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Originally Posted by Buffy202
I am maintaining my weight at 1700 calories a day, 40% protein, 30% fat, 30% low glycemic carbs, 6 meals a day. Clearly, to get as skinny as a celebrity, you need to lower your calories past your BMR.
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| I anticipate that people will be angry with this and say that I need to keep my calories up or I'll go in starvation mode. But all of my friends who are celebrity-thin eat about 750 calories a day. I've been eating and working out right for so long and my weight isn't going anywhere. I want to be small and toned, not jacked. |
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Originally Posted by Robert DiMaggio
Try changing to 55% P, 35% C, 10% F. Very effective macro breakdown for "cutting", it is the one my wife uses: http://www.ironmagazineforums.com/ga...cat/500/page/1
that pic is from her last show, she is competing again next Saturday and she is currently leaner right now than in that pic! And NO she is not naturally lean. If you only eat 750 calories per day your body will eat it's own muscle tissue, you will equally lose fat and muscle. the muscle loss will cause your metoblism to drop, and as you said the lack of calories puts your body in starvation mode meaning that all physiological processes gets slowed down to deal with the calorie restriction. your energy levels wil be very low, and you will feel like shit. eventually you will not be able to handle this state any longer and you will start eating, once you do your body will store ever extra calories it gets as fat, its a defense mechanism in case you starve it again. you will ultimately end up with more bodyfat and less muscle than when you started and a slower metabolism. bottom line is its temporay, no one can maintain this for very long and it will put you into a viscous cycle of yo yo dieting where you ultimately get fatter and fatter. above I said to change the macros, pleae try this. I assume that the food you eat is quality, it might be a good idea to list your diet here meal by meal. I also assume that you work-out? If not, that alone will make a world of difference. if you do work-out give a few detials on what you do. |
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Originally Posted by aztecwolf
if you do this diet for a long time (with minimal calories) and your metabolism slows down, does it recover after a period of time on a normal diet?
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Originally Posted by TopProducer
buffy202, All I have to say is a healty diet and a S*)hit load of Cardio is your answer. Simple as that!
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Originally Posted by Robert DiMaggio
many of us here can tell anyone what they need to do to lose weight and/or get lean, but very few will actually follow our advice because it takes hard work, discipline, patience, and of course ultimately time, up to 3-4 months, depending on your current state. the average person is not willing to put in the work that is necessary.
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Originally Posted by Buffy202
Random question - I thought I was going to puke during my workout this morning - yesterday I had about 50 carbs and it was torture. Would eating a grapefruit immediately pre-workout, bringing my carbs up to aroun 85 and calories up to 1300, hurt the cause? If the nauseous-I'm about to pass out feeling is something I just have to suck up to get to my goals, then I'll do it, but I wanted to double check.
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, but hey I ain't complaining! |
Originally Posted by MrsRiley
And even thou I've actually GAINED a couple pounds I feel great about myself cuz I see my BF% going down.
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Originally Posted by Buffy202
Rereading my post is a wakeup call - it looks pretty F--ed up, and desperate.
I had a really mean ex boyfriend who told me, and I quote "the skinnier a woman is, the more attractive she is." When I told him that I was doing body for life and that I could really do a lot on the leg extension machiene, he said, "Do you want to be built and muscular, or do you want to be skinny?" . |
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Hi folks:
I'm 5'9" and 149 pounds and 23.5% bodyfat (I just finished a 12 week BFL course where I put on 10 pounds of muscle and lost 5 pounds of fat - I think my body was like, 'hey, protein, I've missed ya!' after years of low fat, moderate calorie eating.) I'm going to be honest - I want a Jenifer Aniston/Jessica Simpson type body, toned and super thin, and not the muscular but with a good layer of fat body that I have now. I don't want to be a bodybuilder, or big but with low BF. I'd like to weigh 125-130 and be at 17-18% BF. I am also interested in training for a marathon. I got accepted in the NY lottery. My question is, what's the best way to get there? Honestly? I'd eat a lump of kitty litter a day if that's what it would take - I just don't know what to do! I am maintaining my weight at 1700 calories a day, 40% protein, 30% fat, 30% low glycemic carbs, 6 meals a day. Clearly, to get as skinny as a celebrity, you need to lower your calories past your BMR. Here are some ideas I have had- 1) eat 900-1000 calories a day with about 80-100 carbs a day, and run 5-6 miles a day and continue with my heavy weight training. 2) go on the atkins diet and eat 800 calories a day w/ 20 carbs a day, continue lifting and get as much exercise as I can muster. I anticipate that people will be angry with this and say that I need to keep my calories up or I'll go in starvation mode. But all of my friends who are celebrity-thin eat about 750 calories a day. I've been eating and working out right for so long and my weight isn't going anywhere. I want to be small and toned, not jacked. Honest responses would be really, really appreciated. Please help. I can't take this anymore and I don't know what to do to finally get |