Starting a brutal diet + exercise

[Reach]

Re: Starting a brutal diet + exercise

That's a lot of calories for your size tbh, and too much garbage that isn't filling you up.

I'd avoid soup like the plague because it's just not very filling. Where are the vegetables and lean meats.

You did alright for breakfast and then it goes downhill.

What you're feeling is probably more related to not feeling full than anything else, for most people that are used to overeating or eating a lot of food, the feeling of being hungry can make you light headed.

Push through it and eat more whole foods that are bulky with low caloric density (meats, vegetables). Drink lots and lots of water. This will minimize the feeling of being hungry and allow you to eat less calories, getting more work done on your weight without feeling shitty.

[kommisar]

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Yeah i admit that day was a flunk haha.

Tea is helping cope with hunger. I used to overeat insanely (like 3500-4000 calories a day). Working in a kitchen with food all day is hngggg. Only reason I'm not the size of a blimp is my job activity and the fact I have no car lmao.

I'm switching out snacks with wheat in favor of vegetables. Kinda surprised at how many calories flour has D:


Thanks Doc~

[Ksl33zy24]

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6'2" 198lbs is fat? I'm almost 6'4" 205-210lbs. I don't think I'm fat. But, I guess that's my opinion? Good luck, man! Acid reflux is terrible.

[Reach]

Re: Starting a brutal diet + exercise

It depends entirely on body composition. If you don't have much muscle, it's certainly overweight. Not obese by any means, but it never hurts to improve your condition.

[kommisar]

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I don't have much muscle mass. Maybe legs.

I just have a goal I'd like to get to.


At 1400 calories counting supper. Napping made me forget haha

[Reincarnate]

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Maybe a point of reference (I used to eat 3000-4000 cals/day before I started dieting):

I'm around 184 lbs @ 6'2" (I started @ 230 lbs) -- I don't have much muscle, so I'm still "fat" in many ways. Eating around 1500-1600 cals/day.

been under 2600 calories for 3 days. i'm feeling the effects of it. i don't want to starve but feel like I get the shakes around supper time haha. maybe not enough sugar?

I felt this way for a month or so when I first started (shakiness, lightheadedness, and several headaches). In a funny way, it was as if my body felt like crap as a result of no longer eating so much crap. I just chalked it up to some kind of transitional adjustment thing -- it went away after a while on its own. Eating a lot of whole foods (like Reach said) helps a ton, too.

tl;dr 2600 calories seems too high IMO

[kommisar]

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Stopped at 2070 calories today. Can def. do less. Water helped cope with the empty stomach feeling and tje hardest period was from 1pm to 4pm. Feeling pretty optimistic towards having a routine set.

The headaches kinda come and go, it feels mostly like a shock haha. I was a bit lightheaded and had a few moments of short breath (prob from slight anxiety or withdrawal from eating so much shit) but went away if i kept myself occupied. Did some gym and felt great, no loss of energy or anything.

[SCWolf]

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Yeah, changing your eating patterns can definitely shock the system. You'll adjust though, for sure.

I remember for the first year of training I felt like throwing up all day every day. Was a mixture of going from an average of roughly 900 calories a day to 3000 calories a day and a dairy intolerance. Needless to say, every diet change/lifestyle change comes with some speedbumps, but in the end you always end up with a better understanding of your own body.

[kommisar]

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I'm leaning that quickly haha. Also which foods fill me better.

I made it fam

[SCWolf]

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You still doing this? if so how is it going?

[Reach]

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Better still be doing it!

[kommisar]

Re: Starting a brutal diet + exercise

bump


still doin' it~


my daily max is now 2250 calories, I'm optimally aiming for 1800. Cutting calories won't be enough though I suppose if I want to cut fat%. Any diet suggestions?

Also going to Dalhousie University next sept (hi reach) so it'll be nice to have a swimming pool and facilities literally on site (I'll be living on campus too).I'll be broke as fuc so managing diet will be for both health and economic reasons lol.

from last october I went from 179 to 183lbs. Goal is 175.

[SCWolf]

Re: Starting a brutal diet + exercise

bump


still doin' it~


my daily max is now 2250 calories, I'm optimally aiming for 1800. Cutting calories won't be enough though I suppose if I want to cut fat%. Any diet suggestions?

Also going to Dalhousie University next sept (hi reach) so it'll be nice to have a swimming pool and facilities literally on site (I'll be living on campus too).I'll be broke as fuc so managing diet will be for both health and economic reasons lol.

from last october I went from 179 to 183lbs. Goal is 175.

First of all, good job man

Secondly, cutting calories is precisely what is going to cut fat. Pretty much exclusively. The only time it may seem otherwise is when you're building muscle much faster than you're putting on fat giving the person the illusion of losing fat while building muscle, when really you're just pushing the fat out with your new found muscle.

Swimming is ultra good cardio so that will definitely help with cutting.

[kommisar]

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I always thought there was more to it than that, like i could eat 1700 calories but it be complete garbage and it would make me lose weight differently.

[Reach]

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No it really doesn't make any difference unless you are going for a competitive bodybuilding look and need to be as muscle sparing as possible.

Increasing the protein quality of your diet on a deficit will help retain muscle, and so will doing resistance training.

But unless you're already quite muscular this isn't really something you have to worry too much about.

Cutting calories is probably all that is necessary.