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Brett

Brett

Meat-Hippy
Location
Salt Lake City Utah
MCC said:
If anybody is interested, I have a spreadsheet I created that helps track your daily intake of protein, carbs, fat, and overall daily caloric intake. It has a menu on one tab that has quite a few different foods and the micros for each specific food item. When you want to create a meal plan, you just cut and past the food you plan on eating that day, and it will calculate by percent and total. I would be happy to e-mail the spreadsheet if anybody is interested. Just send me a PM with your e-mail address.
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Dunno if your's is that same as this, but FitDay does that as well. I've used it before and started using it again as of yesteryday.
 
waynehartwig

waynehartwig

www.jeeperman.com
Location
Mead, WA
Beerman said:
Well good luck all. If anyone needs any help or advise just give me a PM.

I also started a blog, its in my sig. It has a bit of info and links to sites that helped me.

I am free, but if I help enough people maybe someone can renew my membership status. I hate getting those ads!:rofl:

Either way, I hope you all have success. I feel like a new person and I love the new me. I will be at the gym today in case any of you are. I go to the 24 hour fitness on 1300 east 104th south. (Next to Smiths). I will be there from about 5-6:30 or so. Just look for the bald guy in the adidas shorts. I am a lot friendlier than I look I promise!:D
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Very cool!! I haven't seen you in what 3 years? You're looking good! In a non sexual manly kind of way ;)

I guess I'm in as well... Reading your blog gave me a sense of inspiration....

Age: 39
Weight: ~240 - haven't weighed myself in a while
Goal: just to feel better

I've always been a bigger boy since HS. In HS I was very skinny and etc. Afterwards I bulked up and after my major car accident in 91, I really bulked up during recovery - 3x shirts and a 32" waist. Then I got out of jail and quit working out, and lost a lot of the tone. Then I started professional dancing (ballroom, etc) and I REALLY bulked up then - especially in the legs and chest. 3x shirts, if they weren't loose fitting, I would pop buttons in the neck area if I bowed. And pants were a size 42 waist relaxed fit Wranglers so I could get my legs into them and the waist was sucked up to 32". I was 265 lbs then. I still have my competition pants/shirt and they look like a moo-moo on me now:-\ Then I got married and blah blah blah and now I'm at a 36" waist, xl shirts and 240lbs...

Last May when I did my Rubicon build, I lost IIRC 25 lbs? But I felt great. No more back/neck pains and my massive headaches quit. No longer was I popping several aspirins/ibuprofen's each day. My diet really didn't change during that ~2 weeks, but my activity level sure did! But I didn't keep up with it and here we are again...

So I'd really like to go back. Not necessarily to the 3x shirts and what not, but to just feeling better physically.

As for how? Probably try just a better diet for now and see what that does. Because I do drink a lot of soda and eat quite a bit of junk food.
 
Brett

Brett

Meat-Hippy
Location
Salt Lake City Utah
So, anyone notice caffeine headaches now? I've been having one off and on for the past couple days since I stopped drinking carbinated drinks (they all had caffeine.)
 
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Utahcryogenics

Formerly "Beerman"
Location
Murray
Try cocaine for the caffeine headaches. Makes them go away, and all the other problems too like work, a loving wife, children, and bills. Its coming down from the drug that really sucks! HAHAHHA

JK obviously, but yeah I drink black coffee and that helps with the caffeine headaches, it also helps get the train to the station (if you know what I mean). If you arent a coffee drinker then try green tea.

For the ones that are soooooooooooooo religious that you cant have either then just pray for your headache to go away, that will work. LOL!
 
Rickomatic

Rickomatic

Grey is cool!
Location
West Jordan
Beerman said:
Try cocaine for the caffeine headaches. Makes them go away, and all the other problems too like work, a loving wife, children, and bills. Its coming down from the drug that really sucks! HAHAHHA

JK obviously, but yeah I drink black coffee and that helps with the caffeine headaches, it also helps get the train to the station (if you know what I mean). If you arent a coffee drinker then try green tea.

For the ones that are soooooooooooooo religious that you cant have either then just pray for your headache to go away, that will work. LOL!
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If your that religious, you didn't have caffeine to begin with. Thus no headaches.

I gotta say tho, I love my diet coke.
 
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EROK81?

Sell out
Location
SLC
Well...this isn't looking good and I wish I wouldn't have looked this up.

I went to Del Taco for lunch...and will be doing mass cardio for two days to make up for it. :rofl:

Here are the macros...

Calories: 1350
Fat: 71
Carb: 156
Protein: 44

Besides the protein (well close to two thirds for cals) that way over half of my intake for a full day. :eek:

Oh ps that was a medium fry, cheese quesadilla, and two soft tacos.
 
