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Great thread idea. I have been on a weight lose goal for about 45-50 days now. Started around 205lbs and as of this morning i am at 184.4lbs. Goal Is get to and maintain between 180-175lbs. I have managed this with just a diet change and not following any specific diet fad. The first thing I did was cut back on my beer I would easily drink a 15-18 pack a week. Now I just get myself a good 6 pack on the weekend and now dont usually finish it by the end of the following week. And for meals I cut out almost all pre packaged foods. All meals are home cooked, breakfast is usually a veggie omelette with occasional side of bacon or home made hash brows. Lunch is generally left overs from the previous dinner. Now dinner is the big one, being able to plan ahead to have stuff ready that is quick to prep but not bland and repetitive is the hard part. I have found that my slow cooker and instapot have been my friend with this. For example if I cook a roast or chicken in one of them for dinner. I leave it going am turn the already ready broth into a soup, stew or chilly that is ready for the next day. and it is usually easy to make enough to freeze or can extra for when you are running short on time or ideas.
Hope you dont mind me putting my 2 cents in on what is working for me.
This was not from the bowflex manual this is a beginner routine someone created for the bowflex. There are lifts you can do that are not in the manual; I still have not found the proper way to set it up for dead lifts. Here is a link to the website that it on.Most likely this is their version of a beginner setup. Start easy and slowly increase over the 12 weeks, without having a manual or booklet in hand from Bowflex, I couldn't tell you for sure.
Great thread idea. I have been on a weight lose goal for about 45-50 days now. Started around 205lbs and as of this morning i am at 184.4lbs. Goal Is get to and maintain between 180-175lbs. I have managed this with just a diet change and not following any specific diet fad. The first thing I did was cut back on my beer I would easily drink a 15-18 pack a week. Now I just get myself a good 6 pack on the weekend and now dont usually finish it by the end of the following week. And for meals I cut out almost all pre packaged foods. All meals are home cooked, breakfast is usually a veggie omelette with occasional side of bacon or home made hash brows. Lunch is generally left overs from the previous dinner. Now dinner is the big one, being able to plan ahead to have stuff ready that is quick to prep but not bland and repetitive is the hard part. I have found that my slow cooker and instapot have been my friend with this. For example if I cook a roast or chicken in one of them for dinner. I leave it going am turn the already ready broth into a soup, stew or chilly that is ready for the next day. and it is usually easy to make enough to freeze or can extra for when you are running short on time or ideas.
Hope you dont mind me putting my 2 cents in on what is working for me.
I think that one of my biggest problems with my diet is that I take in all my calories in manly one meal. Typically I eat one meal a day, it stems from being on 3rd shiat and not eating lunch on break. I have been trying to incorporate a snack/lunch while at work that consists of two hardboiled eggs and a snack before bed. As far as macros go I am trying to meet them but not always possible or I exceed them. Here is my meals for today and the macros they have set for me.I meal prep bc a. single and b. I am weird and can eat the same thing for days on end. That said, I am a big fan of slowcookers/instapots.
Typically, I grill or bake up my protein portion it out by the ounce and then do my carbs and fats. If you see my MFP log - I really eat the same thing week to week and day to day. However, with bulking season shortly approaching, this will change for me and I will incorporate more carbs and red meats into my diet to make up for the new macros.
Really? Yes myfitnesspal did the calculations for me. You can PM me if you want. without drinking pop in having hard enough time getting close to my calories as it is unless I just totally just go for junk food. I forgot to take my lunch with me today ( 2 hardboiled eggs) which would have gave me 180 calories. For dinner I had 2 tilapia fillets, half of a crab and shrimp stuffed potatoe, and a salad and still have 850 calories left for the day. I seriously thinking about going out and getting a 6 pack of hard cider to get me closer to my goal.Holy shat man. That’s a very low intake. Did MFP calculate that for you? I wouldn’t be surprised if you’re actually not eating enough.
If you want I can pm you and calculate using nonMFP calculators. I think you’ll find you can actually eat more than you thought.
Really? Yes myfitnesspal did the calculations for me. You can PM me if you want. without drinking pop in having hard enough time getting close to my calories as it is unless I just totally just go for junk food. I forgot to take my lunch with me today ( 2 hardboiled eggs) which would have gave me 180 calories. For dinner I had 2 tilapia fillets, half of a crab and shrimp stuffed potatoe, and a salad and still have 850 calories left for the day. I seriously thinking about going out and getting a 6 pack of hard cider to get me closer to my goal.
What's a good protein drink that could be recommended? I was looking tonight at the grocery store but there is a lot of options. I did try one of the Gatorade whay protein bars after my workout today, it did not tast bad but it was a lot to eat.
Face pulls or flys. Rear delta are really only hit by thE same motion with variations thrown onto themOk I did this routine tonight day 1 and actually felt like I got a workout. One question what would be a good substitute for the rear deltoid rows? I just don't like them.
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I eat as much as I can. I have had 14 years of really only eating one meal a day while working 3rd shift. Yeah once in a while I would grab something easy to eat in the mornings when I got home from work but not very often. It's a hard habit to break, this weekend I'm going to smoke some boneless skinless chicken breast to take to work with me to eat for lunches among many other things to eat as meals.Harryron I feel like you don’t eat at all based on your comments about hitting low macros and all that. Many of the protein bars are super taffy like. Try to get as much of your macros from real foods as you can. Supplements are there to make it easier when you are eating huge macros to deal with
I figured out how to do face pulls one the bowflex even though it is not one of the exercises that they list in the manual.Face pulls or flys. Rear delta are really only hit by thE same motion with variations thrown onto them
I need to figure out effective lifts for my back. The ones I have been doing don't seem like they are doing anything for me. I did add one lift that would help strengthen my lower back which was not included in the routine I'm following. Any suggestions would be appreciated.