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I Think I’m Eating Too Much…?

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:04:09 +0000

After working out my daily calorie intake using an online calculator, it has come out @ 2300 per day! (based on the fact that I exercise 5days per wk – cardio & resistance)
This sounds an awful lot to me (i’m 21, 5′6 & 59kg)
I want to lose 7-10lbs and tone up so am going to drop my calorie intake to 1750 per day, with a 40/40/20 protein, carb, fat ratio!
(28.8g fat, 180g protein, 180g carbs)
Does this sound about right??!
My current diet is around 1300 calories per day but im getting thinner but flabby! So was advised to up my caloire intake as my body could be in starvation mode and I will be losing muscle mass! Every 2 -3 weeks lower my calorie intake a further 250 to keep losing weight!
Will I see results following this plan, with ONE “treat” meal per week??!

Any Intense Training Tips For A Runningback?

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:07:56 +0000

i already train alot, six days a week and about 2-4 hours a day
that is working out in the gym, jogging, sprints, and some agility.
im 5′11” and about 173 pounds
8% body fat
i have great field vision and can cut very well, i suffered a knee injury about 6 months ago and am probably 95% healed (good enough to lift and such)
the workout schedual is as fallowed
monday-upperbody (pecs,tricept,bicept,shoulders,back,neck…
tuesday-sprints (15×100yd-5×200yd)
wednesday-jogging (usually about 10 miles with a few breaks,)
thursday-abs,sides,traps,lower back
friday-lower body (quads, gluets, hamstring, calves, hip muscles)
saturday-sprints (15×100yd-5×200yd)
this is just general
i am taking creatine and nitric oxide at normal levels
also im on about a 4300 calorie diet
pre workout- creatine nitric oxide protein shake
post workout- choco milk (for the carb protein ratio) french bread two 8 ounce steaks four eggs and 2 cups of soy milk
also taking multi vitamins, and fish oils, along with alot of other nutrient suppliments
anwyays i would really appreciate any tips
thanks

Best Diet For Six Pack?

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:13:59 +0000

I’m 18 years old and a senior in high school. I’m 5′10″ and weigh at 160lbs. During Christmas break, I was experimenting with a new high protein diet to see if it would get my abs to show better. I’ve been working at my abs for a while now and just want to know how I can get a cut body. Prior to the high protein diet, all I did was count calories and played tennis. That was when I could see my abs the best but I looked pretty scrawny so I wanted to bulk back up again. I know that what you eat determines whether or not you can see your abs or not so can anyone give me a diet plan or what I need to eat for a six pack? Also, I’ve tried eating 8 small meals every 2-3 hours during the break and found myself to be starving the entire day. I had quit the small meal routines because it interrupted with my school schedule (can’t eat in class). Now, all I do is eat a big breakfast (eggs, cereal, skim milk, whole wheat bread, grilled chicken, and coffee) then eat only when I’m hungry after that and try to keep the calorie count 2000 or lower. I don’t know whether or not to watch my carb and fat intake so if anybody know, please help me out. Also, does anybody know how to make loose skin retract faster? Thanks to all.

Low Carb Diets???

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:05:52 +0000

Do they Work?
What can you eat?
What can’t you eat?
How else could Iose weight fast without threatening my life?

How Much Weight Will I Lose By April?

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:16:00 +0000

Well, I’m 5′4″ 1/2 (Last time I checked) and I weigh roughly 158, so yeah, I’ve over weight, but I’m mostly having problems with my love handle and thigh area. I’d like to be around 120, but I don’t think that it would be possible to reach that in three months.
So, I figure I would eat low calorie meals. I haven’t completely figured out my diet plan, though, but I figure it would be something like this–
Breakfast- Eggs & toast (no butter), and an apple.
Lunch- Vegetarian “chicken” patty & salad.
Dinner- I live with a large family, and it’s all up to my mother on what we eat, but usually it’s a lean meat, salad, a vegetable, and a carb.
Is that okay? Should I try something different? I want to lose weight the healthy way. As for drinks, I only drink ice water and green tea.
For working out, I heard of this cool trick that after every time you use the bathroom, you do 20 bicycle crunches. I also do a bit of weight lifting, dancing, jump rope, and this fun thing on On Demand called “Cardioki”
How much weight do you think I’ll lose? Am I doing this healthy? Please help! Thank you in advance!

Healthy Food That Won’t Hurt Wisdom Teeth?

