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Originally Posted by boilermaker
Steed77, I'm no expert, but it looks pretty good to me. The only thing that stood out to me in your diet was only 40g of fat. I think one of the mods will probably reccomend higher, like 60g or so coming from heathy sources like fish oils, avocado, nut butters, olive oil, etc... Good luck hitting your goal. I think 5 lbs. a month is certainly attainable.
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Originally Posted by nsimmons
We have almost the exact same stats If i get super strict with my training, suppliments, and diet, 3-4 lbs a week is possible and no loss in strength. October should be easy. Im shooting for 190 by May, then start a bulk.
Whats your diet look like. I have to have 1600 cal at most or it takes me forever to loose anything. 5-6 meals and i dont get hungry on so little. |
My daily calories are at 2113 as of right now. I have a break down of all my meals in the attatchment. |
Originally Posted by nsimmons
When i was at my heaviest 240 I spent hours and hours crunching numbers working out exact macro ratios for my stats and came in at 1917 calories per day 50% carb 35% protein 15% fat.
Ive tried other ratios but this helps keep up the energy. I had to cut out some cardio when i started training legs heavy (bad knee) again so ive dropped it to 1600, which i know is low. Im 206 right now. Over the last month since i started religious logging, Ive lost 2" from my waist and 2" from my chest. Legs/arms stayed the same. Ive only lost 4 lbs over the month but i did start creatine again and Im retaining a fair amount of water. Im have a very noticible pump from it. Still trying to figure out how much fat 2" from the waist would be. 10-12 lbs maybe? People have noticed. All my lifts have increased or stayed the same over this time. Im also taking a shit load of supp's which are helping. Multi's, bcaa, glutamine, fish oils, a ton of vit c, creatine mono, whey, glucosamine, q10. Occasionally some ephedrine, but this brand makes me very bitchy so maybe once a week for energy. I eat rice, chicken fish, veggies thats it. Best thing i found is to spread the supps and food out so I have energy to run my ass off. Workout now is weights 3 on 1 off (chest/back, arms/shoulders, legs), and cardio every day except 2 days after legs. Abs on weight day off. This is very effective but very draining i must have 10 hours sleep a day, 9 and im a zombie. My goal is drop as much by may, because I have a schedule change and i wont have time or energy to do so much. Funny thing is I can see my abs, they're buried deep but if i flex theres a definite 6 pack outline. I cant remember being under 200, so i dont know how low i need to go. [edit] Just saw the pdf. Your ratios look almost identicle to mine. What i did to calcuate a total was take averages from as many bf formulas plus an impedance scale to figure out my lean body mass. Then i set up my diet with 1 gram protein per lb lbm and made it 35% of the total. Came in about 200 cal shy of yours. What i usually do is make 1 huge batch and put it all in seperate tupperwares. Its easy and quick to do this, but can get boring. Mix up the spices and veggies. |
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Originally Posted by Jodi
Ok so your diet looks pretty good but I think you need to do a few things differently here.
1. Meal 1 looks ok. I would remove the apple and add it to either meal 2 instead. Also, add in some healthy fats - fish oil, flax oil, olive oil, avocado etc.. 2. On meal 2 - You need more protein here. Try to get 30-40G of protein and also skip the carrots and have celery instead. One more thing..........Add in some healthy fats. - fish oil, flax oil, nuts, avocado etc. 3. Meal 3 is good just add in some healthy fats. 4. Meal 4 is lacking protein. The yogurt is good but you need more protein. Why not make add in some whey here.........Is this your PWO? 5. Meal 5- What kind of potato is this? For cutting you may prefer to switch to sweet potato or yams instead. 6. Meal 6 - little more cottage cheese. You have almonds in 2 meals and no other healthy fats. Keep the almonds here but I would change your fats in your other meals and keep it to only one serving of nuts per day. |
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Originally Posted by Steed77
1) No apple for first meal? Why?
Because you have a lot of carbs in that meal with the cereal and milk 2) Why Celery instead of Carrots? Carrots are a starchy veggie - Celery is a fibrous veggie - Fibrous Veggies = Free Foods ![]() 3) CHECK 4) What is PWO? Lately I have been having 1 Scoop of Muscle Milk with 1-2 Scoops of Whey after my workout..about 5pm (Sometimes this is my substitute for dinner...is that bad? PWO=Post WorkOut - Yes - that is a bad substitute. You should have solid foods and save the Shakes for PWO or if you need a quick MRP make one with Protein, Oats and Natty PB 5) I am using just a "regular" or medium sized potato. I can't stand Yams...or sweet potatoes...what else could I eat instead? Brown Rice or Oatmeal - you could also have red potatoes occassionally but I would try and get some good nutritious complex carbs such as the brown rice and oats. 6) CHECK Jodi, Thank you for your great response to my initial question. I ask the return questions, only becaue I would like to know "why". I am not trying to be a smart-a$$! Thanks you! |
See my comments in bold above.

