My husband and I are starting our new work out and health food craze.

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So my husband and I are starting our road to fitness starting this morning. he has different fitness goals than i do so he will start his own journal.

My stats as of today
I am 25
5'9" tall
215 lbs
and I wear a size 16
I was a size 5 all through out high school.
My goal weight 145
my goal size is a size 7 or 9


My daily caloric intake is no more than 1650 cals/day
my daily fat is no more than 35 grams
How the hell do I eat 215 grams of protein with out going over my fat and caloric intake??

My work outs will consist of some light weight training and then a heavy walking cardio working my way up to 3 miles a day on the tread mill.


What are some good meals that you guys enjoy? preferably beef or pork. maybe a chicken meal or two as I am not a huge fan of chicken but like a few chicken meals.
 
During weight loss, I think you can go as low as 1g of protein per LEAN BODY MASS, LBM. LBM is your bodyweight - the body fat. Personally, I get my protein from protein shake (has about 24g per shake at 130 calories) or Low fat cottage cheese (14g per 90 calorie). Most lowfat dairy product or eggs w/o the yolk should do it.

Your BMI is roughly 31, and bodyfat is roughly 40%. This is just base on your height and weight so I might be off. Btw, I am assuming that you are female and not active or atheltic to get the BF% from bmi.
LBM = 215 lbs (1-0.4) = 129 lbs.

Thereby, you can get away with consuming about 130g of protein per day.

Good luck with your goals and remember that a diet should not be short-term but a lifestyle change. Find a diet that you can live with and use excercise to help burn off the extra calorie. "Reward" meals are recommended every so often, read that on the weight loss stickies.
 
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Good luck with the plan. It's great you both are goin' for it. My suggestion is that you find some part of the workout you can do together. Take a class something for a support system. Having a training partner is great in the beginning for motivating each other on low energy days. Spot each other in some weight training exercises. Plan walk/run outings in different locations to make it interesting.
Also 3 miles on a tread mill will bore you to death. More weight training!! Ask more questions. I learn sooo much from this forum.
 
Thank you for encouraging my wife. She is a great person who just needs that extra confidence booster. But I think we really are going to get it done this time! We have tried to get going on this for the last year and never really got past a couple of weeks but this time we are taking it to the end.
So weight training will burn more than the cardio will?
 
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