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So my weight around Dec 28 floated between 254 and 257. The last few days I've floated between 244 and 246. That's approximately 10-13 lbs in just over 3 weeks. You bros think that's an ok rate?
I'm not zealously counting calories, but I've had more than a few days where I know I barely got 1500 calories (I use MyFitnessPal). When I'm hungry, I eat. I aim for two whey shakes a day (AM and post-workout) and three meals with snacks as needed. I'm not sure what the threshold is, but I've read that if your body thinks its starving it starts pumping out cortisol and holds onto stored body fat. Do you think I should be worried about making sure my caloric deficit isn't too great?
As far as activity for the last 4 weeks I've been doing 2 days of Upper Body HIIT (super set of pushups [40], pull up[10 reps with 40 lbs counterweight], planks + obliques[75 seconds each], butterfly kicks[40], inverted rows [6-10]), 2 days of stationary bike sprints (8 sets of 15-20 seconds of max effort with max resistance), and 1 day of Upper Body HIIT that includes body weight squats. I do that on the following schedule (I've completely stopped lifting free weights):
Day 1: Upper Body HIIT
Day 2: Bike Sprints
Day 3: Upper Body HIIT
Day 4: Bike Sprints
Day 5: Rest
Day 6: Whole Body HIIT
Day 7: Rest
Basically I'm just looking for a co-sign that I'm not fucking myself out of the fastest fat loss possible. I know no matter what it's going to be several months before I'm down to a reasonably healthy weight, but if you think there's something more I can do to speed that up, I'm all ears.
I'm not zealously counting calories, but I've had more than a few days where I know I barely got 1500 calories (I use MyFitnessPal). When I'm hungry, I eat. I aim for two whey shakes a day (AM and post-workout) and three meals with snacks as needed. I'm not sure what the threshold is, but I've read that if your body thinks its starving it starts pumping out cortisol and holds onto stored body fat. Do you think I should be worried about making sure my caloric deficit isn't too great?
As far as activity for the last 4 weeks I've been doing 2 days of Upper Body HIIT (super set of pushups [40], pull up[10 reps with 40 lbs counterweight], planks + obliques[75 seconds each], butterfly kicks[40], inverted rows [6-10]), 2 days of stationary bike sprints (8 sets of 15-20 seconds of max effort with max resistance), and 1 day of Upper Body HIIT that includes body weight squats. I do that on the following schedule (I've completely stopped lifting free weights):
Day 1: Upper Body HIIT
Day 2: Bike Sprints
Day 3: Upper Body HIIT
Day 4: Bike Sprints
Day 5: Rest
Day 6: Whole Body HIIT
Day 7: Rest
Basically I'm just looking for a co-sign that I'm not fucking myself out of the fastest fat loss possible. I know no matter what it's going to be several months before I'm down to a reasonably healthy weight, but if you think there's something more I can do to speed that up, I'm all ears.