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New Member To The Board...Basic Diet Tweaking Comments...

DJLegacy2k1

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What's up everybody?

Ive spent on and off time at some of the other fitness boards on the net and just recently found this one while doing some searching for reviews on some of the AF Stores products, well Sesapure to be exact.

Background:
I'm 21 years old, about 6'0", weight around 185lbs. I used to play every sport in the world when I was younger, but Junior year of Highschool I stopped to focus on school and work. I spent about 2 years doing nothing but DJing and webdesign, no physical training. My last year of training has been on and off, Ive been on the World Series Of Poker Tour ever since becoming the youngest player to make back to back final tables in November. (21 years and 3 days and 21 years and 5 days) I still have a plan I am trying to get back on track to following and following strictly to reach my goals.

Basic Diet and Training Plan:

6-8 oz Steak 320 cals (1 serving green beans)
2 servings anpb- 400 cals (mixed in the 2 protein shakes)
6 oz chicken- 260 cals (1 serving broccoli)
2 Protein Shake- 220 cals
1 Seeds or Nuts- 120 cals
1 serving peperoni- 140 cals
2 0z American Cheese- 120 cals

1670 cals per day Low End Count


Allows for 200cals from larger meat meals (8oz) or from a PB and Celery Snack.

1870 cals per day. 200-250g protein.

Of course some of the meat is changed to steak, roast beef, ground beef, but all very close to the example.

Training, I am trying to keep up with 5 days cardio (Ski machine or Eliptical) 30-45 mins 65-70% HRC & 3 days heavy weights.

My biggest cause of failure I believe is Low- Self Esteem. I know many people look at that as a cop out, but growing up and not having any support from anyone and feeling like ur always going to screw things up somehow can be rough, and its something I am really trying to beat this time around...I feel that acheiving my fitness goals will be able to prove to myself that I can accomplish the things that I want to.

Goals:
As I said before, I'm about 6'0", 21 years old, 185lbs, my guess would be 20% bf. I had dropped as low as 165lbs early of last year but obviously got off track again. I would like to get down 10% bf, I really don't care what my weight is as long as I lose the bf%. I have a rather small frame and I feel with the high protein numbers and not alot of lifting background, my body will try to add some LBM, of course I know we aren't talking bulk muscle here, but I dont think my frame can really get smaller lol.

Sup List: Aussie Caseinate Protein, T-rex, Lev, Sesapure (going to try it out), MM/MV, Viatmin C, CLA, Flax Seed Oil.

I don't really know what to expect from this set up, this time around, but I would love to hear some critiques, advice, whatever u guys want to throw at me lol.

-DJ Legacy
a.k.a. Matt
 
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First off, cut the drinking completely out. You can't have a nice body with alcohol. Next cut out the pepperoni and pork chops. You need to eat more greens, get some good carbs like oatmeal/brown rice. Only have 1 protein shake instead of 2, your body needs real food. I'd cut the cardio down to 3 days and start a good lifting program. I would type more but I got to head to the gym.
 
Yeah I do have 1 serving of either broccoli or green beans with 2 meat meals...Didnt add that in.

Why cut out porkchops and pepperoni?
 
Protein shakes are real fucking food.

Want to lose weight? Eat less + do more. That's it. No formula. Don't try for huge strength gains, you may get something though. Don't go crazy with cardio. Run intervals 2x a week. Look for a loss of 1 lb. per week, roughly, with slightly more in the first one or two if you're cutting out carbs at all (loss of water weight).
 
The pepperoni has no nutritional value. Its mostly saturated fat with a little protein. You could probably leave in the pork chops as they can be very low in fat depending on the cut. Add more veggies as well as good carbs like oatmeal or brown rice. I would cut out the american cheese as well. If you need to have some cheese use some real parmesan and use it sparingly as the flavor of the real stuff if very strong. Add some fish such as salmon which is high in omega-3's.
 
Omega-3's aren't exactly what you need. EPA/DHA is where it's at. Fish is good for this of course, but I'm just clarifying.

Go with fish oil caps. Take 6 generic caps a day that are USP certified (if you're in the U.S.) - 1 gram a day. 180mg EPA / 120 mg DHA is a typical cap, I believe.
 
I'm sure you'll get plenty of suggestions regarding the diet, but with regards to the self esteem/shyness problems, you've picked the best activity in the world to overcome this problem. I've never been much of an extrovert myself, but getting into bodybuilding has probably been the best thing that's ever happened to me that's had a direct impact on all other areas of my life.

