"Portly Angler" Weigh In?

[Adam_777]

For me getting into the 180's is becoming a struggle and may take me longer than expected.All I eat is fish,vegetables,yogurt and some plain popcorn for snacks.Oh and black coffee by the pot.Thats been my diet all year.I may need to make adjustments.I have been pushing harder and changing up workouts and found I am alot more hungry than I was doing my old workout routine.I think muscles need nutrients to heal that I'm not providing and that's where my hunger is coming from.I may have to look for some vitamin supplements.I figured the yogurt and carrots everyday were plenty of the good stuff.Who knows ?

[spence]

Adam,

When are you eating and how much?

You want to ensure the diet is balanced, but not loaded. How the food is distributed over the day is very important...

-spence

[Clogston29]

adam,

a few pointers that might help you break through the plateau

1. ditch the popcorn, it'll just make you hungry and is the nutritional equivalent of cardboard with calories

2. add more protein (chicken, fish, lean beaf) and some good fat (olive oil, nuts, etc.) and spread it out over 3 meals and three snacks every day. eat every 2-3 hours, and make sure you get some protein and fat each time. don't eat more, just spread it out more

3. vitamins won't help with hunger and recovery (although a good mutivitamin is always a good thing). go with a low carb protein shake (whey powder and water) if you feel like you need something right after the gym, i'd take it within 30 minutes of the end of your workout.

4. swap out some of the coffee for water and green tea. more than 4 cups of coffee a day will actually hurt your workouts. shoot for at least 3-4 liters of water per day

5. as far as workouts, if your looking to switch it up, try high intensity interval training (HIIT). Basically a five minute warmup, and then a series of 6 intervals of running or biking as hard as you can for a minute and walking for a minute, then cooling down for 5 minutes. really kicks up your metabolism more than any other cardio (something about anabolic and aerobic systems being engaged). I switched to it when i hit a plateau a few weeks ago and have dropped 10 pounds since.

just a few things that work for me.