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Originally Posted by Boom8727
I just watch what I eat. I don't have a scale and I don't measure, I eyeball, so I really could way off mark. I realize that I am heavy, but am very hesitant to eat 2400 cals and upward. I have been looking around at the TNT diet, and am going to try and check the book out this evening. I have increased my protein, but still go for about 40 carbs/ 30 protein/ 30 fat. Its hard for me to decided whether I need to increase calories or decrease.
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If you're tracking everything you eat on daily plate, how do you know how much to input if you're estimating?
You might be accidentally sabotaging yourself through diet. You'd be surprised - sometimes switching from fruit juice to plain water will make the difference between weight loss and gain. There's a surprising number of calories in a glass of OJ.
You could look at your food diary to see if anything like that could be sneaking up on you. Baked goods, especially ones with refined sugar or flour in them can really sabotage weight loss. Little things like switching to water, having a baked potato instead of a dinner roll, having whole grain rice cereal instead of a bagel in the morning can make a big difference.
I do think the workout affects your fat-shedding goals. To me it's intuitive - lifting 35 lbs is going to take more effort than lifting 30 lbs. I increase weight as soon as I can do all the reps as Rx'd without grunting like a gorrilla at the end. (This is why I workout at home.)
The long rest period is there for a reason - if you don't need it you probably aren't lifting heavy enough to get the full benefit of the program. Tweaks to your diet and tweaks to your workout can add up to a deficit.
It's like the "latte factor" when saving for retirement - $2 a day in the bank can add up to a huge retirement fund down the road.