Hello all -
Just interested to know what kind of diets everyone has compared to what distance you all do each day.
I'm trying to drop a few pounds (already lost 25 lbs in 2 months!) so I'm strictly monitoring my intake and output. Something seems screwy, though, because I'm not seriously limiting my intake, but I'm not having any problems staying below 1500 kCal/day... I want to keep losing weight/fat, but of course I don't want to be shorting myself and doing damage to my body...
The other odd thing is that although my calculations have me at an average of 1400 kCal/day, and an output of ~3100 kCal/day, but my weight has pretty much stagnated at 175lbs. I guess that is just because I'm building muscle, which is adding weight, but still losing fat....
I'm 30 years old, 175lbs (now), 5'10", and I swim around 2500 SCM/day.
I'd be very interested in anyone's thoughts... What is your intake like? Do you stay away from or try to stick to any types of foods in particular?
Thanks!
Mike B
I don't think you should be cutting your calories so low. It is odd, but if you cut out too much food, you actually force your body to hang onto fat, and canabolize muscle. That is exactly what you don't want. You want to aim for no more than a 2 pound loss a week. That is a calorie deficit of 7000 calories a week. or a 1000 a day. if you are eating 1500, and burning 3100, and your body needs 1500-2000 calories to sustain everyday activities, you are in serious depravation, and your body just does not like that.
Seriously, up your calories, but don't up them with empty calories. Use healthy fats to cook with such as sunflower oil, olive oil, healthy carbs, whole wheat pasta, baked potatoes. It is not that hard to add a few 100 calories of healthy foods, and it may give your metabolism a poke to get the rest of the weight off.
Also, if you are not doing any resistance training, I would start. Adding muscle is another way to give that metabolism a shove and keep it up. Another benefit, you can way a little more, but not look like it. So hit the weights, do those push-ups and walking lunges.
I don't think you should be cutting your calories so low. It is odd, but if you cut out too much food, you actually force your body to hang onto fat, and canabolize muscle. That is exactly what you don't want. You want to aim for no more than a 2 pound loss a week. That is a calorie deficit of 7000 calories a week. or a 1000 a day. if you are eating 1500, and burning 3100, and your body needs 1500-2000 calories to sustain everyday activities, you are in serious depravation, and your body just does not like that.
Seriously, up your calories, but don't up them with empty calories. Use healthy fats to cook with such as sunflower oil, olive oil, healthy carbs, whole wheat pasta, baked potatoes. It is not that hard to add a few 100 calories of healthy foods, and it may give your metabolism a poke to get the rest of the weight off.
Also, if you are not doing any resistance training, I would start. Adding muscle is another way to give that metabolism a shove and keep it up. Another benefit, you can way a little more, but not look like it. So hit the weights, do those push-ups and walking lunges.
