Please critique

[tan27]

I want to make sure I am eating the correct foods before I complain anymore! IS 1356 calories to little for someone that's 5" 9' and 180

Am I putting my body into starvation mode?

It seems that my meals are very broken up... My day starts at 4am and does not end until 10:00pm

5 am
Two boiled eggs


8 am
3 ounce chicken breast


10 am
cucumber/snow peas


10:30 cardio

11:00
Another chicken breast/tuna/turkey

1:00
Steak

3:00
Broccoli

6:00
Weights

7:00
Chicken/Turkey, Tuna, Pork

9:00
1/2 cup cottage cheese

 

[BrickGirl]

Lets just say I am in the last weeks of a CUTTING diet for a contest and I weigh 55 lbs less than you and I eat a A LOT more than you do You gotta eat a lot more food, you are starving yourself

 

[tan27]

What would you recommend the caloric intake be? 11x180 = 1980 calories? Maybe throw in a protien shake at the end of the day????

 

[BrickGirl]

What are you wanting to do to your body?

 

[tan27]

I want to lose the fat I gained during pregnancy?

 

[JJFigure]

11xbodyweight has worked well for me. If you choose that formula and end up losing more than 2 lbs./week, I'd bump up the kcals. I know BrickGirl is putting in some pretty intense training right now as she prepares for comp, which means she has to eat more to keep the intensity up. If you're not training at that level of intensity, you don't need as many kcals. What type of training are you doing?

 

[tan27]

Mon,Tuesday/,Thursday and Friday I wieght lift. I don't do any of the light weight crap. I go heavy all the time.

I just put cardio back in today (it is too difficult to do it at home with the baby)

Cardio will be on the same days as lifting


Sooo... 1700 calories would that do it? With the same training schedule

 

[tan27]

I am gonna follow Spatt's cutting diet for a few weeks and see how I do

 

[JJFigure]

Following Spatt's cutting diet is a good plan.

Try 1700 kcals/day, but if you start losing more than 2 lbs./week, definitely increase your kcals. You don't want to lose the muscle you're working so hard for. Plus, more gradual weight = better chance your body will adjust to a new fat setpoint. If you lose weight quickly, your body is going to try as hard as possible to get back to it's original setpoint and will sabotage all your hard work. If you lose weight slowly, and even stop after each 5 lb. increment for a few weeks to let your body get used to a new maintenance weight, you have a better chance of keeping the fat off permanently.

 

[Nonerz]

Plus, more gradual weight = better chance your body will adjust to a new fat setpoint. If you lose weight quickly, your body is going to try as hard as possible to get back to it's original setpoint and will sabotage all your hard work. If you lose weight slowly, and even stop after each 5 lb. increment for a few weeks to let your body get used to a new maintenance weight, you have a better chance of keeping the fat off permanently.

very interesting!

i have experienced the same thing...losing weight relatively quickly, only to gain it back!


thanks for the info JJ!

 

[tan27]

I love it when I do things completely wrong...

I will try 1700 calories...

Thanks for the info!!!!

 

[HardIron]

U need to eat a protein source at EVERY meal...dont eat a meal of just veggies only!! I would eat 6-8oz of meat...3oz?? I would starve. Make sure you are drinking plenty of water too....