted one calorie in the past eight weeks (you're not supposed to). It really is an easy plan to stick with if you're willing to be just a little creative with recipes. It might be worthwhile to pick up a low carb cookbook or something along those lines so you have a little more ammunition to play with but you're pretty well set up. Essentially the book says "You're aloud to eat X foods at X times, it doesn't matter how much (and it really doesn't)...past that don't worry about anything".
Hey, G, since you've got personal experience with the diet, can you talk more about your workout energy? Granted, you might operate better on low carbs than others; it varies by person. But can you describe what your workouts consisted of, how you felt physically, and mentally? (Hell, throw in spiritual if you want, too. LOL)
Good review, Tony. I'd also recommend TNT. It's easy to follow and it works.
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For the MOST part the book is centered around fat loss but "TNT" diet does indeed offer plans for those trying to put on mass.
For a while, I also did TNT Plan E, which is pretty much low carb during the week, with carbs (and hence more calories) allowed Sat/Sun. I stayed lean and added some muscle at the same time.
Since muscle growth occurs in the days after weight training, those two days of extra food did their job. I timed my workouts so that my most hypertrophy targeted workouts happened on Friday afternoon and/or Saturday morning, so that food went to work. Then, Monday, I was back into the fat loss thing.
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Good stuff Tony,
For $20 ($33 for TNT and Dos' new book) at amazon, this is a no brainier.
The workouts in DOS's book would work well with TNT, too. If you're looking to get lean fast, use AC's program in TNT, and then follow up with Dos's Power Training workouts.
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It might be worthwhile to pick up a low carb cookbook or something along those lines so you have a little more ammunition to play with but you're pretty well set up.
Do you know any good low carb cookbooks? Most suck, since they often try to make low carb versions of things you just shouldn't eat. Come on, skip the low carb pasta and bread for other foods, already.
Not every recipe works, but Bobby Flay's Grilling For Life is pretty good. Some recipes use a bit of honey or sugar, so you'll have to sub in some stevia or Splenda in those. There are a good number of recipes that do have starchy carbs, but the recipes are pretty healthy and would be good to include on those carb days after the break-in period. Bottom line, it's a good cookbook. Of course, it's winter, so many of you will have to do the grilling indoors for now...
Oh, TNT does have some recipes in the book, too. Pretty good ones.
Cookbook Some of the stuff I wouldn't try or might be too high in carbs to really work with the diet, but there's many recipes in there that really are tasty. I'll admit to spending most of my time in the "desert" portion of the book, but 99% of what I have tried has been pretty darn good.
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After the 4wk period I haven't had any problems that I would blame on diet and diet alone.
During the first 4 weeks there were minor issues. Their were only two times that I really, really, really struggled and both of those were on runs of 3mi. Other than that you basically feel that you can't necessarily push as hard as you'd like, maybe 80% or so to keep going through. That said, as noted in the review how I felt and how I performed were two totally different things. Strength and endurance did improve steadily the whole time so that's something to keep in mind.
Also I was training 6 days a week doing short but intense sessions (about 20min max other than a pure strength session and a "long" run) so how I personally reacted in training may or may not reflect what would happen in your own training.
I'm trying to do a little leaning up right now, but I'm trying it with pretty high carb intake, since I'm upping my training (a solid hour a day, be it weights, GPP, general conditioning, etc).
I will throw in my nod to TNT. I started on it a while back before things went to hell but in the 4-5 weeks I was on it I was seeing some great progress. The first week was pretty brutal but I was coming from a pretty high dependency on carbs. I was really grumpy and tired but after the first week everything changed. My energy sky-rocketed and my workouts were back to normal.
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Do you know any good low carb cookbooks? Most suck, since they often try to make low carb versions of things you just shouldn't eat. Come on, skip the low carb pasta and bread for other foods, already.
The Southbeach cookbooks have some good recipes. I especially like the "Quick and Easy" book.
I've also recently discovered "Blaine's low carb kitchen" on FitTV. I'm looking forward to trying the Parmesan crackers with chive spread (episode 26).
I have been back on this program for the last month. Work stress and injuries had me down in the dumps over the last year, and I let my bodyfat creep back up there, and my weight was 202! I'm 183 as of this morning, and looking really ripped. Just may have to put my money where my mouth is and post a pic.
I actually have all of my bootcampers on this very diet. I teach it to them in one grocery store session where I go through section by section and show them how to select the proper items, how to read the labels and not get scammed, some strategies on meal planning, and I give them a some easy recipes. Moreover, I try to teach them a thought process for how to approach each meal.