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Originally Posted by Jodi
Any questions that I wrote in bold?
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Thanks for your help!
I don't know...maybe I am expecting too much in too little time.
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Originally Posted by Jodi
Cardio.............I would cut it back. I would suggest you do 2 20min sessions of HIIT and 2 sessions of traditional cardio for 40 mins.
Can you paste an update of your diet in here please. |
about 20-21%BF
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Originally Posted by Steed77
MEAL QTY PROTIEN CARBS FAT SUGAR FIBER CALORIES
Breakfast Egg-White 4 16 0 0 0 0 68 Go-Lean(Cereal) 1 Cup 13 30 1 6 10 140 Non-Fat Milk 1 Cup 10 13 0 13 0 90 Ok, this is good. I think you would be better having 1 whole egg and 2 whites here instead though. Snack Chicken Tender 2 18.6 0 0.32 0 0 80 Carrots(Celery) 1/2 Cup 1 12 0 8 4 53.3 (Not sure of CALS...but I eat 2 full "sticks" of celery now, instead of the carrots) Not enough protein. You have a real lot of protein in your first meal but not nearly enough here. You need 2 more of those chicken tenders. Lunch Chicken Breast 1 25 0 2.5 0 0 130 Broccoli 1/2 Cup 4 5.3 0 2.7 2.7 33.3 Brown Rice 6 TBSP 8 68 3 0 4 340 Apple 1 0.4 19.1 0.3 0 3.4 72 Good but how the hell do you think brown rice has 68G of Carbs for 6Tablespoons 1/2 C. Cooked brown rice has 25G of carbs. Are you measuring this dry?Snack Non-Fat Yogurt 1 Cup 11 16 0 15 0 110(plus one scoop WHey) Unswt App-Sau 1/2 Cup 0 15 0 11 2 50 Almonds 21 pc. 7 7 14 0 3 180 Ok this is good but too many meals with almonds. cut the almonds from this meal or from your last meal and replace it with some EFA's. WORKOUT(I've been having 1 scoop musclemilk/2 scoops Whey after workout...) What are the macros on this? Dinner Chicken Breast 2 50 0 5 0 0 260 Broccoli/Carrots 1 Cup 5 17.3 0 10.7 8 86.6 Potato 1 4 26 0 3 3 160 Is that a sweet potato? Watch the carrots Snack Cottage Cheese 1/2 Cup 14 4 0 4 0 80 Almonds 21 pc. 7 7 14 0 3 180 Increase your cottage cheese to a full cup. Is that FF Cottage Cheese? TOTAL 194(41%) 239.7(51%) 40.12(8%) 73.4 43.1 2113.2BMR I am also taking the following Supps.: Multi-Vit. Flax Seed Oil L-Carnitine Glutamine Thermo-Cuts Kre-Alkalyn Creatine (Liquid Power Gels) The copy and pasting is poor...sorry...but that was the quickest way. If you'd like me to clean it up I can...but you get the jist of what's up! I am at 204-206lbs. right now.... about 20-21%BF |
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Originally Posted by boilermaker
Steed77, I'm no expert, but it looks pretty good to me. The only thing that stood out to me in your diet was only 40g of fat. I think one of the mods will probably reccomend higher, like 60g or so coming from heathy sources like fish oils, avocado, nut butters, olive oil, etc... Good luck hitting your goal. I think 5 lbs. a month is certainly attainable.
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Originally Posted by Jodi
More comments above.
Normally I wouldn't modify it again for you but you seem to be concerned that what are currently doing is not working. |
I do appreciate the feedback, advice and effort you put into your posts.
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Originally Posted by Steed77
First, let me say...THANK YOU for making an exception
I do appreciate the feedback, advice and effort you put into your posts. No problem. Glad I could help. Next... The cottage cheese I am using IS FAT FREE! 1/2 cup= 4 carbs, 14 protein, 80 Cals. Good MACROS??? Are you talking about my workout? Or the Whey/Muscle Milk? macronutrients= amount in Grams of Protein, Carbs & Fat [color="Red"]My workout is as follows: Cardio: 40 minutes/day; 6 days a week (elliptical X-trainer) I have switched to 40 min. 2x/week...first 20 HIIT and second 20 traditional. HR- 125 (Fat Burning Zone) Not good - that is way too much cardio. You need 2 20 mins HIIT sessins a week and then 2 40 mins. of traditional cardio. 1-2x/week Walking for 30 minutes(NOT in addition to X-Trainer) Ditch this Good idea/bad idea..as far as workout goes???? BTW...what is Natty PB? Is it NATURAL PB??? Yes, natty pb is natural peanut butter. |
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