(drum roll)
- I stood on those scales and holy moly.
(singing) do do do do do do do do
I couldn't do that before!
The peck dance, oh yeah
- Hey, I'm Ryan,
and for the next week I'm going to eat like Chris Hemsworth.
There's no denying that Chris Hemsworth is a God.
I mean, he played Thor.
Look at that body.
(cat calls)
He looks after himself very well.
Me, however, I do not.
I am always surrounded by food.
I am constantly eating, but the thing is I have no routine.
So what do I want to achieve from this week?
I have never been able to change my body shape, add muscle,
so this week, I want to gain weight.
The goal is 500 grams, one pound.
I feel like that's realistic, right?
Just quickly going into the science-y part of things.
Did you know that there are three body types?
Ectomorph, Mesomorph and Endomorph.
So I fit into the category of Ectomorph,
and that is someone who is skinny,
struggles to put on weight, they're just very lean
and doesn't have a lot of muscle mass.
So here's how it's going to work.
I'm going to follow Chris Hemsworth's meal plan
that I sourced from Men's Health.
I'm going to document and weigh myself
every morning and every night.
And we'll see what those scales say.
Here we go for the first weigh-in.
(scale beeps)
60 kilos. That's my starting weight.
I'm definitely nervous.
This is going to be one of the hardest things
I've ever done.
So I did the shop the day before the challenge.
There are a lot of supplements. These weren't cheap.
You need to know what you're doing
when you want to change your body.
Day one. We've got a green power shake
with protein to start off with.
Cheers to starting off the challenge on a healthy note.
Mmm, the convenience of drinking your breakfast.
Ah!
- [Voiceover] Pretty good. I really enjoyed it.
- That's the green power shake done.
Here we have the 10:00 AM snack.
It's a bowl of yogurt with Manuka honey,
blueberries, raspberries, chia seeds, almonds.
I typically wouldn't eat this much, especially for a snack.
Give it a go.
Hmm.
- [Voiceover] It was actually nothing too heavy about it.
It was quite light.
So considering like you'd usually have
your yogurt with granola.
I think this could be the reason why it was a bit cleaner
and why Chris would go to eating this.
So I'm standing in the tasty kitchen.
I had to come to work to do a few bits and pieces.
I've brought my ingredients.
I can whip up my 2:30 PM meal,
and that's going to be a grilled chicken salad.
It looks so filling. It's very colorful,
always got to have some good fats in your food.
I don't incorporate nuts into my diet much at all,
so having them in two meals in one day is very different.
(celebration sound effect)
It was hefty.
I don't really want to eat any more
for a long period of time.
I finished my day at the office,
and now that I'm home it's snack time.
I know that there's some rice cakes with tomato
and tuna, and I'm really not in the mood for that.
- [Voiceover] Tuna, tomato, Vegemite on a rice cracker,
doesn't exactly shout "excitement!".
This was very sad.
Fish with grilled mushrooms.
I didn't want any more food at this stage,
my body gave up. I struggled through every bite.
I was feeling defeated, I felt like
"I can't do this and we're only on day one".
But I had to remember that positive mindset
that I had when I started, and I pushed through
and I ate that meal. Yeah, it was hard.
(celebration sound effect)
- In a lot of pain from like how much food I've eaten today.
So I feel like if I eat anymore, my stomach will explode.
- [Voiceover] And then we get to dessert
- Oh my God, it smells like stinky feet.
(sniffs)
Oh!
The final meal of day one, pawpaw filled with yogurt
and berries and a magnesium supplement
to help with muscle recovery.
The Greek yogurt's good.
- [Voiceover] I've gotta do this for six more days,
I feel full, tired.
- It is really affecting me.
The moment of truth.
I stood on those scales and holy moly,
(scale beeps)
I had put on weight,
for one of the first times in my life.
I just wanted to report before going to bed,
I felt this sudden surge of pain in my stomach,
feeling a bit bloated, a little off.
Hopefully my body adjusts throughout the rest of the week.
So I've just woken up
and I am feeling a lot better than I did last night.
The stomach pain has gone away,
but I am feeling really full still.
So I'm not really in the mood to eat.
I know I've got another seven meals coming my way today.
Also I put on a substantial amount of weight
last night, and I want to see if it's still there
or if my body metabolized it.
(scale beeps)
What? I wake up at 59.7?
No way. I haven't even gone to the toilet yet.
(upbeat music)
- [Voiceover] Chris Hemsworth actually has
his own fitness app, it's called Centr.
So I downloaded it, I did Pilates in my lounge room.
It was so much fun.
- Vitamin C, so have two daily.
Plant protein, and also some branch chain amino acids.
- [Voiceover] Doing some research,
I found out that they help with muscle growth
and your body absorbing protein.
They can also help with like
anti-fatigue when you're playing sport.
I am an active person, so I feel like this
should fit into my exercise routine pretty well.
- Here we have three fried eggs,
with avocado on Vegemite toast.
Last bite!
So I'm working at the moment,
and I realized that I have been so busy and so caught up
that I have forgot about my 2:30 PM meal.
I'm finding it really challenging
to fit this many meals in my day.
It's really interfering with my sense of focus.
