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I've been doing MANS diet for 3wks now and I'm not sure its the right diet for me. I am a hardgainer and I find it very difficult to put on weight, i've been told its partly due to my high metabolism. I've never been fat, and never had an issue with weight or food for that matter.

I am almost 29, I'm 6'3" and my waist is about 35inches. Currently I weigh in at about 85/86kg, but in January I was 81kg...so I've really been trying.

I hit the gym 5days a week and follow the programme Mark has set out.

Is TSPA an option for me at this stage? Does the TSPA diet have a different workout programme from the other diets. Its easy to be impressed by others testimonials and the progress pictures on FB.

I've persuaded myself that TSPA is the way forward!

Am a kiddo in this field yaar... could you please elaborate what TSPA mean ?

I personally like the low fat diet, there may be a diet plan out there for this specific type of diet but this is the way I lose weight and to be honest it's the easiest way to lose weight. When I need to lose weight and I just don't feel like following a specific diet plan or spending all that money on new foods that are not in my house already I choose to count fat grams. I have read that to maintain your normal weight range you need to stay at around 30 grams of fat intake a day. So when I want to lose weight I go between 20-25 fat grams a day and increase my exercise workouts by one to two days a week.

For instance if I was exercising 3 times a week I go to 4-5 times a week, alternating with aerobic and weight training.

So for every food item I want to eat I read how much fat grams are in the food item. Then I write down the food item in a journal with the fat grams written right next to the food item. Once I have reached the 20-30 grams of fat for the day I start supplementing my foods with more fruits and vegetables.

For instance if I go out with friends to eat and we are eating pizza I know that I can have one slice of pizza and only have eaten about 15 grams of fat, so for the rest of the day I need to carefully monitor my fat intake. BUT I was still able to eat my favorite food with my friends.

This type of diet does take some time to get use to but after trying so many other diets I like the simplicity of just counting my fat grams and upping my exercise routine.

If you are trying to put on muscle and increase your size then TSPA is not for you. It is a cutting system, designed to make you leaner. Stick with MANS for a couple of months and if you find you are not getting stronger and bigger then you might want to take some of the fat out of the diet and add in some more carbs, or look at GLAD, another building system of Marks. Or you could try PHAT, which is system developed by another bloke. You can google it quite easily. You haven't mentioned what sort of training program you are on or what you body fat readings are. if you supplied these i might be able to advise you further.

Why the urge to respond to an 8 month old post? LOL