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Originally Posted by Matthew_M3
Hey guys, this is my first non-BMW post to this forum. Im 6 foot, 21 year old, 226lb guy. I workout a ton and play Hockey at my college but for years now, it seems I haven't been able to really cut down on my weight. I've tried a lot of different diets like intermittent fasting but nothing really did it for me. I meal prep weekly and my meals were healthy foods but, I felt like my lack of knowledge of macros in the foods I was eating, mixed in with my failure to meet my macro goals in protein and calories etc didn't help. I just dont know enough about what and how much of what to eat to truly cut my weight down and get closer to what I want to look like.
So I bit the bullet and paid a professional to make a personalized diet, cardio, and lifting program for me. The program is an 8 week program and dictates what each meal and how much each meal has, as well as a full cardio and lifting regime for me to follow. Having the program be so structured helps me follow it to the T, added in with the fact the I want to get the most out of the money I spent.
Ill post updates when I have time but if you guys have any questions or any feed back etc, id be happy to respond.  |
Good luck. But in a nutshell...Calories in vs. Calories out. Look in the gym thread. A lot of good people give advice in there. I have outlined my program more times than I can remember.
Find the number of calories per day you body burns to hold your weight. Introduce a deficit of ~500 calories per day. My macros are 50%P, 30%C, and 20%F when cutting. When bulking I use a 40/40/20 approach as carbs are protein sparing and you can drop your protein intake a bit. I do not factor in my cardio or workouts when figuring out my calories. What I burn there is just an added benefit.
Been going from around 12% down to 7% or lower each year for the last 15 years doing this.
As I am getting older.....I like to stay in the 10% range and not have the huge weight swings anymore.
Just takes patience. I advise anyone doing this to get as low a BF as they can at least once in their life. I have been down to 5.6%. After doing that...you tend to learn your body.
Again...Good Luck!