FiftyFive's Progress Thread
10-22-2007 | 07:38 AM
#164
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From: PA
Originally Posted by FiftyFive
Yes, in the morning when i wake up.
10-22-2007 | 08:01 AM
#165
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From: SW Connecticut
Originally Posted by Whiskers
It could depend on what you ate the night before. Its a long race, keep at it. My best indication is my waist size, how are your pants filling?
10-22-2007 | 10:51 PM
#170
First of all stop using the scale you are using to check your body fat. Go to the gym you are going to and have them do a 3 or 7-site body fat caliper analysis. Digital scales, and hand-held units can be largely effected by the amount of water you have in your system. Water is a great conductor of electricity, and the way the electronic devices work is to shoot a current through one side of your body and the amount of resistance there is before it reaches the other side, gives you your "body fat %". Pic out a day of the week and time and stick to that to weigh in. Don't weigh yourself daily as it flucuates too much. Also take a look at what you are doing. You would benefit alot more putting your calories in the earlier part of the day. Pastas and protein shakes would be easier to digest when you have more time in the day to do so. Change out your banana and protein shake, so the shake in the am, and the banana, or similar fruit in the evening for a snack. You take in 1500kcals/day, equaling 10,500kcals a week from food. You are working out and buring roughly 600-650 cals each time your workout. If you are working out 4x/wk, then you are looking at roughly 2400-2600cals gone from workouts. YOU NEED TO CREATE A 3500kcal DEFICIET IN ORDER TO LOSE 1LB. Being a male and working out, you need a certain amount of calories to function in your everyday activities (at least 1800). If you are below that number you will not lose weight, you will store fat, and get very frustrated. Toss out the 1500 cal crap and change it to the following.
-1800kcals/day food
-5-6 meals a day (roughly 300cals a meal)
-96-108oz of water daily
-Limit pastas and breads
-Substitute more veggies instead of pastas
-Look to increase good fats (omega-3) walnuts, fish, etc
-Drop the cheese
-lean meats, turkey, chix grilled or broiled
-sub normal peanut butter with Smuckers natural peanut butter and only use a table spoon worth
-look to get either 600cals in 35mins or 750 in 45mins (doing elliptical)
*doing weighted ab work will not make you lose your gut...the proper nutrition, the proper nutrition, the proper nutrition, WILL GET YOUR RESULTS. Also set realistic goals. Losing 10-15% body fat in 2 months is not going to happen. If you started out at roughly 23%, look to decrease it to 19-20% by christmas, and then 16-18 % by march/april. Remember the fat/weight didn't happen overnight, it was a long process. The same will be true to get rid of it, in actuality it will take alot more to get it off and keep it off.
Need any more advice let me know.
-1800kcals/day food
-5-6 meals a day (roughly 300cals a meal)
-96-108oz of water daily
-Limit pastas and breads
-Substitute more veggies instead of pastas
-Look to increase good fats (omega-3) walnuts, fish, etc
-Drop the cheese
-lean meats, turkey, chix grilled or broiled
-sub normal peanut butter with Smuckers natural peanut butter and only use a table spoon worth
-look to get either 600cals in 35mins or 750 in 45mins (doing elliptical)
*doing weighted ab work will not make you lose your gut...the proper nutrition, the proper nutrition, the proper nutrition, WILL GET YOUR RESULTS. Also set realistic goals. Losing 10-15% body fat in 2 months is not going to happen. If you started out at roughly 23%, look to decrease it to 19-20% by christmas, and then 16-18 % by march/april. Remember the fat/weight didn't happen overnight, it was a long process. The same will be true to get rid of it, in actuality it will take alot more to get it off and keep it off.
Need any more advice let me know.
10-23-2007 | 07:37 AM
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From: SW Connecticut
Originally Posted by KingTSX
First of all stop using the scale you are using to check your body fat. Go to the gym you are going to and have them do a 3 or 7-site body fat caliper analysis. Digital scales, and hand-held units can be largely effected by the amount of water you have in your system. Water is a great conductor of electricity, and the way the electronic devices work is to shoot a current through one side of your body and the amount of resistance there is before it reaches the other side, gives you your "body fat %". Pic out a day of the week and time and stick to that to weigh in. Don't weigh yourself daily as it flucuates too much. Also take a look at what you are doing. You would benefit alot more putting your calories in the earlier part of the day. Pastas and protein shakes would be easier to digest when you have more time in the day to do so. Change out your banana and protein shake, so the shake in the am, and the banana, or similar fruit in the evening for a snack. You take in 1500kcals/day, equaling 10,500kcals a week from food. You are working out and buring roughly 600-650 cals each time your workout. If you are working out 4x/wk, then you are looking at roughly 2400-2600cals gone from workouts. YOU NEED TO CREATE A 3500kcal DEFICIET IN ORDER TO LOSE 1LB. Being a male and working out, you need a certain amount of calories to function in your everyday activities (at least 1800). If you are below that number you will not lose weight, you will store fat, and get very frustrated. Toss out the 1500 cal crap and change it to the following.
