Group: General Fitness & Exercise

Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 382, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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regarding diet

agamble
agamble
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Joined: 2003/09/22
United States
2003/09/30, 08:40 PM
I am brand new to the ft community and I am very impressed and have received tons of help already however I have a question regarding diet which I am learning is extremely important. I have been working out for about 4 months on a Bowflex (yea I know, but at the time I knew no better) trying a variety of routines and I have been spending about 30 minutes on a treadmill 5-6 times per week. My doctor said I had high cholesterol (208)that is the reason for the exercise. guess what I love it I really do however the diet that he had me follow although it worked (cholesterol down to 163 lost 35 pounds) I am now pretty scrawny. I am 5'8" 160 lbs and I feel that I need to eat more but I am afraid to eat anything that will endanger my success with my chol. (I currently keep total fat to 20% and sat. fat to< 7% Any suggestions on diet? Also I just began the lean muscle program and hope to join a gym in a few months. Also when reading a food label if the carbs are 29 grams fiber 2 sugar 24 does that mean that 4 grams are of the complex variety. Sorry to ramble but could use some help thanks.
asimmer
asimmer
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Joined: 2003/01/07
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2003/10/01, 11:19 AM
Okay, without compromising your cholesterol, you could add in lean protein. If you stick with egg whites, very lean meats and legumes, you should be able to build muscle without raising your cholesterol again, especially if you keep up your exercise program.
Don't eat anything that has 24g sugar! I don't know here the other 3 g of CHO are, if fiber is 2, than you have 2g complex carbs, 24g simple, and 3g? Odd. But it must be more complex than sugar, anyhow.
Eat 5-6 smaller meals a day, about every three hours. At each meal have some protein, some complex carbs and some good fat (nuts, olive oil, flaxseed oil).
Stick with whole grains, brown rice, oatmeal, veggies, sweet potatoes, lean proteins and olive oil and you should be able to put on some muscle without compromising your cholesterol. all the whole grains will help keep your cholesterol down, and exercise will help also.
Good luck!

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