At 21 you shouldn't have any self esteem issues. Focus on the positive things that you have, and take advantage of whatever you set out to do. (Wish I was on that world series poker championship. I make a big indirect donation to the Indian tribes over here every week. LOL.) Focus on small goals a little at a time and learn to make it a lifestyle change. Once you see progress on a weekly basis and changes in the mirror I guarantee you'll always want more and ultimately you'll feel a lot better about yourself and have more confidence in everything you wish to accomplish. Best of luck. You've picked a great board to be a part of.
 
In regaurds to Anthrax's First post: Well, obviously lol...Like I said, I ran a CKD, that MR.X had worked out with me about a year ago. I know more than the basics, I just have probs with tweaking the plans here and there, Im not pro with this by any means, but im not a complete moron either.

More a matter of gettingthings tweaked out perfectly, and the harder part sitcking to it religiously so how ever much time it will take.
 
Yeah thanks for the feedback so far guys, all my cuts of meat are LEAN, I hate the fat on any meat...I normally trim most of it off. The reason there are no real carbs in this are because for the first 2 weeks or so I plan on running little carbs. After 2 or 3 weeks I'll proabably kick in a carb up day like on CKD, at least that was my original plan...

Unless you all feel something works better for fat loss...
 
Nothing will work better than a generic diet, unless you're aiming for single-digits. Then it's easier to use a UD2.0 approach. Cyclical ketogenic dieting. There are other reasons for this - but you still use the thermodynamic formula of calories in vs. calories out.
 
Sounds too low to me. I'd set it a bit higher, like 2,000 to 2,250. Eat around there, see how much you lose. Adjust as needed. I just wouldn't start too low.
 
alex2678 said:
getting into bodybuilding has probably been the best thing that's ever happened to me that's had a direct impact on all other areas of my life.
Focus on small goals a little at a time and learn to make it a lifestyle change. Once you see progress on a weekly basis and changes in the mirror I guarantee you'll always want more and ultimately you'll feel a lot better about yourself and have more confidence in everything you wish to accomplish. Best of luck. You've picked a great board to be a part of.
^^ alex Great post ;)

I have to reread your post but welcome to the board (going by the title). As far as cals, I'm thinking more like ~ 2220 cals
 
I only set it there because it was suggested by a bunch of people to eat about 10x your body weight for cutting. So Id be looking more at 1850-2050 I guess...The 1650 was a low side goal because I know the sizes of my meals are sometime larger due to the cuts of meat and types, this allowed for a little play in the daily diet.
 
DJLegacy2k1 said:
I only set it there because it was suggested by a bunch of people to eat about 10x your body weight for cutting. So Id be looking more at 1850-2050 I guess...The 1650 was a low side goal because I know the sizes of my meals are sometime larger due to the cuts of meat and types, this allowed for a little play in the daily diet.
You also have to consider your BMR + cardio + training. You're going to rip right through those lower numbers, which may not be a good thing and could possibly end up backfiring if you are not providing adequate food to your excerising muscles.

Clean up the diet if you wanna see awesome results. Weed out the processed foods.

From a previous thread & post by Velvett to throw some things out there ...
"basic shopping list:

oatmeal
cream of wheat
potato
sweet potato/yams
rice brown/white
cottage cheese (this doesn't work for everyone)
all green veggies
peppers (red yellow too)
eggs
egg white protein powder
whey protien powder
pea protein powder
chicken/turkey
fish
pork
lean beef
eggs

Fats
almonds, walnuts, pecans
peanut butter (this works for a lot of people)
avocado
olive oil (salads/ veggies)


Fruits - (some people can diet with them some can't)
berries
melon
apples
peaches
tomatos
bananas (small and very much on occasion)


Avoid anything processed, white or prepacked in a box (except some brands of rice)"

Carbs are not the enemy, the good ones at least
 
My average day is breaks down to, Meat, PB, Aussie Caseinate Protein, nuts or seeds. I do sub in Mozerella cheese for the american alot of the time, I use the american cheese with egg whites or on ground beef.

Like I said at least for the first 2 weeks or so Id like to keep the carbs low, then bring them back in.

I do not eat fish seeing as I can not stand the taste, I thought for the most part it was a pretty clean diet, all be it the pepperoni even though from the deli might not be the best choice. To hit my calories the only thing I feel I can do is add in more PB. Im cooking one or two chicken breasts a day depending on size 6 to 8 oz total, then eith 6-8oz of ground beef, turkey, steak, pork chop, all lean cuts.

If anyone would like to tweak my diet using these foods I would love to see what an average day would look like:

egg whites
mozerella string cheese
steak
ground beef
chicken
porkchop
Roast Beef
Peanut Butter
Broccoli
Green Beans
Aussie Caseinate Protein
Almonds/sunflowseeds/peanuts

Thats about all I really eat....

I know to add in the good carbs but I would like to keep them low at least during the beginning part of this and work them in, in a week or 2.
 
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