Question About Losing Weight?

[Perfect Plex]

Say I were to eat what I wanted but stayed under 2500 calroies a day and trained hard every day, would I lose weight and still get ripped?

[Danny Gunz]

Depends...

What do you eat now?
What nutritional requirements would you be making?
Define 'working hard'?

[Perfect Plex]

Depends...

What do you eat now?
What nutritional requirements would you be making?
Define 'working hard'?

I eat what ever really. But it aint really clean food.

Training most days, cardio(long runs), weights etc.

But my question is I eat whatever I want BUT stay under 2500 calories and train hard in the gym, will i lose weight?

[T.Horton]

most "dirty" food is high in calories. eat a big mac and you're practically half way to your daily caloric goal. you'd starve i think. lol

[weltercelt]

does anyone drink alcohol while training ??

does anyone drink alcohol while training ??

if so, how much ?

[Dan...]

most "dirty" food is high in calories. eat a big mac and you're practically half way to your daily caloric goal. you'd starve i think. lol

Disregard statements such as this. It is incredibly easy to fit a Big Mac into your diet and still lose weight by staying at a caloric deficit. Hell, I can easily fit in an Angus burger and I am cutting on way less than that.

"Eating clean" has nothing to do with weight loss. Personally if you were able to cut at 2500 cals I would call you lucky. I am coming to the end of a long cut right now and I am cutting at 1900 cals 6 days a week and 2400 cals one day a week (my estimated maintenance level). In terms of activity I work at a desk job however I am running 3 times a week (between 10 and 15 miles in total) and lifting 5 times a week.

It depends on your current weight, metabolism and how hard you are training. If all of these factors combined mean that your maintenance level is 3000 cals (which is pretty high) then consuming at 2500 cals will be good for cutting. Just set your protein target (1 gram for every pound of lean body mass) and your fat target (0.4-0.5 grams per pound of body weight), make sure you hit them, then fill your calories out with whatever you want. Just check the scale weekly to make sure that your calorie target is correct.

[Dan...]

does anyone drink alcohol while training ??

if so, how much ?

I treat alcohol like any other food/drink. If I drink I log it in terms of calories consumed and try to manipulate my diet for that day so that I meet my protein requirement and don't blow out my calorie intake. Typically I try to restrict drinking heavily when I am cutting.

[Perfect Plex]

Disregard statements such as this. It is incredibly easy to fit a Big Mac into your diet and still lose weight by staying at a caloric deficit. Hell, I can easily fit in an Angus burger and I am cutting on way less than that.

"Eating clean" has nothing to do with weight loss. Personally if you were able to cut at 2500 cals I would call you lucky. I am coming to the end of a long cut right now and I am cutting at 1900 cals 6 days a week and 2400 cals one day a week (my estimated maintenance level). In terms of activity I work at a desk job however I am running 3 times a week (between 10 and 15 miles in total) and lifting 5 times a week.

It depends on your current weight, metabolism and how hard you are training. If all of these factors combined mean that your maintenance level is 3000 cals (which is pretty high) then consuming at 2500 cals will be good for cutting. Just set your protein target (1 gram for every pound of lean body mass) and your fat target (0.4-0.5 grams per pound of body weight), make sure you hit them, then fill your calories out with whatever you want. Just check the scale weekly to make sure that your calorie target is correct.

Thanks for the advice man.

I mean say if I were to eat cereal, chocolate/junk food, lasagne's etc but I never went above 2500 calories and trained hard. Would I be losing weight?

[Bombs]

I don't look at calories. They will drive you crazy bro. I eat Whopper from Burger King, breakfast from McDonalds and dinner in Wendys and work out like I normally do and I am in great shape. Not too thin looking healthy and slim sexy. **** diets bro they are a myth. Just stay exercising regularly and results will show. Good luck bro.

[Dan...]

Thanks for the advice man.

I mean say if I were to eat cereal, chocolate/junk food, lasagne's etc but I never went above 2500 calories and trained hard. Would I be losing weight?

Yes in all likelihood you would be losing weight. I train moderately and I think if I ate 2500 I would probably maintain. So yeah, if you are training at very high intensity and regularity, 2500 could well be a caloric intake at which you would cut weight.

Just dont forget you need that protein and fat to maintain muscle mass and make sure that the weight you are losing is fat, rather than lean muscle.

You have the right concept in terms of cals in cals out. **** "eating clean". No fun.