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Hippiekinkster -> RE: The Cycle of Hunger (3/4/2009 1:51:07 AM)
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ORIGINAL: aravain
Heh, I weigh a goodly amount already (320, now!) and my lifestyle is sorta in a mid-sedate state...
At MY height, however, a 2000 calorie diet would be a 'maintenance' diet for someone who's... 98lbs. That's not very healthy :P At my current weight and exercise level a maintenance diet is about 4100 calories. Thanks to steroids, however, that's not realistic (I'll gain weight on it)! So I'm trying to eat between 3500 and 3700. If I wanted to really lose while on steroids I'd have to eat around 3000-3200... and that would be slower than normal, anyways.
*shrug*
"Mid-sedate"? What does that mean?
You are right, your baseline metabolism is probably around 3000 Kcal. I used to have a basic formula in my old Nutrition textbook (real Uni, not Joe's Homeopathic Institute and Wheat-Grass Bar); I think it was about 1Kcal/kg/hour for average male metabolisms, so that a 100Kg guy (like me) needs about 2400 Kcal/day for basal metabolism. That's from memory, though, don['t quote me.
The most I've ever been was 245, about 2 months ago. I have been fighting a bad case of Cellulitis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellulitis
(look at the pics; mine was like that, except worse. I had a hole in my 2nd toe that went to the bone. I've had 5 courses of antibiotics since early September. I still have it. The outside bottom heel on my left foot is split) and have had to keep my leg elevated. That, and a penchant for Old Stock Ale, Brooklyn's Black Chocolate Stout, Ten FIDY, and various other high-end craft beers, caused my weight to creep up exponentially (math joke). So my weight's down to about 230 now, gave up the beers, been eating bunches of fruits/salads/legumes, and I'll be back in my 36 waist jeans in a couple weeks.
So what do you want to achieve?
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