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agreed. diet is #1. if you tweak your diet, the fat will start dropping off.
msam76
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Welcome kris! Diet is always the key. I learned that the hard way. I tried all sorts of "things" and it didn't do a thing, including t3. It worked some, but if my diet would have been in check, I would have seen much better results. Keep your chin up and keep trying. If you are lifting that much, your weight could be from the muscle you have built up!
Sassy69
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Hi kris & welcome to EF! Buns pretty much nailed it - its the diet. You know that old saying, "You are what you eat'... its true! If you eat random shitty food whenever, your body has to filter thru a lot of excess sludge to get to the nutrients it needs, it never knows when it is going to get the next meal and then you ask it to lift 5x/week and do an hour of cardio / day. There are lots of degrees of strictness & speed of progress depending on how diligent and consistent you are in your program - so if you want a cheat meal a couple times / week or you can't get in the food prep time or whatever limitation, then you have to expect a slower progress rate, but you will still get progress. But just as you've put in the time for consistent lifting & cardio, you need to go the extra mile and be consistent in your eating as well. I guarantee you will see quick results!
RE: your stats - if it helps at all I'm 5'7" and consistently my body settles in between 162 - 165 lb. My bodyfat is probably around 16-17% but I also consistently wear a size 4-6 pants and the last thing anyone would call me is "fat". I'd enjoy being leaner, but for the stats I've got I wear it pretty well.
If you've stayed pretty consistently at 15% I'd guess your body has adapted to that point given the consistent training regimen and inconsistent diet. So this is what your body now considers "normal" and this is the best response it can give you. The fact that your bf hasn't changed means you need to change something to spur some progress. Diet will be a very easy thing to change. May take a day or two to figure out the best way to prepare & pack your food choices for the next day - but every one of us has been under duress and figured it out. I've been carrying food for a whole day (I'm completely self-contained and ready to accommodate any change in my schedule from 6 am until the next day if I have to because I have everythign with me & ready to go) for more than 6 yrs straight. This is with leaving home for 5 am cardio and coming back after 10 pm after a full days' work, commute, gym and home again. Just takes a little planning & organization to see what works best for you. But once you figure it out, you are golden. YOu'll probably save some money on buying the take out food too.
15% is absolutely not a bad bodyfat - what is your goal? Drop bodyfat? Lean out? More muscle? Get rid of fat in a certain area? More strength? What?
RE: your stats - if it helps at all I'm 5'7" and consistently my body settles in between 162 - 165 lb. My bodyfat is probably around 16-17% but I also consistently wear a size 4-6 pants and the last thing anyone would call me is "fat". I'd enjoy being leaner, but for the stats I've got I wear it pretty well.
If you've stayed pretty consistently at 15% I'd guess your body has adapted to that point given the consistent training regimen and inconsistent diet. So this is what your body now considers "normal" and this is the best response it can give you. The fact that your bf hasn't changed means you need to change something to spur some progress. Diet will be a very easy thing to change. May take a day or two to figure out the best way to prepare & pack your food choices for the next day - but every one of us has been under duress and figured it out. I've been carrying food for a whole day (I'm completely self-contained and ready to accommodate any change in my schedule from 6 am until the next day if I have to because I have everythign with me & ready to go) for more than 6 yrs straight. This is with leaving home for 5 am cardio and coming back after 10 pm after a full days' work, commute, gym and home again. Just takes a little planning & organization to see what works best for you. But once you figure it out, you are golden. YOu'll probably save some money on buying the take out food too.
15% is absolutely not a bad bodyfat - what is your goal? Drop bodyfat? Lean out? More muscle? Get rid of fat in a certain area? More strength? What?
Well thank you for all of yalls help... I know I need to change my diet.. BIG time...
I just don't understand why my weight isn't just dropping off... i mean don't kill me for saying this but I used to eat Mc Donalds atleast once if not twice a day just a month ago! I knew that if I really wanted to change my body diet was going to be my number one but I guess I just expected too much just from not eating the fast food. Do yall have any suggestions for other cardio routines I could do other than my hour of running?
I just don't understand why my weight isn't just dropping off... i mean don't kill me for saying this but I used to eat Mc Donalds atleast once if not twice a day just a month ago! I knew that if I really wanted to change my body diet was going to be my number one but I guess I just expected too much just from not eating the fast food. Do yall have any suggestions for other cardio routines I could do other than my hour of running?
jmead
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ill be the first one to say that krisbee stats do not represent her actual physique..
she is a hottie.. haha.. i almost shit a brick when i actually saw the scale, i guessed 105 MAX.. i would post a picture of her but she might kill me! shes sleeping in the other room, yes we live together
her main problem is probably having a boyfriend who is bulking.. and eating 5000 calories a day.. and shes eating some of the same foods because she doesnt have time to cook and he rushes her off to the gym with him(im a jerk)
diet is everything, but we are workin on that
a little more detail with HIIT training or an article to read about it would probably help
ok back to the steroid discussion forum!
she is a hottie.. haha.. i almost shit a brick when i actually saw the scale, i guessed 105 MAX.. i would post a picture of her but she might kill me! shes sleeping in the other room, yes we live together
her main problem is probably having a boyfriend who is bulking.. and eating 5000 calories a day.. and shes eating some of the same foods because she doesnt have time to cook and he rushes her off to the gym with him(im a jerk)
diet is everything, but we are workin on that
a little more detail with HIIT training or an article to read about it would probably help
ok back to the steroid discussion forum!
jmead said:
HIIT links in this post:
http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/showpost.php?p=5772954&postcount=9
I have to ask - you have anyone else living you and kris?
Or using your computer?
PM me
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