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I'm in frustration mode folks. I'm in danger of being paralyzed by information overload. I've read tons of threads, articles, and books but seem to be paralyzed by too much information. I don't know what diet to follow, what workout to follow, or how to stay organized or motivated to stick with it in times of weakness. Does anyone have any words of wisdom or direction that might be able to help me? I think I have fitness ADD.
Any experiences or success tips would be greatly, greatly appreciated.
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In my opinion, diet isn't that hard. Figure out the daily calorie intake you need for your activity levels (mybodycomp.com has a good one), and then plan your diet around healthy foods: lean meat, fish, chicken, eggs, egg whites, vegetables and more vegetables, fruits, nuts/seeds, legumes, whole grains, low fat dairy. Limit junk foods as much as possible - try to get your calories from foods that provide a lot of nutritive punch. Make sure you get your essential fatty acids - usually Omega-3 fats are the ones lacking in diets, and you can get these from fatty fish like salmon and grinding flax seeds and adding that to other foods, such as oatmeal.
There are plenty of pre-planned workout programs available. Just pick one and stick with it -- see it through all the way to the end without quitting. Make it a habit to get your workouts in. Homegrown Muscle, Book of Muscle, anything by Ian King -- all of these are good... and there are many others. Just choose one and do it, like OldGuy said!
when in doubt do less. if you feel like you're overworked (after you've gotten past the initial soreness of training) then you almost certainly are and have been pushing too hard for likely a week or more.
How I initially did it was similiar to what Bama was talking about. Calories out have to be greater than calories in. Try to do that with the healthiest mix of foods you see. once you firmly plant that habit then you can begin to get more technical about the diets, meal timing, glycemic index etc.
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You could be suffering from info overload. It's rough trying to change your diet and fitness habits all at once. I tried it and couldn't pull it off. Instead I worked to tune my fitness skills while being careful about what I ate. Once I had the fitness thing down then I focused on diet.
I train around how i feel. At the moment doing HST which is a full body routine. I also have a heavy weight program that i sometimes switch to but can't do that for too long.
I'm now using adams diet now but keeping a log of what i eat and when. Helps heaps.
cardio at the moment is what i'm putting off. Read that its not good to do HIIT at night because your setting yourself up for a catabolic night, but i can't seem to drag myself out of bed to do it in the morning. I should just do it i know.
It's easy to become overloaded with so much information. Almost to the point where you think, why should I try?..this is all so confusing. Try not to get too frustrated. You will always find conflicting information, so it's a bit of trying something, seeing if it works...if not, make a few changes, try it out, make more changes, etc. Every person is different so what works for one, may not work for you. But at least start with a good base and go from there. BamaDave had good suggestions on starting with the diet.
I also agree with Bama on the workout. Pick a program and stick with it. As you do the program, you will begin to see what types of things work for you and what don't. Then you can make changes after that "learning phase" for your next program.
What are your current goals?
Tips on staying organized and motivated...start a training log on here [img]smile.gif[/img] You can keep track of your workouts, your progress, and get some help along the way from others here.
Originally posted by TrainingGirl:
What are your current goals?
I want to drop from 210 to 180. I'd like to get my BF% down into the mid to lower teens. I'm probably in the upper 20's at this point.
Currently I'm eating a higher protein diet and lower carb during the week and then "cheating" a little on the weekends. This is probably what is killing my weight loss.
I lift and do moderate cardio but when I do workout it's a very unorganized workout. I just kind of do whatever lifts I think of at the time. There's no rhyme or reason to what I'm doing so of course I don't do the same workout each time.
I think part of my problem is that I hate the thought of keeping logs or writing things down but I'm seeing a pattern of people that are successful and most of these people keep logs. I just wish I could pay a trainer to do that for me. Hahahahahha............
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Pitbull, I did log my food when I was undergoing my major weightloss. I don't do it anymore, but I do keep a mental tab of how much I have eaten so I don't go too far over or under what I need in a day. In my opinion, once you log your food intake for awhile, you will learn how to guesstimate how much you should be eating pretty well and can forego the logging. Logging helps you learn about portion sizes and the calorie levels of the foods you are eating.
Originally posted by JoshDunn: I'm in the same boat pitbull.
I train around how i feel. At the moment doing HST which is a full body routine. I also have a heavy weight program that i sometimes switch to but can't do that for too long.
I'm now using adams diet now but keeping a log of what i eat and when. Helps heaps.
cardio at the moment is what i'm putting off. Read that its not good to do HIIT at night because your setting yourself up for a catabolic night, but i can't seem to drag myself out of bed to do it in the morning. I should just do it i know.
JOSH
Josh, out of curiousity why are you doing a hypertrophy based workout pared with a diet to lose weight? The whole idea Behind HST (hypertrophy specific training) is muscle gain. I have read in the past that Brian admits its not great for strength gains and I really found that to be true for myself and many others. Adam's diet works great for fat loss but even Adam has admitted that there are better alternatives if a person is looking to gain weight.
Just curious what the motives are.
Sorry for the slight hijack Pitbull.
Danny
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