First off, a little about me...Im male, 25 years old, 5'8, and currently 170 pounds. I started working out about 5 weeks ago. I was in great shape up until I was about 15 years old. So 10 years of bad health choices.
5 weeks ago I was at 190 pounds. Before I started working out and eating healthier, I couldn't tell you what my calorie intake was...but it was a lot, and not good food either, pop, chips, cheese burgers and donuts. Not healthy at all. Oh yeah, lots of beer too. I would say 2500-3000 calories a day easily. I work in a office type environment, so exercise was something I wasnt getting a lot of. So, do that math, and you'd see man boobs, beer belly, and zero stamina. For the last 5 weeks my total calorie intake has been 1000-1300.
Its not that im eating less food, its the food im eating is healthier...healthy food tends to have less calories than unhealthy food. My typical day of eating is
Breakfast/Lunch: A 6" Subway sandwich, no cheese, brown bread, lots of veggies, (with mayo...im only human lol) meat varies from chicken, ham, turkey and tuna.
Dinner: Another 6" Subway sandwich.
After dinner: either some soup, or a can of tuna with Franks hot sauce. Always a piece of fruint, orange, apple, banana..sometimes baby carrot sticks. Always make sure not to eat anything 4 hours before going to bed.
After eating, I workout for 1 hour. 30 minutes on a bike, rest for 10 minutes, then do 30 more minutes on the bike. Little bits of freeweights, but nothing serious. In the evening, I go back to the gym, and repeat the same workout. 30 minutes on the bike, 10 minute break, 30 more minutes on the bike. Each 30 minutes on the bike, I go approx 8.5km(about 5 miles) and the "calorie counter", which I know isnt 100% accurate, says around 280 calories. So when the day is done, ive biked 2 hours for 34km(about 20 miles) and burned off 1120 calories. I drink tons of water throughout the day as well, atleast 2 liters a day, if not more. I dont drink much of anything else other than water. Ocassional cranberry juice, v8 juice or orange juice...no pop.
According to what i've been reading, this is called a starvation diet. The thing is...im not starving, I cant force myself to eat more than that. My stamina is way way up from when I first started. When I first started 5 weeks ago, it was 30 minutes for the whole day at 6km and 200ish calories. Now, I don't feel tired or drained at all, in fact, this is the best i've felt in 10 years.
So, that about sums it up, i've lost 20 pounds in 5 weeks. I know I should be asking my doctor about this, but unless im bleeding, you'd have to drag me into the hospital kicking and screaming. Thanks for reading this massively long post.
5 weeks ago I was at 190 pounds. Before I started working out and eating healthier, I couldn't tell you what my calorie intake was...but it was a lot, and not good food either, pop, chips, cheese burgers and donuts. Not healthy at all. Oh yeah, lots of beer too. I would say 2500-3000 calories a day easily. I work in a office type environment, so exercise was something I wasnt getting a lot of. So, do that math, and you'd see man boobs, beer belly, and zero stamina. For the last 5 weeks my total calorie intake has been 1000-1300.
Its not that im eating less food, its the food im eating is healthier...healthy food tends to have less calories than unhealthy food. My typical day of eating is
Breakfast/Lunch: A 6" Subway sandwich, no cheese, brown bread, lots of veggies, (with mayo...im only human lol) meat varies from chicken, ham, turkey and tuna.
Dinner: Another 6" Subway sandwich.
After dinner: either some soup, or a can of tuna with Franks hot sauce. Always a piece of fruint, orange, apple, banana..sometimes baby carrot sticks. Always make sure not to eat anything 4 hours before going to bed.
After eating, I workout for 1 hour. 30 minutes on a bike, rest for 10 minutes, then do 30 more minutes on the bike. Little bits of freeweights, but nothing serious. In the evening, I go back to the gym, and repeat the same workout. 30 minutes on the bike, 10 minute break, 30 more minutes on the bike. Each 30 minutes on the bike, I go approx 8.5km(about 5 miles) and the "calorie counter", which I know isnt 100% accurate, says around 280 calories. So when the day is done, ive biked 2 hours for 34km(about 20 miles) and burned off 1120 calories. I drink tons of water throughout the day as well, atleast 2 liters a day, if not more. I dont drink much of anything else other than water. Ocassional cranberry juice, v8 juice or orange juice...no pop.
According to what i've been reading, this is called a starvation diet. The thing is...im not starving, I cant force myself to eat more than that. My stamina is way way up from when I first started. When I first started 5 weeks ago, it was 30 minutes for the whole day at 6km and 200ish calories. Now, I don't feel tired or drained at all, in fact, this is the best i've felt in 10 years.
So, that about sums it up, i've lost 20 pounds in 5 weeks. I know I should be asking my doctor about this, but unless im bleeding, you'd have to drag me into the hospital kicking and screaming. Thanks for reading this massively long post.