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EROK81?

Sell out
Location
SLC
I can't even imagine the calorie ratio for what some people get. One of my co-workers get a med chili fries, quesadilla, and some macho taco or something.

No wonder we are all fat and trying to lose weight. :rofl:
 
Brett

Brett

Meat-Hippy
Location
Salt Lake City Utah
Don't eat these foods!!!

Holy calories


White Castle Chocolate Shake - Large (Louisville region): 1680
Nathan's Fish N Chips: 1537
Carl's Jr. Double Six Dollar Burger: 1520
Hardee's Monster Thickburger: 1420
Dairy Queen Large Choc. Chip Cookie Dough Blizzard: 1320
Hardee's Double Bacon Cheese Thickburger: 1300
Dairy Queen Large Chocolate Malt: 1300
Nathan's Chicken Tender Platter: 1300
Jack In The Box OREO Cookie Ice Cream Shake (24oz): 1290
Dairy Queen Chicken Strip Basket (6 piece): 1270
Hardee's Double Thickburger: 1250
Burger King Triple Whopper Sandwich With Cheese: 1230
Jack In The Box Chocolate Ice Cream Shake (24oz): 1230
White Castle Chocolate Shake - Large (New Jersey region): 1230
Hardee's Big Country Breakfast Platter - Breaded Pork Chop: 1220
Jack In The Box Strawberry Ice Cream Shake (24oz): 1220
Jack In The Box Egg Nog Shake (24oz): 1210
Nathan's French Fries (Super Size): 1188
White Castle Vanilla Shake - Large (New Jersey region): 1180
Del Taco Macho Beef Burrito: 1170
 
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LT.

Well-Known Member
Location
Los Alamos, New Mexico
Today was the first day that I was able to run three miles in thirty minutes. Well, close enough for government work. I actually ran three miles in thirty minutes and ten seconds. Tomorrow I will try and get all three miles in thirty minutes or less. We will see if that is possible for me at this stage of the game. When I weighed myself today before I worked out I was at 233 lbs. So, the process is working just a little slow.

LT.
 
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Utahcryogenics

Formerly "Beerman"
Location
Murray
WOW, those foods are crazy!

My daily macros are 60% protein 20% carbs and fats.

My daily caloric intake this week has been between 1300 and 1800 a day. Believe it or not, I havent lost a single pound at those macros and caloric totals!!

My caloric intake has dropped steadily due to a metabolic slowdown due to a prolonged caloric deficit. PLEASE learn from me and dont start your diet by cutting too many calories all at once. All though I know quite a bit now, when I started my diet a year ago I didnt know a damn thing. Losing 145 pounds is nice but I wish I would have started slower and ate more when I started. Since I want to lose another 20 pounds by the time I am done my caloric deficit will be high and I will have to increase my output in order to net the same results.

Sorry, getting too wordy, but yeah dont cut too many calories all at once or you will hate life later. Or if you are close to Weber State Uni schedule a Resting Metabolic Rate assessment. If you know this figure then you can gauge your caloric needs, and adjust accordingly a lot better.

Like I said before, if anyone needs help I am more than happy to offer it.

Take care.
Jer
 
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Vector OffRoad

Active Member
I am no weight loss guru, but I have studied up and tried a few things that have worked for me. When I was trying to lower my body fat %, I ate the same macros Beerman suggested 60% Protein, 20% Carbs, and 20% non-saturated fats(Use extra virgin olive oil for cooking eggs, chicken etc...).

I also make sure I eat a healthy snack every 3 hours, like no fat yogurt, no fat cottage cheese, low fat triscuits etc... By eating every three hours, your body doesn't store your food as fat to use for energy storage. Your body will use your frequent meals for energy, and then use the your fat stores when needed for energy. Most people think that eating less frequently with fewer calories will help them lose weight. Eating less frequently with fewer calories usually does the opposite by storing the food you do eat as fat.

The easiest way I have found to manage my eating is by determining how many calories my body needs per day, and then divide that number by how many meals I will need to eat to reach my goal. For example, if I am going to eat 2000 calories per day, and I plan to eat every three hours starting at 7:00am, I will need to eat around 5 meals per day. Divide your 2000 calories by meals per day(5), and you get 400 calories needed per meal. Here is a link to a calorie calculator.http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/issa64.htm Scroll down about 3/4 of the page to find the caclulator

If your inclined, try the 5 small meals/snacks a day for 3-weeks and see if it works for you. Re-evaluate your progress after that time period to determine if you are losing weight to quickly because of too few calories, or if you are gaining weight because of too many calories.
 
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