Journey, Not A Destination

Steve said:
I'd rather see you stick with something like what I outlined above. Working each body part once per week is far from optimal.
Once you get all of your equipment, which I think is awesome, I'd suggest following something like what I presented in "the basic lifts" stickie. At least some permutation of it.
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I'll do what you suggest starting now. I wasn't wedded to the routine I found, it just happened to make use of the equipment I own and provided me a starting pont. Sometimes I get too caught up in trying to craft the perfect plan and it sidetracks and ultimately derails me. I've learned to start NOW and fine tune as I go along.

Thanks for your help (and for all the info provided in the stickeys) it makes it easier and I appreciate it.

David C
 
DCarr10760 said:
I'll do what you suggest starting now. I wasn't wedded to the routine I found, it just happened to make use of the equipment I own and provided me a starting pont. Sometimes I get too caught up in trying to craft the perfect plan and it sidetracks and ultimately derails me. I've learned to start NOW and fine tune as I go along.
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Yea, keeping in mind that there's no One Way To Train, I like to base advice and even what I do personally on the big picture. Keep things simple.

With any particular goal, you can reduce it down to a few very simple concepts, which can then be combined in nearly unlimited ways.

Thanks for your help (and for all the info provided in the stickeys) it makes it easier and I appreciate it.
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You are welcome... thanks for listening.
 
Just popping in to give your "butch ass" some TLD love :beating::beating:...:rotflmao:

And a thanks for the great advice that you are always willing to give. I appreciate it.
 
I wanted to come by say thanks for your help. And not too time consuming I like that. i am si very busy all the time it's hard to fit workouts in sometimes!! Again you were a great help!!:)
 
Hey Steve,

I have been meaning to come across your Diary and post I see you offering great advice all over these forums and that is to be highly commended. I recently joined up and started a diary as well. In it a fellow posted suggested I ask you one of my recent questions. Ill copy and paste it below:

"So I woke up this morning and was all excited to weigh myself I haven't done so in a few days. I was hoping to see a nice drop. Instead I found that I was at 308.3 up .6 from my prior weighing. That's kind of depressing but I realize a lot of factors can go into that. It's ok though just means I need to work harder. So that being said I have decided to count the calories. I have never done it before but I think this is something that will help me regulate my eating a bit better.

Ok so I followed some links in these forums specifically this sticky. It was short and sweet lol. I followed its link to the BMR calculator and came up with this number = 1800.805. Now the guide here states that I should not reduce my daily intake by any more than 30% so 1800.805 * 30% = 540.2415. and if you take that off of my original number id be at 1260 daily calories. Does that seem low? Or High? I really have no clue. For now that's what im going to shoot for."

I am really unsure what to think about that number. To give you an idea about me I am 6'7" and when I started this almost 3 weeks ago, my weight loss not the diary, I was at 320 pounds and as you can see above the running and such has helped me get to 308.3. But my long term goal is to get into the 210-230 range. I guess I am just reaching out for some friendly advice on the calorie intake and if you ahve any other suggestions to help me on my way. If you like you can find my diary here

Much appreciated and thanks for all you have done for this community!
 
Hey Steve, I have a question for you (please remove your "sexpert" hat and replace with your trainer hat). When I lift weights I get VERY VERY VERY (OK, ya get the point) hungry. I just started back with the weights last week after a 3 month hiatus and I note that on those days when I go to the gym I'm starving way earlier than usual. I just ate some Soy Chips that someone had in the office, 2 servings for 220 cals, 12 grams of protein total. I'm still hungry! Yikes!! I know its worthwhile to lift and I'll continue regardless, but I'm just thinking out loud at how I'm consuming probably more cals than I burned now and what will the result, or point, of this be?? I know my body looks firm (though I'm still thick) from weights so I will never give them up, but in trying to lose weight how do I do that when the weights are making me STARVING!??
 
Blancita said:
Hey Steve, I have a question for you (please remove your "sexpert" hat and replace with your trainer hat). When I lift weights I get VERY VERY VERY (OK, ya get the point) hungry. I just started back with the weights last week after a 3 month hiatus and I note that on those days when I go to the gym I'm starving way earlier than usual. I just ate some Soy Chips that someone had in the office, 2 servings for 220 cals, 12 grams of protein total. I'm still hungry! Yikes!! I know its worthwhile to lift and I'll continue regardless, but I'm just thinking out loud at how I'm consuming probably more cals than I burned now and what will the result, or point, of this be?? I know my body looks firm (though I'm still thick) from weights so I will never give them up, but in trying to lose weight how do I do that when the weights are making me STARVING!??
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Yea, lifting weights certainly elevates my hunger too.