Many of my clients complain that they can't follow this, especially during the holidays, and with as much as they eat out. I am eating like a king but following this diet to the "T" right now (with the exception of drinking a little red wine about 3-4 nights per week), and it is working really fast. My early morning boot camp just completed their 4 week measurements (it's an 8 week course), and frankly, most of them would have been very pleased if that had been their 8 week result, so they are all making progress very quickly with this diet along with my ground-based, non-conventional fitness program.
I can't say enough good stuff about this diet! (and I don't just say that because I'm on page 76 ). It works.
For those of you reading this who don't know, you may also hear about this diet frequently referred to as "Adam's Diet." Before the book came out, Adam posted this diet to help me out when I was kind of in a rut. You can find the thread here, but it is also a sticky in the Nutrition forum, so you can always find it at the top easily for quick reference.
Well...I just did NROL Break-in and I'm taking the off week. So, when I start Hypertrophy 1 next week, I want to get my diet in order. I don't have that much time to count calories and weigh foods and whatnot. I've got 7-8 hours at the university. So barely enough time to cook for the day, let alone weigh everything. So that leaves me with 2 nutrition manuals. The TNT diet and "your naked nutrition guide". I would like to hear your guys input on this and which would be more suitable for building size? Thanks again.
Chris, the book is slightly different than Adam's diet ... more emphasis on nutrient timing (obviously given the title!). Definitely more information (the why for example), more explanation, and a break-down into phases based upon where you are regarding body comp and where you want to be (ie more than 20# to lose, less than 10# to lose, etc).
I got an advance copy from Adam, but just bought it on Amazon to support him and Dr. Volek because I think it is a quality product.
I also have many of my clients on the diet ... with good results (compliance is variable but I tend to work with a lot of very obese clients who have a whole host of food-related issues).
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JP, I'm pretty sure that you're aloud 2 serving of alcohol a day. Not 100% positive (the book isn't in front of me) but I distinctly remember taking advantage of it!
compliance is variable but I tend to work with a lot of very obese clients who have a whole host of food-related issues
Boy-howdy! One thing we have to remember is that the very obese are that way for a reason. They don't just stick to a plan like this, and they like foods that are generally responsible for making them the way they are.
I have a very challenging client right now who despises vegetables. I don't use that word lightly... When I tell her she just has to retrain her tastebuds, she gets so intensely emotional about how much she hates veggies that she looks like she's choking back tears. I want SO MUCH for her to be successful, but I fear that if she can't do this that she is just forcing herself to temporarily follow this program, and soon she will be back at her old habits.
How do you deal with that? She works out hard, and she's dropped about 20 pounds (needs to lose about 80-90 more). She does not do the diet right at all though. She doesn't make up for the meals that she used to eat with veggies, she simply skips that portion of her meal, eating not enough calories for most of her meals, then breaking down and splurging a little for dinner, wrecking the whole thing. I feel like I am beginning to lecture her every time I go over her food journals with her.
JP, I'm pretty sure that you're aloud 2 serving of alcohol a day. Not 100% positive (the book isn't in front of me) but I distinctly remember taking advantage of it!
He said that in the first version which appeared on this web site, but in the book, page 94, it discusses, "why alcohol makes you fat." Even a swig of beer, drink of wine, or shot of vodka.
Guess that means I'm going dry for the next few weeks.
JP, I wonder how much of that you can really ask her to do. If she's making improvements in her diet (whether it's the TNT diet or not) she should be praised. To me, in making complete life changing paradigm shifts TIME is your biggest friend. You're an adult, she's an adult...it isn't your job to change her life, it's hers. So praise her when she does, help her hide veggies in her main dish and find progressive improvements. Then allow her to do her thing.
I feel like I rambled, but the summary is: for someone 100lbs overweight it's not reasonable to ask them to follow to a T the TNT diet from the beginning...it's too much of a shift.
And that my friends is my completely unscientific, unprofessional opinion!
I have a very challenging client right now who despises vegetables. I don't use that word lightly... When I tell her she just has to retrain her tastebuds, she gets so intensely emotional about how much she hates veggies that she looks like she's choking back tears. I want SO MUCH for her to be successful, but I fear that if she can't do this that she is just forcing herself to temporarily follow this program, and soon she will be back at her old habits.
Not even lettuce? A lot of people hate veggies, but will eat salads.
I have a friend who hates veggies, but at parties, I see him eating off the cold veggie tray. Baby carrots, snap peas, celery, red bell pepper, etc. He won't touch broccoli, but he'll eat cold cauliflower, too.
