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Originally Posted by smokinHawk
looks like your about 14% bodyfat, i have no problem eating like that and staying at 13%
to get down to the 9% I am now i had to clean it up and reduce calories.
I am now eating about 1500-1800 cals a day as i am still cutting trying to get to 8% by summer, and keep as much muscle as I can. The less salt you have the less water you hold which also makes you look leaner.
my diet consists of
breakfast:
2eggs cooked in olive oil
protein shack
snack 1: bananna,
nuts and raisins up to lunch
lunch: chicken breast and .5 cup of brown rice
optional snack 2: either nuts and raisins or a TBL spoon of peanut butter
dinner: chicken breast and .5 cup of brown rice
optional snack 3: protein pudding and a glass of milk.
weekends i eat normal, but keep calories under 2500.
this diet helps me lose fat pretty quickly
for my exercise routine, i do very little cardio, but am starting to run more like 2 miles on saturday.
I following a heavy powerlifting style workout working all my muscle groups, lifting about 2 times a week, but will go back up to 4 days a week once i break from school.
last summer i bulked up to 195lbs @14%, then cut down to 180lbs at 10% by the end of fall, rebulked up this winter to 200lbs @13%, now am at 183lbs @9%, trying to get to 8% by summer, then will slow bulk up to 190lbs hopefully at no more then 11%. I am 5'8"
diet is very important, but if you dont have any muscle there, which most dont at 140ish lbs, your abs arent going to be that sharp.
I do heavy ab work, like incline situps with a 50lb dumbbell or other exercises that are heavy. I also do deep heavy squats which helps the abs.
with my at 14% my abs show better then some at 12%
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I'm 5'11"+ and 155lbs at 10% bodyfat. I eat about 1500-1800 calories a day the same as you. I've been doing a lot of running in the past 6 months so I've lost size all over but vastly improved fitness.
I'd love to put on 5 lbs of LBM and stay at 10% BF by adding some weight training.
I enjoy fitness training of all kinds and have done all sorts of things over the years. My wife is a triathlete so there's no shortage of diet and training talk at my house.
I'll be 45 this year and I can assure you it doesn't get any easier to have a six pack as you get older! :-)