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Thanks for that mate! Yeah, you certainly are getting a lot for your 1500 calories!
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Thanks for that mate! Yeah, you certainly are getting a lot for your 1500 calories!
shock to the system as in lack of sugar, routines set in stone and temptation etc.
As for strength ive noticed massive gains, i think the majority of this is to do with better diet for muscle fuel and more energy overall, flat dumbell press is 28 kilo dumbbells unassisted, im pushing 30 but need my spotter at 7-8 reps but when i first started 22's would snap me at 5
obviously training plays a part too but im basing meals on protein needs etc so i think that's played the biggest role.
ive heard its better to exercise before a meal as your body will be forced to burn stored energy instead of the food you have consumed but to be Honest i wouldn't know, cardio after my meal seems to work so i stick with that, if i plateau ill look at adjusting routines etc to compensate.
jeezy Are you overweight? i only ask as jogging can be real hard on the joints when your heavy, i learnt this the hard way, i stuck with the cross trainer as its low impact, now i use treadmills etc but at first they were painful to say the least.
As for strength ive noticed massive gains, i think the majority of this is to do with better diet for muscle fuel and more energy overall, flat dumbell press is 28 kilo dumbbells unassisted, im pushing 30 but need my spotter at 7-8 reps but when i first started 22's would snap me at 5
obviously training plays a part too but im basing meals on protein needs etc so i think that's played the biggest role.ive heard its better to exercise before a meal as your body will be forced to burn stored energy instead of the food you have consumed but to be Honest i wouldn't know, cardio after my meal seems to work so i stick with that, if i plateau ill look at adjusting routines etc to compensate.
jeezy Are you overweight? i only ask as jogging can be real hard on the joints when your heavy, i learnt this the hard way, i stuck with the cross trainer as its low impact, now i use treadmills etc but at first they were painful to say the least.
shock to the system as in lack of sugar, routines set in stone and temptation etc.
As for strength ive noticed massive gains, i think the majority of this is to do with better diet for muscle fuel and more energy overall, flat dumbell press is 28 kilo dumbbells unassisted, im pushing 30 but need my spotter at 7-8 reps but when i first started 22's would snap me at 5
ive heard its better to exercise before a meal as your body will be forced to burn stored energy instead of the food you have consumed but to be Honest i wouldn't know, cardio after my meal seems to work so i stick with that, if i plateau ill look at adjusting routines etc to compensate.
jeezy Are you overweight? i only ask as jogging can be real hard on the joints when your heavy, i learnt this the hard way, i stuck with the cross trainer as its low impact, now i use treadmills etc but at first they were painful to say the least.
i think i will aim to eat 1500 cals aday now
according to my bmi i am overweight... i do go football every sunday evening and use to go gym 4 times a week but i have become so lazy over the last month (havnt been going) im trying to get back up and start again...
im currently 5"11... and weigh 13.13 stones... got a ass like beyonce and belly like a pregnant women... saying that though i do have a good shoulder/chest build but them two things let me down big time...
is it ok to have wholemeal bread and peanut butter for breakfast along with wheetobix?
i get hungry to quick if i eat... withing the hour ill be hungry again...
ive cut bread completely but i was starting from a much heavier point than you so wholemeal bread is ok, you have the freedom to eat what you like aslong as you stay within your calories, the trick is choosing foods that divide it well, how many bix do you have?
id just see how you can work 1500 calories in to your day and see if that seems like enough food for you, i find six small meals break it up nicely and keeps you fed throughout, i aim to eat every 3 hours and i start to feel it if i dont, this is the dangerous bit as you start to crave, youll scoff down your meal if you wait to long and have eaten it so fast you wont feel the benefit for atleast 20 minutes and so will grab more food, it doesnt take long to consume a decent volume of calories if your munching!
you are obviously active to a point so jogging should be fine, 13.13 isnt huge so its not going to be too hard for you to make changes, just set your self a goal and work towords it, mine is a six pack so thats what im working for.
id just see how you can work 1500 calories in to your day and see if that seems like enough food for you, i find six small meals break it up nicely and keeps you fed throughout, i aim to eat every 3 hours and i start to feel it if i dont, this is the dangerous bit as you start to crave, youll scoff down your meal if you wait to long and have eaten it so fast you wont feel the benefit for atleast 20 minutes and so will grab more food, it doesnt take long to consume a decent volume of calories if your munching!
you are obviously active to a point so jogging should be fine, 13.13 isnt huge so its not going to be too hard for you to make changes, just set your self a goal and work towords it, mine is a six pack so thats what im working for.
