[Lauriebell82]

Originally Posted by xpaperxcutx

This would be complicated if you have to do your macronutrients. But most people who are active eat around 55% carbs for their diet.

Here's the thing, if you do take up more weight training over cardio, you would need carbs and protein to replenish your muscles. If you do cardio, carbs will ensure you won't " hit the wall".

IF you're already eating well, then you don't need to increase your carbs. But don't just eat rice krispies since they're mostly sugar and they will cause your insulin level to rise. Like someone said, eat more calorie densed food ( like complex carbs that digest really slowly) so you won't get tired when you're exercising, and then after your exercises, always follow with a protein shake to repair your muscles.

To put it more simply, eat complex carbs in the morning so they give you a full boost during exercise, and then at night, food high in protein with a little carb will help your muscles recover, and replenish your glycogen level.

I like Torranceman's suggestion, as long as you up your diet to about 1700 and eat a good balance meal with carbs, protein, and a little fat, you can maintain a good body weight. If you still see weight loss though, I can absolutely say it's water loss. Remember, muscle weighs more than fat. If you do see some weight loss, you'll gain a little weight with weight training in the long run.

Thanks, these are great tips! I need to up my complex carbs during the day I think. It will give me more energy.

I did buy a few more sweet foods, but not to eat more of to stop losing weight. I eat a rice krispie treat every 4 days or so and made a rule to eat 1 poptart once per week (I picked a specific day to do so).

I have had problems with binging on sweets before due to depriving myself of them for long periods of time. I was never able to maintain that kind of restriction and eventually just snapped and couldn't take it anymore. I had a poptart today (Thursday is "my day") and it feels good because I got a little taste of sweets and I don't feel the need to go eat like 5 of them.

I am making sure to keep this in moderation and eat lots of good carbs and keep drinking my muscle milk shakes. I think the complex carbs should stop the weight loss hopefully and I need to find a balance in food that I can eat everday. I counted my calories today and I ate about 1400 which isn't too bad.