Ali's Target: Lose 55KG in 6 Months - Blog.

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Wow.. how things change over the period of one month.
Since the last time i posted i had a number of very important exams, and naturally, my diet and excercise took a huge hit.. i stopped going to the gym and i had to eat a lot for concentration.. basically it's been 5 weeks since ive eaten "properly" or been to the gym, but all is not lost.. i finished my exams last week and now i have nothing but free time to catch up on this.. i still have the same target.. to weigh 98kgs by september 21st.. there is no point in changing my goal because that in itself would demoralise me.. so im going to put 110% in as of today, and kick off where i left it..

the big question this morning was, how much weight have i put on in the last 5 weeks? hmm.. looking in the mirror, i would have guessed 10-16kg.. so anything in that range, i wouldnt be surprised.. i'd be dissapointed, but not surprised.. so the dreaded weigh in came and i couldn't believe my eyes.. in the five weeks of poor diet and hardly any excercise.. i'd only put on 3.8kgs.. it's still alot, but nowhere near what i imagined..

so what now? ALOT of excerices, i'm talking hour after hour, daily.
Gym, followed by football on the beach, cricket in the park, cycling.. making the most of the sun to be able to maximise excercise out of the gym..

I have split the beggining part of my diet into two phases:

Phase One: The Kick Off - I Lost Approx 20kg In 10 Weeks.

Phase Two: The Exams/Half Time- I Put On 3.8KG in 6 Weeks.

Phase Three: The Final Push - I Have 13 Weeks To Lose 35.8Kg (2.75Kg Per Week)

Working in Lb's, that means i am aiming to lose 6.1Lb's a week.. now to put that into actual diet and excercise context

6.1 lbs = Losing 213500 Cals a week

=

Losing 3050 Cals Daily
How to do this?

My BMR Currently Stands at 2708
Therefore,

Daily Excercise = 1842 Cals
Daily Intake = 1500 Cals

i'll tweak these numbers a bit and say..

Daily Excercise = 2000 Cals
Daily Intake = 1650 Cals

So.. that's enough number crunching and back to the hard work, which im sure i'll enjoy.. "Let's Do This Ting!"

That's too unhealthy a target mate.

I know you're heavy but 6lbs a week consistently for three months is unhealthy. + that can't be your BMR x daily activity level if you're doing 2,000Kcals worth of exercise every day, your maths is wrong.

EDIT: Never mind.

Why? i'm interested to know your opinion since you do know what your talking about based on your blog.. what's wrong with what i said?

Wow.. how things change over the period of one month.
Since the last time i posted i had a number of very important exams, and naturally, my diet and excercise took a huge hit.. i stopped going to the gym and i had to eat a lot for concentration.. basically it's been 5 weeks since ive eaten "properly" or been to the gym, but all is not lost.. i finished my exams last week and now i have nothing but free time to catch up on this.. i still have the same target.. to weigh 98kgs by september 21st.. there is no point in changing my goal because that in itself would demoralise me.. so im going to put 110% in as of today, and kick off where i left it..

the big question this morning was, how much weight have i put on in the last 5 weeks? hmm.. looking in the mirror, i would have guessed 10-16kg.. so anything in that range, i wouldnt be surprised.. i'd be dissapointed, but not surprised.. so the dreaded weigh in came and i couldn't believe my eyes.. in the five weeks of poor diet and hardly any excercise.. i'd only put on 3.8kgs.. it's still alot, but nowhere near what i imagined..

so what now? ALOT of excerices, i'm talking hour after hour, daily.
Gym, followed by football on the beach, cricket in the park, cycling.. making the most of the sun to be able to maximise excercise out of the gym..

I have split the beggining part of my diet into two phases:

Phase One: The Kick Off - I Lost Approx 20kg In 10 Weeks.

Phase Two: The Exams/Half Time- I Put On 3.8KG in 6 Weeks.

Phase Three: The Final Push - I Have 13 Weeks To Lose 35.8Kg (2.75Kg Per Week)

Working in Lb's, that means i am aiming to lose 6.1Lb's a week.. now to put that into actual diet and excercise context

6.1 lbs = Losing 213500 Cals a week

=

Losing 3050 Cals Daily
How to do this?

My BMR Currently Stands at 2708
Therefore,

Daily Excercise = 1842 Cals
Daily Intake = 1500 Cals

i'll tweak these numbers a bit and say..

Daily Excercise = 2000 Cals
Daily Intake = 1650 Cals

So.. that's enough number crunching and back to the hard work, which im sure i'll enjoy.. "Let's Do This Ting!"

Alright, well, a BMR of 2,700 needs to be multiplied by 1.2 at least for your sedentary activity level. That's 3,240. +2,000 Kcal exercise. That's 5,240. That's an extra lb a week. So you'll be losing 7lbs a week. Consistently for three months that's a lot of weight, an extra 12lbs.

It's a lot of weight mate. You're depriving your body by a long way, losing weight faster than it wants to, for a long period of time. You may think you're getting enough calories in, but you're in a massive deficit. Along with all the usual health risks you're risking finding yourself with a lot of loose skin in the end and equally unhappy with your body.

You're bigger and should expect to lose more than average some weeks, especially as water weight comes off, but 7lbs a week every week for three months is silly. Be patient, do it properly, eat a bit more food or do a little less exercise. That's if you can even hack that much exercise on that little food every single day, you're more likely to come off the bandwagon and put a load back on.

Hey man, hope you achieve your goals. Im 6ft 2, but like 60kg lighter than you! How did you get soo big? ps you dont look that fat in your profile pic.

Also what are your gym stats? bench press/squat/deadlift etc......