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2003/01/29, 08:47 PM
Currently my diet calls for
2,065 kcal
310g carbs
155g proteins
25.2 fats
what I've been able to achieve by eating 4 meals (the most meals i've ever eaten) is
1,187 kcal
222.8g carbs
48.1g proteins
11.4 fats
Now i've ordered protein shakes so once they get there I guess i'll have the protein down but it's the other stuff like the carbs that are hurting me. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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2003/01/30, 05:56 PM
I replied to your email.
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Nothing is too small to know, and nothing is too big to attempt!
Ivan Montreal Canada
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2003/01/30, 06:33 PM
If you're looking to lose fat, you could probably drop the calories by a couple hundred. You need to cut back the carbs significantly.
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"Don't follow leaders and watch your parking meters!"
-- Bob Dylan
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2003/01/30, 07:48 PM
wow, i wish i was like u. even on a bulking cycle i find myself constantly hungry. i tried 3500 calories for a while and now i'm upto 3750, and im still hungry throughout the day. i guess my old habits are catching upto me. i used to eat about 4 big macs for lunch, 5 days a week :-)
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2003/01/31, 09:27 AM
I can't imagine eating that little! I am bulking at the moment but even when I’ve been stripping of fat I was taking in more than you were suppose to, but then I do get fat when I stop training. A few years back I was training so much I was taking in 8-9,000kcal a day and losing fat! But your carbs seem way too high, and your actual protein intake severely to low; I would not stick to that.
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2003/01/31, 01:23 PM
Have you seriously only eaten around 1200 calories per day?? That is not a good thing- althoughI don;t know your height and weight, you need to meet your basic calorie needs at the very least- for someone like me (5ft tall, 130ish pounds) that's about 1200-1300 calories. Ifyou eat below this, your metabolism just slows down- you find it harder to shift fat (as your body thinks it is starving) and building muscle and doing hard exercise will be difficult. You should be aiming for t least 1800 cals if you are training- you will probably find that once you eat more food (helahty stuff!)and get buzzin' in the gym the fat will come off- it certainly did for me.
If I tell you what I eat, tht might be a jumping off point for more discussions. I usually do between 1 and 2 hrs of training per day, mixture of weights and cardio.
Breakfast after gym class: big bowl oatmeal with protein powder (50g oatmeal plus 28g protein powder)(300 cals)
Mid morning: low fat fruit yoghurt, maybe some fruit, maybe a few rice cakes (100-200 cals).
Lunch: salad (carrots, celery etc) with any of the following: beans (like borlotti beas etc, not baked beans!), cottage cheese, tuna, ham, boiled eggs, cooked chicken. Plus more rice cakes. Sometimes I have a bit of the previous night's dinner (especially if I have a hard training session in the evening), or soup. Or a baked sweet potato with tuna. Always make sure you have a hefty wodge of protein in your lunch. I also have some fruit or a little yoghurt again for dessert. I reckon about 500 cals.
Mid-afternoon: crackers and low fat cheese spread, maybe a bit more fruit or carrot sticks. And because I'm human, maybe a cookie or two :) About 100-200 cals.
Evening: meal with protein (chicken, fish, beans, lean meat) plus carbs (rice, pasta, cous-cous- but not too much) and LOADS of veg. I reckon 500-600 cals.
Grand total, between 1500 and 1800 cals. I think it's a bit carb-heavy as I eat alot of fruit, but there's alot of protein there and not too much fat.
Of course, that's on an ideal day.
In reality things go wrong and my diet look like:
oatmeal, cake cake cake cookies, lunch, cookies cookies chocolate, dinner, icecream. Put we can all strive for perfection anyway...
Hope this helps to give you some ideas.
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