[Relentless]

I don't drink, or even stay in rooms with people smoking, i train MMA from 7:30 to 9:30 5 days a week and go to the gym 6 days a week, at the gym i have a muscular edurance set up work out, and end it with 2 miles in twelve minutes on the tredmill and 2 miles in 20 minutes on the eliptical and usually go swimming after

[RearNakedNick]

^^ Good going. I thought I was fit!

[Relentless]

i feel miserable if i don't do that at least 5 days a week, my body just feels like shit if i let myself slip at all

[RearNakedNick]

I am a 5 or 6 day a week man myself. Every week pretty much.

[Relentless]

the longest i've ever taken off by choice was probably 4 days

[jarwillie]

A diet is not a fad to lose weight. A diet is your intake of everyday foods. So a diet could be Wendys cheeserburgers everyday. So changing your diet is changing the way you eat for the rest of your life or what have you.

Men:
66 + (6.3 x weight in pounds) + (12.9 x height in inches) - (6.8 x age in years)

Step two: In order to incorporate activity into your daily caloric needs, do the following calculation:

* If you are sedentary : BMR x 20 percent

* If you are lightly active: BMR x 30 percent

* If you are moderately active (You exercise most days a week.): BMR x 40 percent

* If you are very active (You exercise intensely on a daily basis or for prolonged periods.): BMR x 50 percent

* If you are extra active (You do hard labor or are in athletic training.): BMR x 60 percent

Add this number to your BMR.

This helps out a lot

[jarwillie]

Originally Posted by RearNakedNick Eat 1 gram of protein for every 1 pound of bodyweight is the way to go. Then you wont really lose muscle when you're burning off all the calories. Forgot to add that!

even if you just intake half of your body weight you will be fine. I don't think a lets say a 200lbs man needs to intake 200 grams of protien perday.

25-30% of your calorie intake should be protein. The nutrition facts say you only need 48 grams. But I am guessing all of us here workout so that is a little low.
even .36 grams per pound is efficient IMO

All depends if you are trying to lose fat or bulk up.

[RearNakedNick]

Originally Posted by jarwillie even if you just intake half of your body weight you will be fine. I don't think a lets say a 200lbs man needs to intake 200 grams of protien perday. 25-30% of your calorie intake should be protein. The nutrition facts say you only need 48 grams. But I am guessing all of us here workout so that is a little low. even .36 grams per pound is efficient IMO All depends if you are trying to lose fat or bulk up.

I was talking about when you're trying to lose fat. If you eat less than 1g of protein per LB of bodyweight you will also burn muscle when doing a lot of cardio. That was supposed to be linked in with what I had just posted before.

[jarwillie]

Originally Posted by RearNakedNick I was talking about when you're trying to lose fat. If you eat less than 1g of protein per LB of bodyweight you will also burn muscle when doing a lot of cardio. That was supposed to be linked in with what I had just posted before.

I guess I have never heard of muscle being burnt if you take less than 1 gram of protein. It has always been the margin I mentioned.

[GlovesOff]

Originally Posted by RearNakedNick I was talking about when you're trying to lose fat. If you eat less than 1g of protein per LB of bodyweight you will also burn muscle when doing a lot of cardio. That was supposed to be linked in with what I had just posted before.

i think the amount of calories you're consuming and your insulin levels also has a lot to do with how much muscle versus fat you burn. that's why i prefer to increase my activity rather than my calories to lose weight.

it might have been mentioned already, but any weight loss beyond 2 pounds a week is muscle and water. it's physically impossible (without drugs) to lose more than 1 1/2 - 2 pounds of fat per week.