Originally Posted by
busybody
ok....as mentioned by everyone else, this is IMO... this is what I got....
ok. I know you've probably been told this by others, I don't know, but you gotta get used to using supplemental protein. Stuff is the greatest gift
to lifters ever. You will get tired of eating meat all the time. It will happen. and with the options of whey or casein and all the others, you can taylor
a diet so nice with it.... and like stem said, post workout (the following 1.5 hours after I believe, with the most vital right after the workout) you gotta
have some quick protein. Whey is a great quick way to get quality protein into the bloodstream and stop the catabolic processes. and honestly,
when you have a protein shake, it kinda fills you, and helps stave off the hunger.
2. stem is right....where's the roughage?? an apple and what else you're eating puts you at like 8 grams of fiber per day....that's crappy.
if you're eating a 2500 cal diet, you should be near 35 grams a day. and if you don't eat a lot of roughage anyway (and believe me, I am swallowing hard when
I tell you that I hate eating lettuce and oats and bran and stuff myself, but I've learned....), you gotta start. you will feel so much better.
you're body will work so much better, digest better, and help to stave off all the gas that will come with a high protein diet. I hate it too, but you
gotta put down that stuff. my advice....get used to eating a big bowl of total or something like it if you're not a veggie fan. or even two a day.
get it somehow....
3. I think you made a comment about getting more protein in your diet with a protein supp or creatine tablet? creatine will add no protein, and if
not loaded and used right, won't really do anything. refer back to the supp protein comment earlier....get used to it brother...the stuff is great.
and once you use it, you'll wonder what you did prior.
4. Your fat is definitely low, that's for sure. gotta bring that up. but i'm gonna actually offer a little different viewpoint than stem.
you're eating 2500 cals....he says its low. I say what I've always said....feel it out. if it works at 2500 and you feel great, then go down
to 2200. I always judge by workouts. you'll know right away by your workouts if you need more cals. you'll be flat and the reps won't go
up (or the weight). If you are losing weight, gaining strength, and doing fine with 1500 cals, then do it. I never say go with a certain
calorie range. go with what feels right. by far your best judge. and I'm sure I'll get grief for this, but at your age, you gotta learn your
body and what it likes/dislikes. it'll help ya down the road. and plus, you're closing in on 30...that'll change stuff.
I agree to a point. If you are progressing you are doing something right. But the calculations are based around trying to maintain LBM as much as possible. If you are not taking in enough of the right calories to maintain it, you won't keep it. You will definitely lose 'weight' though.
5. lastly....you put that you do HIIT 5 days a week? holy poop. I do a somewhat HIT training style myself (I take 1 minute breaks in between
my sets for the entire workout, and I'm pouring sweat and exhausted at the end) and there is NO way I could do that 5 times a week.
maybe bring the lifting days back a little? I understand that with HIT that if done properly, you can do it more often (because the volume and
damage isn't there like multiple set lifting), but still, that's prob a bit much. and if you're gonna start a diet too, man....you're gonna burn out.
Me personally, I'd bring that down some. give your body somewhat of a break. I'll let some others chime in on this too, but me personally....
nah. if you have a need to do something, do some cardio or something.
Agreed. True HIIT will wipe you out. If you can do more than 30 mins including warm up I would argue you aren't working hard enough. Or you are super fit. I never do HIIT cardio the day before, the day of, or the day after legs. ANd I wouldn't want to do it more than 2 days in a row!
and I have no reference for the var, in case you felt like asking. never ran anything... a good diet is always the answer (and you'll feel
so much better)
If anybody wants to put their 2 on what I got too, plz do. just my thoughts....
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