My gf, diet.

[Lowrider]

Hey girls

My girl friend is wanting to get into some training. Nothing along the lines of BB. More just toning up and fat loss.
I was thinking about i few thinks i hope i have learnt and because in BB we eat like 5 or 6 meals a day it increases our metabolism right? So if she changes her diet from eating say 3 meals a day to like 5 smaller ones, will that increase her metabolism and help her burn fat?

[Hawkwind]

Originally Posted by Lowrider

Hey girls

My girl friend is wanting to get into some training. Nothing along the lines of BB. More just toning up and fat loss.
I was thinking about i few thinks i hope i have learnt and because in BB we eat like 5 or 6 meals a day it increases our metabolism right? So if she changes her diet from eating say 3 meals a day to like 5 smaller ones, will that increase her metabolism and help her burn fat?

Basically...it should help...but it depends on how clean her diet is as well.

Diet, cardio, and lifting...all can work together to bring down weight, but diet in particular can make a difference in how well she loses weight.

Any chance that she'd be interested in using an online program like fitday.com to help her track her diet so that she sees what her macro's are during her 'normal' eating?

I like fitday.com for helping people that just want to look good and be healthy. The program has hints and tips in figuring out your daily caloric needs and macro breakdown.

I have the home program, but last I knew you could still start a free online account with them.

[GangUnit]

CKD (aka keto diet) could be a diet plan she might consider. She will be able to achieve a nice amount of fat loss especially when combined w/ low intensity cardio.

Just trying to help out.

[mitchcumstein]

In my experience, most women dont respond well to keto diets.

Women are different creatures when it comes to fat loss. Us guys have it easy, we just drop the calories a little and viola, off comes the fat. You women have to manipulate your diet quite a bit more. Heres a few things ive discovered iver the years helping my wife diet:

1) Dont eat the exact same thing every day and vary your calories from day to day by a few hundred.


2) eat 1 serving of salmon or take 10 caps of fish oil per day. Women seem to react well to omega 3's as far as fatloss is concerned.


3) Make your last meal 4 hours before bed.

4) Do cardio 2-3 days a week first thing in the am on an empty stomach

5) Avoid alcohol at all costs.

6) take a good multivitamin and eat your vegetables

7) Eat within 30 mins of rising in the am(except on am cardio days)

8) chicken, fish, eggs, and oats are your friend

9) eat the bulk of your carbs for breakfast and preworkout.

[jennyd]

I agree with Mitch's post wholeheartedly. Great advice.

If she's a working gal, I think it's important to keep fresh, healthy snacks with her...most females tend to sit at their desks and snack on candy and sweets during the day, and that never helps.

She might want to give herself a carb cutoff time - like 3 or 4 pm or so, but as Mitch said, eat the bulk of them in the am and/or before working out.

The two supplements that I take each and every single day are multivitamins and Fish Oil.

But, yes...I would definitely suggest changing her meals from 3 larger ones to 5 or 6 smaller ones throughout the day. I think that would help keep her body fueled, and keep her metabolism moving.

[JaimeA]

She needs to set a weight goal-where she wants to be and start logging EVERYTHING she eats. I would figure out her daily calorie allotment based on height and weight with the goal of losing 2 pounds a week. I'm sure you can look this up online. I just lost 30 pounds and this is how I did it, I only added exercise in the last month, so she needs to understand diet is key to weight loss. I don't use any supplements/fat burners. Now that I am close to my goal weight I'm in the gym 2 hours most days. I've made it so far I want as perfect a body as I can get. Once she starts losing she will be motivated and it will be easier from there. Changing your eating habits is the hardest part.

[skullmurdoc]

What do you girl think is a good intake ratio for women to lose weight?
A guy on the forum said to me 50% protein 30% fat and 20% carbs! Just wanted to know you're opinion!

She also doen't want to do musculation!

Thanks

[mitchcumstein]

Originally Posted by skullmurdoc

What do you girl think is a good intake ratio for women to lose weight?
A guy on the forum said to me 50% protein 30% fat and 20% carbs! Just wanted to know you're opinion!

She also doen't want to do musculation!

Thanks

I think 50% protein, 30% carbs, and 20% fat is more like it. No reason to take in more fat than carbs.

Also, you can never really get too much protein but you can certainly NOT get enough. If you have leftover protein your body will just use it for energy. You cant use leftover carbs or fat for musclebuilding or preventing muscle loss.

And you dont reallly need to count or obsess to get that ratio. If you follow the protein/carbs and protien/fat rules for meals then it just kinda works out that way on its own.

[skullmurdoc]

Originally Posted by mitchcumstein

I think 50% protein, 30% carbs, and 20% fat is more like it. No reason to take in more fat than carbs.

Also, you can never really get too much protein but you can certainly NOT get enough. If you have leftover protein your body will just use it for energy. You cant use leftover carbs or fat for musclebuilding or preventing muscle loss.

And you dont reallly need to count or obsess to get that ratio. If you follow the protein/carbs and protien/fat rules for meals then it just kinda works out that way on its own.

Ok but what are the rules of protein/carbs and protien/fat?
I get that if you eat carbs or fat you need to take Protein with it but is there anything else to get in check?

Thanks for you're help!

[mitchcumstein]

Originally Posted by skullmurdoc

Ok but what are the rules of protein/carbs and protien/fat?
I get that if you eat carbs or fat you need to take Protein with it but is there anything else to get in check?

Thanks for you're help!

The rules are meals consist of only protein/fat or protein/carbs. If you have 5 meals and 3 of them are Protein/carbs and the other 2 are protein/fat than that puts you on the right track. Protein/carb meals should be breakfast, pre, and post workout. The other 2 are protein/fat.

[skullmurdoc]

Originally Posted by mitchcumstein

The rules are meals consist of only protein/fat or protein/carbs. If you have 5 meals and 3 of them are Protein/carbs and the other 2 are protein/fat than that puts you on the right track. Protein/carb meals should be breakfast, pre, and post workout. The other 2 are protein/fat.

Ok so for my girlfriend that do only cardio workout it's the same thing?
And on off day it could be:
Breakfast - proteins/carbs
snack - proteins/fats
lunch - proteins/carbs
snack - proteins/fats
diner - proteins/carbs

That's a lot of info to digest! hehe