Gym and fitness (38 Viewers)

[Kate]

I would literally die if I eat only twice per day. The meal that I will never ever miss is breakfast.

I couldn't do it either, even before I was exercising I couldn't get through a morning without breakfast.

But at your activity level, it's impossible on two meals. I've just started doing more, and already I can feel my body needs more food more often.

 

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[Zacheryah]

The key to lose weight, when you dont really care about building any muscle, or at least not increasing it

- check your weight (yes ladies you aswel), and see how many calories it takes to stay on that weight, considering the fitness regime you do
- take off 10-20%
-1gram fat = 9 calories, 1gram protein or carb = 4 calories
- now distribute those calories over 5-6 meals, keeping 80%protein, 80%carb, 20% fat



why so many meals ? because when you eat few, big portions, you take up more then your metabolism requires, and carbs will be converted into fat, whilst protein will be going down the drain, or converted into fat via a complex citric cycle pathway, if the carbs are out.
if you take 6 smaller meals, you wll have the body active and working, not lazy because thick blood due to high carb/fat

also, if you have the same amounth of calories in 2 or 6 meals, it means the stomache is working 2 or 6 times, meaning you will burn more calories just for the same of the stomache working

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

That theory seems to be widely accepted, but I don't think it works for me. I get best results with 2 or 3 regular meals a day.

 

[Kate]

That theory seems to be widely accepted, but I don't think it works for me. I get best results with 2 or 3 regular meals a day.

What do you do, exercise wise?

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

Absolutely nothing right now. Used to play football twice a week but haven't been able to this year. I intend to start going to the gym from next month, once I find a buddy to go with.

What about you?

 

[Kate]

Absolutely nothing right now. Used to play football twice a week but haven't been able to this year. I intend to start going to the gym from next month, once I find a buddy to go with.

What about you?

That's the thing, when you do nothing it can tend to be okay, not healthy, but ok.

I run every day, and do weights 3-4 times a week. I also walk to work every day and go home at lunch time, so about 80 minutes of walking too. When I did nothing but walking I could be okay only eating three meals, but I didn't feel great.

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

It probably requires a lot of planning to have 5 meals everyday; planning on what food to get at the grocery, what to prepare for the next day and also how to work your meals into your daily schedule.

 

[Kate]

It probably requires a lot of planning to have 5 meals everyday; planning on what food to get at the grocery, what to prepare for the next day and also how to work your meals into your daily schedule.

Not really, no, but I have found getting older means buying more responsibly anyway

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

You mean no ice cream sandwiches and soda for dinner ?

I rather forget about a diet and do extra exercise.

 

[Kate]

You mean no ice cream sandwiches and soda for dinner ?

I rather forget about a diet and do extra exercise.

I don't eat those things anyway, but definitely no!

It's still not healthy to eat poorly and exercise regularly.

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

I eat okay, I just love sweet stuff. My meals aren't too bad.

 

[Zacheryah]

It probably requires a lot of planning to have 5 meals everyday; planning on what food to get at the grocery, what to prepare for the next day and also how to work your meals into your daily schedule.

Disagreed, i do that for 2 years now and its relatively easy, here is my foot schedule

8-10h : 50 grams whey isolate + 20grams oat

12-14h: 250 grams of chicken with 100 grams of pasta or 250 gram of potatoes

18h: 50 grams of whey isolate + 50 grams of oat

22h : 50 grams of whey isolate (this is straight after training)

01h : 50 grams of regular whey in 250 grams of volle plattekaas

 

[Kate]

I eat okay, I just love sweet stuff. My meals aren't too bad.

Yeah, I've never been partial to sweet things, so it might be easier.

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

Disagreed, i do that for 2 years now and its relatively easy, here is my foot schedule

8-10h : 50 grams whey isolate + 20grams oat

12-14h: 250 grams of chicken with 100 grams of pasta or 250 gram of potatoes

18h: 50 grams of whey isolate + 50 grams of oat

22h : 50 grams of whey isolate (this is straight after training)

01h : 50 grams of regular whey in 250 grams of volle plattekaas

Look at that! Measuring the grams of this and that, you gotta eat the same type of stuff everyday, and you have to spend the same amount of time everyday. That ain't for me

 

[Zacheryah]

Look at that! Measuring the grams of this and that, you gotta eat the same type of stuff everyday, and you have to spend the same amount of time everyday. That ain't for me

oh, they whey comes with measuring spoon. after i fill the spoon, i scrape it of the top of the can, so like that its exactly 50 grams

since chicken isnt cheap, and i tend to replace the 18h meal by another chicken+potatoes on non training days, i buy frozen sacks that contain 1 kilogram of chicken

usually, its 4 chickenbreasts that each weight around 250 grams

the pasta i weight, because i'm terrible at eyeballing it, same for the volle plattekaas

 

[Lilith]

I suck. I paid for a full month of gym and only went 2 days so far. That was 2 weeks ago. And Deneb...that diet, out the window.

 

[ALC]

It probably requires a lot of planning to have 5 meals everyday; planning on what food to get at the grocery, what to prepare for the next day and also how to work your meals into your daily schedule.

Tell me about it. If I had a butler or something, I'd love to do it but nah. I'll eat whatever comes across or is easier to make.

 

[IliveForJuve]

This is my target... what do you suggest?

Well of course and most importantly the diet. You'll need to have a 500 calories deficit. Look up on the internet and calculate the calories you should consume to maintain your weight.

Then I would suggest you to get some helpful and important supplements.

Isopure, which is protein is a great protein powder for gaining mass without fat. Fat burning supplements are a must, too, get something like Lipo 6 Black, it'll make you lose fat without losing your muscle, and increases energy levels while carbohydrate consumption is low

A good amino acid is glutamine which helps to preserve muscle while speeding overall muscle recovery (this is due ability to increase protein synthesis). I'd get a 100% pure glutamine no matter what brand it is.

L-Carnitine is another great supplement to take if you're looking to get lean. It forces your body to burn fat and turn it into energy. It'll also help you focus.

Make sure you get a Multi-Vitamin. No matter what your goals are, always take Multi-Vitamin. Vitamins and minerals make your body work like it's supposed to.

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As for the working out part, lots of cardio. On training days I do cardio pre and post workout for about 20-30 minutes with normal intensity. As for the other 3 days of the week I do cardio for 40 minutes but with high intensity (I do HIIT, look it up I'm too lazy to explain right now, very stoned).

 

[Rabbit]

Zach which brand of whey isolate do you use?

 

[IliveForJuve]

Zach which brand of whey isolate do you use?

I can bet my life he takes ON's 100% Gold Standard Whey protein.