Cut Diet and getting Abs showing
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3J
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Great cardio session today on the stairmaster only to completely blow it with my dinner
ordered a grilled filet mignon and when the fucker came it was about 20oz with a lump of garlic butter, couldn't control myself, man it was good but felt like shit afterwards.
find your triggers and learn to control them..
learn from your mistakes and dont make a big deal out of it
Thanks for being the voice of reason, I think i would have been ok if it wasnt for that fucking butter. It was so good i couldnt stop eating it haha. oh well gotta go harder now.
I think it will but my goal is to get lean. The only way to do that is up the cardio especially if you have butter on your steak
Which brings me to a question......
Tomorrow I am going to dinner with the family and friends, about the healthiest meal i can get there is a salad (a complete waste imo) or pasta with red tomato sauce (very thick and im guessing pretty high in fat) everything else is pretty much fried or like meatballs and stuff. Since i expect to eat probably the pasta should i skip one of my main meals to try and keep my calories in line? I know my fat intake is going to be higher than i really want (probably 50g or higher at this one meal) so i will try and eat two other meals of very lean proteins. How do you normally handle a diet where you know your going to screw up a single meal? adjust everything else during the day? or just do it and get back on track right afterwards?
3j now that the weather is starting to turn for the better up here in the northeast I am thinking about starting to do some cycling again. Is this ok as a replacement to my cardio? Can i do too much cardio? On the days I ride to work it would be 10 miles in each direction. A lot of up and down hill. So im guessing 35-40 minutes in each direction.
Is this too much to do 5x a week? or is more better in this case?
Is this too much to do 5x a week? or is more better in this case?
3J
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as long as you eat carbs before and after, and keep your protien intake up.. thats great cardio.. just eat.. dont skip meals.. shift your carbs to make sure your having good carbs pre and post both ways..
ok so do away with the morning Cardio empty stomach in this particular case?
Or is it ok to go out on empty stomach, eat post then on the return eat pre and post?
3J
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if u ride your bike empty stomach that'll be nutz... well.. what intensity do u ride your bike? does your hr get up there??
cuz if you hr stays around 130-135bpm, i'd say do it empty stomach... if it goes higher.. i'd say it bfast before hand
It takes an awful lot for me to get up to 130bpm. Im gonna give it a shot the first few days and see how it goes.
Thanks
Alright 3J my body is trying to tell me something but not sure what its telling me. Im down to a 31 waist from 32 and my weight is pretty steady at 183-4. so i lost an inch but kept my weight the same (which is my goal btw)
Been doing 6x a week cardio almost always in the morning but yesterday the morning didnt work for me so i went and did cardio pwo. It was after meal5 (My dinner) so pwo i had a casien shake, a tbls of almond butter and a few slices of roast beef. Im guessing the roast beef was 1 or 2 ounces.
I was absolutely spent this morning, was a battle getting out of bed. I made it to the gym and got my morning cardio on empty stomach in but had hunger pangs the entire morning and my midsection just doesnt appear as sharp (even though im trimming my midsection).
Think i need a refeed? havent really had one in a few weeks but not sure i need one either.
Been doing 6x a week cardio almost always in the morning but yesterday the morning didnt work for me so i went and did cardio pwo. It was after meal5 (My dinner) so pwo i had a casien shake, a tbls of almond butter and a few slices of roast beef. Im guessing the roast beef was 1 or 2 ounces.
I was absolutely spent this morning, was a battle getting out of bed. I made it to the gym and got my morning cardio on empty stomach in but had hunger pangs the entire morning and my midsection just doesnt appear as sharp (even though im trimming my midsection).
Think i need a refeed? havent really had one in a few weeks but not sure i need one either.
3J
Super Moderator
when you put your body through a workout like that.. u need carbs after the fact.. u didn't have carbs.. ur body was more depleated then usual.. and u felt like shit the next day.. that's possibility number one
number two.. u might need both a refeed and a break.... how long straight have u been working out for without any typa break? im talking a break more then 4 days in a row
My breaks are 2 days. I cant take a week cause with me a week turns into two. I wish i could sit here and tell you i have enough willpower that i could take a week off easy but i just cant do it. I could probably do a light week. Some people call it deloading i just call it going easy for a week. Like drop all my weights in half and do the same routine.
BTW: Ive missed 13 days in the last 12 months all sporadically. ie Traveling and such....
If I were to take a week off could i still do the cardio? as long as i go to the gym i know ill be fine. Its when i stay away for a few days i completely lose motivation.
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