pcm2a
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Crazy topic I know. For a quick background I am 32, 5'9" and for the past 2-3 years I have been 143-145 pounds. I have done a low calorie diet, like 1400-1600 a day, along with 5-6 days a week of cardio and 3-4 days a week of weights and abs. My body fat, according to a scale, is 16.5-17%. I have not gained any muscle during this time, I have been able to lift about the same amount despite efforts to increase.
Enough is enough I said and it's time to try something new. After tracking my intake I found out I was eating around 40-50% fat and not enough calories. What I have decided on is a 1800-1900 calorie diet where I keep my fat intake to 10-20%.
An example meal(s) for a day are things like:
Oatmeal, banana, non-fat yogurt, orange, 99% fat free turkey on wheat bread, orange, chicken /w green beans. You get the idea.
For 6 weeks now I have done this diet, around 1800-1900 calories a day and 10-20% fat. I still do about 20-30 minutes of cardio 5-6 days a week. I do 2 days of abs, one day of back/bi, one of chest/tri and one I throw in some shoulders.
Here is what has occured so far over the course of 6 weeks:
More ab definition (yay)
Lifting considerably more with weights (yay)
Weight actually dropped to 141-142 and is very consistent (yay)
The fat percentage has creeped up to 18%, OH NO.
I'm starving almost all the time
I got some bad gas all the time, I mean it's the worst. Not the runs or anything just bad gas.
So my big questions are:
- How long before I see the fat % start going down?
- Why did it actually increase to 18%
My goal was to lower my body fat.
Enough is enough I said and it's time to try something new. After tracking my intake I found out I was eating around 40-50% fat and not enough calories. What I have decided on is a 1800-1900 calorie diet where I keep my fat intake to 10-20%.
An example meal(s) for a day are things like:
Oatmeal, banana, non-fat yogurt, orange, 99% fat free turkey on wheat bread, orange, chicken /w green beans. You get the idea.
For 6 weeks now I have done this diet, around 1800-1900 calories a day and 10-20% fat. I still do about 20-30 minutes of cardio 5-6 days a week. I do 2 days of abs, one day of back/bi, one of chest/tri and one I throw in some shoulders.
Here is what has occured so far over the course of 6 weeks:
More ab definition (yay)
Lifting considerably more with weights (yay)
Weight actually dropped to 141-142 and is very consistent (yay)
The fat percentage has creeped up to 18%, OH NO.
I'm starving almost all the time
I got some bad gas all the time, I mean it's the worst. Not the runs or anything just bad gas.
So my big questions are:
- How long before I see the fat % start going down?
- Why did it actually increase to 18%
My goal was to lower my body fat.