Quote: (05-19-2011 04:54 PM)glassjawed Wrote:
If you´re only taking in 1200-1400 a day at 205 lbs, 8%BF, and doing cardio constantly, you should be losing about 5 lbs a week by my estimation. That has to be off.
Actually it's right, I just don't do a lot of cardio "constantly". Maybe I'll run 3x per week for 20 minutes in the sand. I use to jog uphill 40% incline 7 miles every other day while I was shaving down BF. I also have binge days every other Saturday, where I will consume close to 4000 or more calories of junk food: Pizza, pastas, spanish rice, mexican food
Quote: (05-19-2011 04:54 PM)glassjawed Wrote:
I take in more than that and I weigh much less than you and am on a cutting cycle right now.
My weight is mostly muscle weight, in particular my legs..I have soccer playe/bike rider legs so it does not surprise me that you eat more, and weigh less....lots of my friends easily weigh 20lbs less than me, and consume about 2500Kc per day. My brother weighs 180 (5'11" too), and eats about 3000Kc per day, and never does cardio..go figure.
Quote: (05-19-2011 04:54 PM)glassjawed Wrote:
Also Mixx, I´m curious how long it took you to get to your current weight and where you started it. I´m asking because I´m the same height as you and am trying to figure out an ideal weight. I don´t want to be too big though so I´m also curious if girls generally consider you really jacked.
I actually gained a lot of body fat in 2007 (it was a year I flew 1st class everywhere), and blew up to a whopping 27% BF at 247lbs...I WAS FAT, and extremely furious about it!!!
It took me about 14 months to shed down to 14% BF, where I hit a plateau, and then I started mixing/matching foods more, and reduced to 800Kc per day (with 1.5 Gallons of water daily)and 250 Grams of protein..that brought me down to 9% BF @ 205lbs. My current stats.
Quote: (05-19-2011 04:54 PM)glassjawed Wrote:
By the way, I never said the type of food you eat isn´t important. That´s obvious. I was just saying if you´re talking about gaining or losing weight, what it will come down to ultimately is the number of calories you eat. The type of food you eat will effect how it is stored. If you eat 500 more than you burn of whatever food you want, it will be stored somehow. If you eat 500 less, your body will burn it from somewhere. That´s it.
Based on what my nutrionist/dietician tells me on IM right now, not necessarily the case. Your body will develop a pattern of burning calories based on what your Hypothalamus gland has set as your ideal weight. Mine was reset to 200lbs, and even when I have my binge days 2x per month, I don't gain an oz.
it takes the body 3 days to store unused calories to Sub Q fat, (not structural or reserver FAT) most will go to reserves, and WILL burn off if your eating right most of the time.
Mixx