Ah okay, I see why you made your comment(s). I agree. I think I assumed Dubadai was referring the same protocol that I was referring to which is used in Boxing, Combat Sports, Rowing, Cycling and other sports where there are weight divisions or where weight is an important factor in the performance. Even with the established protocols, (fish & white meat) it a monotonous diet with with a high volume of water soluble carbohydrate, do-able but requires a level of commitment
I did question the yoghurt bit ^^^
The basic point was good advice IMO, even if the detail was a a bit out (although it wasn’t a meal plan, just the basic premise.)
I also strongly agree with your following point…
Given this a ‘low residue diet’ the last 2 - 3 days before the might be worth looking in to.
As you say over 5 weeks depending on the volume a kilo could be (safely lost? maybe, a question to ask ones self) and a low residue diet could reduce faecal mass by up to 2kg.
“I applied this knowledge to weight management as faecal mass can account for up to 2 kg of dead weight. Also, less faecal mass means lower digestive stress so it can be helpful if you suffer from digestive issues during events.” (Mitchell, 2017, p.37)
Ref: Mitchell, N. (2017) Fuelling the Cycling Revolution. 1st Edn. Bloomsbury.
My general point was to focus on carbohydrates from white rice and pasta.
No one would bat an eye if I said “just eat carbonara without bacon for 2 days before the event”, its the same thing. Eat plenty of pasta and rice, have some greek yoghurt for the protein, throw some chili sauce on there. Have chocolate milk with your toast in the morning.
My suggestion was not a complete meal plan, but you can simplify the diet quite a lot the last 2 days before the event to make sure you’re not hauling around lots of unnecessary faecal mass.
Of course you can make some fun meals, but if you just keep it basic, such as pasta, rice, chocolate milk (which are things that I find easy to eat a shitload of and not get bored), you might be able to lose some weight before the event.
Its not weight loss, its merely removing unnecessary shit (literally).
Are you vegetarian or do you find cutting meat helps with lowering residue?
Another benefit of keeping it basic is it makes it easily repeatable when away from home at a race. Take yourself out of your normal cooking facilities, pantry and supermarket and meal planning can become quite tricky.
Just my 2ct from losing weight during build. I kept aiming for about -500cal a day but made sure I upped my protein intake to at least 1.5g/kg, preferably 2gr/kg. I personally felt fine and had no problems completing the workouts (with exception of one, but that’s more to do with me not using AT to the letter).
OK, but you have just completely changed what you said. Your original post was to eat white rice, Greek yogurt and chocolate milk for 48 hours before an event. No mention of pasta, toast or chili sauce.
Diets are a personal thing, I can personally get in enough carbs for such an event with just white rice, chocolate milk/powder and what not. Aiming for lots and lots of carbs.
My idea was to just introduce the though of “cleaning” up the diet the last 48hrs. And one way would be to just have white rice, greek yoghurt and chocolate milk, as a part of that.