Wow, Congrats!
I'm looking to do the same diet as you are.
I'm currently 13.5 stone
How much poached chicken do you have? I understand having 6-8 meals a day is better for you but i just dont know how big the size of those small meals should be because i might end up eating 6-8 normal sized meals a day!
Pictures of these meals would be fab if possible.
I'm looking to do the same diet as you are.
I'm currently 13.5 stone
How much poached chicken do you have? I understand having 6-8 meals a day is better for you but i just dont know how big the size of those small meals should be because i might end up eating 6-8 normal sized meals a day!
Pictures of these meals would be fab if possible.
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That's what gets me about some of the diets posted on this forum. Whilst they may well be effective in helping you lose weight the thought of existing on them on the long term is pretty horrible. Sooner or later you've got to address the reasons you became a chubber in the first place and find something viable that you can live on/with for years.
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It may not be better/worse for you regarding metabolic rate, but I suspect that by spreading your meals out over the day you are staving off hunger, and therefore also staving off cravings for fatty/sugary foods.
I'd imagine if you ate your entire day's worth of calories in one sitting that you'd be absolutely starving later on in the day.
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But the whole point of IF is that it's intermittent! The recommendations are that you do the whole spread your meals out routine for the vast majority of the time. IF is only used on occasions to shock the body so that it never knows what to expect (like a poor day out hunting for the cave men, or a day when God provided no apples in the orchard á la Adam and Eve).
There's really no right or wrong answer though, as there's always new evidence coming out that contradicts the latest craze. Us humans are a strange bunch!
There's really no right or wrong answer though, as there's always new evidence coming out that contradicts the latest craze. Us humans are a strange bunch!
6 meals a day helps me spread a smaller amount of food further, i have many small meals and that way im never too far from feeding, that is my soul reason for it and not because it is healthier for me just my appetite.
as for poached chicken, i like it personally, i add chilli or garlic to the poaching water but there are many other things you can do to keep it tasty. at the end of the day i will reach a point where i can maintain my activity and increase my calorie intake, this is when my diet becomes interesting again. if i do not maintain my activity and increase calorie intake then ill get fat again and that was my problem to begin with, i love food and didnt do enough to counteract my diet, that is something i am changing with the diet/fitness plan now so i am addressing what made me a fatty.
as for poached chicken, i like it personally, i add chilli or garlic to the poaching water but there are many other things you can do to keep it tasty. at the end of the day i will reach a point where i can maintain my activity and increase my calorie intake, this is when my diet becomes interesting again. if i do not maintain my activity and increase calorie intake then ill get fat again and that was my problem to begin with, i love food and didnt do enough to counteract my diet, that is something i am changing with the diet/fitness plan now so i am addressing what made me a fatty.
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I may well have misunderstood it, or have a different understanding of IF than you. I can't really argue either way as I'm not a nutritionist. My point was about spreading meals etc, and for me I don't think eating everything in one sitting would work very well.
How do you go about IF?
Just re-read what I wrote, wasn't judging you Kanifee, you've seen some great results. It's just that I really hate poached chicken, especially when I could pan fry it in butter....hungry now
If 6 meals suits someone's lifestyle then good, just as long as they aren't imagining it's helping behind the scenes.
If 6 meals suits someone's lifestyle then good, just as long as they aren't imagining it's helping behind the scenes.
Right, well, you do understand that people have done studies that supported protocols such as IF?
Read www.leangains.com
I don't actually IF myself, but I've seen the results. BennyC has a journal on here about it.
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The problem with me is that i don't have your time schedule to eat that often or exercise in the morning! at 4:30 i am still at work! Where can i find eggs and chicken when i am trying to get letters out before the postman comes!
Icecold, its all good my man didn't think you were judging for a sec mate sorry if the reply was a little abrupt, was a type and dash.
As for discipline, its just a case of filling my day and not leaving enough time to dwell, I really don't stop until I hit my bed, the timetable as a snapshot of a day and I do have shifts that start at6 so often find my self doing cardio at 5am, time does not matter aslong as its one in the am and one in the pm, the goal of this is to maintain the metabolism and keep it ticking over.
As for discipline, its just a case of filling my day and not leaving enough time to dwell, I really don't stop until I hit my bed, the timetable as a snapshot of a day and I do have shifts that start at6 so often find my self doing cardio at 5am, time does not matter aslong as its one in the am and one in the pm, the goal of this is to maintain the metabolism and keep it ticking over.
Didn't you ask this earlier in the year - what was wrong with the replies you got then?