Many people ask me how to get leaner or how to lose bodyfat. Its kind of difficult to scientifically explain the process and how the stored triglyceride finally mobilizes and leaves the body and never comes back, just like magic. What I can def say is that it all starts with a positive attitude, a good will to change and adapt and last but not least to be relentless in the pursuit of a set goal. Healthy eating really is a choice. We all can make the decision to take care of what we put in our mouth, how much of it and at what times! I eat healthy throughout the whole year, it simply helps me to stay lean, its what I want and need being a natural bodybuilder and aspiring fitness model, no question. I do indulge a lot of cheat meals I have to admit. Thats all good because I know my trainings intensity and frequency, six days a week with linear progression. So basically if I keep progressing in the gym Ill need more calories to make up for new strength and muscle gainz. Then there are hard and long days at work, then there are bicycle rides, there are activities with friends (or girlfriend) that require a lot of energy (calories). So what I wanna say is that I need to eat a lot of calories to progress in the gym and to get bigger/faster/stronger, so cheatmeals help with that a lot. For me its important to listen to my feeling. Ive never counted a calorie but will probably do it in preparation for my next contest to better maintain maximum muscle mass and strength while getting absolutely shredded (lean). Normally if I want to gain muscle and strength I know I have to eat a lot until I see some progress in strength and bodyweight or muscle size, then remember how much I ate and keep repeating it, if I gain strength and muscle size fast and get bigger and heavier but lose definition (tone) - I know I probably eat too much, so I still keep eating a lot but not too much. If I want to get leaner and tone up I know I have to eat less until I see some progress, if I lose bodyweight real quick and see progress in the mirror but lose some strength in the gym and feel like shit - I know I dont eat enough, so I go and eat a little bit more again until my weight drops slowly about half a kilogram per week (or something like that) and I look lean and toned with full muscles (yes muscles can be full or empty, we call it stored glycogen). All this process can be tracked individually for every body, which makes it a lot of work counting every calorie, macro and micronutrient, although in the end you can be on the save side tracking everything properly with calculations so you can put yourself in a caloric deficit for loosing stored bodyfat or in a caloric surplus for making those gainz (lean muscle or all kind of gainz). I like healthy eating because of the good body- and mind-feeling I get from it. When I eat shit for days I feel like crap and people around me get to feel that too, which is not good! Here are two cheatmeals of mine - a healthy burger and a fried bacon brekkie with a soymilk based smoothie (mango&banana&peach). These kind of meals are semi-healthy and help me a lot to add more calories to my diet. What I also do to be sure that I get a good ratio of protein, healthy fats and carbohydrates in most of my up to 10 meals a day, I supplement with shakes, thats too easy. Hope that helps a little bit. Im working on writing down more information and tips on fitness and bodyweight management, looking forward to it.
Posted on: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 10:51:29 +0000
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