Importance of Diet?

[Doola]

If you look at my gallery i am fat and always have been fat. I grew up eating whatever whenever with bad genes.. bad mix.

Anyways earlier this year I took it upon myself to change and went from 230 24% to 205 -208 ish 17% or so. I took the summer off to party and drank alot ate whatever again and went up agian and now have been training and basically im down to 200-205 15%. I am training hard, eating hard and just wondering the importance of diet.

I know im carb sensitive so too much of that is bad. I had such great results really fast, i was weighing my food, eating every 3 hours on the dot etc..

Right now i dont feel like timing and weighing each meal. I eat 4-6 times a day, spread out and each meal has high protein and medium carbs..

Because im not weighing my food and doing it every 3 hours, will this restrict me? will i hit a bump in the road where I cant lose any more fat?

My goal is to get under 10% body fat. I have been reading alot of "Core fitness" crap and all the ab adverts in magazines and some books here and there. I dont even allow myself cheat meals really i take it pretty serious. Im just wondering how serious do i HAVE to take it before it will affect me.

I take it serious as to cook skinless boneles chicken breast on water with half a potatoe or some rice etc... i eat clean dont get me wrong i just wanna know how calorie crazy i have to go...

so.. whats the importance of a diet. thanks

 

[Gordo]

You have a pretty solid base under there.

Yeah, it suxs to say it but getting cut is almost all diet. If you are not metabolically gifted then measure portions for a while just to get your groove. You should have a general idea of how much you are intaking versus how much energy you expend. You'll have to put SOME effort into this if you expect to get results.

What you put in = what you get out. The ball is totally in your court.

Use a calorie counting website like nutritiondata or fitday (it makes it way easier). Weigh and measure yourself for awhile just to get a sense of where you are at. The check in weekly or bi-monthly to make sure you are still on the right path.

Keep up you workouts....don't neglect cardio.

I have been reading alot of "Core fitness" crap and all the ab adverts in magazines and some books here and there.

Core fitness is healthy but you don't have to go overboard. You want to know how important core exercises are... or do you have to do them?

Im just wondering how serious do i HAVE to take it before it will affect me.

Positively? Well again....the effort you put into your health is paid back 2 fold I think. The more time and effort you put in, the faster the results will come.

I had such great results really fast, i was weighing my food, eating every 3 hours on the dot etc..

You seen to already know the answer to your question at the bottom.