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asimmer Posts: 8,201 Joined: 2003/01/07	2005/02/10, 09:12 PM maintain a baseline diet before changing your caloric intake? Is 3 months about average for setting your baseline? -------------- Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon. -- E. M. Forster --
asimmer Posts: 8,201 Joined: 2003/01/07	2005/02/10, 09:37 PM Nevermind, i found it....
rev8ball Posts: 3,081 Joined: 2001/12/27	2005/02/10, 11:57 PM Glad we could be of assistance..... :big_smile: -------------- Michael 100% AMMONIA SNORTIN, ANGER MANAGEMENT CLASS FAILING, BIG IRON LOVIN, FACE SLAPPIN, HEAVY METAL LISTENIN, CHALK CLOUD MAKIN, GUM BLEEDIN, SCABBY-SHINNED, LEATHER PALMED, BLOOD-SHOT EYED, KNEE WRAP WEARIN, RIP IT UP OFF THE FLOOR, DO OR DIE TRYIN, FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION, BAR BENDIN POWERLIFTER. You got a problem with that?
kakaroto Posts: 893 Joined: 2002/05/09	2005/02/11, 01:27 PM HAHAHAHA LOL whats the answer by the way?
	2005/02/11, 01:57 PM don't leave me hangin....How long? Please don't talk to yourself Amy. It scares the children. -------------- There is plenty of room for all Gods creatures right next to the mashed potatoes. Charlie
asimmer Posts: 8,201 Joined: 2003/01/07	2005/02/11, 03:39 PM 4-6 weeks, according to Chris Aceto. -------------- Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon. -- E. M. Forster --
Carivan Posts: 8,542 Joined: 2002/01/20	2005/02/11, 08:10 PM I could of told you that! :big_smile: -------------- Scales are for dead weight: We are not dead yet! Still trying to find out how to do the Hollywood Free Press. Ivan carivan@freetrainers.com Montreal Canada
morpheus1 Posts: 67 Joined: 2005/01/06	2005/02/12, 01:14 AM Question: When you say establishing a baseline, what exactly do you mean. I have search with FT buddy and all I can figure out is that the baseline is your mantenace calorie level. but you can set that? If so, this worries me because when I started here, I went straight onto a build mass workout and eating schedule. Have I screwed up my baseline by doing that?
asimmer Posts: 8,201 Joined: 2003/01/07	2005/02/12, 09:37 AM I just mean the average amount of calories you get in - your body comes to accept an average amount and will perceive changes in intake differently. Chris Acteo explains it thus - if you take in 2,00 calories one day and 2800 another and 1800 yet another, your body is used to fluctuations and will not go into any type of fat-burning mode when you lower your intake because it knows that you will eat a higher calorie amount again soon. To set your base line you need to find your average intake (track for 3-4 days and average it) and stick to that amount closely for 4-6 weeks, so your body expects that calorie amount. Now you can lower your intake by 200 calories to start cutting, or raise it a little to gain. -------------- Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon. -- E. M. Forster --
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2005/02/12, 12:30 PM Sure thing....I have been preaching this for eons it seems! You have to have a starting place from which to make intelligent calorie cuts or additions to take effect. This is why it is so vital to "set" your diet at a calorie amount...i.e...maintenance. -------------- If you don't stand for something, you will fall for anything.... bb1fit@freetrainers.com
morpheus1 Posts: 67 Joined: 2005/01/06	2005/02/12, 07:33 PM Thank you both. I never thought about it before, but it makes sense. So should I stop the mass building diet (If you can call it that) and Set a base line, or would it be better to wait until after I finish the diet in a few weeks?
bobosensei Posts: 194 Joined: 2004/06/15	2005/02/14, 03:20 PM hmm this makes sense...I'll be watching my calorie intake closely now to get myself a baseline. I am bad for fluctuating all the time. :(
JustinE22 Posts: 1,312 Joined: 2003/09/18	2005/02/14, 03:51 PM for me it helps to eat the same thing every day, sometimes i get sick of eating the same thing every day but i don't do it for taste preference i do it to reach my goals and i switch it now and then by adding flavors to my chicken and what not. that way i can make a calorie change very easily.