My Current Goal - Any and all advice welcomed

[buddybacker]

Hey yal I'm new to this site. If yal could please check out my photos I've started working out on the regular / dieting. My 20 day update photo should be on my bodyspace

anyways...

My current workout is eat less than 1500 calories for breakfast and lunch, try to keep it healthy, chicken, rice etc.. Then I take Jack3d lift for 45 mins. Take a protein shake and 30 minute steamroom break followed up by 30 mins to an hour of cardio, a healthy post workout meal and then try to do it again. 4 - 5 days a week

I've probably lost about 5 pounds and my bench max has gone from about 170 to 215...I use to be pretty fit in high school so I'm assuming most of this increase has come to me easier than if I had to build from nothing.

I really want to take my work out to the next level though, I see bodybuilders cut in 2 - 3 months and go from 30% body fat to about 6%...I want to do that.

My suggestion is to lift lightly in the morning eat 1200 calories for breakfast and lunch followed by a protein shake and 1.5 hours of cardio each day with a healthy post workout meal...


I don't know if this will work well but I'm kindve a nube...seriously motivated though any and all advice is welcome.. Check out my pictures and let me know what you think.

Thanks

[JimmyChew]

Hello, and welcome! Glad to see you're getting into it!

Just so we have a better understanding of what you're doing--would you mind posting more specifically what you're eating--and your workout program? We could help you fine-tune.

Initially I'd ask: how many grams of carbs, how many calories from fat, and how much protein are you logging per day?

Cheers!

[buddybacker]

Hello, and welcome! Glad to see you're getting into it!

Just so we have a better understanding of what you're doing--would you mind posting more specifically what you're eating--and your workout program? We could help you fine-tune.

Initially I'd ask: how many grams of carbs, how many calories from fat, and how much protein are you logging per day?

Cheers!

Yea what I'm trying to is have about 16 oz of milk (only drink skim) for breakfast and then for lunch and through out the day before my 6 o clock workout. I try to take in between 1200-1500 calories in grilled or baked chicken pattis, tuna with relish and crackers, bananas, apples, carrots...occassionally i'll have a nutri grain bar or some yogurt or a baked potato

So as far as exact protein, carb and fat count I'm not sure but I try to stay under 1500 calories between when I wake up and my work out.

After work what I've been doing is having a cup of milk then taking jack3d...lifting for about 30-45 mins, drink a syntha 6 protein shake 1 scoop...hitting the steam room for 30min then doing as much as cardio as I can without being extremely exhausted which is normally between 45 mins to 1.5 hours.

After my workout I try to have some more tuna and 1 scoop syntha 6 protein shake if I don't feel full.


So this process has been decently effective but I just feel like I could be getting better results.

Thanks!

[JimmyChew]

...tuna with relish and crackers, bananas, apples, carrots...occassionally i'll have a nutri grain bar or some yogurt or a baked potato

Those are good foods (for general health) but if you're looking directly to lean out--I'd be careful. The carrots are sneaky carbs (lot more than you'd expect), and the potato, well I'd be very very limiting with those. I have maybe 2 servings (not 2 potatoes) per week max. The relish and crackers, more sneaky carbs there. Not that all carbs are bad, but the lower GI carbs (whole wheat, sweet potatoes, brown rice, etc) are a better choice for fat burning in my experience. The same can be said for the nutri-grain and yogurt. Plain greek yogurt does not fall into the "bad" category if you ask me--but the flavoured ones certainly do.

Hope this helps some! Keep up the good work, man.