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Hello everyone,

I found this forum through Google, searching for some forums about fitness & exercise. I've been having problems for the past few months. First of, I'm 22, guy, from Canada.

4 years ago, I was at my highest weight which was 220lbs. After being in University, I decided to try Atkins (low carbs, lots of fat) and I went down to 185lbs (which was good) I've maintained it to this day.. now, I am 170lbs.

Everything is good, I'm not overweight anymore but I'm having some problems.

1) What is healthy to eat? I've decided to keep track of my calories and be a little bit low on carbs still. Only problem is when I'm low on carbs, I tend to eat a lot of fat. Is that okay? Just for breakfast my intake was 72% fat - 23% Protein and 4% carbs. Is that good? How can I change? What's the best path to go on?

2) I don't own a membership at a fitness club. I was wondering if there's any activities that would help my strength (and lose a bit of my fat left overs (love handles and such)) at home?

Thank you everyone! and I should see you all around the board. :hug2:
 
Zarlom said:
Hello everyone,

I found this forum through Google, searching for some forums about fitness & exercise. I've been having problems for the past few months. First of, I'm 22, guy, from Canada.
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You can never have too many Canadians on a forum - welcome eh. :canadaf: ;)

Zarlom said:
4 years ago, I was at my highest weight which was 220lbs. After being in University, I decided to try Atkins (low carbs, lots of fat) and I went down to 185lbs (which was good) I've maintained it to this day.. now, I am 170lbs.
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Which university ?


Zarlom said:
Everything is good, I'm not overweight anymore but I'm having some problems.

1) What is healthy to eat? I've decided to keep track of my calories and be a little bit low on carbs still. Only problem is when I'm low on carbs, I tend to eat a lot of fat. Is that okay? Just for breakfast my intake was 72% fat - 23% Protein and 4% carbs. Is that good? How can I change? What's the best path to go on?
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If you're going to be training.....carbs and fat are the primary fuels you use to fuel your exercise - so you don't want to skimp on carbs if you're going to be doing cardio or weight training ( or both ) IMO.

One approach is to first figure out what you think your total daily calorie intake should be. Once that is done, then take 25% - 30% ( max ) of your total daily calories and allocate that to fats - and mostly ' good fats '. As for protein, for starters, try and consume anywhere from .8 grams to 1 gram of protein per pound of bodyweight ( 1 gram of protein is 4 calories btw ) and subtract these protein calories from your total daily calorie intake as well. The remaining calories ( after deducting fat and protein calories ) will simply be the calories you allocate to good quality carbs. Remember, carbs don't make you fat, excess calories beyond what your body needs gets stored as fat.


Zarlom said:
2) I don't own a membership at a fitness club. I was wondering if there's any activities that would help my strength (and lose a bit of my fat left overs (love handles and such)) at home? Thank you everyone! and I should see you all around the board. :hug2:
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What sort of exercise equipment do you have at home ?
 
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