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  • I could do Monday and Thursday, but then I play hockey Friday and Saturday night. I think going Mon and Wednesday gives me at least one day in between. Should I try to increase the weight at all during this time? maybe 5 lbs per week instead of 5-15 lbs. per work out.
  • do you suck in, push it all the way out? I measured mine around my belly button yesterday am and it was 36.5 last night I measured in the same spot but pushing all the way out and it was around 40. pretty drastic difference
  • Cool I did look on fat2fit and it says if I want to reach my goal weight i should eat around 2100 calories a day. That's how many I'd need to maintain 170 lbs. so if they say I need about 2442 a day is that just to maintain my weight? I'd still need to subtract the 500 a day to lose 1 lb per week? I don't think I could eat…
  • what did you use to calculate your tdee? i just put my numbers in to my fitness pal. I lift 2-3 days in a 7 day period, I play hockey twice a week minimum. One day is an intense game, the other is a 1 hour practice and only the last 15 minutes is intense (scrimmage). I may add another light day of skating or HIIT. Other…
  • Got it. I started at 208 and am down to 193. Goal weight is 170-175. A rough estimate for my body fat is 25.7% so that leaves me with about 147 lbs of lean mass. Again, rough estimate. I usually take in about 130 to 160 grams of protein daily. sometimes a little more, sometimes a little less. I shoot for 1750 calories…
  • What's the difference between weight loss and body recomposition/fat loss.? Don't they go hand in hand?
  • I don't sweat the calories because 1. my job is extremely sedentary all day and I drive 3 hours a day total. I'm sitting from 9-15 hours a day. 2. My template may look active, but typically I lift two to three times a week and get on the ice twice a week at most. Sometimes I make it a third day. One session being a light…
  • How big of a deficit are you on? I'm on a 500 calorie/1 lb a week and i typically don't eat back the calories on my cardio days. although i've been cheating a bunch recently and going over. interested to see how I make out when i tighten it down and actually stay at the 500 calorie deficit
  • I actually just completed my first week of starting strength. i am a little hesitant to keep up with though being on the calorie deficit. Do the Reading players do starting strength?
  • I forgot one. Chipotle chicken bowl. fajita veggies, only a little bit of black beans, salsa, lettuce. Get a side of Guacamole and eat about half of it. No cheese, no sour cream. Make sure you get the bowl. less than 500 calories if you do it like above.
  • Look at the calories in chick fil a's food. Not bad at all. I get the following: original chicken sandwich with a side salad/light italian dressing. No croutons. Coke Zero. 8 or 12 piece nugget with a side salad/light italian dressing. No croutons. Coke Zero. grilled chicken sandwich with a side salad/light italian…
  • I want to do option number 2 (get in better shape with better development of your muscle structure). don't want to get bigger at all. Currently weight 193, want to be 170-175, on a calorie deficit and play hockey for cardio. What is a good weight lifting routine to reach your option number 2? three days a week I can lift,…
  • I'm also looking to buy my first for doing HIIT at the gym, lifting at the gym and also when I play ice hockey. Would the polar FT7 be a good one?
  • do any of you have any type of estimate of how many calories I may burn during a game? for example, the games are 17 minute periods. this week we only had 3 subs. i would say I played about half the game, 25-30 minutes. it's basically HIIT for 30 minutes that you're out there.
  • Maybe i'll switch it to lose 1 lb per week which is around 1750 carlories a day and add back 200 the days I play hockey. I'll see how that goes. Edit: Your maintenance calories are 2250 from a rough calculation... 1800 wouldn't hurt. You could eat 1800 and your exercise calories, and you'd still be on track to lose a pound…
  • I shouldn't have said that about BS. Here is the deal. I lost 15 lbs. and want to lose 15 more. The thing is that I pay hockey three days a week. Once is a game so that's intense, the other two are less intense. An adult clinic and practice session. Both are around an hour of working out but less intense than the game.…
  • because i think "eating back your exercise calories" is BS. If I take in about 1500 calories a day and exercise i've been losing weight. If I boost it up to about 1800-2000 I don't. Not only that I have no real way of tracking how much I burn during working out.
  • I'm 5'8 200 lbs. Would it be realistic that I burn 300 calories in 22 minutes on the elliptical? I start out with a 5 minute warm up on level 3. Then I go 30 seconds on level 12 at about 10-11 mph, 1 minute on level 5. I repeat that about 8 times 12 minutes. Cool down for another 5 minutes. The read out on the machine said…
  • I've tried the regular greek yogurt, but can't get in to it. What raw veggies you recommend? Only ones I can do without some type of dip would be carrots, celery and maybe cucumbers. Anything else I need something to go with them, but that doesn't fit in to the diet. Only supplement i've been taking beside whey protein was…
  • As far as sugar goes, that mostly comes from the greek yogurt. I only eat that cause I mix in bran buds for insoluble fiber. My Dr. said I need to get more of that. Should I cut out the yogurt? I think you're right about the cheat day. I'll start tracking that more closely and maybe cut it back to a cheat meal. Raw fruits…
  • One more thing. is it ok to have a cheat day once a week? I don't pig out, but I eat what I want. probably get a little more than my daily calories, but way higher in fat than the other six days a week.
  • I switched it back to 1.5 lbs a week. With my current weight at 197 and goal weight of 170 it says I should be eating 1520 calories (net)
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