There are veggies that aren't optimal that would be better than nothing that people often tolerate, if not like. Green beans, snap peas, carrots, celery, tomatoes, etc.
Maybe you start off with finding just one or two that are tolerable, and try to add one new one every two weeks. Do a little Q&A to find out what "hidden" veggies she eats now. In sauces, soups, stews, etc.
If all else fails, teach her how to make some shakes. You can toss in broccoli or cauliflower and not even know it's there. She'll know, since she made it, but you've gotta start somewhere.
If she simply won't eat vegetables, then have her eat fruit. Lots of different types.
A fiber supplement or two. There are a few new ones to choose from. Some swell in the stomach and help you to stay full longer, even.
And have her get some of this stuff. Greens To Go.
It's available at CostCo, but probably other places, as well. It's a greens supplement that's not just soy lecithin and seaweed.
He said that in the first version which appeared on this web site, but in the book, page 94, it discusses, "why alcohol makes you fat." Even a swig of beer, drink of wine, or shot of vodka.
Ah, crap. The idea was to show why TOO MUCH alcohol will "make you fat," in order to underscore that you need to keep your intake moderate. Of course, the biggest impact alcohol will have in regard to weight control is simply on caloric intake, but we put that sidebar in there to give people another reason to be prudent with their intake. (For the record, our example with the swig of alcohol isn't to say that amount makes you fat, but to show how your body proccesses alcohol, and suggest that if you drink too much, fat-burning will be significantly inhibited--but maybe that wasn't explained properly.)
It was really in there as "gee-whiz" material more than anything, but probably a mistake to include it if it came off like that. Of course, it's not the only mistake we made!
Personally, I don't think people need to abstain, and I enjoy a glass or two of red most nights myself. I find it makes a really nice "dessert."
Congrats on the success so far, JP! I had no idea.
And Tony, I appreciate the review.
Mofusu: I haven't read Naked Nutrition but I hear it's good.
JP: In this client's case, I would probably follow the Alan Aragon guideline of finding out what she likes to eat, and trying to create a diet around it. As Red Wifey says, it might be too much of shift, and she may not even need it--if she can get results from a diet that she really enjoys, all the better.
Lost Dog: I owe you an email. Coming today.
JP: You owe me a fitness tip!
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put this on my Christmas list. A tad nervous as I only want to lose about 2-3 lbs of fat and really focus on gaining lean muscle. But hopefully will do the trick!
JP, this won't help your non-veggie eating client at all, lol, but your post made me think of it. I read it again and decided it was worth posting even though it's long. John Berardi wrote this a looooonnnggg time ago, back when Testosterone Magazine was a print magazine. I don't even know which issue this came from, but it was one of the Q&A's from his Appetite for Construction column. I highlighted my favorite paragraph, the one that came to mind as a result of your post.
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Shit! I Coulda’ Had a V-8!
Q: I don’t eat vegetables much at all. Would drinking something like V8 juice make up for this dietary shortcoming? Or is veggie juice as bad as fruit juice?
A: Recently, I graded 120+ dietary analyses for a Sports Nutrition class that I help teach. The students were told to write down what they ate for three representative days of the week, plug this intake into a computer program on campus (ESHA, if you’re interested), and hand in the computer generated analysis of nutrients (well as some questions designed to assess their ability to understand what that amazing little box had just printed out for them). Well imagine my surprise as I began to read over what they had turned in. On the whole, these 4th year Kinesiology and/or Nutrition students certainly weren’t practicing what we had been preaching!
Many of the females had total energy intakes under 1200kcal. The males weren’t doing much better as they averaged in the 1400kcal range. In addition, most had a woefully low protein intake, just barely reaching a minimum 1g/kg or less than 0.5g/lb. When turning to fat intake, the fat ratios weren’t good either. Most had at least half of their dietary fat intake coming from saturates while their ratios of omega 6’s to omega 3’s were something like 20:1. Now these aren’t students that have no idea about what good nutrition is. These are students that, in one semester, will be graduating with Bachelor’s degrees in health related fields. And their diets are right up there with those of the average North American, diets that will lead to premature aging, heart disease, cancer, type II diabetes, and Syndrome X.
Interestingly, although these diets were pretty poor on average, the thing that struck me as most amazing was the fact that their fruit and vegetable intake was pathetically low. Therefore, the foods that could most help combat the damage that their diets were doing to them were the very foods suspiciously absent from their intake.
