| Confused about nutrition cycling |
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shannon1631
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Posted: 11 August 2008 08:49 pm |
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Hi
My name is Shannon. I am a 33 year old female with a medium bone structure and currently weigh 149 and am 5'8. I wear a size 6 or 8 depending on brand, but want to get comfortably into my jeans (size 28 is the smallest and they are tight). I have been following different diets out there since 04/09/2008 and have lost 12 lbs. I started with Fat Loss for Idiots, lost 7 lbs in 10 days then on the "cheat days" gained 4 lbs back. Then, I went to the plan I know (I used to work for LA Weightloss) and basically it gives you servings each day, 2 proteins, 3 vegetables, 3 fruits, a dairy, Fat, and 2 starches. I feel that this has been the most successful, however I am not sure if I am eating enough calories. On the weekends, I have had a couple of "cheat meals" and have probably consumed too much alcohol, but I figured it into my caloric intake or subsituted wine for my fruits and that has worked in the past. I work out 10 hours a week, 3 hours of that is weight training, the rest cardio whether it be walking, running, or biking. I have a heart rate monitor and try to stay within 125-140BPM to burn away the fat. I burn 3500-3700 calories each week in excersize alone, monitored on my heart rate monitor.
My clothes are definitely looser with the 12 lb loss, but I have stayed at this weight for 3 weeks now. I have not eaten any differently then I normally do. (including cheat weekends) I saw an ad on nutrient cycling, where you eat just protein for 3 meals, and then have a carb meal and wonder if this will work, or is it really just calories total or the day? I space my meals out like this, even on weekends:
Typical day for me:
Breakfast: 1 cup Go lean cereal, 1/4 cup blueberries, 8 oz unsweetened almond milk Coffee with 1 tbsp half and half-260 calories
Lunch: 2 cups lettuce with sliced turkey (3 oz) 1/2 cup lowfat cottage cheese, cliced tomatoes, cucumbers, 1 tbsp raisins, 2 tbsp lt ranch dressing diet soda, 330 calories
Snack: protein shakeand an apple 270 calories
Dinner: Either a frozen meal at 300 calories (8-10 g fat) or a meat with a vegetable, sometimes pisatcios or cashwes 1/4 cup-sometimes a glass of red wine 400-500 calories
snack: string cheese, fruit before bed- 100 calories
I calculated out my average calories per day and it's always bwteen 1400-1700 per day depending on teh day, cheat weekends I average around 2200 per day at most. For the amount of activity I am doing I feel like I should be losing more but I am not, any suggestions??? Should I look at more protein, less carbs? I also looked at protein grams per day and it's always around 100-113 which I think is correct for me.
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Hellrazor
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Posted: 12 October 2008 04:21 pm |
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Honestly drop the cheat weekend down and maybe switch up your workout routine. Make it more intense with the cardio and I'm sure your will weight come off
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Tratra
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Posted: 13 October 2008 09:09 pm |
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| For the amount you exercise, you're not eating nearly enough. Try upping your calories to around 2000-2300/day....more protein/veggies....try it for a couple weeks and see if it helps.
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DaniMae1
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Posted: 14 October 2008 12:25 pm |
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All of these crazy diets are really confusing. I wouldn't have the patience for it! What the heck is "nutrition cycling?" A picture of someone on a bike eating a salad comes to mind for me! 
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Michellenka
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Posted: 22 November 2008 06:55 pm |
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Shannon,
Actually, the FL4I diet that you tried IS nutrient cycling. If you look at the actual meals you were eating, you can see that 3 of them were protein only then one carb meal (mostly fruits and vegetables). Then there are two days of only carbs (fruit day and veggie day). The cheat days were a part of it, too, because they figure you'll eat a lot of carbs. You do this for three days, then it's back to protein when you start the next cycle. Even though you gained the 4 pounds on the cheat days, you would have lost another 7 on the next cycle. It equals out to about 1.5 pounds per week.
The beauty of nutrient cycling is that you don't tend to have plateaus. Your weight may seem to be going up and down, but if you chart it over time, you would see that it's a steady loss.
MichellenkaLast edited on 22 November 2008 06:56 pm by Michellenka
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