Diary of a novice strongman

sniffer66

if you dont use MyFitnesspal already its a really good way to stay on top of your intake/macros. Just double check the user submitted data. I tend to re-eat the same stuff all the time so once you know its correct its easy. And dont worry about working out burnt calories - just pick a daily calorie target and macro split and go for that.

maybe we should take that out of charlts thread tho

Charlts

Get used to proper food fir a couple of months, it'll take a while to level out as you're used to eating so little, aim to hit maintenance for a while and then look at increasing it, small consistent changes over time are the way forwards.

sheriffwoody

what do you mean by "aim to hit maintenance" mate?

sheriffwoody

i am not a massive fan of greens and veggies (i wish i loved a salad, but i just don't) - so my veggies and greens are limited to peas, carrots, pots and sweetcorn mainly.

i think i will try and give what you posted the other page a go as that seems quite similar to the sort of things i would eat/like etc

Charlts

Whilst you're researching nutrition, find out what your maintenance level of calories in is and aim to eat at least that. This is the level where you neither lose nor gain weight just maintain and when you want to lose/gain weight adjust it by a little bit until you plateau then adjust again accordingly.

Aldi do frozen tubs of green veg which I always keep a good stock of as they're steamed in the microwave in 6 minutes. My favourite is fresh broccoli just because it gives me chance to go Stewie Griffin whilst prepping, cooking and eating!

sniffer66

Have you ever worked out your basal metabolic rate (BMR) and Total Daily Energy Expenditure (TDEE) ?

BMR is the calories you would burn if you stayed at complete rest all day i.e the calories you burn just to live

TDEE is the calories you burn moving around/exercising   your BMR.

So if calories in=calories out then to eat at maintenance is to eat at your TDEE. That way you eat what you burn. Your weight should stay the same

Eat more and you should put on weight, eat less and you should lose weight.

There are many online caluclators to put you in the ballpark for your TDEE. Though its a little trial and error as everyone is different - calculators are based on averages

Scoobys is pretty good:

Calorie Calculator - Scooby's Home Workouts

mjn

Looks fun

Only done one event myself, and it was a spur of the moment thing.....

Charlts

I'd love to do a truck pull, good going is that your normal type of thing or was it a one off?

mjn

One off

Martial arts is my thing, but i'm fairly strong.  Good leg power and strong core.  And when everybody else was pulling the truck in groups of 2 - 4 people, thought i'd have to show them how its done. lol.

Hard work, but immense fun.

silent ninja

I would ramp up/down calories slowly, whichever direction you're going. I've eaten 3k calories regularly at 5'10 73-74kg and not gained any weight. Before when I was fat I was eating the same and gaining.

If you do it gradually, your body adjusts better....especially if you're cutting.