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I am a 25 year old male, approx 170 lbs, 6’2.5″
Diet:
I am eating approx 2, 000 calories per day. My diet consists of food high in protein, low in fat, low in carbs except fiber, and almost zero sugar (common foods are salmon, tuna, skinless chicken breast, raw green leafy vegetables, ~1 slice of whole grain bread per day – these are my most common foods, but I also eat other random food sometimes). I also try to eat small portions spread out over the day, eating approx 6 small meals per day.
Weight lifting:
I do mostly everything, including quadricep and hamstring extension, calf raises, incline and decline bench, curl, and pulling the curl bar from waist straight up to chest .
I began lifting and my healthier diet approx. 2 months ago and have notice a significant decrease in body fat. I went from ~180 to 165 currently and am able to add weight when lifting. I am very happy with the results so far, but is the amount of weight loss okay?
January 9th, 2010 at 2:37 am
your height is a factor. it makes you lanky and you can stand to add more fat and carbs and not just all protein.
you should not eat salmon and tuna more than a few times a week from mercury poisoning.
To gain more weight in muscle you need to cut down all the excercises and do the large muscles, squat/ back/ chest. low reps with more weight. It sounds like you are doing too much reps per muscle size and it is acting as cardio almost.