Rapid Diet

This is a rapid weight loss diet.

It provides enough nutrition that you can stay on it for a long time, perhaps a month or more. But check with your doctor and/or nutritionist first.

It is designed for satiety and compliance. I find it easy to comply with because I don't get cravings or need to fight hunger (the protein shakes are satiating), and yet it works fast enough that I am motivated to stick with it.

I started with water fasting, but wanted something I could maintain for a longer period of time.

I used whole foods easily available to me and which I prefer. As I am providing the source code, you can modify this to add foods more easily available to you.

The nutrition profile isn't perfect. The diet probably needs some tweaks. Getting 100% of RDI is very hard with such a low energy diet, which is why the multivitamin is suggested for every other day.

The Diet Plan

Anytime

• Black Coffee
• Black Tea
• Water
• Carbonated Water
• Zero-calorie things and minor flavorings like lemon juice, bitters, vinegar, cinnamon, etc.

Morining

Black coffee

Lunch (around 11:00 AM)

1 Tablespoon Metamucil (or psyllium husk) in water.

1 Serving (30g) of protein powder mixed in water (I use 97% Pea protein isolate, flavored and naturally sweetened)

Afternoon (around 2:00 PM)

1 Serving (30g) of protein powder mixed in water (I use 97% Pea protein isolate, flavored and naturally sweetened)

Dinner

• 33.75g smoked bristling sardines in rapeseed oil (this is exactly 1/8th of a jar of 270g Riga Gold sardines, hence the odd measurement)
• 200g brussel sprouts, microwaved until soft
• 120g black beans
• 200g pumpkin (nz crown)
• 40g roasted unsalted almonds
• 20g roasted unsalted sunflower seeds
• 1000 IU Vitamin D (or 1 men's multivitamin every other day)

Changes

Subsequent commits may change the foods or amounts. This README may become out of date.

Nutrition

• ENERGY: 38.7% of dietary norm
• FAT 52.4% of dietary norm
• PROTEIN 76.7% of dietary norm
• CARBS 21.1% of dietary norm
• SODIUM 24.0% of max CHOLESTEROL 4.6% of max
• fiber 86.3% of goal, n3-fat 130.2% n6-fat 115.1%
• lysine 139.7% isoleucine 188.8% leucine 147.2% methionine: 57.8%
• phenylalanine 124.7% tryptophan 159.3% valine 166.5% threonine: 157.4%
• B1 55.9% B2 74.0% B3 65.6% B5 51.1% B6 88.2% B9 75.9% B12 77.3%
• VitA 48.5% VitC 201.4% VitD 130.0% VitE 146.3%
• Ca 37.7% Mg 72.5% Zn 45.8% Cu 154.2% K 94.1% Se 60.2%
• ENERGY: 34.4%