Dieting

Hey thanks for the advice guys! So far I have quit smoking!!!! I do still drink a bit but I think the smoking was really holding me back from getting my diet & gameplan into action!

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Originally Posted by DannN

Sup everyone, I am pretty new to these forums but as soon as I saw the MMA section here I just had to pop some questions. MMA is a great passion of mine, I do not take any classes (yet) but I have been following MMA for about 4 years now. I am 19 years old and recently being out of school has put into a bit of a lul as far as health goes.

I have always been the average weight, tall kid. I'm currently at about 175 lbs 6,2. Definately NO 6-pack showing! My question to anyone that wants to help me get back on track, what should I eat?

I have been wanting to get into good shape since the day I realized I wasn't fit anymore. I am by no means fat or overweight but I want to get ripped. My body is strong but my muscles are not cut, if that makes any sense.

So I am looking for someone to tell me what to eat, literally. I need a plan for what to eat pretty much everyday. If someone can tell me what will help lose the fat and build muscle I will stick to it religiously. Also if anyone has a good workout routine that would be good too. I have some freeweights here at home (not much weight, maybe 150 lbs at most) and a treadmill and stationary bike.

I know that I just wrote a damn novel and am asking for alot but if anyone has any advice let me know!

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Congrats on choosing to get back into fitness! I am a certified PT and would be willing to help you out a bit.
first off, post your current diet. I would like to see what a normal day of eating looks like, diet is a huge part of the game and hitting the weights without proper nutrition is setting yourself up for failure. And there is ALOT of "broscience" around on the net and in mags so its sometimes tough to filter.

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Originally Posted by Flatheadhunter33

If you guys dont mind, I'll throw in my 2 cents...one of the guys in my BJJ class is a personal trainer and nutrition store owner. I asked him pretty much the same question one night and he told me to simply watch my carb intake...what I try to do is cut down my carbs after lunch time...for dinner I try to go with protien mostly... just meat. It gets hard to do sometimes but the thing is, I found that I dont have to limit carbs all the time. Just let the body get a little depleted (I stopped eating carbs for a full week)...not the easiest thing to do!! But once that week was over, I moderated all intake. In recent months, I have gotten down from 186 to 164. I did it slowly...and I even ate cookies and cake every once in while and I still love beer!!! I know that very few guys want to get that low in weight but I want to compete at the lighter weight because I got tired of big guys laying on me and smothering me!!:O I even once had a guy in class tap me out from laying his belly and chest on my face:puke2:...disgusting!! Last time Iever tried to pull guard with that dude!!

Anyhow, stopping the carbs the first week seemed to kick my metabolism into gear...even when I miss a work out, I still lose a bit of weight because I also watch my calories as well. I hope this helps!

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If low carbs is working for you then I hope you stick with it. that being said, you can still drop weight even with keeping carbs in your diet. Its overall calories that determine weight loss not just carbs. Carbs are important to and athlete because they provide energy and most low CHO diets have you re-feed 1x a week to so you dont get flat and "fire up your metabolism" and increase leptin levels. plus long derations of low calories can effect thyroid function.

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Originally Posted by djansen

Congrats on choosing to get back into fitness! I am a certified PT and would be willing to help you out a bit.
first off, post your current diet. I would like to see what a normal day of eating looks like, diet is a huge part of the game and hitting the weights without proper nutrition is setting yourself up for failure. And there is ALOT of "broscience" around on the net and in mags so its sometimes tough to filter.

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You need to post in here more then :gj: Not just this post either :D

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Originally Posted by Boanerges

You need to post in here more then :gj: Not just this post either :D

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Haha thanks, one thing I noticed even getting certified is the amount of false info people just hear from some big dude and take it as the gospel.
I will post some articles and studdies to hopefully help some bros out :D

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Originally Posted by djansen

Haha thanks, one thing I noticed even getting certified is the amount of false info people just hear from some big dude and take it as the gospel.
I will post some articles and studdies to hopefully help some bros out :D

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Looking forward to it :gj: :gj:

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Originally Posted by djansen

Haha thanks, one thing I noticed even getting certified is the amount of false info people just hear from some big dude and take it as the gospel.
I will post some articles and studdies to hopefully help some bros out :D

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Don't forget about the women! There are alot of gullible women out there!

My friend (who used to be in shape before she had to go through some experimental drugs to carry a child) is one of these women. She was trained 3-4 years ago by this guy who owns the well known muscle shop in town, and she now worships the ground he walks on. I lost all my weight (35 lbs so far) just by working out and not eating like crap. Now she's on the wagon again, trying to do his diet he had her on before, and hasn't lost more than 10 lbs in almost 4 months! Granted, she's 41 and I'm 21, so our bodies are a little different. Also my diet is ALOT better than hers.

One thing people to remember is not one diet is going to be the magic trick for everyone. Everyone is different. I'm a firm believer it's all about the calorie in-take though!

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Originally Posted by Elise.m

Don't forget about the women! There are alot of gullible women out there!

My friend (who used to be in shape before she had to go through some experimental drugs to carry a child) is one of these women. She was trained 3-4 years ago by this guy who owns the well known muscle shop in town, and she now worships the ground he walks on. I lost all my weight (35 lbs so far) just by working out and not eating like crap. Now she's on the wagon again, trying to do his diet he had her on before, and hasn't lost more than 10 lbs in almost 4 months! Granted, she's 41 and I'm 21, so our bodies are a little different. Also my diet is ALOT better than hers.

One thing people to remember is not one diet is going to be the magic trick for everyone. Everyone is different. I'm a firm believer it's all about the calorie in-take though!

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Thank you for posting!!! I think your only the third girl to post in my sub-forum. This is possibly the third girl post to - lol

Lol. I love talking about working out and stuff. I'm always open to new suggestions on work out tips and diets.

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Originally Posted by Elise.m

Lol. I love talking about working out and stuff. I'm always open to new suggestions on work out tips and diets.

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what are you doing currently?