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Originally Posted by Clover
Lets see, Gem: 6'4. Clover: 5'2. I rest my case. 
Every body type is different, and one has to take genetics and aging into account as well. The best thing to do is consult with a health specialist. For me, I have a system that has worked for the past 15 years, I certinately would not enocurage anyone to follow it other than to say get to know your body, water is good, control your portions. |
Sure, my portions are controlled down to the gram. It is still a lot of food, considerably more that I used to eat before I began training. At first it was hard to eat that much, but now I'm just starving by mealtime, which is like every 3 hours.
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Excellent point. This is usually the case when one gains an excessive amount of weight. I think what is interseting with that sepcific diet is that is takes fats into account rather than deamonize them ( More healthy fats, less carbs) I think that is a big problem in this country, when we supplement fats for worser foods with artificial chemicals ( Think Fat free foods). Personally, I feel carbs are also very essential in the diet, but again if your not controlling the poritions, even if its healthy, your going to run into some dead ends with your fitness goals. One cant assume they can eat 8 apples in a day and get away with it. Carbs are stored and evenutally turn into sugar. Balance is key I suppose.
*Dont mind us Libby, I didnt mean to hyjack your thread, happens a lot out in the forums to discuss outside the original topic. The important thing is your butt is in the Gym getting healthy, so good for you.
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I cant afford professionals, so I just read about stuff and watch you tube. I call myself a 'you tube scholar' lol. Fat is needed in the diet, but it is a high calorie food - still, can have quite a lot of it and it's not 'unhealthy'. I have to eat carbs for the energy, but I minimise it. The body can produce its own carbs so they are not essential to the diet, but have to eat them to keep blood sugar, and the insulin is required to process protein into muscle. (I eat 75g of cooked brown or sweet potato rice each meal). I worked out I'm losing 1 kg a month so far, which is the plan, but it seems to have stopped going down at the 86kg mark, so I dropped my food intake a little, and I'll see how it goes. If I hit 85kg by end Of October - that's ideal. I want to lose until I get to around 10% body fat (I started at 25% roughly), but one also needs muscle to burn fat, so I lift thingz wot r hevy. At 49 I prolly don't produce as much testosterone as a young buck, so I don't expect rapid muscle growth, especially during the fat loss program. High protien, low carb, a bit of fat, lots of veg - lift and sleep.