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post #16 of 28
1/13/09 at 12:50am
If you're 215lbs, you should be eating MORE than 2,000 calories to lose weight. Eating too little will not achieve the kind of weight loss you want.

Are you working out? If not, dieting will really only take you so far.
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post #17 of 28
1/13/09 at 1:04am
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I do weights and cardio 6 days a week now that I'm back at college. Sundays are my day off. As well as hockey twice a week. The wheels are in motion
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post #18 of 28
1/13/09 at 5:09pm
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Originally Posted by suited View Post
If you're 215lbs, you should be eating MORE than 2,000 calories to lose weight. Eating too little will not achieve the kind of weight loss you want.

Are you working out? If not, dieting will really only take you so far.

+1

lots of lean protein and fiber-rich veggies and whole grains. 6 meals a day. calorie-wise, breakfast should be your biggest meal of the day and then taper down smaller as the day goes on; with dinner being the smallest calorie-wise. and if you're eating grains and fruit (good carbs) try to get those in earlier in the day.
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post #19 of 28
1/13/09 at 7:30pm
Why eat more than 2000 calories?

He could be sitting on his ass all day...don't make a recommendation like that when a) it's wrong and b) you don't know the situation.
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post #20 of 28
1/15/09 at 11:16am
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Back in late June I was about 6'1, 275lbs, since then I've got down to 215 basically by diet. I've plateaued over the last month and am trying to break through it.

I'm trying to go low-carb, and high protein but the problem is that I can never seem to intake enough calories. I was recommended that I eat around 3500 but trying to eat well I often struggle to break 2000 in a day and I know this isn't healthy. I'm looking for foods that I can eat with higher caloric values while still being relatively low in (saturated) fat, low in carbs, and high in protein.

I usually eat chicken breasts, fish, chicken souvlaki, vegetables, and take a whey powder. What else can I add to my diet to make sure I consume enough?

This is going to get me crucified, but you need to eat more fat. If you are reducing carbohydrate (which I happen to think works -- it certainly does for me) you need to add more fat to your diet to reach your caloric target. There is probably only so much lean protein you can eat in a day, I would guess.

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I do weights and cardio 6 days a week now that I'm back at college. Sundays are my day off.

As well as hockey twice a week. The wheels are in motion

Again unpopular, but you do not get fit playing hockey, you get fit to play hockey.
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post #21 of 28
1/15/09 at 12:08pm
Uhhhh...what?

Please disregard all the bro logic in this thread.
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post #22 of 28
1/15/09 at 12:28pm
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Why eat more than 2000 calories?

He could be sitting on his ass all day...don't make a recommendation like that when a) it's wrong and b) you don't know the situation.

Thermodynamics. There's no possible way a 215lb man needs to eat less than 2000 calories to lose weight. The most common problem I see with people who hit a wall when dieting is that they're eating too little. Eating too little can result in muscle loss, or the body retaining fat, or a combination of both.

2,000 calories isn't some magic number because it's on the back of food containers, it has zero relevance when determining a persons maintenance level.
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post #23 of 28
1/15/09 at 2:43pm
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The most common problem I see with people who hit a wall when dieting is that they're eating too little. Eating too little can result in muscle loss, or the body retaining fat, or a combination of both.
Bogus. There's science to your claim, but the science applies to a dude at 10% BF looking to get down to 7% BF, not to a dude at 17% BF looking to get down to 12% BF. Your "people" are cheating.
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post #24 of 28
1/15/09 at 3:08pm
Haven't done this in a while... No wonder I'm so fat. edit: wait... why are there so many carbs and fat in my protein powder? I must have picked the wrong one... edit #2: so, there should only be 3 oz. of that (meal replacement powder), the other 6 oz. should be all protein... so 3560 - (83*4) - (18*9) = 3066 total calories sounds better... edit #3: argh... forgot fish oil... 9 oer day 3066 + (9*9) = 3147
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post #25 of 28
1/15/09 at 3:31pm
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No wonder I'm so fat.

31" waist and "fat"?
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post #26 of 28
1/15/09 at 3:35pm
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Originally Posted by eg1 View Post
This is going to get me crucified, but you need to eat more fat. If you are reducing carbohydrate (which I happen to think works -- it certainly does for me) you need to add more fat to your diet to reach your caloric target. There is probably only so much lean protein you can eat in a day, I would guess.



Again unpopular, but you do not get fit playing hockey, you get fit to play hockey.

I've played since I was 5, I'm doin alright for myself. Trust
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post #27 of 28
1/16/09 at 1:56pm
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Bogus. There's science to your claim, but the science applies to a dude at 10% BF looking to get down to 7% BF, not to a dude at 17% BF looking to get down to 12% BF. Your "people" are cheating.
Not true. He's claiming he works out 6 days a week and is eating only 2,000 calories at 215lbs and not losing weight. There's no possible way, not physically possible. My guess, and I've seen this a hundred times, is that he probably has no clue how many calories he's actually eating, or his caloric intake is not consistent (eating 2k one day and 3600 the next).
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post #28 of 28
1/16/09 at 4:05pm
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I chart everything that I eat out, and my caloric intake has been +/- 200 2000 every day in the past week. I changed it and recently cut alot of the carbs out, and am now higher protein, and progress has resumed.
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