I'm hesitent to post my measurement cuz they are some what embarrassing...but I guess that might be the point of sharing them, and thoughts?
So last week I started the program and I was confused about the workout. So I did two workouts of all A and B together for stage one. Which was rough. Then this week I discovered my mistake and have done two workouts so far one A, and one B. They went well but I'm not super sore.
What I'm worried about is eating the calories designated for my body weight now, wouldn't it make more sense to eat for the body weight that is healthy for me?
I feel like I'm just getting heavier by the minute. Mostly I'm parinoid because I'm use to diets plans telling me to eat less! So eating this much and only working out 3 times is a little weird. But, I can get over that part.
I know he says in the books to wait it out for the first few weeks, I just need a litte encouragment
Encouragement... hang in there. You have to give the program a chance to show you how it works.
I'm totally with you on the diet paranoia. I've lost weight before using a severely calorie restricted diet - 900 calories a day. So eating more than double is almost counter-intuitive to those of us brainwashed by the "make yourself smaller & skinnier" movement.
Maybe re-read the part about restricted calorie diets in NROL4W? This made so much sense to me. I was able to maintain a restricted calorie diet for over 2 years, but then I started feeling horrible. My metabolism paid the price.
I'm hesitent to post my measurement cuz they are some what embarrassing...but I guess that might be the point of sharing them, and thoughts?
So last week I started the program and I was confused about the workout. So I did two workouts of all A and B together for stage one. Which was rough. Then this week I discovered my mistake and have done two workouts so far one A, and one B. They went well but I'm not super sore.
What I'm worried about is eating the calories designated for my body weight now, wouldn't it make more sense to eat for the body weight that is healthy for me?
I feel like I'm just getting heavier by the minute. Mostly I'm parinoid because I'm use to diets plans telling me to eat less! So eating this much and only working out 3 times is a little weird. But, I can get over that part.
I know he says in the books to wait it out for the first few weeks, I just need a litte encouragment
I totally understand what you mean, but the thing is you need those extra calories because of the intense lifting that you are doing. When I first started weight training, I was still restricting my calories, not on purpose but just by habit and I ended up having terrible headaches and no energy at all. Once I started eating the right amount of calories and carbs and protein around my training, I felt much better. As long as you are getting your calories from the right proportions of protein, carbs and fat you will be fine. Empty calories are the scary ones! Good luck!
I bought NROLFW last week, and I just finished reading it last night. I have been on a steady-workout pace for six months now, and lost 15 lbs. My goal is to look good in clothes and have lots of sexy muscle tone. I lift, run, swim and do pilates. The only thing I havent done was watch my diet. Im sure if I did care more about what I ate, I would have lost much more weight.
I am starting this program this Sunday, (since Monday is a holiday) and stick to it for the next six months. I know the diet part is gonna be hard, but I realize that Lou was right about making the right choices, in order to see our goals through.
I also want to thank you Lou, and Alwyn for finally telling the world how most "ab" exercises are a waste of pain! All my life I hated ab workouts, and now I can finally hate them and feel good about it! And FYI... I am making all my workout buddies read this part of your book.
Thanks to all of you out there on this forum, for your insight and advise. I look forward to chattting with you!
__________________ Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. - Truman Capote
I bought NROLFW last week, and I just finished reading it last night. I have been on a steady-workout pace for six months now, and lost 15 lbs. My goal is to look good in clothes and have lots of sexy muscle tone. I lift, run, swim and do pilates. The only thing I havent done was watch my diet. Im sure if I did care more about what I ate, I would have lost much more weight.
I am starting this program this Sunday, (since Monday is a holiday) and stick to it for the next six months. I know the diet part is gonna be hard, but I realize that Lou was right about making the right choices, in order to see our goals through.
I want to thank you Lou, and Alwyn for finally telling the world how most "ab" exercises are a waste of pain! All my life I hated ab workouts, and now I can finally hate them and feel good about it! And FYI... I am making all my workout buddies read this part of your book.
AND.. Thanks to all of you out there on this forum, for your insight and advise. I look forward to chattting with you!
__________________ Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. - Truman Capote
Welcome! This is the place to be if you're following NROLFW! I've been going back through the pages of this forum and gaining so much knowledge and finding old posts which are completely relevant to me now. I read this post yesterday and I thought it contained some great advice about diet and increasing calories.
Im sure if I did care more about what I ate, I would have lost much more weight.
This is me!!! I'm spending time this weekend sorting my diet out. I'm about to do Workout B6 of Stage One and I'm so annoyed I haven't got a hold on this yet. But I think the key really is to increase calories (go with what the book says basically!).
Sounds like you and are going to get through this program together!
I did my first workout Sunday,(workout A) and I did (workout B) today. I got all the food I'm going to need for the next two weeks. Since I'm in love with eating, and I work two jobs, sticking to a special diet is not easy. So, I spent most of the weekend cooking and packing all my meals for the week. Breakfasts, snacks, lunches and dinners all sorted out in containers and bags with the days of the week written on them. It was a workout in itself doing all this, but it saved me from cooking late at night, or having to get up earlier just to prepare my food. (Which knowing myself, I would choose the easy way out and grab something fast and fatening instead).
The recipes in this book are actually pretty good! I was impressed. I think this is going to be alot easier than I thought.
One good tip for you...
I went online and printed a calendar for the month of June. In the boxes for each day, I wrote in the workout (A or B), and I also wrote in the food I planned for that day. This made it so much easier for me to cook the meals and pack everything.
Im hoping the both of us will drop 10 lbs (22 kgs) of nasty fat by the end of the six weeks.
Sticktothebook! Sticktothebook! Sticktothebook!
__________________ Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. - Truman Capote
Sounds like you and are going to get through this program together!
Yeah! And all the other people new to NROLFW that I've seen posting recently!!
Good for you on all that food preparation. Despite it being a holiday weekend I didn't get round to going food shopping as planned but I did a little thinking about what to eat, especially for lunches (I'm vegetarian so it's a little harder). So I planned and brought in all my food for today and I just typed it into Daily Plate and it hits everything almost exactly (cals and ratios)! I'm amazed!
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I went online and printed a calendar for the month of June.
Well, I have a diary and write which workouts are on which days but I pretty much always go Wed, Fri and Sun. Food-wise, I was thinking of writing meal plans for the week (or at least a few days ahead).
Stage One, Workout A7 tonight - getting near the end! Looking forward to lower reps, higher weights.
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