November 1st to February 1st Transformation-Motivation thread

[Matthias1980]

The remaining balance of 2000kcals from your stated macros equates to 1200 calories or about 133 grams of fat. This is actually probably closer to double what you should be consuming. I am not intending to be rude or anything but where did you get your macro numbers from? It will benefit you most to sit down and figure them out based on the wealth of knowledge in the nutrition section stickies. Good luck with your goals! I will be keeping an eye on you because we have similar starting weights and goals.

thanks I really appreciate the reply. Actually, isnt a gram of carbs and a gram of protein around 4 cals each? which would make the 200g of protein 800 kcals and 100g of carbs 400 kcals which makes it total of 1200 kcals, with a balance of 800 kcals left for fat? from what I've heard 1g of fat = 7kcals, so that makes it 800/7 = 114g of fat?

Here's an example of macros from yesterday for me:
calories: 2156
Carbs: 99g
Fat: 88g
protein: 213g

(I had a glass of red wine at dinner, I think those kcals don't get included in neither of the subgroups)

these were pretty much spot on for what i thought my target should be, maybe alittle bit too much fat and cals but I mismanaged slightly due to social obligations yesterday and finished the day with a small binge of protein shake, hummus & carrots when I got home Anyways what would you suggest as modifications to this target? if i am to take fat down, what needs to increase?

also, I did a quick check on a bmr calculator and my basal is around 2120, which means if I continue to eat at 2200 i won't see much loss so should I be targeting closer to 1800kcals to start seeing the weight slide down without lbm loss? thanks.

[matman1813]

1g fat = 9 calories not 7

[Matthias1980]

1g fat = 9 calories not 7

thx.

that makes it 800/9 = 88g which is spot on.

[NitrogenWidget]

172 after the weekend.
I usually jump 5 to 10lbs in water weight.

I should be able to get under 169 by Thursday.

doing all my lifting the first 3 days of the week & especially legs by tom.
I'm going on an overnight hiking trip Sat so I expect to be hiking about 5 miles with a back pack.
Don't want to be DOMing for that. LOL!

[ArmstrongACP]

thanks I really appreciate the reply. Actually, isnt a gram of carbs and a gram of protein around 4 cals each? which would make the 200g of protein 800 kcals and 100g of carbs 400 kcals which makes it total of 1200 kcals, with a balance of 800 kcals left for fat? from what I've heard 1g of fat = 7kcals, so that makes it 800/7 = 114g of fat?

Here's an example of macros from yesterday for me:
calories: 2156
Carbs: 99g
Fat: 88g
protein: 213g

(I had a glass of red wine at dinner, I think those kcals don't get included in neither of the subgroups)

these were pretty much spot on for what i thought my target should be, maybe alittle bit too much fat and cals but I mismanaged slightly due to social obligations yesterday and finished the day with a small binge of protein shake, hummus & carrots when I got home Anyways what would you suggest as modifications to this target? if i am to take fat down, what needs to increase?

also, I did a quick check on a bmr calculator and my basal is around 2120, which means if I continue to eat at 2200 i won't see much loss so should I be targeting closer to 1800kcals to start seeing the weight slide down without lbm loss? thanks.

1g fat = 9 calories not 7

this. and I apologize, when i first did the math I somehow messed something up. 800/9=88g fat, which will be a good amount. Your macros look good for yesterday. Red Wine is empty calories though, it would be wiser to spend them on something beneficial for your body. However, I know just as much as anyone else it is important to still enjoy things you love even while cutting, otherwise you will go crazy.

