AT H&F Experts: Thoughts Please

[norseamd]

drink some milk with your breakfast in the morning

 

[z1ggy]

So....the start of everything was delayed considerably due to kids and well....just family life.

So I wound up starting to run in the mornings around May 12. Had a few days of missed running for what ever reason, but since prolly May 19 have been running pretty regularly at least three days a week.

Currently my course is as follows:
240 meters brisk walking after some stretches for warmup
+/- 1.4km out at about 9 min more or less
+/- 1.74km back in about 9 min more or less
300 meter cool down walk
Overall time is like 24-25 minutes for all of that.

Doing that plus started a pushup routine last week that is now 6 days alternating std pushup with modified pushup (from knees instead of on toes for std). Today was a std day and got 17 without rest, rested about 10-15 seconds and then pushed out 5 more for 22. Tomorrow is modified and should get at least 25 with no rest and then will try to go another 5 after 10-15 seconds. The next STD day will try to get to 23 total.

So after ALL this, starting weight on May 11 was 92.5kg and as of this morning I was 88.4kg. Of course there are normal ups and downs during the week and sun I was actually 87.4 so I figure my actual is prolly more like 88-88.5kg.

How am I doing?

More important than anything you just listed above are your macro's for eating. If all you want is fat/weight loss, you run/walk/jump/skip ... it doesn't really matter that much if you have no clue what you are eating.

How many calories, grams of protein/carbs/fat are you intaking per day on average? Have you gone through the whole thing of figuring out your caloric maint. levels etc? Are you recording it each and every day? It's hard to gauge what you are actually taking in unless you weigh and measure it all and record it.

Edit: So you main goal is to drop from about 200lb to about 175lb. At 5'11'', that's a touch on the skinny side. I would hope at that height and weight that your body fat levels would be very low. Since Im guessing it won't be, methinks you should also try to build some muscle to fill our that body of yours, too.

 

[ReggieDunlap]

Thanks Ziggy....
No, IM not really monitoring my intake at all. I understand and agree with everything you wrote, but Im not sure I really need to go that far. I've rethought my initial goal of losing 12kg in that it IS a lot of weight to lose. Right now Im thinking 82-84kg is more realistic.

As far as eating goes, I have mainly tried to be more conscious of what Im eating daily. For a while there, I was eating a LOT of bread (mostly with lunch) and so I've really cut that back. Im trying to increase my water intake during the day as well.

Breakfast Im trying to get more protein and for dinner Im really trying to control my portions more than anything.

Ill see about my maint figures and trying to monitor better what's going in. For now though it seems just the activity change has been doing what I hoped.

 

[z1ggy]

Thanks Ziggy....
No, IM not really monitoring my intake at all. I understand and agree with everything you wrote, but Im not sure I really need to go that far. I've rethought my initial goal of losing 12kg in that it IS a lot of weight to lose. Right now Im thinking 82-84kg is more realistic.

As far as eating goes, I have mainly tried to be more conscious of what Im eating daily. For a while there, I was eating a LOT of bread (mostly with lunch) and so I've really cut that back. Im trying to increase my water intake during the day as well.

Breakfast Im trying to get more protein and for dinner Im really trying to control my portions more than anything.

Ill see about my maint figures and trying to monitor better what's going in. For now though it seems just the activity change has been doing what I hoped.

Sounds like you just want to be healthier overall, and probably trim a bit of the ol' gut, no?? That's perfectly fine, many people strive just for that.

I still think however, you should at least for 1 week, actually calculate what you eat as far as your cals and macro's are. You should also check out and get a rough estimate of what your needs are based on your height, weight, age and activity level. This way, you can tailor your diet as you lose (and maybe gain) weight.

Otherwise you won't actually know why you've lost/gained. You're doing all the right things, I just think personally, understanding why is a very good thing. Plus, sometimes I know if I go out to dinner and I only have like 500cals left for my needs that day, I can't go crazy on my meal. Otherwise, you might over eat and not realize it. Do that enough times and you won't really understand why you aren't losing weight. If you overeat by just a few hundred cals a day, that will add up over the weeks and months when you are going for weight loss. That happened to me lately as I've been stalling out on further reducing my fat loss. It's slightly different for me because if I can drop 10lb, I'll be around 10-11% body fat, though.

Keep up the good work !