Journal blog of an Avanar user: Cycle one results report

[stripling]

Addendum 1: Forgot to mention I'm sleeping about 7 hours a night now instead of 8. I sleep fine. Also, I'm hotter now. Thank goodness it's October... I think if I were to have started in the summer I'd have died from the heat as I live in Las Vegas and it's hot as hell here.

Diet: I eat healthy. 2 protein shakes a day spread out, egg-beaters, salmon steaks, chicken, veggies. My diet is about 125g protein, 100 carbs (obviously no ketosis here! so much for Atkins) 80 fat (is that too much?). That's 4x125 or 500 pro, 4x100 or 400 carb and 9x80 or 720 fat total of 1620 cal / day. You diet people, what do you think of this? Was told you can't metabolize more than 30g protein per 4 hours so I'm trying to spread out my intake throughout the day. 25 morning, 32 lunch before workout, 32 after workout and 40 or so dinner. LOVE to read your advise on diet, roid usage, everything.

Obviously I'm taking Var due to my high body fat. I'm 29% so have to do cutting roids, right? The expensive stuff... Var and Primo... Hope the Deca is okay - got it for such a good deal I couldn't pass it up. Might try it in 18 months or so once I'm down to 190.

YOUR ADVISE MEANS A LOT TO ME! Thanks!

[SergeantCarbs]

Diet: I eat healthy. 2 protein shakes a day spread out, egg-beaters, salmon steaks, chicken, veggies. My diet is about 125g protein, 100 carbs (obviously no ketosis here! so much for Atkins) 80 fat (is that too much?). That's 4x125 or 500 pro, 4x100 or 400 carb and 9x80 or 720 fat total of 1620 cal / day. You diet people, what do you think of this?

Before I add my personal 2 cents, the bottom line should be judging your own progress. Are you consistently losing weight each week? Out of the weight lost, what percentage came from fat vs lbm?

With that said, I would think that your 1,600 calories is to low for your overall weight and that this would cause additional lbm loss and limited overall loss. Also I think your protein is way to low, specially while on a cycle. At a minimum I would suggest at least 1gram per body weight. 2grm per weight is usually suggested for those on a cycle (no clue how people could eat that much protein though).

Personally I'm going in a completly different direction, bring on the red meat and fat.... and on a carb cycling diet such as The Anabolic Solution it makes having the occasional cheat meal/day benificial to your overall progress. Again let your own progress dictate any adjustments you may need.

[stripling]

Before I add my personal 2 cents, the bottom line should be judging your own progress. Are you consistently losing weight each week? Out of the weight lost, what percentage came from fat vs lbm?

With that said, I would think that your 1,600 calories is to low for your overall weight and that this would cause additional lbm loss and limited overall loss. Also I think your protein is way to low, specially while on a cycle. At a minimum I would suggest at least 1gram per body weight. 2grm per weight is usually suggested for those on a cycle (no clue how people could eat that much protein though).

Personally I'm going in a completly different direction, bring on the red meat and fat.... and on a carb cycling diet such as The Anabolic Solution it makes having the occasional cheat meal/day benificial to your overall progress. Again let your own progress dictate any adjustments you may need.

after having read this article:

http://www.body-perfect-fitness.com/...-you-need.html

i've come to the conclusion that you are right. i need to up my protein. time to hit costco for some more chicken and salmon. man i love salmon...

i'm thinking i need 200g protein per day... probably closer to 190 as that is my ideal weight. i've been trying to keep my calorie intake low to lose body fat but i now see this may be costing me muscle (lbm). i've also noticed when i eat closer to 230g protein per day i heal faster than i do when i eat only 90 or 100.

i'm assuming you're talking 1g protein / pound ideal body weight? my ideal is 190, and this is your minimum? 2g and i'd die, that's 400g protein per day... i'm sure i can't do that and i'm sure 150g of that would just turn into fat...

thanks for making me look more closely at this, my friend. i will up my intake to 200-220 / day now. intake breakdown will be 4 servings per day one meal every 4 hours with 50g protein per serving (this is coming close to my limit and i'm pretty sure my body can't take more than this amount in one serving). 3 protein shakes per day at 32g per shake is 96g (about 100). so, i need 110 more appx. 1 salmon steak and 1 chicken breast should do it i think. maybe throw in 3 eggs. wow, that's a lot of food.

so, my calorie intake profile will look like this from now on:

Protein: 200g 4g/Kcal =800 Tcal
Fat: 80g 9g/Kcal =720 Tcal
Carbs: 100g 4g/Kcal =400 Tcal
I don't drink so zero alcohol.

That's right at 2000 Kcal/day. 1lb of fat is 3200 and I'm gonna try and burn my standard 1800 rest cal/day plus another 1000 or so at the gym. 2800 - 2000 is 800 cal/day deficit so i should lose 800Kcal x 4 days = just over a pound. So, 2 pounds of fat lost per week and muscle gain of 1/2 a pound per week. That should up my rest burn from 1800/day to 2000 per day in not too much time, i suppose.

I've been losing almost exactly that since i started this test. I'm 235 now, started at 245 5 weeks ago. So, that's 2 pounds a week or 8 pounds a month. I like that. I'll be at my goal around Valentine's Day to early March.

I WANT TO KNOW THIS!!!! HOW THE HELL do those obese people on "the biggest loser" lose, like, 15 to 20 pounds per WEEK!!?? WTH!?

20 pounds of fat! 3200cal / lb is a total of 64,000 calories lost in a WEEK!? INSANE! More than insane, impossible. 7 days goes into 64,000 more than 9,000 calories PER DAY burned! EVEN HALF that at 4,500 per day burned!! THIS DOES NOT include INTAKE of FOOD!

my g/f was into that show a while back --- i just can't understand the math. what am i missing?

again, thanks for your input and advise.

[SergeantCarbs]

after having read this article:

http://www.body-perfect-fitness.com/...-you-need.html

i've come to the conclusion that you are right. i need to up my protein. time to hit costco for some more chicken and salmon. man i love salmon....

Pretty good article (finally got a chance to go back and read it). I think (my own theory) that worrying about weight gain with too much protein is more a matter of more protein equalling more calories. As far as I know if you ingest more protein that your body can handle at once it is simply pissed out.

I use a protein shake called isopure made by natures best, it has 50 grams of protein, 0-1 carbs (depending on flavor), 0 fat and about 200 calories per serving. I'm sure natural foods are a better source of protein but I think this sup is an excellent way to get alot of protein in with keeping overall calories low.

[stripling]

Ok, here I am on the 2nd of October at 145lbs. I've got more photos I just need to get them uploaded. As you can see, I've got 55 pounds to lose. I'll get more "the biggest loser" photos up for you to mock later remember, this is the "before" photo

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