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This is harder...
Postby toolonglegs » Wed Feb 03, 2010 5:57 pm
Well for me anyway...counting Kcal's sucks but it is the only way I can lose weight with any consistency!.
It certainly makes you think about where your fuel is coming from.Yesterday was the first day I struggled in the last week.
Finding enough protein is always my problem...but if I can get 1 gram per kilo per day I am happy.
Fat mainly comes from walnuts and almonds .
I am taking the Kjoules on my powertap for the days I exercise...dividing them by 0.8 to come up with my Kcals and adding them on to my daily food allowance.(That doesn't show in the picture.)
See how long I can keep it going....if I am anal it works...fingers crossed!.
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Postby toolonglegs » Wed Feb 03, 2010 6:14 pm
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Postby Wino » Wed Feb 03, 2010 6:22 pm
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Postby Wino » Wed Feb 03, 2010 6:49 pm
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Postby toolonglegs » Wed Feb 03, 2010 6:57 pm
1 g fat per kilo / 1.2g protein per kilo / 4 g carb per kilo (also would like to hit 80-100g fibre per day)
That is a average day for me with about 1000 Kcal exercise.
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Postby Ant. » Wed Feb 03, 2010 9:33 pm
I don't count calories anymore. 1kg of fat is a lot of calories, and as long as I can see the trend is going down (at a rate that's not too dramatic), I'm happy and I know it's working. It's hard to accidentally put on 1kg in a week (okay, maybe not, since I put on 2kg in 2.5 weeks after breaking my collarbone), so if I began to see an upward trend, I'd know that something's not right, and I'd spot it within a week
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Postby toolonglegs » Wed Feb 03, 2010 11:21 pm
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Postby clack3rz » Thu Feb 04, 2010 12:23 pm
I used CK for a while last year, and must admit, once it was routine (and set-up) it wasn't so hard.
I must get back onto it.....it helped me drop a bit and taught me a bit about what works on/for training and what doesn't.
I need to drop several kilos - sitting on 80.3kgs and really should be low to mid 70's.
I'm starting racing this year, so to add this into my routine won't do any harm!
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Postby toolonglegs » Thu Feb 04, 2010 5:13 pm
Palm Hearts are the king of fibre..4 grams of fibre per 100 grams and only 25 Kcals...and yummy!.
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Postby JustinS007 » Fri Feb 05, 2010 8:33 am
Hi toolonglegs. Good on you for doing the hard yards with weight loss and calorie counting. It's a pain initially, but as the diet modifies and your awareness increases it gets much easier. You eventually get to the point where you just grab a medium apple and instantly know that it will 'cost' you 80 calories, of which 100% (near enough) are carbs. 2 slices of wholemeal bread is 180 calories and with salad only filling and light mayonaisse just 260 calories for the sandwich etc..toolonglegs wrote:Pretty much what is in the charts is what I want to hit.
1 g fat per kilo / 1.2g protein per kilo / 4 g carb per kilo (also would like to hit 80-100g fibre per day)
That is a average day for me with about 1000 Kcal exercise.
Incidentally, and I'm not sure where you are at with current BF% and athlete status, but I think that you are consuming too much fat with the above figures. Those figures would be OK for a 'normal' person who might be aiming (male) at 10% - 15% BF, but if you're looking at the elite end then you will have to reduce fat % of total calories more.
Good luck with it all.
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Postby Ant. » Fri Feb 05, 2010 5:08 pm
How much do you weigh now TLL?
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Postby toolonglegs » Fri Feb 05, 2010 5:21 pm
But I have lost 4.5 so far (although a bit too quickly).
Justin...cheers for you comments.My BF is probably around 20% so I have a long way to go.I always eat very healthy but just eat too much!.I also test pretty low on my good fats during the last few blood tests...can't remember what it is called?.So my fat intake comes from all the good stuff.
A dab of olive oil,lots of nuts,weetbix,salmon yesterday for example...I think if I cut that out I wouldn't be eating all that healthy?.Getting in 1 gram of protein per kilo is a major struggle thou!.
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Postby toolonglegs » Wed Feb 10, 2010 9:06 pm
It all went bad as soon as I stopped recording what I ate on CalKing...that is usually the sign it will go pear shape.
So I got on the trainer at 8pm and didn't get off till 11pm...then straight to bed.This morning I was back to where I was yesterday & today so far I am back on track!.
THe big wake up call came Sunday on one of the local hills...only two guys beat me over the climb and not by that much.So ever since then I have been going thru the "if I was 10 kilos lighter I would of stayed with them!!!"....and if I can reach my dream weight ...yeah I nkow...dream on .
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Postby toolonglegs » Wed Feb 10, 2010 10:58 pm
Don't worry...when it get's messy it usually gets really messy .
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Postby mikesbytes » Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:38 pm
OK, jokes aside, your doing the right thing, just keep it until you reach your goal, you need to unleash that powerful body from the chains of excess.
You say that your 101kg (AT) 20% BF, so your LBM is about 80kg, so a good target is 88kg, which is 10% BF
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Re: This is harder...
Postby toolonglegs » Thu Feb 11, 2010 12:00 am
I was a even bigger at Oatley...although not much .Think I am lot stronger now thou.
I was 87-88 in 2000....came 3rd in Canberra 24 hour so I was flying...be nice to get back to that weight again .
Oatley May 2008...
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