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Author Message autumnarun Yahoo User Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 5:32 am    Post subject: Calories in and out. Fitness gurus please help? Calories. nutrition, fitness gurus help needed.?Hi. I am 20 years old. 177 pounds. I am 4 months post partum. I was 226 pounds when I started. I lift 4 times per week and do cardio 5 days per week. I use a POLAR heart rate monitor and it says I am burning 700-900 calories per workout. I usually lift and do 5 sets. reps are as follows. 12,10,8,6,12 then superset with a second exercise for the same muscle. I do upper/lower body splits made mostly of compoud exercises. I am currently eating 1780 calories with a 40/40/20 macro split. I eat very clean. When I began my new eating regimen I started with 2100 calories, nothing happened then I dropped it again 200 calories gained 8 pounds. Then I recently switched to 1780 and I dropped 10 pounds! The 8 + the 2! I just want to make sure I am not burning too many calories and I am fueling up enough to continue losing weight. I was losing great until June then I hit a wall. Stuck with it just changed my diet numbers again and bam I dropped. I am not looking to be a certain weight or size by a certain time, I just want to make sure I am doing this the right way and making progressclean eating. no refined sugar, no alcohol, whole grains, veggies, low gi fruits, I always have breakfast and my other 5 meals throughout the day. Its not very hard or limiting. I make the food I like but cleaner. It response to snowboard, I know fat doesnt turn into muscle but you still have to build muscle to burn more calories. You don't have to do a ton of mindless cardio to lose weight it is a good balance of aerobic and anaerobic activity. I enjoy lifting and I will continue to do it. Also not sure if I added I do a ton of body weight exercises and pilates. Push ups, pull us, dips etc. I try to change my workout all of the time and always looking for a new challenge. I am very educated in fitness, I am just having trouble getting my calorie numbers right. I changed up to upper/lower split 2 weeks ago. Prior to that I was working different body parts on different days bad idea. My strength shot through the roof but not much of anything else. The upper/lower split is from BFL but the diet is not from the zone diet. I looked it up and the Zone is less carbs, more fat. Any other suggestions calories wise? Anyone know how many calories they burn per workout? Back to top Hanna S Yahoo User Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 5:35 am    Post subject: I think you should have a look at: http://xrl.us/oqqdx It works by the use of calorie shifting. The weight loss 4 idiots diet plan can enable you lose weight fast. From the book you will quickly learn what foods to eat and when is best to eat it. This is really important as a lot dieters do not eat at the correct time of the day. When you do not feed your body at the correct time of the day. Your food become stored as fat. Because your body did not need the fuel.The fat loss 4 idiots manual is brilliant because you are able to eat 4 times a day. The system lets you selectthe food that you enjoy from a list. After you select the food that you like. It will plan a personal menu for the next 11 days. So you get to eat good food. And lose a lot of weight at the same time. After you complete your 11 days program. You get 3 cheats days.The fat loss 4 idiots book is a super tool for any dieters. Its teaches you what to eat and when. To maximize your metabolism. Not to mention anyone can do this diet. This diet is easy to follow and easy to stay on.To learn more visit Back to top Snowboard Zombie Yahoo User Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 5:37 am    Post subject: Good for you working out and stuff, but there is a flaw in your routine. It's is really hard (and by really hard, I mean almost impossible) to build muscle and lose fat at the same time. you are confusing your body. If you're doing a good muscle building exercise, you need more calories to build the muscle. If you want to lose weight, you just need cardio and a good diet. I strongly recomend to most people that you focus on losing weight first, and then start lifting. If you're lifting and in a calorie deficit you are confusing your body. You need calories for weight lifting. Fat DOES NOT turn into muscle. Back to top btterfly1234 Yahoo User Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 5:43 am    Post subject: I went to http://nutritionislife.weebly.comShe works with you over the internet and she's REALLY good! I lost 20 lbs with her advice. Back to top Hannibal the Cannibal Yahoo User Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 5:47 am    Post subject: Snowboard is feeding you an old wive's tale. You certainly can build muscle and lose fat at the same time. He's thinking "build muscle and lose WEIGHT" but even then, you can do it. I've done it. I lost 35lbs in 3 months and put on enough muscle after 1.5 months to lift and move a sedan with my brother. Your question was just to make sure you're eating enough, and you certainly are. Each person is different and our work differently with calories. When I was doing that weight loss I mentioned, I was eating 2800-3100 calories a day and still dropping weight. You are doing the right thing: listening to your body. Continue to do so and you will always be successful. Back to top Jenn Yahoo User Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 5:49 am    Post subject: What are you eating when you mean Clean??Calorie is a calorie, depends on what your intake is.I eat 5-6 small meals a day..Breakfast is most important. You do have to fuel your body, if you plan on burning more . Combine strength training, endurance with weights, & cardio..like Circuit/Core work-outs ..by using dumbbells, or just body weight. You just want to be best you can at this time, I am 5' 5" , weight 155lbs, size 6-women..so I dont go by weight..my waist size is 27 1/2 ..change up your routine, feel difference, you will gain , for muscle weighs more then fat..Keep it Up!! Good job. Back to top Thrasher Yahoo User Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 5:53 am    Post subject: Sounds like you are doing a combination of Body for Life and Zone Diet. You may be over training. Also, working out that much you are going to put on muscle so the occassional weight gain will happen.Obviously you are losing weight and it sounds like you hit a plateau, instead of lowering calories you need to change up your exercise routine. BFL says weight train 3 times a week with Aerobics on the off days 3 times a week. So some of that weight loss could be lost muscle as your aren't giving your body enough rest and time to repair.If you are doing Body for Life, I suggest you re-read the book. I'd also suggest Ultra-Metabolism by Dr. Mark Hyman. 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