p60 said:
ohhh, i think i get it. so the original plan assumes that you burn a lot of calories from cardio, but i said i didnt like cardio so the last diet you showed me assumed that I wasnt losing any calories from cardio, so i wasnt given as much to eat.
Alright, well I want to lose 2% every 3 weeks. Thats my goal of movement. i figure the slower i take it the better chance of success I have.
I'll do what it takes to achieve around this much fat loss.
Although I dont like to do cardio, I am going to do it anyway, as I feel down on myself and a lazy bum if I dont do it. I might lower the standard for how much I make myself do. maybe 3 days a week instead of 6, and not run myself balls to the walls the entire time. I have a feeling that sometimes I push myself too hard and thats why I dont stick to things as well.
I plan on doing cardio at least 3 days a week then. I get some in automatically from playing basketball, but Im not going to count that, since the purpose is to work hard to have fun and not just to lose fat.
The biggest thing is that my eating is in control. The next thing is to make progress at a rate thats fast enough to see it, but not so fast that it makes me too miserable and tired. The biggest thing is just that I have enough energy to get through the day and that Im not hungry all the time.
I had think I'm going to go back to the zone diet that I had mentioned to you earlier, and stick with it, and use different types of motivation to stick to it, such as pasting posters and crap in my kitchen. That would keep me on guard at all times. The important thing is not to let my mind slip for a sec, when deep down inside i want to follow my plan to the penny.
so knowing that, here are my stats: I am 170 lbs. 5'9" 17 years old. i lift 4 days a week for 40 min roughly, play basketball 4 days a week for maybe half an hour with friends, heart rate is probably around 75% during most of this time as I am constantly moving even when others are not (might as well for the workout) I am going to do some swimming cardio in the morning for 3 days a week. I may even consider doing some running as well during 3 other days during that time in the early morning.
Knowing this, how many calories do I need to eat to lose 2% every 3 weeks?
and If I wanted to lose 1% a week would it really be that hard, given my activities and all?
I think I can be a pretty disciplined eater when I am motivated and when I get on a streak. a few months ago when I was 160, I ate roughly 2000 calories a day, doing intense cardio 6 days a week, and lifting 4 days, and I was losing around 1% a week. Going for 3 weeks I went from 13 to 10% BF, but then I got sick and took a time out, and then I screwed up while on time out and have been jinxed since.
I found that I lost fat quick doing it this way, with 2000 cals, while in cross country season, but fact was I was trying pretty harder (maybe harder than I needed to?) and I felt dead tired and hungry all the time. Perhaps maybe the reason why i was only losing 1% a week was because I ransacked my metabolism?
So any inputs about what kind of caloric aproach should take and how fast it would end up working?
Listen Bro, I used to have tha same problem as you. I would put WAY too much fucking time and energy in actually putting together a plan, when instead i should have been putting that time and energy in actually DOING the fucking plan.
You are going way over board on everything, it's good to see your motivation though. You definitely have it in you to reach your goals, tha drive is there, the knowledge is there, so now basically tell yourself to do it.
Finish it, a few weeks and your done. Boom.
As far as calories go, STOP FOCUSING ON CALORIES.
Instead focus on getting in at least 1.25-1.5 Grams of protein per lb of Bodyweight, while simultanously eating Low/Mod (Healthy) Fats, and Low/Mod (Complex) Carbs.
Eat your 5-7 meals a day, small meals every few hours. And boom, your done. Don't worry about every single little detail, the more you focus on that shit, the more time you will waste, and the less results you will get.
STOP WORRYING.
Just go through the day, eating your meals in the right portions.
If you don't want to do the plan I gave you that's fine, and you want to do a Zone type program, go ahead, you're 17 years old, any plan will work for you if you Stick to it.
But make sure you take in more Protein than the Zone diet recommends.
Just do a straight up Body for Life program, it's simple and effective. Don't bullshit, just do it.
Cardio, 3 days a week is fine, if you do 5 days a week great, if you do 2 days a week, don't sweat it.
Just shoot for 3 days a week. You'll get there.
You play B-ball throughout the week so that will make up for it.
Hit your weights. And your all set.
Now stop complicating everything and start taking some action.
Peace.
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