[quote]yogaroots wrote:
joburnet wrote:
This is day 2 on the 1500 calorie meat and veggies diet and so far so good. I’ve got plenty of energy and haven’t felt hungry except for last night. When I do feel hungry I drink my green tea with BCAA’s and Stevia and it actually fills me up a bit.
This is actually not as extreme as my diet when I started this thread and I feel like I could keep it up for quite a while if needed. Using fitday is great, it’s just verifying what I already knew but it’s still nice to have. It’s interesting to see my pie chart of fat/carbs/protein change through the day. By lunch the calories are split up fairly evenly from eating fruit but after dinner over half are from protein and around 30% are from fats.
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That’s Phil Pfister, the 2006 worlds strongest man. I don’t think he diets to lose weight.
I guess I’m still fathomed by 1500 calories a day for a guy who weighs 190lbs…just seems to me that if ever went that low I would loose the muscle i have (not a ton) but if it works for you then who am I to question it. I also eat similar to you- meat, eggs, lots veggies, some fruit, nuts seeds, some dairy.
When I’ve done low/no carb before I had a similar calorie intake and I lost strength by the end of the second week but it came back quickly when I started eating at maintenance again.
Still at 188 but I set a 10 pound PR on bench yesterday @ 270 and I feel like I had another 10 pounds in me. I matched my max squat last week @ 335 but felt I had another 20 in me. No weight change but my strength is going up and I think I look leaner. I’ve added cardio about 4 days a week and I think it’s making a big difference.
i just started reading and am gonna start this next week about 3 weeks before my late summer vacation. Quick question though, is 1500 your total calorie intake after exercise or is it including the exercise you do, in otherwords you take in around 2000 per day minues 500 for the exercise equaling 1500?
To be honest I’m not keeping track of my calories that closely any longer. I also drink 2-3 nights per week which severely hinders my progress but is part of my social life. I was at 1500 calories total regardless of exercise but I think that was too low and adding some extra fruit has helped keep my energy levels up.
Recently I’ve come to a realization of two things. I never lose strength when dieting and therefore don’t lose noticeable muscle. I also have never been over trained so I’m not going to worry about that until it happens. I think most people on this site worry too much about those things and 90% of them never even come close.
Weighed in at 183 today. Not really trying to lose weight, just eat good food. I did have Chipotle twice last week and wouldn’t be against matching that this week.
I started a Sheiko routine on Monday and just finished the second workout. I’m sore as hell but I’m hoping that this will significantly increase my PL total.
“Studies show that people who consume a fairly large percentage of their daily intake during the first meal of the day within an hour of waking have lower levels of abdominal fat.”
I am guilty of this. If I have breakfast it’s usually a protein shake and a piece of fruit. I’m going to try and make breakfast a big meal and it should help me get a better start to my day.
i’m currently doing this but trying too keep the cals around 2500 a day and began introducing fruits(bananna,oranges,blueberrys and apples) and oats in the morning during the first three meals cause I was crashing during the day too the point of feel dizzy. Still losing weight after almost 2 months, had a couple of cheat meals as I need it mentally as of late.
I’ve lost close to 12kg(depending on water intake)…you can see the progress pics in my profile and in my log
been using HOT-ROX for the majority of time cause (not sure if it works or not) however if I’m shelling out 100aud every 2 weeks I aint gunna be wasting that money so I gotta keep losing/toning up.