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I'm 28, 5'6", 176-177 lbs. According to my digital calipers I am about 15% bodyfat (measures from about 14.5 to 16.5% depending on where exactly press the calipers). About 4-5 weeks ago I was about 184-185 lbs. then I went on a diet. My goal is to get to about 10% bodyfat. However, I haven't really lost anymore weight in the last 2 weeks.
I am right at about 2,000 calories and I can't imagine cutting much more since I am already really hungry about 2.5 to 3 hours after eating something. Seems like I would have to cut more than a couple hundred calories to lose 10 more lbs. Right now I weight lift about 4 times a week and do no cardio. Before I did this diet I was swimming a lot (got up to 1.5 miles or over 2 kilometers without taking a break) and didn't lose a pound. I just got a lot hungrier throughout the day when I was swimming so I ate more.
Here is my diet for the past 4 weeks:
FitDay Free Calorie Counter and Diet Journal: Public Journal
Here are my questions:
1. Can I cut more calories and how much would I need to to get down to 10%?
2. Am I getting too much carbs, fat or even protein? If one eats too much protein in one day, does it just get wasted or does it actually turn to fat?
3. I was thinking of replacing maybe the protein bar with a veggie meal (the ones I can stand, like corn, mushrooms, artichoke, etc). Do you think this would help my goal at all? One reason I'm hesitant is that veggies and fruits don't seem to fill me up like meat does, even though I hear they are supposed to cause they are high in fiber.
4. Should I cut my meals even smaller? I was eating 10 oz of salmon and chicken but dropped it to 8 oz recently. Actually haven't noticed any difference in my weight by doing this though. Should I drop it to 6 oz servings?
5. Do I need to take some sort of appetite suppressant? Not sure how much fewer calories I can take without getting hungry all the time.
6. Is it possible to get fat from too much fruit? They seems to have a lot of carbs. But I've heard they are different and the "net impact carbs" are not that high, whatever that means.
Please let me know what I need to delete, add, change, whatever to get to 10% body fat. Thanks!
I am right at about 2,000 calories and I can't imagine cutting much more since I am already really hungry about 2.5 to 3 hours after eating something. Seems like I would have to cut more than a couple hundred calories to lose 10 more lbs. Right now I weight lift about 4 times a week and do no cardio. Before I did this diet I was swimming a lot (got up to 1.5 miles or over 2 kilometers without taking a break) and didn't lose a pound. I just got a lot hungrier throughout the day when I was swimming so I ate more.
Here is my diet for the past 4 weeks:
FitDay Free Calorie Counter and Diet Journal: Public Journal
Here are my questions:
1. Can I cut more calories and how much would I need to to get down to 10%?
2. Am I getting too much carbs, fat or even protein? If one eats too much protein in one day, does it just get wasted or does it actually turn to fat?
3. I was thinking of replacing maybe the protein bar with a veggie meal (the ones I can stand, like corn, mushrooms, artichoke, etc). Do you think this would help my goal at all? One reason I'm hesitant is that veggies and fruits don't seem to fill me up like meat does, even though I hear they are supposed to cause they are high in fiber.
4. Should I cut my meals even smaller? I was eating 10 oz of salmon and chicken but dropped it to 8 oz recently. Actually haven't noticed any difference in my weight by doing this though. Should I drop it to 6 oz servings?
5. Do I need to take some sort of appetite suppressant? Not sure how much fewer calories I can take without getting hungry all the time.
6. Is it possible to get fat from too much fruit? They seems to have a lot of carbs. But I've heard they are different and the "net impact carbs" are not that high, whatever that means.
Please let me know what I need to delete, add, change, whatever to get to 10% body fat. Thanks!