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Critique my Workout/Diet please
My first post here, I've been reading this forum for awhile and have learned a lot.
First some history. I played hockey for many years and was very active in high school. When I started university I got lazy and was not very active. I also had a terrible diet (soda, fast food, etc.). About 8 months ago I decided it was time to clean up my act and stopped drinking soda, reduced the amount of fast food I ate and tried to eat healthier when I did. This gave me good results, I went from 200 lb to 170 (I'm 6'1). I'd still like to lose a bit more fat, but I'm more concerned with adding muscle right now. Here's what I'm doing now: I've started Rippetoe's Starting Strength 3 times a week. I've signed up for a basketball league and intend to play tennis about once a week. On days when I'm not doing anything else I plan to do some HIIT. A typical day: 8:00 wake-up 8:30 orange 9:00 arrive at work, eat a granola bar 10:00 banana 11:00 a few handfuls of a mix of nuts I keep at work (sunflower seeds, peanuts, walnuts) 12:00 half of my lunch - a chicken breast and some mixed vegetables 1:30 the rest of my lunch - same thing 3:00 some spinach with homemade olive oil/balsamic vinegar dressing 4:00 an apple 5:30 dinner - typically a can of salmon, brown rice, and some fresh veggies ~7:00 workout/basketball/etc ~8:30 Vector energy bar and sometimes a sports drink, another can of salmon sometimes 10:00 bowl of yogurt with granola and blueberries/raspberries 11:00 sometimes a light snack - a piece of fruit or some nuts 12:00 bed All I drink (other than the occasional sports drink) is water. I drink about 6 L a day. This works out to about 3300 Calories, 130g fat, 350g carbs, 200g protein. This seems like it might not be enough Calories, but the fat seems really high. Also, I imagine I should be eating more earlier in the day but I don't seem to have much appetite then. Also, I have some multivitamins that I was taking, but according to Fitday, with this diet I'm greatly exceeding the RDA for the vitamins/minerals they have listed. Should I keep taking the vitamins? Are there any other supplements that I should be taking? From what I've read it's difficult to lose fat and gain muscle at the same time. Should I just focus on gaining muscle now and losing fat later? Any advice is greatly appreciated. |
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Re: Critique my Workout/Diet please
jesus man, how do you have time to do anything other than snack? why are you eating so often, rather than having some actual meals?
"Should I just focus on gaining muscle now and losing fat later?" figure this out, then come up with a plan...how can you have a plan when you don't know what the goal is? |
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Re: Critique my Workout/Diet please
Most of the snacking occurs at work, what else would I be doing? (work is boring!) I'm also under the impression that several small meals/snacks are better than a few big meals.
When asking that question I was referring to the fact that I have somewhat conflicting goals (to add muscle and to lose fat) and was just asking whether I can achieve both simultaneously or if it'd be better to focus on one then the other. |
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Re: Critique my Workout/Diet please
[ QUOTE ]
When asking that question I was referring to the fact that I have somewhat conflicting goals (to add muscle and to lose fat) and was just asking whether I can achieve both simultaneously or if it'd be better to focus on one then the other. [/ QUOTE ] You're a beginner so it is easy to do both at the same time. Honestly, your best bet is to try and make a consistent lifestyle change toward eating better, exercising/lifting weights. The results will come. Bulking up/cutting is really for those already at least somewhat trained with a history of monitoring their diet closely. |
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Re: Critique my Workout/Diet please
I love it.
I hate big meals. |
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I would try to improve your breakfast...an orange, banana, and granola bar in the span of 2 hours doesn't quite cut it.
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Re: Critique my Workout/Diet please
If you can maybe eat a lil more breakfast but i know alot of people dont like to.
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