Too much weight loss too fast?
Hey guys,
This is my first post so Ill try to not mess it up...
First my stats,
height 6'3
weight 259..(down from 285 6 weeks ago...thats the subject of my concerns...)
age: 20
bench 430
squat 505
Bf...im sorry i dont know, but its going down, like the above lifts, Im sure. My punch line disappears at 225 if that says anything...
I've been on a cutting diet for the past 6 weeks now, and its going pretty well. Ive lost 26 pounds , going from 285 to 259 in a little over 6 weeks. Ive only lost 10 pounds on my bench, and ironically my squat has remained constant probably because my knees are finally at full force this year. I thought about doing a diary but I have no digital camera so it would be a boring one. ( I do have pics on a webpage but it would reveal the awful truth that im a......male cheerleader haha)
Here's my diet
8am nice big protein shake with skim milk and a big glass of diluted gatorade (about 15 grams of carbs worth)
11am yet another tortilla free ground beef taco salad from the cafeteria with whatever other meat they are serving, usually chicken, human flesh or surprisingly delicious pork. drink diet 7 up.
2 pm another protein shake
5 pm dinner. Yet another taco salad. Im about to go to practice, so I try to get some whole wheat bread and a glass of all sport in. Sometimes all they's got is white rice, so I cave....
9 30 pm...I work out. For now I do a 5 day split of chest, legs, bi/tris, back, and light shoulders.... Doing cardio is a bitch over 250, once I get to 230 il throw on my running shorts. On my way back from home I often get a gyro salad...delicious. Lamb and lettuce and tomatos. Its the highlight of my day.
11 pm...protein shake before my shower. Gatorade after my shower. This time I dont skimp on the gatorade powder....go to bed around 12 and get 8 hours sleep. I know its kinda stinky to eat so soon before bedtime, but I gots to since thats when I work out...i think. Maybe someone else will have better ideas. I also try to seperate my carbs and fat a lot more than my protein and fat (which for me eating at a school cafeteria is hard to do)
all in all I get about 275-300 grams of protein, maybe 10o grams of carbs...calories im not sure...the meat at the cafeteria is kinda greasy so...perhaps 2000-2300 calories?
My question: Is losing 26 pounds in 6 weeks on a diet like this, with my size, too fast? i think about 4-5 pounds a week is ok....but if anyone has any thoughts on my diet Id love to hear it... Im in no rush...excpet to see results ( of course..hehe). My ultimate goals is to be about 230. Im betting the biggest problem is I need to up the carbs in my post workout meal...and quit cheerleading....
Thanks a lot for reading all this,
Greg