This.
I do a lot of exercise too, my calorie intake is probably 900-1000 per day, burn approx 600 back off with exercise.
Exercises importance in weight loss is somewhat questioned these days,better not gaining the calories before trying to lose them
HIIT on a bike and press ups/pull-ups on a door frame. Depending on how determined you are tabata style workouts with bodyweight and some weights you can keep in the house alone can be pretty f***ing effective.
Never tried it, so can't comment. But I have had significant success with what I suggested though.
No doubt he's an expert but pretty much the opposite of what he says about exercise applies for me. Multi million pound industry, no doubt about it, but its a drop in the ocean compared with the multi billion pound diet and nutrition industry.
I heard somewhere that if you can reduce your normal intake by 500 calories a day you will lose 2 pounds per week. Of course its more complicated than that and involves lots of other factors but it outlines the size of the task of losing weight by dieting alone[DOUBLEPOST=1397234155][/DOUBLEPOST]
Christ
Personally my goal is to go in the OPPOSITE direction, and launch my metabolism through the roof so I can eat as a much as I f***ing want. 400 net calories per day is not even enough for a child, your BMR by this point has probably went into "famine mode" and you'll actually store fat rather than lose it. If not, congratulations on your razor abs.
I always find rather than 'calorie counting' finding inventive ways of increasing your BMR is the way to go.[DOUBLEPOST=1397235313][/DOUBLEPOST]I read a good thing about how Michael Phelps eats 10,000 calories a day, but how his combined BMR, and calories consumed through swimming for six hours a day would burn nowhere near that amount of calories per day.I heard somewhere that if you can reduce your normal intake by 500 calories a day you will lose 2 pounds per week. Of course its more complicated than that and involves lots of other factors but it outlines the size of the task of losing weight by dieting alone[DOUBLEPOST=1397234155][/DOUBLEPOST]
I would be carried out of the gym on a stretcher within 10 minutes
Personally my goal is to go in the OPPOSITE direction, and launch my metabolism through the roof so I can eat as a much as I f***ing want. 400 net calories per day is not even enough for a child, your BMR by this point has probably went into "famine mode" and you'll actually store fat rather than lose it. If not, congratulations on your razor abs.
Personally, I'm trying to eat more often, and do sprints (HIIT) and more plyometrics, banging heavy weights and 'explosive' lifts like cleans and snatches which should spike fat burning, on top of drinking around a gallon of water a day, coffee, green tea, using spices, cinnamon, grapefruits, fish oil, and higher protein intake to eradicate the fat naturally. So far so good.[DOUBLEPOST=1397235165][/DOUBLEPOST]
I always find rather than 'calorie counting' finding inventive ways of increasing your BMR is the way to go.[DOUBLEPOST=1397235313][/DOUBLEPOST]I read a good thing about how Michael Phelps eats 10,000 calories a day, but how his combined BMR, and calories consumed through swimming for six hours a day would burn nowhere near that amount of calories per day.
Counting calories isn't the answer.
Personally my goal is to go in the OPPOSITE direction, and launch my metabolism through the roof so I can eat as a much as I f***ing want. 400 net calories per day is not even enough for a child, your BMR by this point has probably went into "famine mode" and you'll actually store fat rather than lose it. If not, congratulations on your razor abs.
Personally, I'm trying to eat more often, and do sprints (HIIT) and more plyometrics, banging heavy weights and 'explosive' lifts like cleans and snatches which should spike fat burning, on top of drinking around a gallon of water a day, coffee, green tea, using spices, cinnamon, grapefruits, fish oil, and higher protein intake to eradicate the fat naturally. So far so good.[DOUBLEPOST=1397235165][/DOUBLEPOST]
I always find rather than 'calorie counting' finding inventive ways of increasing your BMR is the way to go.[DOUBLEPOST=1397235313][/DOUBLEPOST]I read a good thing about how Michael Phelps eats 10,000 calories a day, but how his combined BMR, and calories consumed through swimming for six hours a day would burn nowhere near that amount of calories per day.
Counting calories isn't the answer.
Yes, you'll probably just not have washboard which unless you are in some kind of profession/lifestyle where you're required to go shirtless a lot, it really isn't that big a deal. Most of the best physiques are just very muscly, physically imposing and wouldn't be classed as lean at all. Abs are largely pretty irrelevant unless you're on holiday/a total dick who only wears vests.
I was on about Phelps at the end. He eats 10,000 calories a day, but the vast majority of excess calories were used up through thermogenesis. In other words, they found his body was burning far more calories in the water for six hours a day just keeping his body temperature right.
