9 weeks in...havent lost as much fat as i thought.

[kicker]

I am not eating any carbs. but thanks for the suggestion.

Sorry dude. I think I combined your post with the first one in this thread.

[BigJD69]

When is the show???? What weight class do you see yourself competing in???

[theIRONworks]

When is the show???? What weight class do you see yourself competing in???

I can see myself at a good 165lbs. I don't have a computer, just my G1 so I can't post pictures.....eeek......but I know I have a lot of fat to lose so it'll be a long hard road. I'm at 182 lbs today. I've once again decided to go keto.

Check it out:

7:00am - cardio, Lipo6, bcaa's
8:00am - 7 egg whites w/ tabasco sauce, 1 tsp natural penut butter and about 3oz. of spinach leaves, animal pak, fiber supplement
10:00am - 8 oz. Chicken breast unseasoned with olive oil, broccoli/mushroom mix, flax seed, Halodrol, Animal Flex
11:30am - 1 scoop of Isolyze with 1tsp of macadamia nut oil.
12:00pm - workout, SizeOn, Lipo6
1:30pm - 1 scoop of Isolyze with 1 tsp of natural peanut butter.
2:30pm - 5oz ground turkey breast and 1 green apple.
4:00pm - Halodrol
6:00pm - 6-7 oz tilapia and mushrooms. Animal pak, flax seed.
9:00pm - 8 ox chicken breast and broccoli.
12:30am - 6-7 ox of tilapia and spinach leaves, Novedex, fiber supp.
1:00am - sleep.

I think it's alright, should be around 40some carbs a day.

[tiramisu]

If you don't target Dave's diet and go with a zone or some other method. As a 200 pound male targetting 2 pounds per week for 10-12 weeks seems to be pretty attainable with little muscle loss. A 500 calorie daily deficit seems to be a pretty good place to hold things. Combining 45 minutes of fasting light cardio can speed things up but may be too much and may burn you out. (ease into cardio as required).

I'm currently giving Dave's diet a try and finishing week 1. I will track for 3-4 weeks and see if I need to make adjustments or add cardio then. At this point it "seems" like it is working but I'll have a better idea over the next few weeks as I dumped a lot of water at first.

[bgoo101]

I can see myself at a good 165lbs. I don't have a computer, just my G1 so I can't post pictures.....eeek......but I know I have a lot of fat to lose so it'll be a long hard road. I'm at 182 lbs today. I've once again decided to go keto.

Check it out:

7:00am - cardio, Lipo6, bcaa's
8:00am - 7 egg whites w/ tabasco sauce, 1 tsp natural penut butter and about 3oz. of spinach leaves, animal pak, fiber supplement
10:00am - 8 oz. Chicken breast unseasoned with olive oil, broccoli/mushroom mix, flax seed, Halodrol, Animal Flex
11:30am - 1 scoop of Isolyze with 1tsp of macadamia nut oil.
12:00pm - workout, SizeOn, Lipo6
1:30pm - 1 scoop of Isolyze with 1 tsp of natural peanut butter.
2:30pm - 5oz ground turkey breast and 1 green apple.
4:00pm - Halodrol
6:00pm - 6-7 oz tilapia and mushrooms. Animal pak, flax seed.
9:00pm - 8 ox chicken breast and broccoli.
12:30am - 6-7 ox of tilapia and spinach leaves, Novedex, fiber supp.
1:00am - sleep.

I think it's alright, should be around 40some carbs a day.

too much food simple to much pro/fat /and carbs no wonder

[gman]

That can't be more than 2500 calories.

[sassy69]

I can see myself at a good 165lbs. I don't have a computer, just my G1 so I can't post pictures.....eeek......but I know I have a lot of fat to lose so it'll be a long hard road. I'm at 182 lbs today. I've once again decided to go keto.

Check it out:

7:00am - cardio, Lipo6, bcaa's
8:00am - 7 egg whites w/ tabasco sauce, 1 tsp natural penut butter and about 3oz. of spinach leaves, animal pak, fiber supplement
10:00am - 8 oz. Chicken breast unseasoned with olive oil, broccoli/mushroom mix, flax seed, Halodrol, Animal Flex
11:30am - 1 scoop of Isolyze with 1tsp of macadamia nut oil.
12:00pm - workout, SizeOn, Lipo6
1:30pm - 1 scoop of Isolyze with 1 tsp of natural peanut butter.
2:30pm - 5oz ground turkey breast and 1 green apple.
4:00pm - Halodrol
6:00pm - 6-7 oz tilapia and mushrooms. Animal pak, flax seed.
9:00pm - 8 ox chicken breast and broccoli.
12:30am - 6-7 ox of tilapia and spinach leaves, Novedex, fiber supp.
1:00am - sleep.

I think it's alright, should be around 40some carbs a day.

Put this whole thing into a food counts program like fitday.com to find out what is your true total cals & macro nutrient breakdown (% protein / % fat / % carb). Unless you're trying to do a keto diet, 40g of carbs is miniscule and you'll only feel rundown because you aren't eating enough to have it as a good energy source, but you are also eating too much to go into ketosis. This is where people fuck themselves with this "low carb" thing - you need carbs for energy, unless you are explicitly using a ketogenic diet and using ketones as your energy source.

Also don't just use the scale to measure "progress". The scale can only tell you the sum total of lean muscle mass, bodyfat, bones and water weight. That doesn't necessarily tell you anything about how much fat or muscle you've dropped. Particularly when you aren't seeing the scale move, is that necessarily telling you that your diet has stalled out? It really doesn't tell you anything about how your body composition is changing. If you aren't getting a regular bodyfat measure done, are you at least seeing if your clothes are fitting differently.

And just generally, having lost 27 lb in 9 weeks, that's an avg 3lb /week - normally people lose more like 1-2 lb/week and 1 - 1.5% bodyfat. You're already ahead of the avg / healthy rate and w/ that cardio you may also be losing muscle mass. Hard to know - at least not knowing the sum total of what you are currently eating.