I am now taking in 250 grams of protein/day and drinking 1 1/2 gal of water, when will i see results?

Question

Hello, I am at 182 lbs, 16% body fat. I have been working out regularly for about 2 years now, but I've hit a plateau and decided to start a new diet.

Right now I take in 250 grams of protein a day, 1 1/2 gal of water, some healthy fats from olive oil, natural peanut butter. flax oil.

I eat 6 times a day, usually with a small potion of some kind of whole grain carb. I also lift every other day, and do high intensity cardio for about 20 mins every other day. How long will it take to see positive results when you are eating like this?

Note: my goal is to see my six pack

Answer 1

If you eat your carbs in the early part of the day you will see results a little quicker. If I were you I would up the cardio to about 30 minutes, that way you are going to be able to get into a good zone to burn stored body fat. What type of protein are you using? Just from food or are you adding supplements to it? If you are doing heavy lifting then you are going to really have to pack on the protein after a work out. Chicken, tuna, red meat, the usual stuff. Cut back on the pasta and carbs after 4 in the afternoon and if you have to snack, sugar free Jell-O is the way to go. There's no way to say for sure when you are going to start seeing results, take your measurements to see where you are at, that is a lot more effective when charting results than looking in the mirror.

Good luck!

Answer 2

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First of all, too much protein, at that rate, you are probably missing out on some essential vitamins and nutrients. Also, keep in mind, you could eat 20,000 grams of protein, and your body will still probably not use more than 9 or 10 grams per hour. There is a lot of waste and little strategy for efficiency in that diet.

Your cardio is close. The best results from cardio, come from doing approximately 30 minutes intensely 3 times a week. So make a slight adjustment there.

My guess, with this limmited info, is that your weight routine may not be balanced. The muscles of the upperbody are large and take long to repair after an appropriate upperbody workout. There fore you should be lifting upper body muscle groups twice a week. Abdominals are small and repair quickley. Make sure you are working abs (at least three different exercises atleast three sets of each) three days per week, or every other day.

Since the upperbody muscles are large, they displace fat, and upperbody develpment relies primarilty on the weight training. SInce the abs are small, they depend on three factors:
1. Ab training, actually building the muscles as I mentioned above
2. Calories in - not eating too many fatty or sugary foods or too many calories, that will add "camoflauge" too the mid section.
3. Calories out - Cardio, which will help to burn away fat "camoflauge" that may be hiding those developed muscles.
Best,
Mike Everts, CPT

Answer 3

to get over plateau's i suggest working in some heavy negative training.
I keep my training log on my PC this is straight from my routine. Work negatives a whole week doing 1-2 muscle groups a day. Prime builders for muscle groups biceps-preacher hammer curls, triceps skull crushers, back one arm rows or pulldowns ect. Make sure every workout you do has a prime builder method. NEVER do a full negative workout with squats unless you want hemroids from hell and leg cramps for a week. A powersled with a spotter assisting the sled up is best.

To perform negatives with enough weight to make it effective you won’t be able to execute as many reps as u do concentrically. Control the descent rate will set the target.
·Target goal 8 reps
·Target speed 3-5 sec
·Sets Large muscle groups legs, chest, and back 2-3 sets: Small muscle groups arms, shoulders, calves 1-2 sets
·Rest - due to intensity of negative training increase rest 3-5 min between sets

Are you trying to cut more bf or build more muscle? With all that protein it sounds like a muscle building goal if its cutting bf then keeping an elevated heartrate is best with sprints or if on a treadmill run a slow jog for 4 min then up the speed fast and sprint it out for 2 min then back down to a slow jog repeat for 15-30 min you'll feel it try to keep your heartrate 75-85% of your max heartrate. I bought a HR watch monitor timex's are best cheap and can replace the batteries yourself where most others you have to ship it into manufactor.
BTW too much protein 1gram per lb of body weight is recommended. Whey protein isolate is best pre-lift has lots of BCAA's and a 12 hour protein for after lifting or before bed. You heal when you sleep so BCAA's and protein is really important when you sleep. 12 hour breaks down slower to keep a moderate amino acid level vs breaking down fast or amino spiking. http://www.bodybuilding.com/store/mhp/pro.html