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You might want to make sure that food is your problem. It sounds like you may have a hormonal problem, for which no diet will permanently address your weight.
pssshhh....that's an understatement. Your bod is slammin, you should compete and this girl needs to throw out her Women's Health subscription.I'm neither of those. Just a middle-aged woman who was fat for a long time and finally figured out how to be lean.
the type of diet Built offers you gives an unlimited supply of greens-grains or carbs are just not needed for survival. They make some people hungry (including myself); at 166, it doesnt sound like your diet is currently up to snuff. Doing it Built's way may enable you to accomplish a desired weight that you once thought impossible.That sounds almost like Atkins or the Zone, high protein with no whole grains and little fruit.
Sadly, the increased hunger does not translate to a faster metabolism. It just translates to increased discomfort. When dieting, the only thing that matters is that you stick with it. If you're the type of person who feels empowered by your hunger, then by all means eat frequently through the day! However, if you're a pussy like me and hate that gnawing feeling, eat larger meals less frequently since that seems to make you more comfortable. Either will be equally effective in creating a caloric deficit.Speaking calories, I've heard opinions that it does not matter when in the day you eat the, its just the total number that matters. Logic tells me the smaller meals more often gives an even supply of nutrients all day, and that seems superior to me. I do notice larger meals hold you over, and you dont feel hungry all day. On smaller meals I seem to always crave food like I'm starving. I am starting to wonder if that is a good thing, as in my body cranking out the food faster in return speeding up metabolism. That is my common sense saying the more frequent you eat the quicker your body gets rid of it, and not storing anything.
Any thoughts on that since we are caloric intake?
Workoutgirl, Built has helped me a lot, tweeking a few things here and there. I wouldn't think twice about trying her diet suggestions. She is living proof they work. Obviously everyone is different when it comes to how their body uses food. The fitday.com website is free and will help you log what you do daily. It really really helps when you spend that 5-10 minutes a day logging it. In my opinion if you are 1800 calories a day and not losing weight with all that training you might have a slow metabolism. If that is the case I'd think eating a diet like built mentioned would benefit you a lot. You might need to lower total caloric intake to lose weight, but in order to maintain your LBM you probably need to make sure you get in the ideal amount of protein. Like others mentioned there is no harm in doing some blood work to see if thyroid/hormone levels are idea as well.
I'll also chime in here:
I'm not a competitive bodybuilder, but I also find I do much better by lowering my carb intake and getting more calories from protein/fat. Just works much better for me--I'm less hungry and have much more stable energy that way.
Some of us are naturally more sensitive to carbs.
I am not interested in competing just losing weight and being healthy with a balanced diet, not all protein.
Greek yogurt is good. My wife likes that better because of the higher protein content.Built,
I notice you build your daily diet around a lot of cottage cheese. Personally, I cannot stand the stuff (no offense). What would you recommend in its place. Is something like Greek Yogurt (the pink label) good? Or is there something else
Dave
Greek yogurt is good. My wife likes that better because of the higher protein content.
I prefer a ton of cottage cheese. I love the Breakstone cottage cheese. Great stuff and doesnt have that weird cottage cheesy taste. I go through about 4 2lb tubs a week.