Help with CKD

[tlm1]

How much fat should I be eating per day. I weight 225 with about 15-20% bodyfat. Currently my diet looks like this:

Zero carb whey isolate protein shake with 2 scoops iBCAA following 30-45 minutes of fasted cardio. (about 25 g protein)

4-5 egg's (mixture of whole eggs with eggbeaters)

snack 5-6 oz chicken breast

snack 1 brat (mainly for the fat content)

dinner usually chicken or beef with a vegatable (green)

Zero carb whey isolate protein shake following workout w/2 tablespoons of milled flax seed.

After writing this down it doesn't seem like very much food. I am also doing PP's fat loss stack.

 

[OneBreath]

How much fat should I be eating per day. I weight 225 with about 15-20% bodyfat. Currently my diet looks like this:

Zero carb whey isolate protein shake with 2 scoops iBCAA following 30-45 minutes of fasted cardio. (about 25 g protein)

4-5 egg's (mixture of whole eggs with eggbeaters)

snack 5-6 oz chicken breast

snack 1 brat (mainly for the fat content)

dinner usually chicken or beef with a vegatable (green)

Zero carb whey isolate protein shake following workout w/2 tablespoons of milled flax seed.

After writing this down it doesn't seem like very much food. I am also doing PP's fat loss stack.

What you need to do is first calculate your maintenance level of calories, then subtract an amount appropriate for losing weight.

Bodyweight x 12 is a good simple formula.

Then calculate your protein requirements. There are competing theories on what you should do here. I personally would either do LBM x 1 or bodyweight x .08.

Use either of these and that is your # of protein GRAMS. From here, all the rest of your calories should then come from fat.

 

[tlm1]

So I guess I shouldn't be afraid of fat... Have any good suggestions for getting more fat into diet? I will be increasing my milled flax intake from 2 tablespoons to 6 tablespoons per day.. this should help with the fiber and fat. Any other suggestions?

 

[OneBreath]

So I guess I shouldn't be afraid of fat... Have any good suggestions for getting more fat into diet? I will be increasing my milled flax intake from 2 tablespoons to 6 tablespoons per day.. this should help with the fiber and fat. Any other suggestions?

If you want to do this diet you have to drop that fear of fat. Bacon is your friend. Ground beef is your friend. Olive oil is your friend. Add in salmon and your flax and you cover the entire fat spectrum and have a nice healthy mix.

Your body will be running on fat instead of sugar, you need to feed it fat to make that hard adjustment. Calculate your cals correctly, maintain that calorie deficit and you will burn stored fat. It's all math.