Things have been going well for me, sorry I haven't been posting that often. I've upped calorie intake a bit since last post, I think that the initial fat dump is over now and I've been having to work a bit harder to see the lbs go down. last post I was at 238, today I weighed 230, so still going in the right direction, although a bit slower than I had hoped.
I'm really excited to break into the 220's again, planning on running about 4 miles tonight so that should get me down in there finally! I find that if I go really hard for a month, then dial it back a notch for the next month it makes it a bit more tolerable than going balls to the wall the entire time.
I still haven't managed to quit smoking.
It's go time.
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Re: It's go time.
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thanks Bossman,
Down to 226 this morning, gonna try to step it back up a notch for the next couple of weeks, keep things interesting.
Down to 226 this morning, gonna try to step it back up a notch for the next couple of weeks, keep things interesting.
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Cgilbert23
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Need advice maybe
I've been on vacation for the last week, and I told myself that I was just going to eat whatever I wanted and not worry about it until I got home, well I'm home now so I'm worrying about it, lol. weight at the moment is bouncing between 218-225 depending on the day, I'm sick of running all the time and am wanting to incorporate more weights into the equation, I had been doing cardio 3 days a week and resistance training 2 days with a free day sunday and light exercise on saturdays. I still want to weigh less, but when it comes down to it I don't really care what I weigh as long as I feel good about how I look...shallow right?
In any case I am looking for someone with a bit more experience than I have to tell me whether it would be prudent for me to start lifting more than cardio and adjust diet to eat a bit more, or to continue what I've been doing, cardio 3 times a week, and RT the other 2 days, while eating at a modest 1400, or to up the calories and lift more...I know this is all vague and there's probably no correct answer, I guess I'm just looking for someone to tell me what to do cause I'm feeling a bit lost at the moment.
Cheers!
In any case I am looking for someone with a bit more experience than I have to tell me whether it would be prudent for me to start lifting more than cardio and adjust diet to eat a bit more, or to continue what I've been doing, cardio 3 times a week, and RT the other 2 days, while eating at a modest 1400, or to up the calories and lift more...I know this is all vague and there's probably no correct answer, I guess I'm just looking for someone to tell me what to do cause I'm feeling a bit lost at the moment.
Cheers!
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Switch the weights and cardio. 3 days weights 2 days cardio.
So something like this.
Day 1. Weights
Day 2. Cardio
Day 3. Weights
Day 4. Day off
Day 5. Cardio
Day 6. Weights
Day 7. Day off.
You're basically use on the weights day a workout covering all the muscles. Lifts like Deadlifts, Squats, Bench Press, Chins, Cleans, Planks etc etc, can be inorporated with maybe a bit of direct stuff like E-Z Bar Curls, Pressdowns etc.
Calories are way too low. 2,000 a day for sedentary males and more for active ones.
You should ideally be aiming for around 2,300-2,500 as a base point. Eating more than that at this stage, would just create more excess calorie to Fat conversion, so don't eat like a 190lb lean bodybuilder, eat more like a 150lb dude who's got less than a years lifting under his belt.
Eating big calories when your body does't need them would just pile on some more Fat with muscle, the extra calorie to fat storage amounts, diminishing over time when you got stronger and needed more calories, but you'd find the Fat harder to shift at a later stage than put on and because 1lb of muscle helps to burn approximately another 45-50 calories, there's no need to be counterproductive by overeating to bulk.
You can always add a modest amount of calories in, when you're stalling on progress and ready for them.
Ideally i'd reccomend another 300 a day, for increases, which could be 50 a meal if you eat 6 times a day.
You'd do it thusly.
Option 1. 5g protein, 5g Carbs, 1g Fat, (49 calories).
Option 2. 5g Carbs, 3-4g Fat, (47-56 calories approx).
If you were consuming 1.2g per lb bodyweight Protein, certainly no more than 1.5g max, then you could go for option 2, otherwise use option 1.
For now, calories need bumping up. I'd say add an amount of calories in roughly equal to 2x option 1 and 1x option 2 to ever meal if that makes sense, so you're having another 150 calories per meal, if you're eating 6 times a day that is.
Alternatively if you're eating about 5 times, add about 100 calories per meal in, with a 1x option 1 and 1x option 2 ratio, then insert another 400 calorie meal with a 4x option 1 and 4x option 2 ratio.
Hopefully that makes sense, the last part especially.
A Gym instructor if needs, be would be beneficial for the TBT workout on the weights, to structure it better and flesh out specifics like reps, sets etc, as I've just skimmed the basics on this occasion.
So something like this.
Day 1. Weights
Day 2. Cardio
Day 3. Weights
Day 4. Day off
Day 5. Cardio
Day 6. Weights
Day 7. Day off.
You're basically use on the weights day a workout covering all the muscles. Lifts like Deadlifts, Squats, Bench Press, Chins, Cleans, Planks etc etc, can be inorporated with maybe a bit of direct stuff like E-Z Bar Curls, Pressdowns etc.
Calories are way too low. 2,000 a day for sedentary males and more for active ones.
You should ideally be aiming for around 2,300-2,500 as a base point. Eating more than that at this stage, would just create more excess calorie to Fat conversion, so don't eat like a 190lb lean bodybuilder, eat more like a 150lb dude who's got less than a years lifting under his belt.
Eating big calories when your body does't need them would just pile on some more Fat with muscle, the extra calorie to fat storage amounts, diminishing over time when you got stronger and needed more calories, but you'd find the Fat harder to shift at a later stage than put on and because 1lb of muscle helps to burn approximately another 45-50 calories, there's no need to be counterproductive by overeating to bulk.
You can always add a modest amount of calories in, when you're stalling on progress and ready for them.
Ideally i'd reccomend another 300 a day, for increases, which could be 50 a meal if you eat 6 times a day.
You'd do it thusly.
Option 1. 5g protein, 5g Carbs, 1g Fat, (49 calories).
Option 2. 5g Carbs, 3-4g Fat, (47-56 calories approx).
If you were consuming 1.2g per lb bodyweight Protein, certainly no more than 1.5g max, then you could go for option 2, otherwise use option 1.
For now, calories need bumping up. I'd say add an amount of calories in roughly equal to 2x option 1 and 1x option 2 to ever meal if that makes sense, so you're having another 150 calories per meal, if you're eating 6 times a day that is.
Alternatively if you're eating about 5 times, add about 100 calories per meal in, with a 1x option 1 and 1x option 2 ratio, then insert another 400 calorie meal with a 4x option 1 and 4x option 2 ratio.
Hopefully that makes sense, the last part especially.
A Gym instructor if needs, be would be beneficial for the TBT workout on the weights, to structure it better and flesh out specifics like reps, sets etc, as I've just skimmed the basics on this occasion.