Ok, i just saw what you all said about cardio, I have been doing stationary bike and treadmill along with walking because i can’t run .and i eat four to six meals a day, water, no soda juices,lean meats alot of chicken breast, no fried foods bread like ever so often. what I’m getting at is I’ve lost 65 pounds, i am obese =/ sadly and now i’m doing something about it i am currently at 313 im trying to get to 250 then from there try to get to 200flat. what i want to do is get lean and have muscle mass but i dont want to be wide i want to be narrow and lean, all i want to know is what do i need to do, i can’t do extreme things because i found out i have ms, i want to do what i need to do to get where i want to be but at the same time not over do it. I have never lifted weights in my life. Sorry for my grammar
Thanks,
Kevin
Heavy depends on the person. If you can do it for sets of 20+ reps, it ain’t heavy enough. With an olympic barbell, benching 70lbs isn’t bad. What matters is that you’re putting out max effort.
Goals matter too.
^^ so far… we do about 3 sets of 15 …and usually by the third set… the last 10 reps im crying like a lil bitch and my friend has to spot me… hehe
not to mention, having your bigger muscles (e.g., quads, lats, pecs) built up means you will have a higher metabolism when resting, so you burn more fat just for having bigger muscles.
I would cut out carbs completely with the exception of what’s called 'slow-carbs.'
I know it’s tough as hell at first, but you’ll get used to it.
This means that if the carbs you’re eating can be quickly absorbed to raise your blood sugar, it’s not good for you.
I followed Tim’s plan and only use beans as my main source for any carbs (except for the day you eat whatever you want)… and it totally works.
You may also want to look into chromium supplements to regulate blood sugar levels. Search for Chromemate in Tim’s blog post I linked to before.
Too many reps imo. Women do best within 3-6 reps for aesthetic goals. Hypertrophic rep ranges kinda work counter to what women usually want for themselves. Though, to be fair, it’s not as if being bulky is really an issue for women.
say wha? i know this isnt a valid excuse but i work 70 hours a week… i might have to choke a bitch if i dont have a tiny bit of the carbs i like… ill be okay with a slow weight loss… im not looking for anything dramatic over night… =P
Now I don’t want to sound like a scrub or anything, I def do know what Im talking about. I do have one question though.
Does anyone know if 2 hours of cardio (broken up into 1 morning session and 1 evening session) is too much cardio for say a 1500-200 cal diet?
good job at losing 65 lbs!..i would say keep doing what you are doing because it is working…
you can incorporate the things that have been said on the previous page to lose more weight when it seems like you have plateaued or to just lose weight more “efficiently” like…eating often 6 times a days or doing HIIT for cardio on the stationary bike (although i would not recommend this until you get down to like 250, i would also recommend talking to your doctor and letting him know what you are doing see if he has anything to say about what you should and shouldnt do) or start lifting weights…all these help increase your metabolism…
if you never lifted before i would start out slowd ont start out too seriously, look up some beginners programs…there have been some beginners routines posted few pages back in this thread if i remember correctly…
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Roberth
Goals?
Weight?
Height?
What else do you do?
Answer these questions, without them you’ll receive only bullshit answers.
weight lifters will tell you hell yes thats too much, save the calories for the muscle building.
actually i think normal people will tell you that too haha. in an hour you can easily burn 500 calories. 500-1,000 calories doesn’t seem sufficient to sustain energy.
If you’re trying to cut some weight, a 500 calorie in/out deficit seems to be fine.
Unless of course you do some type of competing with your running, then thats not bad at all. Military people Run like crazy and don’t eat too much
thanks im thinking about trying that slow carb diet that guy was talking about on tims blog to lose a more weight to speed the process up, but my question is cutting out my whole grain cereal will bring back to the days of being constipated what supplements can i take to replace that and get the same effects?, a glorious dump everyday? lol
I work from 9-5 (moderate activity)
I walk 2 hours a day (to and from work)
I weigh about 180.
I’m about 5’1
For some reason I don’t look like a complete slob.
I lost 60 pounds (Went from 180 to 120, and then experimented after I hit a plateo by trying to eat more to boost my metabolism, needless to say it was very hard for me to gain weight so I stopped watching myself for a while and needless to say gained it back. I lost about 10 pounds a month while I was working out) doing an hour of steady state cardio a day and had a diet which consisted of about 1500 cals. Broke my meals up into about 5 a day. Had a decent ratio of carb/fat/protien.
Shortly afterwards I got into lifting, was in the best shape of my life.
I got the “You got to skinny” treatment, guessing because I didn’t put emphisis on resistance training. Never had a tone body.
I’m looking to use the same regimen I had before except I was wondering if an additional hour in the morning would benefit me while I alternate between resistance training and cardio in the afterrnoons.
John Berardi is a genius. I love his book “The Metabolism Advantage” that MagnusMadness recommended to me.
Hey srk, i’ve been lifting weights for the past 3 weeks, but i don’t think i’m targetting my chest well. Been doing incline fly’s, open hand fly’s, bench press, dips, and decline bench press. 8 reps each. The first week my pectorals got sore, but the 2 weeks after that, they barely feel drained after lifting. Should i use heavier weights, or do i need to most likely correct my form?
if you follow his diet exactly, you’ll be eating a lot of beans to compensate for reduced caloric load (e.g., you are getting too few calories if you don’t eat beans). That said, you’ll have a healthy amount of fiber in your diet to begin with.
If that’s not enough, you can buy fiber supplements that are widely available at any nutrient store. Try fibersure or a liquid fiber source. I’d also recommend prunes, although they are high in carbs… if you use prunes, make sure it’s after a workout.
The diet is tough the first week or so, but once you make it past that, your body gets used to it and it works surprisingly well. That, and it’s one of the few diets I know of where you have 1 day per week to eat WHATEVER you want. Tim even encourages you to eat your vices and junk food… but then make sure you stick to the plan for the other 6 days.
thing is my diet is pretty much carb free as of now so this won’t be hard for me because when i done my orginal to lose the weight i have so far i cut cold turkey, thanks for the info i will def look into starting either in the next week or first thing april, again thanks for the info
Kevin
Good shit dude! I was 330 pounds and now I an 250. You can do it bro, and if you have lost that much without lifting, I am pretty sure you will lose even more if you can start lifting weights. Just start out easy and don’t kill yourself.
Anyhow, these past couple months have been crazy for me, I’ve lost maybe 5 pounds. I haven’t been able to get into the gym, because of school and my two jobs. But I am trying to force myself to go. the main problem is that its like a 30 minutes walk to the gym and so an hour round trip makes it sort of a hassle… Like I said above I am about 250, I’m also 5’6.5". I’m still really big, but I was wondering what people thought of jogging for me? I have been avoiding it like the plague because I don’t want to kill my knees, and I am still pretty sure it’s too early for me to start jogging. But do you guys think it would be ok? I just figured if I can’t force myself into the gym, jogging in the morning before school would be good, though I know it is really important to have some resistance training as well.
And I want to change my diet, I don’t eat too horrible. I don’t really out that often, but my diet is pretty much these damn turkey sandwiches with whole wheat bread) because I don’t have my own kitchen and I don’t own any pots and pans. I just have my rice cooker and a foreman grill. I sometimes cook some salmon, but then I’ll eat that with white rice. I supposed I could cook chicken on there, but shit is expensive out here… any tips on cheap, yet healthy foods?
nice congrats im taller then you so alot of people think i lost more then i have so far, im 5 10