[Matthias1980]

Red Wine is empty calories though, it would be wiser to spend them on something beneficial for your body. However, I know just as much as anyone else it is important to still enjoy things you love even while cutting, otherwise you will go crazy.

yeah you know.. if the wife prepped this dinner for you and wants to enjoy a glass of wine on sunday with you, you do it or you make the dinner yourself next time

thanks for the comments. still thinking whether i should be aiming to go down to 1800 instead of targeting 2000

[theconomist]

Hey, disapointing news, I fell ill and had to take medicine so I broke my fast and ate at maintenance today (bearing in mind I ate 3000 cals yesterday which is 2 days worth of cut usually). I burned 500 cals through cardio and my maintenance is around 2200 so it should only be an increase of 300 or so which isn't too bad I guess. I have a very soar throat, headaches and fatigue. I guess the cough and or sneezing will come tomorrow. Will skip tomorrow's workout but hopefully will be able to make Wensday's workout. Will probably not go back to 36 hours IF. I'll follow the regular 24 hour one with uni starting again.
I'm hoping for the best scale wise but I think it'll stay around the same or a slight increase to 162 from 161,5.
I hope I get to 158 by the end of the month but I'll be happy with 158,5.

[mom2e3]

was supposed to play a pick-up futsal game last night, but only 4 people showed, which made the trip worthless. I do have 2 games of indoor soccer tonight, so that should be plenty of good times to be had.

I just heard about futsal recently. Sounds like a really fast paced game! Sorry about your no-shows. Rock on for indoor soccer!

I finally did my body fat measurement with my new calipers. Looks like I've hit my body fat goals! I'm at 20.8%. I think it's a little low (user error perhaps), but still, I'm happy--even if I'm upwards of 23%. I started out at 32% in Jan 2011. It's all good. I'm goaling for high teens for sure!

[Skullster]

I just heard about futsal recently. Sounds like a really fast paced game! Sorry about your no-shows. Rock on for indoor soccer!

I finally did my body fat measurement with my new calipers. Looks like I've hit my body fat goals! I'm at 20.8%. I think it's a little low (user error perhaps), but still, I'm happy--even if I'm upwards of 23%. I started out at 32% in Jan 2011. It's all good. I'm goaling for high teens for sure!

Congratulations on all your fat loss to date. I have been using the link below to track my body fat % since I started my journey at the beginning of this year. You can try it too and see if it's close to your calipers.

http://www.linear-software.com/online.html

[EddieFatz]

45 minutes. The time it took for me to fill up tonight. And they had the audacity to tell me when I got to the pump that it was cash only. I was bout 30 seconds away from getting arrested. My blood pressure spiked. But a few harsh words and 60 dollars later Im good money. Time to stock the fridge. No loss in weight this past week. But i can't complain. Health power and gas. I should be good for a little while.

[KrisGuitarNY]

Down 8 lbs since thursday.. 8 lbs in 4 days is 2lbs/day.. not sure where I'm losing it but it's going fast.

Maintenance is roughly ~2900-3000 and I'm eating no more than ~2000 a day.

[mom2e3]

Congratulations on all your fat loss to date. I have been using the link below to track my body fat % since I started my journey at the beginning of this year. You can try it too and see if it's close to your calipers.

http://www.linear-software.com/online.html

That's the calculator I'm using! Ejnar hooked me up to it. And the calipers, too. I am going to have my friend redo the pinches. She's a little more experienced than hubby.

45 minutes. The time it took for me to fill up tonight. And they had the audacity to tell me when I got to the pump that it was cash only. I was bout 30 seconds away from getting arrested. My blood pressure spiked. But a few harsh words and 60 dollars later Im good money. Time to stock the fridge. No loss in weight this past week. But i can't complain. Health power and gas. I should be good for a little while.

I don't even know what to say to that--that's rough. Are you doing okay? How did your neighborhood fare?

[kureransu]

I just heard about futsal recently. Sounds like a really fast paced game! Sorry about your no-shows. Rock on for indoor soccer!

I finally did my body fat measurement with my new calipers. Looks like I've hit my body fat goals! I'm at 20.8%. I think it's a little low (user error perhaps), but still, I'm happy--even if I'm upwards of 23%. I started out at 32% in Jan 2011. It's all good. I'm goaling for high teens for sure!

