6 months to get to fighting shape

[Medulla Omoplata]

Roy Nelson

 

[DoCtOrWhO]

Is 2500-3000 with one bad meal a night excessive? Depends on your natural size, but probably “yes, very much excessive.”

I’m 6’1” 200. When I’m in great shape I’m 185. When I want to lose weight, I eat about 1800 calories a day and workout medium intensity for an hour a day at least 5 days a week. That loses me only about 1-2lbs a week. That said, I’m 36 and my metabolism is extremely slow now. At 25, I’d probably be dropping 5lbs in a little over a week.

Oh and I’d allow myself one bad meal a week on Friday nights (almost always Pizza). And my best results always included cutting back significantly on alcohol. At night when I got painful food cravings I ate fruit which was not at all satisfying, but usually sufficient.

My fight weight is 185 @ 6'0. So same as you.

My job is physically demanding so the bad meal usually happens then so I can get quick calories.

I really let myself go because i was fucking this pothead girl and she always had snacks and stuff so i would gorge.

I'll check back in a week or two and see how IF works. That actually fits my work and training schedule since it i stop at 9pm that's my last meal (post training).

 

[Agent Mulder's Hair]

Plenty of time to do it.

But, u are starting out too hard. You're starting at like a 7 or 8, and u need to start out more at 4 or 5, and build up. As it is, you're likely to burn out and blow your wad, and eventually start slacking off. Lighten your load and then build up over the months.

I say this as somebody with the same problem of wanting to jump back into workout routines at full bore, and that's not the best way.

 

[cmw43]

Have you already been doing this much activity every week and gained 30lbs from bad diet? Or are you planning on upping your exercise rate to this much?

I cleaned up my diet and went Keto didn't really change my workouts, 2 cardio and 2 weight sessions a week and went from 175lbs on the left to 155lbs on the right in just over 3 months.