01-23-2013, 07:25 PM | #505 | |
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Today was weigh in and it was disappointing - last Wed I was 166.0 and today 165.8 - darn hi tech digital scale. I could have claimed a whole pound if the 10th's didn't show I may weigh in again tomorrow. I feel like I lost more, but it didn't show on the scale. I'm still on course. I'm using My Fitness Pal app to keep track of calories, fat, protein and carbs. Some of my food days are looking routine, in that I've had the same thing last week or a couple of days ago. My calories stay 1200-1300. Funny but my first thought was to cut back more calories, but I was on my way to exercise, so why not move more I'm not giving up, but a little encouragement and/or advice might be helpful. |
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01-23-2013, 07:34 PM | #506 | |
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I would not cut back on calories and don't be dissapointed. There are many factors that will determine fat loss and it is not going to be the same every week. Some weeks may show very little loss and some weeks may be surprising, the thing is being consistent. Being very busy at work could have a big effect on it as well. Stick to your guns and you will be fine. If after several weeks there is no change then we can adjust if needed but I think you will be ok. Moving more is a better solution than cutting cals to low if needed. |
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01-23-2013, 09:40 PM | #507 | |
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Thanks-some how I just knew you were going to say that but it does make me feel better hearing it. |
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01-24-2013, 09:42 AM | #510 |
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01-24-2013, 09:47 AM | #511 |
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I'm having a donut right now. That is all
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01-24-2013, 09:52 AM | #513 |
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I'm letting myself get up to 12-15% this year. No cutting until next spring. I want to try to put on 40 pounds or so by next January. I'm sitting at about 10% now, but I know that the bodyfat is going to come. It's so hard to eat the amount of calories I need by only eating whole and healthy foods :( I hope this experiment goes well...
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01-24-2013, 10:02 AM | #514 | |
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Also where the cals are coming from and nutrient timing is off especially for fat loss. |
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01-24-2013, 10:11 AM | #516 | |
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I think eating lots of foods that are hard to convert to fat is the key. Clean low glycemic carbs and LOTS of protein and some healthy fats like natural peanut butter and almonds. Seems to be working pretty good for me thus far. I do have 2-3 cheat meals a week in the off season, but if I see my BF creep past 9% I cut those back until it comes back down. I've averaged right about 8.9% this off season and have put on 14-15 lbs thus far from when I was down to 7.2% BF back in June. I've also changed up my lifting a bit. Instead of 8-10 reps I'm down to 4 sets with 6-8 reps per set lifting the heaviest weight I can possible push. By the 4th set if I get more than 6 reps I add more weight the following week to that exercise. Joints are a bit tender due to the weight lifted, but if I'm careful with the warm up it's not too bad. |
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01-24-2013, 10:16 AM | #517 | |
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I completely agree with eating as mentioned above be it for fat loss or muscle gain, the only difference is caloric intake. |
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01-24-2013, 10:58 AM | #518 | |
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I also hate the process of maintaining the chiseled abs look, and I can only mentally tolerate it for so long. 12-15% BF is still very healthy for a male, and if I only gain 10-15 pounds of fat over a year, I can get rid of that in 8 weeks or so. What I don't want to do is stress putting on some fat at the cost of putting on muscle at too slow of a rate. I mean if I wanted to, I could probably shoot for 20 pounds over the next year, and only gain 4-5 pounds of fat. While that's appealing, I can live with the additonal fat. I still only do 1 cheat meal a week when i'm trying to put on weight. But I eat other things that, while not "cheat" meals, are still things I don't eat when I'm cutting. Fattier red meat (like the 80/20), peanut butter (more often), and fattier foods in general (more dairy). I still eat the same kinds of carbs, just a lot more of them. Brown rice, whole wheat pasta... same things I eat when I'm cutting. Just in bigger amounts. But trying to hit 3500-4000 calories a day eating whole foods is really hard for me. And the last thing that I eat is Snickers. Every day after the gym with my protein shake. I never do that when I cut, but I desire the insulin spike after I lift, and it satisfies my sweet tooth |
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