My Diet. How many calories do i really need

[carefree]

Thanks for the replies. Just wondering what T3 and T4 are, i will go and look it up.

Today is the most i have eaten for a very long time, looking back on my WLR site. not sure if i am totally happy eating this much but i do feel more with it, and i dont feel so light headed, but that might be cos i have not been to the gym for two days.

I like the idea of eating the carbs in the morning, that makes sense to me. I never eat anything white, like bread, rice, sugar, potatoes, flour. I only eat wholemeal. Milk i dont touch cos i just dont like the smell of it, i have soya unsweetened for my porridge, cuppa teas and protein shakes.

I have been taking L-Carnitine 500g and coq10 100g every day for over six months now, but i have just run out and i am going to leave them for now. Not sure if they really help. I also have Creatine, 5g just before my workouts.

I am going to continue with this eating 5 or 6 times a day, its really good for someone like me, cos your belly never feels really full. But i do feel more hungry since i have started to eat more, thing is i am thinking more about food, normally i dont even think about it. i do find that very strange, the more you eat the more hungry you get.

Thanks for all the replies, it really dose help

[Boss Man]

T3 and T4 are Thyroid Hormones. The main difference is that T4 contains 1 more molecule of Iodine than T3.

THe production and use of both are regulated by something called TSH.

They are Hormones that regulate your Metabolism.

In the case of the other one Calcitonin, it regulates the use of Calcium and Phosphorus, which is good for Bones, and also works with something called Parathyrin.

The Thyroid is in the Front of the Neck, and the Parathyroid, are little peas sized structures at the back of the Thyroid, in two rows of two.

The Parathyoroid produces the Parathyrin.

They assist with the usage of Calcium and Phosphorus, which is why if you have a Thyroid issue, governing Metabolism of food, the fact your Bones may be getting inadeqaute Calcium usage, and therefore inadequate Bone formation, coupled with potentially poor Phsophorus usage, could be a problem.

The fact your diet is low on cals, could also indicate low Calcium, Magnesium, Vit D K2, and possibly other things like Phosphorus, and maybe Boron as well.

So to do weightlifiting exercises if you have a Thyroid problem, a low cal potentially low Bone Macro intake, and cannot properly utilise or get enough Bone Macros, may be giving you Bone health issues, that weightbearing may exasperate.

[swanso5]

drop the supp's, you don;t need them and obviusoly aren;t doing anything for you

[carefree]

Thanks for the help Bossman i am wondering if there is a supplement that might be worth thinking about.

[Christopheel]

Well, maybe some whey ... other than that you need to correct your diet first.

[carefree]

Well, maybe some whey ... other than that you need to correct your diet first.

Whey? Sorry if i am being think but do you mean Whey Protein?

[carefree]

Well yesterday and today i have had 5 or 6 meals with 1600 yesterday 1500 calories today and today has not finished yet. Went to my new gym and had a great new workout and went swimming and i have not felt light headed. Just hope that my weight has not gone up too much when i weigh myself in the morning, more importantly i hope my fat count has not gone up with all this food, cos that could put me into some sort of panic mode, its happened to me so many time before, maybe i should not weight myself but that just wont happen.

[Christopheel]

Well, maybe some whey ... other than that you need to correct your diet first.

Whey? Sorry if i am being think but do you mean Whey Protein?

Exactly, for PWO (Recovery !) and maybe morning too boost a bit your total proteins

[Boss Man]

Carnitine is no biggie, it does have effects on Fat loss, but I'd say you don't need that. If you want Co-Q10, then keep it. It's worth it in my opnion, and has positive effects on things like the Heart.

[DianaB]

Well yesterday and today i have had 5 or 6 meals with 1600 yesterday 1500 calories today and today has not finished yet. Went to my new gym and had a great new workout and went swimming and i have not felt light headed. Just hope that my weight has not gone up too much when i weigh myself in the morning, more importantly i hope my fat count has not gone up with all this food, cos that could put me into some sort of panic mode, its happened to me so many time before, maybe i should not weight myself but that just wont happen.

How about this: just don't weigh yourself, period.

Here is an example: I weighed in at 131.9 one morning, as usual. I ate well through out the day, and did a super tough EDT style full body session at around 6. Ate a normal, clean dinner and snack in the evening. The next morning, I weighed in at 138. WOW, huh did I gain 7 pounds of muscle overnight? Maybe 7 lbs of fat? Water, intramuscular swelling, glycogen maybe?

WHO KNOWS, it's irrelevant!
Your body will fluctuate in weight on a daily basis, and you have no way of knowing your "fat count" from day to day. Measure with the mirror and a measuring tape. You are going to gain some weight, some of it fat, just accept it and move on. It's part of the process and you can use a little fat anyways, right!

[carefree]

. If you want Co-Q10, then keep it. It's worth it in my opnion, and has positive effects on things like the Heart.

I think i am going to leave them all for now and maybe start on coq10 again later.

[carefree]

W.

How about this: just don't weigh yourself, period.

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Hi Diana. For someone like me that just simply can not happen, my day really dose depend on what those scales say, i know its pathetic but thats just the way it is. I even have three sets of scales to make sure things are working ok.

[carefree]

Well the last two days have been great, i have stopped the 100 calorie increase a week and just gone up to 1800 on none workout days and 2000 on workout days. Its been working well, i done one of the best weight training days for ages today, i really did seem to have extra strength. Tomorrow is a cardio day, i hope i can give that a go and not feel weak or sluggish. If i can keep this up without the fat count going up i could be on the right road. I just hope i can continue to eat the 2000 calories a day.

Today is the first day in months that i have not popped any supplement or vitamin tablets. Im thinking if i can get all that i need from the food i eat i wont need any.
Stay lucky

[Boss Man]

I'd stick with the Vitamins for now. At least 1/2 a day.

You need ot make sure things like Bone health are good enough, no to cause a training related problem. You can't just bump up cals a bit for a while, and expect the body to just become the way you want it, so any extra help you can get from a Multi-vit at leats for the next 3-4 weeks, would be of benefit I feel.

You might get all you need from food, but many micronutrients, have good upper limits. So for things like Iron for example, it's around 40mg's, whereas RDA's are 14-15 women, and 7-8 men, so even if you used a Multivit and took a Micro like Iron up to around 20mg's you shouldn't have an issue with possible Zinc competion or anything else potentially related to high iron.

[swanso5]

3 sets of scales...insane

you said you just gave up supp's which was hard so now give up the scales...just when i think you're on your way you make another excuse...you can do whatever it is you want to do