2 week update.

[jmorrison]

I wanted to post an update for Built, and any others that have tried to help me. Although I have been dieting and lifting for 2 months now, I have only been tracking my gains/losses accurately for 2 weeks. My starting point was 265lbs 2 months ago. Here is my progress over the last 2 weeks.

19MAR09 / 31MAR09

weight: 245 / 237

Neck: 17.75 / 17.25

Bicep: 17.75 / 17.5

Chest: 47.5 / 47.25

Waist: 44.75 / 42.5

Thigh: 25.5 / 25.25

Calf: 17.4 / 17.25


So I have lost some size overall, but I feel much more solid and much less "flabby". Overall I am starting to look more solid, with my shoulders really starting to come out. The loss on my waist was the biggest change though, and I hope to keep that going.

My daily average caloric intake is:

Calories 1,679
Fat 55.4
Saturated 22.0
Polyunsaturated 8.1
Monounsaturated 17.1
Carbohydrate 115.4
Dietary Fiber 19.7
Protein 202.3
Alcohol 0.0 0 0 %

with an average calorie balance of:
Calories Eaten (1,679 calories) Calories Burned (3,381 calories)

My supplements consist of:
Myoplex (MRP)
Whey
Multivitamin
fish oil
hydroxycut


Is this looking good Built? Or do I need to alter much? Since I am using the ABCD diet I will be entering a brief (2 week) bulk phase starting monday, and I will continue to track my calories there. Any advice on what my caloric intake should be during that time?

 

[Built]

How do you feel?

Your protein is sufficient, but these are some low assed calories.

You feeling okay?

 

[jmorrison]

Truthfully it waivers from day to day. Somedays I have plenty of energy and do ok, and the next I can barely drag my ass out of bed.

However, since I am being honest here, I also see a direct correlation to what kind of telephone conversation I had with my wife the night before, so I can't really say whether it's the food or not.

 

[Built]

I'd up the cals a bit. These are really low for "ordinary" (read: not something like a protein fast) cutting, you're dropping FAST.

 

[jmorrison]

I was actually aiming for closer to 2,000 cals per day, and my average sort of surprised me. I thought that's where I was. I will be more diligent next month in making sure I am taking in enough.

After reading the different threads here I am not sure that the hydroxycut does anything for the fat loss, but I will tell you this. It IS a damn good appetite suppressor. I got a little twitchy, but I sure wasn't hungry!

 

[Built]

That's the best you can expect from a fatburner, for the most part.

I find ordinary ephedrine HCL plus caffeine works a charm. Ephedrine's easy to find here in Canada though.

 

[OuiSwim]

Sorry off topic a bit.
I've never taken fish oils, mostly because I'm not quite sure what they do.. Can anyone enlighten me?

 

[highpockets]

Sorry off topic a bit.
I've never taken fish oils, mostly because I'm not quite sure what they do.. Can anyone enlighten me?

IronMagazine Bodybuilding Forum - Search Forums

Go to the link above and type in 'fish oil' and read! You'll find your answer.

 

[T_man]

thats some pretty swift dropping, good macros but just a bit too low on the calories. Will your body actually permanently get rid of this fat??

 

[PainandGain]

thats some pretty swift dropping, good macros but just a bit too low on the calories. Will your body actually permanently get rid of this fat??

I think he's fine.
No offense, but assuming he is around avg height.
245 is pretty heavy...so losing 10lbs in 2 weeks probably isn't that big a deal.
Though I agree he should still probably up his cals just a bit.

 

[Built]

He's fine - rapid drops like this happen from glycogen and water loss. He's lost a few pounds of fat, to be sure - when you're stilll aaahhh... "juicy", lol, you'll drop fat well even if you go VERY low in the calories.

It surely does slow down though.

 

[jmorrison]

"Juicy" is a great term for me lol.

A great bloody fat-ass would be better.

I am 6 foot, and 237 as of yesterday. At LEAST 30lbs of that needs to come off. In the military I was 200ish with around 9% BF. I haven't had a scan or calipers recently, but the generic tape test puts me at around 23% now.

Tubby, tubby, tubby.

I will up my cals to around 2000 and try to slow it down a bit.

 

[Built]

Crank the protein. Your fats could stand coming up a bit, too. You taking fish oil? 10g a day...

 

[jmorrison]

I've been taking about 6g a day. 10 just seems like sooo much! That is also some calorie intake that isn't on my fitday. So there are a few more cals.