Hello everyone. I'm Reid, and I'm obese. Here is my specs.
Age: 31
Weight: 330 pounds
Desired Weight: 200 pounds
Height: 6 foot
Stomach Navel Measurement: 61 inches
Wondering if you guys can provide any insight or helpful tips on my situation. I was running out of energy throughout the day requiring naps doing little to no activity. A few months ago I decided to get active and eat differently. I did keto when I was 360 pounds, was eating 1700 calories a day and lost 30 pounds in the first two months. Which has since stopped for another 3 months. I obviously did not use a calculator to figure out how much I should be eating cause at the time, I just thought less is better. I think I was eating around this much for a while before keto as well, but not healthy at all. Eating really randomly at all times of the day when I get hungry. So I'm pretty sure I have been undereating for a while.
Anyway, I starting walking for an hour a day a month ago. Last week I started doing more stuff. I bought a bike to start cycling every day. I also started lifting 3 days a week for an hour each day. I messed up, and did too much legs and couldn't walk for a week. I didn't like how much energy I had during lifting, and saw some posts about lifting being more difficult on keto. I still need naps and am always tired. I'm now just doing a normal eating plan, but I'm trying to figure out if I'm actually supposed to eat this much.
At a 40% body fat percentage (i'm not sure if this is right cause I don't have calipers). This free dieting calculator from the parent forum sticky says I need to eat:
Maintenance (I obviously don't want to maintain): 3384 cal / day
Fat Loss: 2707 cal / day
So this basically says I need to eat twice the amount I have been eating. Should I just eat this amount immediately? I suspect I will gain a bunch of weight for a while, for how long I have no idea. Hard to find information on metabolic changes for obese and undereating. I already gained 5 pounds since friday when I stopped keto, I assume water weight? /shrug
With the above information, does any of this change my macro profile I need to meal prep? The macro calculator on this website (bodybuilding) doesn't include body fat %, but says I should be at 40% carbs / 40% protein / 20% fats. Is this the same for everyone, should I have a different balance if I'm obese.
Let me know if you have any information that may help me on my journey.
Thanks for your time!
Reid
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05-03-2021, 07:56 AM #1
Obese Fix Undereating Nutrition + Lifting + Cycling
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05-03-2021, 08:02 AM #2
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05-03-2021, 08:03 AM #3
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05-03-2021, 08:07 AM #4
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It would work - you would lose weight fast - and you can afford to lose it fast at your weight. Leaner people have to take it more slowly to avoid losing muscle, that won't be a concern for you, you are unlikely to lose muscle as long as you do a certain amount of weight training (it doesn't even need to be that much)
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05-03-2021, 08:30 AM #5
Thanks for the response. My main issue right now is lack of energy, which is what I'm trying to solve. I started becoming more active right, I'm trying to fix my nutrition as I suspect that's the main thing. But I guess I'll try staying at 1700 calories for a while longer, and just hope I have enough energy to keep going every day. If I didn't have enough energy before adding in fitness, I suspect I'll have even less after I start. But, that's why I'm posting.
Thanks.
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05-03-2021, 08:33 AM #6
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