Thanks! I ended up playing 2 and a half games last night. A lot of sprinting! Good times nonetheless, scale is going down, and 199 is looking like it might hit well before February, which i'm fine with, just means it'll be time to make new goals! But when i see a 1 as the first number on that scale i don't know what i'm going to do with myself, as i was still in elementary school when i saw those numbers. (i don't know if i posted where i started and such in here, but i've been huge all my life, well up until the past year or so, and now i have pretty good control of everything).

[TelusLob]

Whats up guys? Past month has been pretty much a wash. I moved last week and hopefully things will be getting back to normal soon. Just came off an 8 day deload where I didn't go to the gym once and took a small diet break. Weight was up a lb or so, but i feel refreshed. My diet has been slacking, and I guess I need to drop my calories down a bit to continue to lose weight. Weight this am. 187.6 lbs. Hoping to get down to 180 in the next 6 weeks.

[NitrogenWidget]

168 this morning.
I seriously doubt i'll see 160 by Dec 1st.
But i'll be damn close.

[stingray72]

I did my duty and voted today.

[Skullster]

I did my duty and voted today.

On my way to go vote in a few minutes.

[mom2e3]

On my way to vote as well.

Completely OT. Magic Mike. That is all.

[bigred4wvu]

better late than Never

will post stats soon
Goal weight: 216

[scohen158]

Well I'm reporting my first week results it was Wednesday in the last thread so since that worked so well I'm staying with it.

217.6 lbs down 2.

[crowaan]

Went for a jog today on the treadmill. My calves started to feel really tight and I had pain in my shins though. Any suggestions on how to deal with that?

[NitrogenWidget]

was 169.4 this morning.
But, I didn't remember to weigh myself until AFTER one & half cups of coffee.
And they were big cups so maybe Tom i'll sneak in under 169.
also last night I did a full body workout & i'm praying i'm not Doming by Sat morning since i'm going hiking.

That will not be fun.

[NickAEverett]

Weighed in at 175 this morning, so 2 lbs down in the first week. Pretty surprised considering i had two 3000-3500 calorie binges on the weekend (parties...), but i've been trying to count my cals as best as possible and stick to 2k. Hopefully this isn't just water weight and it keeps coming off, already feeling leaner... Could be psycho****tic though

[prairieboy]

Count me In- 90 day test to shed some weight. Signed into Snap fitness. I will make a go of this. Will focus on Core workouts & Cardio.
Start Weight=227 lbs.
The discipline will be tough, It can be accomplished.
11/03/2012 = 227lbs
12/01/2012 = ??
01/01/2013 = ??
01/31/2013 = ??

The first day, I was stiff all over. Spent 1 hr on the stationary bike= 33 km, Ave 90 RPM, Then 40 minutes core exercises. My arms were stiff from Curls. Then next day, stretched, drank more H2O. Felt good. THis first week will be the toughest. I do not weigh myself everyday. Once a week is good. I can tell my body is changing. Need to go out and Shovel 10" snow.

[alacriTEA]

Don't know if it's too late to get in or not.. I have had a prolonged illness keeping me on the sidelines.

I'm in the first week of Allpro's routine with a starting weight of 398.

[cyanotikat]

1 whole lb downnn, lmao, been eating a fvkton lately, and getting stronger lifts. NO COMPLAINTS HERE!!!

Stay focused guys :>

[BradKemp]

192

-2

I'm bulking though so I don't know how to feel about that.

[stingray72]

Im back up to 155 because of carb stores. Thats higher than I expected but at least I know where im at. The last two days I ate what I wanted but tried to stay semi close on calories. I think im going to go back to cutting for 3 weeks now with at least a 3 pound loss as a goal.

[quadracer111]

Effing excited for weigh in come morning time.

[BradKemp]

Effing excited for weigh in come morning time.

Weigh-in is today.