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14 stone, 5 foot 11
Plan is to cycle 14 miles a day and gym....in gym 2 hours cardio split up with weights inbetween.
Big difference expected?
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01-05-2013, 06:08 AM #1
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01-05-2013, 06:16 AM #2R.I.P urukhai29, sentinel3, AncientYouth.
"Eating chips and cookies and drinking soda is just like wandering through life. These are the agents of a purposeless existence. Avocados, turkey burgers, brown rice and eggs etc are the agents of a purposeful existence." - orderoutofchaos, The Internet, 2014
2 Kings 2:23-24
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01-05-2013, 06:19 AM #3
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01-05-2013, 06:22 AM #5
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01-05-2013, 06:24 AM #6
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01-05-2013, 06:25 AM #7
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01-05-2013, 06:28 AM #8
You need a good nutrition plan. 'Clean' isn't a good way to eat, it will generally lead to a dietary fat deficiency. No alcohol is a good move, you can still fit it in though, in small amounts. Lean shake? Thermobol is basically a really expensive caffeine pill, you should have bought plain old caffeine pills.
Edit: Cardio =/= Fat loss
Nothing wrong with it if you enjoy it but I'm just saying it's not needed.R.I.P urukhai29, sentinel3, AncientYouth.
"Eating chips and cookies and drinking soda is just like wandering through life. These are the agents of a purposeless existence. Avocados, turkey burgers, brown rice and eggs etc are the agents of a purposeful existence." - orderoutofchaos, The Internet, 2014
2 Kings 2:23-24
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01-05-2013, 06:30 AM #9
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01-05-2013, 07:01 AM #10
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Start today OP. Nothing wrong with getting started with cardio....that's how I started and ended up losing a chit ton of weight. However, I wish back then someone had told me to focus on lifting....I would be a lot stronger now, and have a lot more mass. Sort out your diet, determine your macros, and get plenty of micros + fiber. Get started OP and good luck.
"I think, therefore I am" - René Descartes
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01-05-2013, 07:02 AM #11
It sounds to me you don't know what your doing and that is a recipe for failure.
Work smarter, not harder.
I would start Monday as planned but I'd spend the rest of the weekend reading these forums to educate yourself.
Cardio isn't the key to losing fat, diet is.
500 calories under maintenance
At least 1g of protein per lb of lean body mass
0.45 of fat per lb of lean body mass
Find a decent workout on the workout forum that's all over body and three time a week.
Follow those four rules and you won't go wrong.
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01-05-2013, 07:04 AM #12
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01-05-2013, 07:07 AM #13R.I.P urukhai29, sentinel3, AncientYouth.
"Eating chips and cookies and drinking soda is just like wandering through life. These are the agents of a purposeless existence. Avocados, turkey burgers, brown rice and eggs etc are the agents of a purposeful existence." - orderoutofchaos, The Internet, 2014
2 Kings 2:23-24
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01-05-2013, 09:11 AM #14
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01-05-2013, 09:23 AM #15
That's why I said "generally". People who try to eat clean often have dietary fat deficiencies, you see countless people coming here and posting a diet that looks like it has been taken out of a fitness magazine, 9 times out of 10 they don't have enough fat. They often have things like, skimmed milk, egg whites, fat free yoghurt and only include a 'handful' or 'cup' of almonds which is their only significant fat intake. It's just a generalisation, because it's very common.
R.I.P urukhai29, sentinel3, AncientYouth.
"Eating chips and cookies and drinking soda is just like wandering through life. These are the agents of a purposeless existence. Avocados, turkey burgers, brown rice and eggs etc are the agents of a purposeful existence." - orderoutofchaos, The Internet, 2014
2 Kings 2:23-24
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01-05-2013, 09:30 AM #16
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01-05-2013, 11:02 PM #17
Going to be honest, not looking forward to Monday.
I spent 3 weeks in the gym doing 2 hours of cardio and a 14 mile bike ride daily. Lost a stone. Then fell into a pit of oblivion.
How the hell am I going to maintain five months to get the body I always wanted? I have a good diet plan, but my God, 5 months?
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01-05-2013, 11:11 PM #18
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Change your outlook, man. Don't think of it as just five months. What happens at the end of 5 months? You think you're going to go on a binge? What happens if you realize that the body you want is going to take 10 months? Or two years?
Don't go with a "diet" or a magical plan that will get you somewhere in X number of months. Do something that's more sustainable in the long term.
When I first started, I was doing P90X thinking I'd have this awesome body at the end of 3 months. Yeah, not so much. Then, I got my diet in order and did All Pro's for a while -- saw some solid results. But then, my goals changed, and I realized that I was being really myopic with what I wanted. So, I built a lifestyle around working out, where healthy eating and working out are as much a part of my life as taking a shower.
While IIFYM isn't for everyone, it works for me. It means that as long as I hit my macros and stay within my calories, I am good -- whether or not I hit my macros from lean protein, donuts, or beer, it doesn't matter. It also means that it's a lot more sustainable: I don't really drink much anymore, but I can still enjoy the occasional beer or two. I can still eat a donut when I'm really craving it and so on. Tracking calories is now second nature to me, and before I eat something crappy, I automatically do the math in my head: have I been good so far today, should I really waste my calories on this crap, or can I go with a healthier option?
It also means that I really look forward to my workouts now. If I don't go to the gym, I get antsy. I enjoy the feeling of going out there and killing it. My gym trips are not a chore -- they are a reward. And more importantly, once the compliments started coming in, it only motivated me some more to hit it harder at the gym. Today -- 10 months after I started P90X first, btw -- I spent two hours working out, and I hadn't even realized that much time had passed until my wife asked me if I was ever going to wrap up.
So, don't think five months and don't think diet. Do something that's a lot more sustainable in the long run -- otherwise, you're setting yourself up for failure. Good luck.
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01-05-2013, 11:18 PM #20
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01-06-2013, 03:51 PM #23
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01-06-2013, 05:08 PM #24
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01-06-2013, 06:14 PM #25
Less is more.
You've already said on this thread you aren't looking forward to it and tomorrow is hell.
If you throw yourself into it you'll be quitting before the end of January.
Work smarter, not harder.
Cardio isn't the key to losing fat, diet is.
500 calories under maintenance
At least 1g of protein per lb of lean body mass
0.45 of fat per lb of lean body mass
Find a decent workout on the workout forum that's all over body and three time a week.
Follow those four rules and you won't go wrong.
So that's all you need to do:
1) Weights 3*1hr a week
2) Eat to the above rules
3) Do cardio if and when you fancy it, it's not that important.
Just do baby steps and get into the lifestyle, 99.9% you fail if you start thinking that it has to totally consume your life.
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01-06-2013, 06:18 PM #26
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