Customizing nutriton progarms
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I recently purchased a book by Dr. Susan Kleiner (Power Food Nutrition
Plan), which contains quite a few nutrition approaches for packing on
muscle, losing weight, etc. Unfortunately for me, I feel bad that all
these programs are for a 185 pound individual and I happen to be a 160
pounder. This pretty much seems to be the case for nutrition programs
given in magazines such as M&F, etc.
I don't think that this is a new problem and am sure that somone's
already faced it and found a solution to it. Please share your views
and experiences with me in customizing nutrition programs from
magazines. Also, is there a standard source/web site from where I can
get calorie informion for most of the fitness foods used? Any
suggestions to articles, etc. which deal with this will be of great
help.
Am currently following the Abs Diet and while am happy with it, am
bored and would like to check out other programs.
Please help.
Vimal
Steve Freides
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Post some statistics about yourself besides your weight such as height,
age, lifting and/or other athletic background, medical conditions,
exercise restrictions, current bodyfat percentage, and the like. It
helps us to give more appropriate suggestions.
That said, there is no such thing as a "fitness food." Eat food that
has been processed as little as possible and you'll do OK. Google
"meat, leaves and berries" and you'll find this:
http://www.dolfzine.com/page660.htm
which is a simple, no-nonsense approach to eating.
Vimal
Thanks for the reply. Below are my stats:
Height : 5.8"
Weight: 165
Fat %: 20.8% (aiming for 17%)
Age: 30
Basal Metabolic Rate: 1804 Cal
I've been lifting weights for an year now (though have taken a break
since the past couple of months and would like to get serious again).
I try to supplement with fish oil (2 to3 a day) and multi vitamins
everyday.
My weight is usually in the ballpark of 160lbs though for the past 2
months I've just been careless. While my problem is not with weight,
I'd like to get rid of the love handles.
Curt
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> <snip> While my problem is not with weight,
> I'd like to get rid of the love handles.
If you'd like to get rid of the love handles then weight is indeed the
problem. The love handles are fat and that fat is weight you want to
lose.
The appearance of your waistline is also determined, at least in part,
by your bone structure, but regardless of anything else you're going to
have to reduce your bodyfat percentage in order to lose those love
handles.
Lots of diets out there. One I cheerlead is a click away:
http://theabsdiet.com/
Best of luck.
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Curt
Steve Freides
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The love handles, at 20% bf, will likely only leave if you lose some
bodyfat. Unfortunately, diet where you likely need to focus most of
your attention. Personally, I have had the most success training like a
powerlifter, not like the typical gym bunny, with the bulk of my own
training usually consisting of heavy presses plus deadlifts or squats.
As we've been discussing in another thread, one-armed overhead lifting
will give your sides all the work they'll need. I highly recommend
competing at powerlifting or another individual sport that forces you to
"stand and deliver" - nothing focuses your training quite like having to
perform at a competition.
Just my opinions - best of luck to you. More about me and my training
via my web site below if you're interested.
Curt
Bah!
Regardless, subtract the one URL and you've got some good schtufff,
imnsho.
AND The Abs Diet can *still* help the OP as Zinczenko and Spiker have
_The Abs Diet Get Fit, Stay Fit Plan_ on their bookshelf as well as the
classic _TAD_ and its companion _Eat Right Every Time Guide_.
"Tens of thousands of Americans have changed their bodies and their
lives with the help of The Abs Diet, the New York Times bestseller from
David Zinczenko, editor-in-chief of Mens Health magazine. Now, to meet
the demand for more information about exercise, Zinczenko and coauthor
Ted Spiker present readers with dozens of workouts and hundreds of
exercises that they can do any time and any place for fabulous
body-altering results." From:
http://www.amazon.com/Abs-Diet-Get-Stay-Plan/dp/1594864098
Thank you, Shute, for pointing out my oversight. I trust this addendum
satisfies.
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Curt
Steve Freides
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> On Sun, 24 Dec 2006 23:14:00 -0500, "Steve Freides"
> <st...@fridayscomputer.com> wrote:
>
>>The love handles, at 20% bf, will likely only leave if you lose some
>>bodyfat. Unfortunately, diet where you likely need to focus most of
>>your attention. Personally, I have had the most success training like
>>a
>>powerlifter, not like the typical gym bunny, with the bulk of my own
>>training usually consisting of heavy presses plus deadlifts or squats.
>>As we've been discussing in another thread, one-armed overhead lifting
>>will give your sides all the work they'll need. I highly recommend
>>competing at powerlifting or another individual sport that forces you
>>to
>>"stand and deliver" - nothing focuses your training quite like having
>>to
>>perform at a competition.
>
> say powerlifters are fat. I was planning to switch to a powerlifting
> program by spring and was a little worried about that.
As we all know, my training isn't quite like everyone else's, but what I
do works well for me, and that includes heavy pressing daily plus a
fairly regular diet of some sort of squat or deadlift. Perhaps the
strength/endurance work I do with kettlebells helps - I'm pretty
confident it does.
Regardless, what "people say" can be right, wrong, or anywhere in
between. Powerlifters, in my experience, are significantly more
muscular than the average person, and most are also less fat than
average but not by a lot. The net result is that they're not skinny but
they're bigger than average, and people misinterpret that combination as
"they're fat," which is wrong. See also the regular conversations
around here about how BMI doesn't work for powerlifters.
And then there's me, the exception that proves the rule but that's
basically because I focus on the deadlift while the squat and the bench
press are the two powerlifts most conducive to getting bigger, at least
in ways that people seem to care about. Most of the muscle I've added
in the last five years, so far as I can tell, is in my lats and glutes,
not the things people tend to notice.
Last but not least, to "maintain weight," get on the scale daily and
adjust your eating accordingly. My body composition has changed about
3 percentage points in favor of more muscle and less fat since I started
lifting, but my weight is the same because I want it to be and because I
mind what I eat.
Just my opinions based on my own experiences; your mileage may vary.
Curt
[...]
> My body composition has changed about 3 percentage
> points in favor of more muscle and less fat since I started
> lifting, but my weight is the same because I want it to be
> and because I mind what I eat.
(looks at Subject line)
heh :o)
I love typos. And nutriton progarms tickles muchly.
Anyway, "HEY, STEVE, HAVE YOU EVER TRIED TO GAIN MUSCULAR SIZE IN YOUR
ARMS AND CHEST OR ARE YOU SAYING 'BECAUSE I WANT IT TO BE AND BECAUSE I
MIND WHAT I EAT' WITHOUT BENEFIT OF KNOWING WHETHER OR NOT YOU COULD
ACTUALLY BALLOON UP IN SIZE EVEN IF YOU WANTED TO???!!!!" he screamed
into Freides' kill file.
Yeah, anyway.
> -S-
> http://www.kbnj.com
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Curt
The Old Pete
> You don't find power lifting harder to maintain weight? People always
> say powerlifters are fat. I was planning to switch to a powerlifting
> program by spring and was a little worried about that.
Dont worry.
Lifting heavy weights doesnt make you fat.
Other factors do.
--
Pete, the ONE who is actually VERY close to being NEW & IMPROVED !!!
"Take your own advice: killfile. I took your advice on that subject BTW.
Your turn dude" -- Will Brink