-1800kcals/day food
-5-6 meals a day (roughly 300cals a meal)
-96-108oz of water daily
-Limit pastas and breads
-Substitute more veggies instead of pastas
-Look to increase good fats (omega-3) walnuts, fish, etc
-Drop the cheese
-lean meats, turkey, chix grilled or broiled
-sub normal peanut butter with Smuckers natural peanut butter and only use a table spoon worth
-look to get either 600cals in 35mins or 750 in 45mins (doing elliptical)
*doing weighted ab work will not make you lose your gut...the proper nutrition, the proper nutrition, the proper nutrition, WILL GET YOUR RESULTS. Also set realistic goals. Losing 10-15% body fat in 2 months is not going to happen. If you started out at roughly 23%, look to decrease it to 19-20% by christmas, and then 16-18 % by march/april. Remember the fat/weight didn't happen overnight, it was a long process. The same will be true to get rid of it, in actuality it will take alot more to get it off and keep it off.
Need any more advice let me know.
-1800kcals/day food
-5-6 meals a day (roughly 300cals a meal)
-96-108oz of water daily
-Limit pastas and breads
-Substitute more veggies instead of pastas
-Look to increase good fats (omega-3) walnuts, fish, etc
-Drop the cheese
-lean meats, turkey, chix grilled or broiled
-sub normal peanut butter with Smuckers natural peanut butter and only use a table spoon worth
-look to get either 600cals in 35mins or 750 in 45mins (doing elliptical)
*doing weighted ab work will not make you lose your gut...the proper nutrition, the proper nutrition, the proper nutrition, WILL GET YOUR RESULTS. Also set realistic goals. Losing 10-15% body fat in 2 months is not going to happen. If you started out at roughly 23%, look to decrease it to 19-20% by christmas, and then 16-18 % by march/april. Remember the fat/weight didn't happen overnight, it was a long process. The same will be true to get rid of it, in actuality it will take alot more to get it off and keep it off.
Need any more advice let me know.
Calories eaten in a week: 10,500
Basal Calories in a week: 12,600
Calories burnt a week: 2,400
15000 Calories burnt a week
10500 Eaten
4500, which is more than a pound if im doing this right, I'm still such a novice. I will try to eat more in the morning. I have lately becoming less hungry at night which i think is a good sign as well.
Last edited by FiftyFive; 10-23-2007 at 07:40 AM.
10-23-2007 | 09:02 AM
#172
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Calories burned?
Is there an accurate way to calculate this? What standard do the machines use because I am sure bigger people burn more calories then smaller people. Does your body try to stop you as well? I think the least I have weighed since 18 was 185 and I couldn't get below that and that was when I was running cross country. I also know people who run marathons on a normal basis who are about 185 and stay around that weight. Are they just eating more to even it out or does your body physically try to sop you?
Is there an accurate way to calculate this? What standard do the machines use because I am sure bigger people burn more calories then smaller people. Does your body try to stop you as well? I think the least I have weighed since 18 was 185 and I couldn't get below that and that was when I was running cross country. I also know people who run marathons on a normal basis who are about 185 and stay around that weight. Are they just eating more to even it out or does your body physically try to sop you?
10-23-2007 | 09:05 PM
#174
How are you getting more calories burned with less miles in the same amount of time? Are you jacking up the resistance? Also why again are you sticking to the 45 minutes of elliptical as opposed to 30 or 60mins? 
10-23-2007 | 09:13 PM
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From: SW Connecticut
Originally Posted by KingTSX
How are you getting more calories burned with less miles in the same amount of time? Are you jacking up the resistance? Also why again are you sticking to the 45 minutes of elliptical as opposed to 30 or 60mins?
10-25-2007 | 10:19 PM
#178
When's the weigh in? Are you going to do it every friday? or Monday? Just curious to see where you have gotten since your last weigh in. Look to decrease by 1-2lbs each week safely.
10-26-2007 | 07:01 AM
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Weigh in: 10/26/2007
I find it better to weigh myself every Friday.
Weight: 181.6
Body Fat: 22.5%
Now i just have to be careful this weekend with what i eat. I usually cheat a little on the weekends. But i am more motivated thatn ever! My love handles have gone way down, my face looks a little slimmer and my belly is getting smaller. I love it!
Weight: 181.6
Body Fat: 22.5%
Now i just have to be careful this weekend with what i eat. I usually cheat a little on the weekends. But i am more motivated thatn ever! My love handles have gone way down, my face looks a little slimmer and my belly is getting smaller. I love it!
