rga
Senior member
Hey guys,
I'm eating about 2400 calories, doing resistance training, and I work a full time manufacturing job. I estimate roughly that I need to eat about 3200 calories a day to maintain my current weight, which is about 175 lbs. I usually wake up at 9:00am, and eat all my food between then and 7:00pm. My shift is from 3:30pm to 11:30pm. I usually go to bed around 1:00am. I'm male, 28, 5'10".
I always weigh myself before bed, and again in the morning. I know weight fluctuates based on water retention, things you've eaten, etc., but unless I eat like two pounds of food right before bed, My weight decreases by 1-2 lbs. by the time I wake up again in the morning. Despite the calories I'm eating, my weight remains the same during the day until I get home again, and then I go to bed and the cycle begins again the next day. For the last month or so, as long as I stay strict on my diet, drink lots of water, go to work five days a week, and continue resistance training, it hasn't been unusual for me to lose 3-5 lbs. per week.
I'm eating really well. I've added good carbs to my diet. I have broccoli with my omlette in the morning, celery with cottage cheese and tuna mix at lunch, raspberries with my almonds for a snack, and brussel sprouts with my protein choice at supper. I'm drinking about four litres of water each day as well. My target weight is 165 lbs. at which time I'd like to increase my caloric intake to around 3500 per day to start bulking (at the moment, I feel pretty much full all day with what I'm eating, and I can't imagine eating 3500 calories in a day, but that's another story).
Should I increase my calories so that my weight only drops 1-3 lbs. per week? I don't feel tired, or a lack of energy. I'm sleeping well. Honestly, I feel more active, energetic, alert, and elated than I have since I played highschool basketball. It just seems that the weight is coming off too easy, and I'm worried that I may be losing muscle mass as well, but I don't think so, because, as I've already said, I am doing resistance training, and I make use of a lot of my muscles at work.
I'm only eating around 125 grams of carbs in a day, and I read something about being in a depleted glycogen state means one is always burning fat. Is it possible that this why I'm losing weight the way I am?
I'm eating about 2400 calories, doing resistance training, and I work a full time manufacturing job. I estimate roughly that I need to eat about 3200 calories a day to maintain my current weight, which is about 175 lbs. I usually wake up at 9:00am, and eat all my food between then and 7:00pm. My shift is from 3:30pm to 11:30pm. I usually go to bed around 1:00am. I'm male, 28, 5'10".
I always weigh myself before bed, and again in the morning. I know weight fluctuates based on water retention, things you've eaten, etc., but unless I eat like two pounds of food right before bed, My weight decreases by 1-2 lbs. by the time I wake up again in the morning. Despite the calories I'm eating, my weight remains the same during the day until I get home again, and then I go to bed and the cycle begins again the next day. For the last month or so, as long as I stay strict on my diet, drink lots of water, go to work five days a week, and continue resistance training, it hasn't been unusual for me to lose 3-5 lbs. per week.
I'm eating really well. I've added good carbs to my diet. I have broccoli with my omlette in the morning, celery with cottage cheese and tuna mix at lunch, raspberries with my almonds for a snack, and brussel sprouts with my protein choice at supper. I'm drinking about four litres of water each day as well. My target weight is 165 lbs. at which time I'd like to increase my caloric intake to around 3500 per day to start bulking (at the moment, I feel pretty much full all day with what I'm eating, and I can't imagine eating 3500 calories in a day, but that's another story).
Should I increase my calories so that my weight only drops 1-3 lbs. per week? I don't feel tired, or a lack of energy. I'm sleeping well. Honestly, I feel more active, energetic, alert, and elated than I have since I played highschool basketball. It just seems that the weight is coming off too easy, and I'm worried that I may be losing muscle mass as well, but I don't think so, because, as I've already said, I am doing resistance training, and I make use of a lot of my muscles at work.
I'm only eating around 125 grams of carbs in a day, and I read something about being in a depleted glycogen state means one is always burning fat. Is it possible that this why I'm losing weight the way I am?
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