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Phate89

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Well since school started and I have other responsibilities i don't have time to cook myself a decent breakfast, i'll just grab a couple pieces of whole wheat bread and eat it on my way to school. I don't eat the food at school either. When I come home from school i try to make a quick small meal for myself before I have to go over to the library for a 2-3 hours, then when i come home i'll make another small meal before my workout and I usually ending up being like 600-700 calories below my 1700 calorie intake. I don't want to lose any more weight, so would it still be okay if i just had a big dinner to get me those 600-700 calories?

I'd eat a can of tuna, couple pieces of whole wheat bread, egg whites, several fruits and veggies

I really do try and eat in small meals, but with my schedule i find it impossible unless its a weekend.
 
Theres always time for breakfast in the morning, just get up earlier :)
 
Phate89 said:
Well since school started and I have other responsibilities i don't have time to cook myself a decent breakfast, i'll just grab a couple pieces of whole wheat bread and eat it on my way to school.
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Can you prepare your breakfast meal the night before? Or get up a bit early to make yourself breakfast?

Phate89 said:
I don't eat the food at school either.
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Can you prepare a lunch? Can you make some good selections at lunch at school? If the selection at school isnt that great, than preparing a lunch may be an alternative.

Phate89 said:
When I come home from school i try to make a quick small meal for myself before I have to go over to the library for a 2-3 hours, then when i come home i'll make another small meal before my workout.....
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Up to the point of your workout, (from what I am getting in this post), and if the previous days are in the same likeness, optimizing your situation leading up to your Workout, is not occuring (in the sense of MAKING opportunities that ARE available to you to eat leading up to your workout--utilizing time to your favor, young man.


Phate89 said:
and I usually ending up being like 600-700 calories below my 1700 calorie intake. I don't want to lose any more weight, so would it still be okay if i just had a big dinner to get me those 600-700 calories? I'd eat a can of tuna, couple pieces of whole wheat bread, egg whites, several fruits and veggies....
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Prior to your workout your eating about 600 to 700, and during the day next to nothing. How long do you wait before commencing your workout after you eat this meal?

Phate89 said:
I really do try and eat in small meals, but with my schedule i find it impossible unless its a weekend.
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I simply (from what I know at this time) dont agree that you dont have time.

If you WANT to eat more, than utilize the time you have in the attempt to maximize the situation of the time. Getting up earlier in the morning, and if this doesnt sit quite well with the young man, than try to prepare the day before along with your lunch.

By the way, what is your training like? 1700 seems low, and from this (unless Im misunderstanding), your deficiting an additional 600 to 700?
That would make caloric intake about 1000 to 1100c and is far too low. If this is what your doing, this is the INCORRECT environment if you dont want to lose weight. How did you figure 1700?

Your gonna have to equate.......your desire and passion for your goal and DEAL with the function of time correctly.


And, quite franckly some sacrifices have to be made. If you dont like getting up early, then make it the night before, and if both are a problem.....then you STILL have an opportunity, but your CHOOSING not to use it.......ROCK IT!


There IS A WAY.......if the WILL desires it............bottom line.........no question:

If you favor 7 hours of sleep (then say, 6 hrs and 45minutes--the time deducted for getting up and eating), then you desire the sleep more than eating. One point. If you dont want to prepare "something" the night before for your breakfast and/or lunch then something you value more than setting your self up to eat more (unless there is some other "tangible" reason you are not mentioning). You could go to bed earlier (after preparing or organizing your meals).

My point? Sometimes its about values and putting in your goals in the mix, and through this, one finds how much they value their goals with lifes complications and variations.........If you want to eat more.......its right there in front of you.

Im not being mean. What I am saying.....is what function percentage or value percentage do you give your goals, Young man?


ROCK IT!................WORK WITH IT.............DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I do not pity you for not wanting to get up..............in the morning to eat........NOPE! Do not.......Work with your complication. ROCK ON!..........

YOU Steer the Ship..........bottom line.

Phates Stomach rumbles

Phates stomach rumbles, but time he fumbles and nutrition crumbles and he must be humble in this rumble, and bring TIME IT TO ITS PRIME! Or its a fricken CRIME!