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:04:27 +0000

My wisdom teeth are coming in & I need to get them removed. I’ve been looking for food suggestions that won’t irritate the area after the surgery, & I’ve come up with the same: ice cream, mashed potatoes, pasta, etc.
The problem is that I’m currently on a diet & if I spend my recovery time eating only these high-carb & high-fat foods, I feel like I’ll re-gain all the weight I’ve worked so hard to lose.
So basically, can anyone suggest SOFT, COLD, LOW-CAL/LOW-FAT FOODS that won’t make me feel guilty on top of my physical pain?
Thanks a lot everyone!

Did I Eat A Good Balanced Diet Today?

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:06:08 +0000

ok my calorie intake is low but i dont wanna hear anything about danger and my diet i just wanna know if it was healthy or not and if i ate too much of a certain nutrient or carbs
breakfast
1/2 cup organic nonfat skim milk 40 cal
with 1/2 cup all bran original cereal 80 cal
1/2 banana 53 cal
2 medium strawberries 8 cal
= 181 cal
lunch
1/4 cup chunk light tuna 50 cal
whole grain sandwich thin 100 cal
tomato slice 2 cal
pineapple coconut light and fit nonfat yogurt 80 cal
golden delicious apple 80 cal
tsp yellow mustard 0 cal
= 312 cal
dinner
lean turkey burger 160 cal
6 brussel sprouts with salt 45 cal
1/2 homemade apple sauce 80 cal
5 small sweet potato fries 15 cal
tomato slice 2 cal
= 302 cal
this equals up to 800 calories
i logged all this onto a calorie counting website
it said i got 11 grams of fat, 123mg of cholesterol, 778 mg of sodium, 133 carbs, 67 grams of sugar, 28 grams of fiber, and 55 grams of protein
im a little worried about my carb intake but i eat healthy and almost all of my carbs come from complex carbs
whats wrong?
also im working on increasing my calorie intake because i know its too low but imagine how many carbs id be eating then
am i eating too much carbs, fiber, protein?
also i exercise for at least an hour everyday

Who Thinks Is A Good Idea?

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:11:53 +0000

This is a pretty smart idea in my opinion!!!
Zeroties Ze • rot • ies
· This decade (2000-2009) needs a name and Zeroties is it.
· Like the Twenties, Thirties, Forties, Fifties, Sixties, Seventies, Eighties, and Nineties, Zeroties follows the pattern.
· Zeroties is up against one other candidate name – Aughties/Oughties. This British word “aught” means zero and does not appeal to Americans. (As a hidden bonus, when you say Zeroties you hear “Aughties” in the middle.)
· Zeroties makes sense because zero has been a very dominant idea and word in this decade.
· Zeroties “says” zero ties the decade together… …and it really does.
· Once everyone sees the need for and usefulness of the word Zeroties, it will win their hearts and minds.
· ZERO has my hero ever since School House Rocks declared it so. Ever since kindergarten, zero has rolled off our rounded lips.
· Zero is both the lowest and the mightiest number. It is a value of none, but it makes the place-value system work. 1 is 1 until 12 zeros follow it. Then it jumps all the way to a Trillion 1,000,000,000,000 Wow! That is going to be a “looo,ooo,ooo,ooot” to pay back.
Y2K (Year 2000)(The world panicked about how computer programs would crash because they did not have four spaces for dealing with years. Computers would register the year 2000 as 00 and think it is before 1999, which they recorded as 99.)
Zero major world crisis caused by Y2K
Zero airplanes in the air on New Year’s night for most airlines
Since there is no year 0 in the calendar, the new millennium didn’t even start on January 1, 2000…feeling duped we learn it starts on January 1, 2001
Ground Zero — The catastrophe of the 9/11(01) – The anchor of this decade and this proposal
Zero Tolerance Policies – get IU’s Bobby Knight fired and Swiss Army knife carrying Kindergarteners expelled
Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation — blockbuster book published in 2003
Marine “motto” Leave No Man Behind goes to education No Child Left Behind
Zero percent – the US household savings rate in 2005 and 2006
Zero Grams of Sugar rather than Sugar Free
CokeZero (and Pepsi One – how perfect for the digital age)…Coke runs commercials about how CokeZero steals the recipe of Coke
Diet Pepsi packaging – 0 Cal Carb Sug
Zero Calorie Sweetener – Pure Via
Zero Down … Zero Interest … Zero Payments
Zero, Zero, Zero Sales by GM …and everyone else
“Hurricane Katrina Zeros in on New Orleans” – as many stories read
Zero Calories
Zero Grams of Fat
Zero Grams of Trans Fat – from McDonald’s fries to Girl Scout cookies
0.???? second Google searches
16-0 Patriots (2007) 0-16 Lions (2008)
Oprah O Magazine, Obama O Logo
The Oval is the logo shape of the decade – look at car company logos…
Zero Weapons of Mass Destruction found
Michael Phelps wins his 7th of 8 Gold Medals by .01 seconds…effectively zero
Chinese Olympics “Bird’s Nest” a big Zero
Zero percent net gain for the NY Stock Market from 1998 to 2008
Zero new large malls built in America in 2007, 2008, and 2009
Zero or No Income Verification Loans
Zero principal payment loans
Zero Degrees – or a Credit Freeze
Zero Dollar is mockingly passed out on Wall Street
Zero International banks willing to make inter-bank loans at the global inter-bank clearinghouse in New York City at the height of the meltdown — this was the official credit freeze 10/10/2008 – this bank-to-bank loan exchange is in-between Ground Zero and Wall Street…which are themselves less than 10 blocks apart —
“Economic Ground Zero”
Salary Freezes – Home Depot leads the way
Zero raises in many governments
Pay freeze for top 100 White House Officials
Digital TV (Digital information is all coded as Zero’s and One’s) – digital everything – binary bliss
2009 in binary is 00110010001100000011000000111001
Zero Percent Federal Funds rate – many things in the list like this, insiders would see as rare absurdities
Already with no calories, Diet Mountain Dew changes its label from “Low Calorie” to Zero Calories
NASA’s new fascination is studying Dark Matter — the nothing in outer space
Zero Environmental Footprint
Zero Carbon Emissions
Zero Pollution
Restaurant growth may be below 1% (or 0%) for the first time since it was measured in 1970
For a time Citi (Citigroup/Citibank) – Citibank was the US’s largest bank in May 2008 and Citigroup is the world’s largest financial network — trades on Wall Street for less than a dollar $0.?? … …threatening its listing status
41 Companies trimmed or eliminated their dividends by $40 Billion – Blue Chip Stocks with Zero dividends? … GE, JP Morgan, Dow Chemical
Treasury Bills sold for “Zero” percent returns – during the global economic collapse foreigners battle to bu