I’ll be honest; it’s always amazed me to hear that so many North Americans simply don’t eat many (if any) vegetables and fruits. The closest thing they get to fruit is the warm filling in a McDonalds apple pie and to a vegetable is the tomato sauce on their pizza. But since they’re doing so many other things nutritionally wrong, it stands to reason that they would also screw this up too.
However, when I get emails from hundreds of weight lifters who don’t eat their vegetables, my head gets sore from banging it against the wall. These guys and girls abuse ephedrine and caffeine in order to increase their energy but they will skip taking their vegetables, foods that contain all the nutritional factors necessary to make your own energy!
Meatheads, what’s a madda wicha? Vegetables are at the base of my nutritional pyramid. They are the foundation of a good healthy diet. You eat anything with a glaze on it but you won’t eat some vegetables – fresh or otherwise. Shame on ya.
Shaming aside, let’s talk about why you should eat your vegetables. You know what? Scratch that thought. If you don’t know that vegetables provide antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, fiber, and the more recently touted phytonutrients, I think that you’ve probably stopped eating all foods a long time ago and you’re now brain dead, or, as some might say, a vegetable yourself. Of course we all know that veggies provide these important nutrients.
So why aren’t we eating them? Convenience, right? Or some bad childhood experiences with not being allowed dessert until you ate all your brussels sprouts. Well, if it’s the latter one I have three words for you:
1. Get
2. Over
3. It
If it’s a matter of convenience then let’s talk about how to make vegetables more convenient.
First you’ve got vegetable juices. Buy V8, keep it your fridge, and drink a couple of servings per day in addition to your normal fluid intake. V8 contains tomato juice from concentrate (water, tomato concentrate) vegetable juices from concentrate (carrots, celery, beetroot, parsley, lettuce, watercress, spinach), salt and spices. While the processing of these veggies means that you get fewer of the vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants that you might get by eating whole veggies, along with removing a lot of the fiber, if you’re not eating any veggies, getting some vegetable juice into you is a good start.
A better alternative though, is to make your own vegetable juices. That’s right bodybuilders, I’m encouraging you to start juicin’. No, not that kind of juicin’. I’m talking about following the lead of that 120-year-old guy on TV and blending up your vegetables into a thick veggie juice with the Mix Master 2000 or whatever it’s called.
This way you can be sure what’s going into your veggie shake. Also, you can be sure that all the nutritional goodness is in there. Simply get a food processor, add all the veggies you can think of to your blend, process them down to a pulp, add some salt, pepper, and various other spices to taste, and drink away.
Finally, and this idea may be a bit too revolutionary for most of you, you could just eat some damn vegetables! You know, go to the grocery store, buy some bags of frozen veggies as well as some fresh veggies and then, when it comes time to eat a meal you could microwave some of those frozen veggies for about 3 minutes or you could simply take some carrots, stalks of celery, broccoli florets or whatever you like and put them in your mouth. Before you go ahead and do this, however, there’s one important instruction that I don’t want you to forget. Chew before swallowing. This is definitely the preferred route of vegetable administration.
I want to share with you a little story about how I discovered the amazing effects of a high vegetable diet. Last December I was suffering from a whole host of over use injuries. Since I was also getting ready to travel, en route to visiting family and friends, I decided to take a month off from weight lifting. Since I can’t ever stay out of the gym for that long, I decided to simply do 15 or 20-minutes of high intensity interval work (running or cycling) each day in order to give me some stress relief and some metabolic expenditure.
Since I wasn’t lifting and my energy demands were about to take a nose dive, I decided that I should taper my diet down so that I didn’t get fat like the Christmas goose my mom was preparing around this time. To make it simple, I decided to eat 5-6 times per day. Each meal consisted of about 10-12 oz of animal protein (I consumed no protein powders this month), some good fats (from fish, flax, and olive oil) and loads of fruit, veggies, and beans (i.e. big salads with all kinds of fresh fruit, veggies, and beans thrown into a huge bowl as well as frozen veggies in a bowl on the side).
Well, as the month progressed, obviously the overuse injuries began to heal. Now, of course, that was probably due to the time off from lifting. However, the interesting thing was that I just began to feel ...healthier. I’m not exactly sure how to describe what feeling healthier means but there were several things that were different. My GI health had improved dramatically (I wont get any more graphic than that). My energy levels had increased. My skin had gotten better. And I was actually getting leaner.
Now, some of you might be thinking it’s the lack of grains in the diet, or the extra fats, or the time off from the gym, or whatever. But the interesting thing is that I’ve followed low grain diets before and I never felt this good. And I’ve always taken in lots of good fats. And I’ve had breaks off from the gym. So I know that it wasn’t these factors. No, for me the only variable that had changed was that I was now eating 4 or 5 times my usual intake of fruits and vegetables.