How do you know you are actually eating more than you are expending each day?

If you are truly eating a bit above maintenance, you will slowly gain weight. That weight will be muscle and fat. What it will do for your appearence.... who knows. Time will tell.

What are you eating in an average day? How many times per day are you eating?
 
I'm not eating more than I'm expending on most days, though I do seem to a few times a week (though some weeks I manage to avoid this). What I'm sayng is that it seems like I eat extra calories amounting to around what I burned at the gym lifting! During an average day when I go to the office I eat at 9am, 12pm, 6pm, and 7 or 8pm (today I had a snack at 4pm also, which is my point since I dont usually have this snack on office days). On non-office days (and I'm off Friday's and sometimes work from home one day per week so sometimes 5 days) I eat constantly, like every 3 hours and I tend to eat way more calories. Other non-office days I'll eat much less if we're running around doing stuff. My problem is that I have a very large appetite/hunger and its made it very hard to take off this weight.
 
Hunger can be a bear for me too when I'm dieting down.

That said, if you are eating maintenance on training days, and eating a deficit on off days, you'll lose weight.

The net result is a deficit. The net is what counts, not the acute.

If I'm reading you right that is.

Your weight loss will be slower, but existent nonetheless.

You know what you are doing, I've seen you post plenty of good advice around here. Are you eating foods that might trigger hunger? What's your carb intake look like?

Oh yea, and remember when you lift weights, you don't just burn energy while you train.... you burn while you repair too!
 
Steve said:
Hunger can be a bear for me too when I'm dieting down.

That said, if you are eating maintenance on training days, and eating a deficit on off days, you'll lose weight.

The net result is a deficit. The net is what counts, not the acute.

If I'm reading you right that is.

Your weight loss will be slower, but existent nonetheless.

You know what you are doing, I've seen you post plenty of good advice around here. THANKS! Are you eating foods that might trigger hunger? What's your carb intake look like?

Oh yea, and remember when you lift weights, you don't just burn energy while you train.... you burn while you repair too!
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Morning Steve :). Oh its rather discouraging. I do feel like I know what I'm doing, and often I hit deficits in a week of around 2000, but never does my damn scale go below 137.5. I know its not a bad weight so I'm not desperate like before, but I want to get back to my body of a few years ago at some point. My new goal for the 10 lbs is June 2008, when I turn 40 years old. Do ya think its the age? LOL Or am I just making excuses?!

If someone could find a magic cure for my hunger, I would be extremely grateful. I've tried low carb, no carb, regular carb and nothing seems to work (I had limited success with the no carb but even that stopped working). I'm just ravenous very often, though sometimes I'm not so hungry. It varies but usually hunger is a major issue for me if I'm eating below maintenance. This losing weight is NOT easy I tell you :rolleyes:.
 
Blancita said:
Morning Steve :). Oh its rather discouraging. I do feel like I know what I'm doing, and often I hit deficits in a week of around 2000, but never does my damn scale go below 137.5. I know its not a bad weight so I'm not desperate like before, but I want to get back to my body of a few years ago at some point. My new goal for the 10 lbs is June 2008, when I turn 40 years old. Do ya think its the age? LOL Or am I just making excuses?!
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If you hit deficits of 2000 consistently without losing weight at all, you aren't really in that much of a deficit.

I mean, you'd think you are.

But b/c of the dynamics of what the human metabolism is, changes have occured that make what should be a deficit a maintenance. It's a bitch like that.

If someone could find a magic cure for my hunger, I would be extremely grateful. I've tried low carb, no carb, regular carb and nothing seems to work (I had limited success with the no carb but even that stopped working). I'm just ravenous very often, though sometimes I'm not so hungry. It varies but usually hunger is a major issue for me if I'm eating below maintenance. This losing weight is NOT easy I tell you :rolleyes:.
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I'm just like you. I battle hunger all the time when I diet.

Have you thought about adding more meals; breaking up your cals a bit more?

How many grams of protein and fat are you eating?
 
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