phillyb
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I have been hiding in these forumns for awhile now and decided to finally make a legitimate post after I became more comfortable. I used to weigh 300 pounds back in 2004, and over the course of a year or so dropped 70 of those pounds and stayed at 230 for about another year. Then about 2 months ago I decided I wanted to change my life again, and picked up weightlifting and dieting. I found this site and have been reading it several times everyday, and have even made it my homepage. I read as much as I could about cutting, and cutting diets and proper nutrition and exercise. Since I found this site 2 months ago, I have lost about 38 more pounds and am down to 192 or so. I am 6'2" and I lift for about an hour a day 7x a week, and do cardio 30 mins a day 7x a week. I take in about 2000 calories a day in a roughly 60p/20c/20f split. I try not to eat alot of carbs because they make me feel sick and bloated even though I know that you need them for energy and to rebuild muscle.
I have been using fitday.com like so many of the people on this site have suggested and it really is a great tool. But I seem to be getting kind of worn out on my diet now, not the whole dieting and working out part, because I love doing that, but the amount of calories and the breakdown of them I take in everyday. According to fitday.com on average I take in 2000 calories a day, and my expenditures are just shy of 5000. Which means thats a 3,000 calorie deficit everyday am I right? That doesnt make sense to me, and I measure everything I eat, I weigh it all out and I calculate everything I put into anything. ( I'm a perfectionist at heart ) My goals 2 months ago were to lose weight, and I have accomplished that, but I guess what my question really is, is can I increase my caloric intake, or even change the breakdown to something like 40/20/20 and keep getting the results I have been?
I have been using fitday.com like so many of the people on this site have suggested and it really is a great tool. But I seem to be getting kind of worn out on my diet now, not the whole dieting and working out part, because I love doing that, but the amount of calories and the breakdown of them I take in everyday. According to fitday.com on average I take in 2000 calories a day, and my expenditures are just shy of 5000. Which means thats a 3,000 calorie deficit everyday am I right? That doesnt make sense to me, and I measure everything I eat, I weigh it all out and I calculate everything I put into anything. ( I'm a perfectionist at heart ) My goals 2 months ago were to lose weight, and I have accomplished that, but I guess what my question really is, is can I increase my caloric intake, or even change the breakdown to something like 40/20/20 and keep getting the results I have been?