To verify this fact, I as my brother to simply add tons of fruits and vegetables (mostly vegetables) to his diet without changing anything else. And he had the same experience — a general perception of increased health.
Chris, the book is slightly different than Adam's diet ... more emphasis on nutrient timing (obviously given the title!). Definitely more information (the why for example), more explanation, and a break-down into phases based upon where you are regarding body comp and where you want to be (ie more than 20# to lose, less than 10# to lose, etc).
I got an advance copy from Adam, but just bought it on Amazon to support him and Dr. Volek because I think it is a quality product.
I also have many of my clients on the diet ... with good results (compliance is variable but I tend to work with a lot of very obese clients who have a whole host of food-related issues).
Thanks, Julie. That's helpful. I'm actually right now trying to drop some fat (shouldn't be hard, there is so much of it!) while eating maximum carbs, so to speak. At the moment, I've begun adding in additional general conditioning work each day, so I'm upping the calories, and hence carbs, so I can feel energetic and happy, and I'm going to see if I can drop fat.
But, at some point, if I feel I need to change things up, I'll probably give the book's plan a go. My problem is,with lower carb diets, my compliance starts OK, but goes out the window at some point.
FWIW, JP, is there any chance you can help your client out by cooking some veggies with her? I grew up hating most veggies myself (and I had the gut to prove it!) but I had a real epiphany when an avid gardener friend shared some fresh veggies with me and told me to cook them minimally. I had grown so used to my mom emptying canned veggies into a pot and boiling them till they're mushy and flavorless, and I thought that's what vegetables were!
Roland has some good ideas, too -- salads and raw work well for some people, or fruit.
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He said that in the first version which appeared on this web site, but in the book, page 94, it discusses, "why alcohol makes you fat." Even a swig of beer, drink of wine, or shot of vodka.
Guess that means I'm going dry for the next few weeks.
BTW, I hit 181 this morning! (Yay me!)
pg. 36\86\97
All say that you can have up to two alcoholic drinks a day. I say go for it. Even if you're hovering on the compliant side of the line then you're still compliant
JP: In this client's case, I would probably follow the Alan Aragon guideline of finding out what she likes to eat, and trying to create a diet around it. As Red Wifey says, it might be too much of shift, and she may not even need it--if she can get results from a diet that she really enjoys, all the better.
Adam thought I said something sma-rt, Adam thought I said something sma-rt! Yahoo! {RW does the happy dance!}
Another thing: I'll be honest and Tony's reaction to the first week of the TNT diet is the exact thing that keeps me away from it...feeling like sh*t for a whole week while taking care of a toddler and a pre-schoolers is NOT a good combo. Are there other options in the book for a slower go at the initiation week?
Another thing: I'll be honest and Tony's reaction to the first week of the TNT diet is the exact thing that keeps me away from it...feeling like sh*t for a whole week while taking care of a toddler and a pre-schoolers is NOT a good combo.
Just tell them to go do something by themselves and scream at them a lot. It won't permanently damage them; it might even help them become immune to criticism.
I tend to be in a similar boat (teaching classes of kids). But, hey, it's only a week. Better to get it over with, then have it be half as bad for three times as long.
Just tell them to go do something by themselves and scream at them a lot. It won't permanently damage them; it might even help them become immune to criticism.
I tend to be in a similar boat (teaching classes of kids). But, hey, it's only a week. Better to get it over with, then have it be half as bad for three times as long.
How about if I just send them to you for my week??
Another thing: I'll be honest and Tony's reaction to the first week of the TNT diet is the exact thing that keeps me away from it...feeling like sh*t for a whole week while taking care of a toddler and a pre-schoolers is NOT a good combo. Are there other options in the book for a slower go at the initiation week?
It's not in the book, but you can just count the first week as an adjustment week (i.e., you might not lose much that first week) and eat with TNT guidelines, but FORCE yourself to eat more high calorie foods (fatty foods). Low carb and low calorie at the same time can be rough, so eat LOTS of fat that first week.
Personally, I'd suggest foods that you wouldn't normally eat or count on in your diet. Like taking shots of heavy cream, a spoonful of olive oil, or extra oil in the cooking.
Even on my first day back from my weekend of carbs, I eat A LOT of fat on the first day back. It was like 65% fat last time. Cream, half and half, extra oil and butter. Those calories help with the energy when you don't have the carbs to count on.
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