How tall are you and what is your waist?
Hi Jordan,
I've been eating somewhat consistently over the last few weeks and would appreciate an opinion:
Background: I shoveled food down my gullet late last year trying to hit some lifetime strength goals. Now that those have milestones fallen, I'm interested in holding on to the gains, but trimming back the bodyweight. My ideal would be to hit some steady state body comp and strength wise, that I can hold for a while.
I prioritized my strength gains last year and need to put some other things first this year, so looking to be as time efficient as possible.
My body weight is 217, 29 years old male, current lifts 200/290/405/500
Current diet looks like this
Meal 1: Whey protein shake + 1 cup frozen raspberry + 1/4 cup coconut milk + 1/2 cup water (est 50g protein / 20g carb / 15g fat)
Meal 2: 1/2 pound meal (not always super lean), 1 cup rice, veggies
Meal 3: 1/2 pound meal (not always super lean), 1 cup rice, veggies
Meal 4: same as meal 1
Meal 5: Nuts, Veggies, Yogurt
Estimated Macros: 200-225g protein / 150g protein / 50-75g fat
I limit alcohol to 2-3 days a week, although admittedly, this is a new restriction.
Current cardio is 5mile walk 7x a week plus a boxing class 1x a week
My sense is that I am a) overeating for fat loss, and b) under exercising, as the very low intensity walking doesn't combined with the current diet doesn't seem to be doing much. Appreciate your thoughts.
How tall are you and what is your waist?
Look at me with the newb mistakes.
5'10/11 - I wear 34" waist jeans if thats accurate enough for shouting distance, but otherwise, I can get a precise measure asap.
Correction to orignal post - estimated macros 200-225 protein / 150 - 200 CARBS / 50 - 75 gat
Fair enough question. To be precise, my goal of 200/300/400/500 was actually a strength goal relevant to bodyweight 1x/1.5x/2x/2.5x. Not that I'm nearly 220, even though I hit those numbers, I feel like I moved the goal posts.
I'd like to intelligently lose some fat and hit these long term numbers at a 200lb bw in a meet environment if possible.
I hear you loud a clear, and I think that's sound advice.
However, what about the larger point of maintaining a certain weight class while trying to gain strength? I believe Rip said once that he would like to see you something like 50 lbs heavier than you are now / we're then (probably to optimize your total). If you're trying to stick with a current weight class or drop down one for a meet, how would you think about that nutritionally? Sounds like walking a razors edge even as I type it...
Cool, will report back at 250/365/500/600 and we'll see just how much bw that requires