A Fat Guy's Journey to Health & Fitness

[Fatguy2012]

A little about me:

Current Stats: 31 Years old @ 5' 4" & 262 lbs.

I have been on a caloric deficit since the 12th of November. My starting weight was 271 lbs.

I have been eating 1500 calories a day (3 meals, @ 500 cal each), up until 2 days ago when I asked if that was too low and almost got killed in the nutrition forum LOL!

Basically if I start of that low I will not have room to go lower if or when I hit the plateau.

So, new plan is as follows:

2000 calories per day. 200g Protein, 80 to 100g Carb - 50g Fat

Gym 4 days a week.

Day 1 Cardio & Weights (Upper Body) - Day 2 Cardio & Lower Body - Day 3 Cardio Only - Day 4 Cardio, Back and Legs

So, Day one of working out is officially Monday. I will be posting meals until then though.

Stay Tuned.

[chillaxbroseph]

A little about me:

Current Stats: 31 Years old @ 5' 4" & 262 lbs.

I have been on a caloric deficit since the 12th of November. My starting weight was 271 lbs.

I have been eating 1500 calories a day (3 meals, @ 500 cal each), up until 2 days ago when I asked if that was too low and almost got killed in the nutrition forum LOL!

Basically if I start of that low I will not have room to go lower if or when I hit the plateau.

So, new plan is as follows:

2000 calories per day. 200g Protein, 80 to 100g Carb - 50g Fat

Gym 4 days a week.

Day 1 Cardio & Weights (Upper Body) - Day 2 Cardio & Lower Body - Day 3 Cardio Only - Day 4 Cardio, Back and Legs

So, Day one of working out is officially Monday. I will be posting meals until then though.

Stay Tuned.

50g of fat is STILL too low. 2,000 calories is STILL too low.

If you try to take the easy way out you are going to fail. I've gone through your post history and you have the habit of asking everyone what their intake was and how fast the loss was. Guess what? If you want to do this in a safe manner preserving muscle and proper hormone levels, you're not going to do it overnight, or even over the course of a few months.

As I said in the other thread, you got this way because of YEARS of poor choices. It's going to take a long route filled with good choices to counteract that. There's nothing quick or easy about this journey. I would have hoped you had learned something from your past failures. Do it the right way this time.

[Fatguy2012]

50g of fat is STILL too low. 2,000 calories is STILL too low.

If you try to take the easy way out you are going to fail. I've gone through your post history and you have the habit of asking everyone what their intake was and how fast the loss was. Guess what? If you want to do this in a safe manner preserving muscle and proper hormone levels, you're not going to do it overnight, or even over the course of a few months.

As I said in the other thread, you got this way because of YEARS of poor choices. It's going to take a long route filled with good choices to counteract that. There's nothing quick or easy about this journey. I would have hoped you had learned something from your past failures. Do it the right way this time.

Hmm.. I was basing this on recommendations in my other thread about 1500 calories. With a 500 calorie deficit 2200 is about the max I think I can go.

[chillaxbroseph]

Hmm.. I was basing this on recommendations in my other thread about 1500 calories. With a 500 calorie deficit 2200 is about the max I think I can go.

Whatever, it's your body.

Also, your original macros didn't even add up to 2000 calories (1650). And what is your excuse for STILL insisting on that abysmal fat intake?

[RedAt8k]

Your base metabolic rate is 2300.26 at the above stats (math pending)... That's what your going to burn while sitting on the couch, chances are your burning well over 3k a day! Time to bump up your calories to a good 2700 or so and get a healthy split going on!

[RedAt8k]

To go on a bit further and what chillax is getting at is your body is holding on to every ounce of fat it can and won't release any until you start nurishing it

[Fatguy2012]

Don't get me wrong... I really appreciate everyone's responses.

Back to the drawing board. I cant figure out how to eat healthy and get all the proper nutrients in.

Example Chicken Breast = Lean mean but low in fat ect.