Have To Eat When I’m Around Her…?

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:11:50 +0000

i am a recovering food addict (have lost almost 40 pounds in the last year) and now i maintain a strict schedule and eat meals low in fat and generally bland in flavor. i recently started eating high protein/high carb food as well as working out vigorously because i thought i was getting to skinny/scrawny.
whenever i’m with a good friend of mine who i am romantically interested in (she is very thin, eats alot, and has a great metabolism) she constantly pushes junk food and while i feel no tension eating it with her and having a good time, i only do this because she has dumped guys that were too self conscious (specifically about their weight) and if i refuse she looks dissapointed…
what could i say so i can stay on my diet without her thinking i’m obsessed with looks?

Nutrition During Fat Loss?

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:07:36 +0000

ok, I am SO confused! Diet has got to one of the most confusing aspects to training, which is why I’m pretty gutted it’s the most important part! Right now I’m trying to get rid of around 6% bodyfat, currently being at or just under 15%. I think I have a pretty good idea of how many calories I need to take in, but am quite confused about actual foods… Like some people say carbs should be low (I have cut out bread and pasta – my weaknesses!) I agree with this but I don’t have a clue what carbs are ‘acceptable’. I don’t eat crap like sweets and cakes and biscuits, and for now have cut out bread and pasta etc however carb are everwhere, like in meusli, nuts well you know. Are these ok to eat on a fatloss phase? Plus I also read some fruits are high in carbs (as sugars) but I just can’t see the logic in cutting out fruits (and potatos for that matter). So can someone please enlighten me?! Finally here is roughly the foods I am currently eating (oh and I’m veggie) meusli with semi skimmed milk (semi for nutrients and fats) a fair bit of fruit, vegetables, eggs, nuts (plain Brazils, almonds, cashew etc) quorn, salad, tofu, vegetable oil (obviously mixed into meals) and I drink water and sometimes a weak squash… Finally I also sometimes have some whey protein powder. How does all this sound? I wanna have it right rather than get frustrated after weeks of nothing. Oh finally I am male, 18yo, 5′10″ 74kg (I think it’s around 140lb), and very active mostly doing intense exercises (strength work, football (soccer), athletics and tricking) THANKS SO MUCH!!!