:)
 
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Thanks for the reply chillen.
As for my workout routine i do 2-3 times a week of HIIT, about 15-20 minutes
And 3 times a week of full body workouts( well i try to make it a full body workout, but i am low on equipment so alot of the exercises are isolational, some compound )

1700-1800 might seem low, but i've been maintaining my weight pretty well even while my BMR is supposedly almost 1700, which i don't think is accurate.
 
1700-1800 is reallly low. since you are going to school, im guessing you are a teen.
unless you are 4 feet tall and really inactive(you arent..you do HIIT and weights), you should really be eating more to make sure you are growing to full potential and just maintaining well being.
remember, your brain runs on glucose, so if you arent eating enough, you wont be thinking at full potential either.
 
Phate89 said:
Thanks for the reply chillen.
As for my workout routine i do 2-3 times a week of HIIT, about 15-20 minutes
And 3 times a week of full body workouts( well i try to make it a full body workout, but i am low on equipment so alot of the exercises are isolational, some compound )

1700-1800 might seem low, but i've been maintaining my weight pretty well even while my BMR is supposedly almost 1700, which i don't think is accurate.
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My BMR is around 1600.......NOT including activities. I believe you are not factoring in a activities (or applying an activity mulitiplyer) for your age, hgt and wgt. At 1700c with training, school activities, etc, (with things equal) your gonna drop weight like a rock. If your using the Benedict, add a multiplier to the BASE BMR.
 
I'm 5'9 and around 143-144 pounds. I know 1700-1800 sounds really low, i think it sounded low too. But for some reason even with the exercise i'm doing i'm still somehow maintaining my weight. I'm not sure weather i have a really slow metabolism or what, and its not like im starving myself either. I feel full and fine.

Alot of those calories come from carbs though, i think thats one of my main problems is that i'm eating too many fruits, bread, etc and usually get over 300g of carbs
 
Phate89 said:
I'm 5'9 and around 143-144 pounds. I know 1700-1800 sounds really low, i think it sounded low too. But for some reason even with the exercise i'm doing i'm still somehow maintaining my weight. I'm not sure weather i have a really slow metabolism or what, and its not like im starving myself either. I feel full and fine.

Alot of those calories come from carbs though, i think thats one of my main problems is that i'm eating too many fruits, bread, etc and usually get over 300g of carbs
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Take your base BMR, and add a multiplier closely applicable to your activity level, this would be the approximated MT line. Then go over +300 to +500c to gain weight, and gauge this for about a week, and see how your body responds. And, gets some protein in your diet, young man!
 
I'm not sure really weather I should change the way I'm eating, if i'm continuing to maintain my weight and still have the energy to exercise and go throughout the day whats the problem?

And I'd rather not add 500+ calories because i am almost positive i'll start gaining weight.

My plans at the moment is trying to gain muscle, so i am slowly upping the amount of calories i am eating, but trying to slowly raise the amount of calories because i want to minimize fat gains
Atm I'm just experimenting with my workout and diet, and seeing if its possible to gain muscle the way I'm eating while not gaining as much fat

To you 1800 calories might seem low, but before i was barely getting 35-40 grams of protein a day and now more than doubled that.

So basically, i'm going to stick to this calorie intake and continue doing FBW and HIIT and see if i can get any results in several weeks or so

If not, then i will re arrange my diet.
 
And by looking at the picture i posted of one days diet, does it look like i'm getting too many carbs and not enough "good" fat?
 
Whats the problem with high-carb diet aslong as it follows along my calorie limit?
Thats one thing i don't understand

And i just cant help not eating carbs...i am a fruit/bread person..
 
Phate89 said:
Whats the problem with high-carb diet aslong as it follows along my calorie limit?
Thats one thing i don't understand

And i just cant help not eating carbs...i am a fruit/bread person..
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The mighty calorie is of course important, and at the end of the day its the most important, but nutrients are very close as well. Mainly up the protein to .8 grams per lb of body weight. And, if you seriously mentally cant help eating a large portion of your diet with fruits/bread, all I can say is: Knock yourself out. Carbs ARE IMPORTANT, but a good ratio of the THREE (fats, carbs, and protein) should be carefully considered.

Carbs are the body's perferred fuel source, but building muscle is more than just injesting carbs, it tweaking the THREE and tweaking the calories (like you mentioned before--its good to go slow and watch the body as you go along---most know I suport this, but I still believe you base is too low when considering activities and just as important your---age, but you can do what you wish), and stimulation in the training room.
 
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