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2006/07/29, 11:51 AM
Just started out here and WOW i love the amount of knowledge and instructions on fitness. I filled out my profile and was wondering what is the difference between good and bad carbs and fats?? Also, should I avoid sugars at all cost??
I am 190 pounds 5'8 male , 34 years of age and used to be a boxer for 15 years, also swimmer and weights were in my life lol. After getting married 10 years ago, and having kids , the past 6 years i have slacked off. I like to loose the belly and love handles so I began to run again 4 times a week and started to eat more healthy with Whey protien shakes. I posted this on another forum but was instruced to post it here in this section.
My goal is to get back down to 175-180 and tone myself, not so much gain mustle and get cut BUT just to get toned up again.
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2006/07/29, 01:44 PM
what I introduced you to was to choose your foods from the grocery list for healthy eating. First thing to examine is with what you are currently consuming, current exercise level, are you changing/gaining or losing? Staying the same? This will put you on track to your maintenance calories. From there intelligent dietary changes can be made(counting calories that is). For, in the end, this is what it comes down to. It really is that simple, calories in < calories out, you lose weight(fat), the better the calories, i.e...higher protein with trainng asscociated, and you don't allow the muscle to atrophy and save it. On the other hand, calories in > energy expenditure, you will gain weight. Again in this scenario, the better the calories, the better you can limit fat gain(there is always accompanying fat gain with muscle gain).
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Maximus from Gladiator....Strength and Honor!
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2006/07/29, 04:10 PM
ahh ok, so what you are saying is that being on a nutritional diet, like i filled out on this site stating i need 3900 colories a day is what i need to loose fat along with a ample supply of protien? which in fact i take a whey protien and follow your idems here on the site.
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2006/08/01, 03:57 PM
It may just be me but 3900 calories sounds a bit high. I personally used the 10 cals per pound method and it seems to be working. Body weight x 10 = allowed calorie intake to start a healthy weight loss. If I am mistaken please correct me.
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2006/08/01, 09:27 PM
Usually 10 calories per lb. is your bottoming out point. Much below that and you start to run into hormonal problems, metabolic slowdown, slowed thyroid output, etc. I would work my way down to 10 cal. per lb. if I were you. Start with a 10-15% redcution, and continue on in that matter. That way by the time you get to 10 cal per, you will be seeing extreme resutlts and hopefully single digit bodyfat.(this will depend on how high you were to beging with)
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Maximus from Gladiator....Strength and Honor!
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