javaguru said:
Carbs first meal of the day, an hour brfore your workout, during and after. It's not complex
Here is an example.
Meal 1: Oatbran hot cereal(1/3 cup dry) 1 C Blueberries, Milk isolate shake
Meal 2: 6 oz round steak
Meal 3: Protein shake with 3 fish oil capsules
Workout: 20g BCAA mixed with 40g dextrose
Meal 4: Kraft mac(w/out butter) +Cheese with tuna and protein pudding for dessert
Meal 5: Protein shake 3 fish oil capsules and two tablespoons ground flaxseed
Meal 6: as above
The goal is to consume around 1g CHO per pound, not counting the workout shake.
Yes timing of carbs is important, but there is not enough real food here.
It is possible to be your own dietician, the calculations are really quite simple, it is easy to work out.
The difficult part is that to really be aware of the reality of what you are eating, you have to WEIGH everything and figure out the macronutrient ratios depending on your goals.
I am always resistant to doing this every year when I am working out my diet, some things stay the same, as my weight is not that different.
The other issue is bodyfat %. How did you measure it?
Guesstimations are not that great, and when cutting, I think tracking your bodyfat is important.
To calculate your BMR (basal metabolic rate) based on lean body weight (Katch-McArdle Formula)-two reknown physiologists
BMR (both sexes) = 370 + (21.6 x lean mass in kg)
THis will give you what your body requires for all of your basic biological processes, such as digestion, nerve transmission, respiration etc, or your basal metabolic rate.
NEVER DROP YOUR CALORIES BELOW THIS LEVEL!!!!!
To figure out how many calories you need for the day multiply your BMR by your activity levels
Sedentary BMR x 1.2 no exercise/desk job
Lightly active BMR x 1.375 light exercise/sports 1-3 days/week
Moderately active BMR x 1.55 moderate exercise/sports 3-5 days/week
Very active BMR x 1.725 hard exercise/sports 6-7 days/week
Extremely active BMR x 1.9 hard daily training/physical job or training 2x/day
To lose weight, obviously, you do need to burn more calories than you need!!
So, take about 10-20 % off of your total calorie requirements
To gain weight, add 10-20% to your total daily calorie requirements.
This can be elaborated on by actually adding in calories burned from work, training......................