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Originally Posted by Ben E Lou
I actually think I might be losing a little too quickly, and am concerned about lean mass loss. I'd told myself that I'd up the calories when I hit 195. Well, it appears that's going to be this weekend. I was 195.8 pre-run this morning. (My goal was to hit 195 by 8/1, so well ahead of that.) I worked out the math two different ways:
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Once I got to 210 pounds, I actually decided to start upping my calories. I found for the amount of cardiovascular activities I wanted to do (run, bike, swim, kayak, etc) I was just not fueling myself enough. I think I have mine set to lose 1/2 a pound a week, which is a very conservative amount.
To be honest though, I've not been worrying as much about calories lately though, I've started trying to look more at what percentages of my calories are various types of food.
Unfortunately, that means cutting out more of the foods that I just love and can't get enough of (pastries / white breads, etc) and start eating more of the foods that I just simply tolerate but don't really enjoy (various vegetables, wheat pasta, etc).
You do alot of strength exercises compared to me, so I have no idea what is recommended for those type of workouts, but for my course I'm trying to actually eat more carbs (but better carbs), keep my protein about where it is at, and really try to reduce more the amount of fat I eat. I think I'm somewhere around 50/30/20 right now.. want to get carbs actually up to 60% before I start having my planned 45+ mile weeks that are coming.
It is a challenge though when I'm constantly trying to find ways to eat the better foods in a way that I actually enjoy them.