Thread: Help me lose weight!

You're not getting enough fats in that diet. Fish oil? Walnuts? Natty PB? Also, how many calories are you taking in each day?

It looks like a poor diet to me. There's no chicken or tunafish in there either except for a broiled salmon. You should also include brown rice and yams. No fruit either?

What happened two years ago doesn't necessarily mean it should happen now. Your body changes all the time and your metabolism may have slowed down. I highly recommend you to read the ebook "Burn the Fat Feed the Muscle" by Tom Venuto like i mentioned in your other thread.

Originally Posted by shiznit2169

You're not getting enough fats in that diet. Fish oil? Walnuts? Natty PB? Also, how many calories are you taking in each day?

It looks like a poor diet to me. There's no chicken or tunafish in there either except for a broiled salmon. You should also include brown rice and yams. No fruit either?

What happened two years ago doesn't necessarily mean it should happen now. Your body changes all the time and your metabolism may have slowed down. I highly recommend you to read the ebook "Burn the Fat Feed the Muscle" by Tom Venuto like i mentioned in your other thread.

I thought I was getting more fat than I need. The cottage cheese is packed what healthy dairy fats and so are the nuts.

Originally Posted by KelJu

I thought I was getting more fat than I need. The cottage cheese is packed what healthy dairy fats and so are the nuts.

I was not aware that dairy fat was a good fat.

ribeye's have a lot, alot, alot of fat in them. eat more veggies and fruit. I got to drop 10 pounds I think this is going to melt it off.

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The cals look super low, where are they at around 2K?

I personally wouldn't eat that much cottage cheese... I would sub it for real meat, and vege's or rice or both

Originally Posted by ReproMan

The cals look super low, where are they at around 2K?

Yeah, the calories are in the 2000 range. I am sensitive to carbs. I have eaten fruit in the past and the fructose stopped my weight lose in its tracks or so it seems.

that is some serious low carbs. I mean it depends entirely on your lifestyle, so if you have a full time job that is sedentiary and the only activity you do is hit the gym then im sure you can get away with it.... but being that low your just going to have no energy what so ever.

My advice:

More carbs
More veggies
Add fruits
Little more EFA's

I used to be ascared of carbs too... not no more. My diet is actually 30/50/20, mostly carbs. But thats because of the life i lead.

good luck

Look into carb cycling. I'm not exactly sure where to find it, but Twin Peak wrote articles on it over at Avant/M&M a couple of years ago. Its a great way to drop lbs without having to count cal's all the time. I've been doing my own version of it and its been working great.

EDIT:
I dug it up through google, apparently its on BB.com. First time i read it was over at Avant (before they split into different sites or what not, i've been out of the loop for a while now). Nevertheless, here's the link:

Bodybuilding.com - Twin Peak - Carbohydrate Cycling: What You Need To Know!

You can also find the carb cycling articles here:
http://www.ironmagazineforums.com/di...%2A%2A%2A.html

I did carb cycling about a year ago with much luck, bit this time I wanted to lose faster. I might go back to carb cycling and try it again.

You need more EFA's man. You don't need many carbs, you need fats.

Originally Posted by Witchblade

You need more EFA's man. You don't need many carbs, you need fats.

I disagree.

The single BIGGEST mistake most individuals make while cutting is restricting carbohydrates too much!

You should be consumnig at LEAST 25-50grams of low-glycemic carbs in every meal.

And those should come from vegetables and fruit only. You could strategically add in some oats, like before your workout, but that's all you need.