This is an informative thread for me. I've lost 40 lbs since April of this year through the Farrell's program. I lost 21 during the 10 week session, but i've dropped another 20 since then.
People at the gym hate me for saying this, but I can't stop losing weight. I was very regimented with my diet for the first 4 months I was doing Farrell's (no bread/pasta/rice/potatoes/sweets) and lost the weight pretty fast. I ate around 1800 calories a day. My body was burning that just being alive, so add to it the 500-800 calories I'd burn during a given farrell's workout and I can understand how I lost the weight.
However, even since then, I've opened my diet back up and I'm still losing weight. I allow myself sweets on occasion as well as the occasional diet pop and a (rare) piece of bread. I'm consuming around 2200 calories a day (2500 on many days) and I'm still dropping weight. I honestly want to start putting some muscle on, but I can't seem to figure out an equation that puts weight on.
Any tips from you folks? Just up the calories through lean proteins?
My typical day is:
5am - Protein balls (oatmeal/flax/protein powder/PB)
7am - Protein shake
9am - Strawberries, yogurt, and granola
11:30a - Lunch (usually turkey chili or some high protein meal)
2:30pm - Protein bar (usually quest brand)
6pm - Dinner