Moving forward, I'm going to do a little bit of meal prep,
but right now I'm going to go get that 2:30 PM meal in.
Filet with a grilled pumpkin and spinach salad,
and there's also a bed of rice.
Mmm, that steak just melts apart.
All done.
- [Voiceover] So then we got to dinner time,
chicken and veggie soup.
Halfway through, I was struggling.
I just wasn't capable of actually completing the meal.
I'm going to put it to the side
and maybe I can have it later,
but I know that I've got another meal to come
and I've also got to play a game of netball now.
Playing netball with Tommy.
- Hi.
- Are we gonna win?
- Yeah.
- [Ryan] So we've just finished my netball game.
And one thing I have to say, I play this every week
and I had so much energy. It was really crazy.
I could run the whole game, I wasn't tired.
This diet is kicking in.
I'll tell you what at 9:00 PM is such a weird time to eat.
Got my fish dish.
Done.
- [Voiceover] Can these energy levels be sustained?
Can I continue tomorrow feeling on top of the world?
I feel like tonight I had a breakthrough,
and I just want to hold onto this
because I think I'm doing well.
We've got the branch chain amino acid drink
and then I can finally go to sleep.
That never gets easy.
I'm so exhausted.
I actually slept through my alarm
and I missed the 8:00 AM smoothie.
On top of that, I'm starting the day off
with a little bit of a sore stomach.
Morning weigh in day number three.
(scale beeps)
I lost weight again?
My body just does not want me to put on weight.
Scrambled eggs on wrap with a homemade tomato salsa.
- [Voiceover] This challenge, it's making me
resent food a little bit.
It feels like it's a chore to eat.
And I really wish that I looked forward
to these meals a little bit more.
So I had to meal prep, this frozen green bar.
It was meant to be a healthy treat.
And there's some cucumber, and banana,
cauliflowers, spinach, almond flour, dates,
pumpkin seeds, chia seeds, and bee pollen.
I'm just going to add a little almond milk in.
So we're going to blend it all together.
This is like Shrek fell into a blender.
(laughs)
I'll stick it in an icy pole mold,
and then that's going to go in the freezer
and I'll be able to eat a little bit later.
- [Voiceover] By the time lunchtime rolled around,
ordered a fresh tuna sashimi poke bowl,
and it had all the same ingredients
that the meal plan required.
It was delicious. I loved it.
And it made me happy that I wasn't confined
to my apartment to do this challenge.
- Green frozen icicle time.
Ugh.
No, no, no, no. I don't think
that I should be putting my body through this.
So this is being cut out of the challenge.
Here are the ingredients for grilled lamb chops.
We have some lamb chops, cauliflower potato mash,
and then we have some carrots and zucchini.
Oh my god that lamb.
Okay, this takes over my favorite meal so far.
- [Voiceover] Feeling good, we're on the path to success.
- I am actually so excited for this morning
because I just had a look, and I don't need
to have the green power shake anymore. Yay!
- [Voiceover] Today's morning shake is in fact,
a banana protein shake.
This one is so much better.
- Yes.
Breakfast, which is two fried eggs
on one piece of toast and some wilted spinach.
Now we're on day four, I have to say
the transformation is insane,
I'm buzzing, I'm alert.
I've never got this amount of energy.
I'm feeling really good and positive.
So I feel like I've had a very interesting 48 hours.
I ended up going out for my friend's birthday last night.
And sadly I missed my dinner meal.
I really wanted to stick to the challenge,
and I hoped that I would.
I'm noticing that my weight is dropping.
It's just not exactly what I was after.
Definitely a lot more toned and defined,
so there are benefits to this diet.
(seductive music)
(singing) do do do do,
I couldn't do that before.
The peck dance, oh yeah.
We've got 48 hours to go after today.
And I think we're going to finish strong.
For dinner I use my leftover ingredients
and repurpose them into a Chris Hemsworth certified meal.
And it was a good way to end the night.
So this is what I woke up to.
We're on day six, and I am quite shocked
because I haven't done any different exercises
and all I've done is changed my diet.
(upbeat music)
So I have here the savory porridge.
So this one has Parmesan, herbs and egg.
- [Voiceover] This is so bizarre.
- It's not good, but it's not bad.
This diet is giving me super powers.
I was just playing a game of netball
and I ran for 40 minutes non-stop center division
and we smashed the game, I loved it.
Today we get to have a little snack-y snack.
17 grams of protein.
Oh my God. I really love this.
I just finished my workout at Fitness First in the city,
and I have so much energy. I've never felt this good before.
I've got a protein shake, cooking dinner,
seems like I've cracked how to fit
everything into my schedule.
I can't believe I'm here.
Day number seven, I've got my final meal
of Chris Hemsworth's diet.
Final weigh in.
(scale beeps)
What the hell?
That is the lowest I've ever been.
I've lost two kilos since starting this diet.
I'm going to move ahead with a positive mindset
and a good relationship with food,
and striving to bulk up a little,
get fit, and look as good as I can.
Consuming food in this way,
it supported all my sporting activities.
It helped me set routines so that's what I love.
In the future, I'm going to make sure
that I keep my diet balanced.
(upbeat music)