I'm presently 345 lb with an LBM of about 170 lb.

I have been consuming about 2000 to 2500 calories a day following Atkins and holding my carb intake to about 30g give or take. I have recently gotten my fat percentage up to about 75% of calories. I am losing about 2#/wk but since I started oil sipping and upped my calories that seems to be settling in at about 3#/wk.

I'm going to be starting BFL a week from Monday and am trying to plan my meals. To do this, of course, I have to decide what my initial dietary profile should look like.

If I eat 1.2g of protein per pound of LBM, then that would mean about 200g of protein. So about 800 calories there. Then if I take my carb intake to 40g that's another 160 calories. If I keep my calorie intake at about the 2500 level, then that would put my fat intake in the 170g range. It would also put my calories from fat percentage at about 60% which doesn't sound to bad.

What are your thoughts?

2500 kcal
carb: 40 g (~6%)
protein: 200 g (~32%)
fat: 170 g (~61%)

I'm looking at using their Myoplex LC formula for three of the meals a day and splitting rest of the meals up so that the first meal (the one after exercising) has twice as much protein as the other two and spliting the carbs and fat up evenly.

I'm also planning on taking L-glutamine. At 0.3g/kg of LBM, I would need about 25g a day. A scoop is 5 g so I am thinking of taking 10g immediately after finishing and then adding one scoop to each Myoplex drink.

Does this sound like a reasonable starting approach? What things should I look for to decide what tweaks I need to make?

I'm very much looking forward to this experience and want to do it right.

TIA

Bill, I replied to part of this in your journal. My addition to this post would be that with 140 lbs of LBM I currently eat almost 200g of protein a day - you could in effect eat more than this. Why would you want to? More protein will ensure no muscle loss - specially if it is spread out over 6 meals a day. Trainerdan has adivsed 1 -1.5g of protein per lb of body weight to keep muscles from wasting should you wish to do a little more cardio, and I have read this elsewhere as well.

I'd take 200g as your minimum and make sure that you had at least 33g per meal. More protein after your lifting workout should be OK. Be sure this meal also has a good number of carbs in it.

Adding the glutamine to the shakes is a great way to get it in - 25g sounds good. Having a portion before bed is also a good idea. I throw my flax/udos in with my shakes. I've found that two tbsp at a time can't be detected. Shakes are handy because you can throw just about anything into them. This is also where I get my post workout carbs in the form of berries (using frozen ones makes for a slushie like creation)

Make sure you get your antioxidants after a lifting workout as well - Vits C and E will help neutralize the effects of cortisol that is produced from the stress of working out.

Can't think of anything else right now.
Nat

No advice to give but wish you well as you join us here and start your own BFL journey!