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@lolcube It's the same as with driving. Initially, you need to think about this and that, but once it becomes ingrained habit, you just do it. Same with nutrition. And once you have reached your desired weight, it's checking weekly whether to eat a bit more or less, no big deal.
Sure, if you enter the domain of bulk and cut cycles, it becomes more complicated, but you can instead go for lean gains. -
@lolcube Congrats! Other useful keywords are "body recomposition". Of course, fat doesn't turn into muscle, that's not directly possible, but you can gain muscle while reducing fat (i.e. in a caloric deficit).
The "however" is that you can only do that as overweight beginner. That's why the pro lifters who already have quite some muscle mass and low fat say it's impossible - because for them, it is.
Interesting fact, especially given that you aren't overweight now: 1kg of body fat equals 7000kcal, but it can only release 70kcal within a day. If you know how many kg of body fat you have (via body fat percentage), you can calculate what deficit the body can cover through burning fat. So if you have 20kg of body fat, it can deliver 1400kcal per day.
Any higher deficit than that, and muscle breakdown will likely start. -
@lolcube Totally agree, No pain, no gain! ^^
As long as the pain is healthy (in a medical sense), overcoming that even helps your personality. Many people lack frustration tolerance, and that makes them insecure quitters.
Please note that too much cardio can interfere with building up muscle because it ramps up cortisol, which drives down testosterone. That goes especially if you omit the rest days or don't sleep enough.
However, if you're still in your 20s, it's not as much of a problem because you still have youth on your side.
On the other hand, marathon runners don't even want to seriously build muscle because that hinders running. -
@lolcube For the "cute girls" aspect, there's a scientific analysis which type of fitness guy gets laid the most:
https://youtube.com/watch/... -
Hm… I went to a nutritionist for several months because I needed to lose weight, and what I learned can be summarized in several bullet points:
* Breakfast and lunch should have sufficient carbs (about 60g uncooked per person), such as bread, potatoes, rice, pasta, or some classes of vegetables
* Dinner should best omit the carbs
* Add 50g–100g (uncooked) per person of whatever provides proteins, like meat, chicken, fish, eggs, or plant-based substitutes
* Fill it up with plenty of vegetables and fruit (of whichever type that does not count as carbs)
* For snacks in between, use vegetables and fruit as much as possible
* No need for super-elaborate cooking: great meals can be prepared and cooked in the oveen or using the wok in 30–45 minutes in probably 85% of cases
* Experiment with spices; some trial and error should help you figure it out
* Basic spices for most meals are salt and black pepper -
Unfortunately, unless you want to go for pre-packaged meals from the supermarket fridge, you will have to invest a little bit of thinking in your cooking. Also, I get that at 19 years old that is probably a bit daunting (I knew jack shit about cooking when I was 19). Like anything, it's a question of 'practice makes perfect,' I guess…
I'd say, learn to cook five or six basic meals, try to combine the parts into new meals, cook enough for three times so you can freeze the leftovers and eat them another day, and find something new to add once a month or so, then it should be less tedious.
When your vending machine throws an unhandled exception...
Saw this a while back and decided to take a picture of it. Now I'm glad I did. XD
Aaaaarggghhh
Having to think about what and when to eat is such a fucking pain in the ass. I don't want to search for recipes. I don't want to think about nutrition. I don't want to count calories. I just want something to tell me exactly what to eat, when I should eat and what to buy. Same goes for workout routines. Just tell me what to do I'll do it. I want an autopilot for that sort of stuff so I don't have to ducking think about it anymore. It's such a giant waste of time to have to manually plan this shit through, I want to use my brain for other things like math or chemistry or Programming. In fact I don't even want to cook because I am alone and cooking for one person is so ducking pointless. I lost over 40kg in the last years. I learned my lesson, most things taste like shit now because I associate food with all the pain and depression that I had to overcome to achieve a normal weight and fit body. Food went from being a joy to being an annoying necessity. I got fit and I want to work out even more but I really don't want to think about this shit. The exercises and pain and hunger are all nothing but planning is my true enemy. It bores me to death, it's more painful than running until I break down I absolutely fucking hate it.
I am really close to start some kind of open source food planner where you can type in your goals ( weight loss, muscle gain etc.) In great detail with all kind of options ( vegetarian, vegan, allergies, budget, country where you live in for local recipes etc.) And it generates a food plan for you with exact details of where exactly to buy the ingredients how to cook them etc. No fancy Ui No bullshit ads for some kind of wonder drug nothing annoying. Something so easy that it can be used as an autopilot for ones fitness and life. Do what it says and you'll look decent, don't think about the rest. Having that would be so great and I could finally think about more important shit than this. Less overhead more time for things that can't be automated.
And Yes I know that this is exactly what a personal trainer would do, but I am not going to spend 600€ a month for someone to tell me exactly what to buy, what to eat and how to work out.
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