- FIT CHIK 4 Life - MJ FOX

Hey all I did say I would post my training regimen for the last 8 weeks.  How I dropped all this weight and leaned out for the Aug 25, show.  Well first I had to get my mind right. I mean you have to get an addiction for the gym in a sense.  I had to use the gym as my outlet due to so much going on in my life. 
A little tip:  When your about to compete that is when your mental strength needs to grow. 
See life is going to happen to us all.  What I mean is obstacles.  I mean if you have not had and obstacles in your life yet.  Just keep on living -my pastor would say.  Really we all have to live and life is not always easy and to survive you have to rise.  This was my quote that got me thru.  Because regardless of all that was going on the sickness the deaths, Still I Rise.  I had to.  I have to help so any others rise that I had to too.  I had a few close friends 2 to be exact that reminded me that I have to rise for me.  We all need a little push at times.  Even superman had his gal that made him be a better man.  OK. 
I started my training at 158lb 8 weeks out.  It is healthy to loose about .50-2lbs per week.  If you start loosing 3lb per week as a bodybuilder trying to preserve your mass you may just start loosing muscle so to be safe.  2lbs was my goal per week.  I calculated at 2lbs per week times 8 weeks I would loose about 16lbs. that would take me down to 142.  So I know my last show was 133lb and I wanted to be leaner.  The last show I was carrying more water than this show.  So I knew that if I could deplete better I would come into the show leaner.  If I get down to 142lb. then I could loose from 6-12lb water.  This would have me at about 130-136lbs. So I felt good about achieving my goals however it required me to do my part. WORK! 
See when life happens your training can take a dive or you RISE.  meaning you make it happen.  Guys I was sprinting, doing plyos, and lunging the darn hospital parking lot when Granddaddy was sick.  Man I tell you if that aint love.  It was hot, I was emotional, and I was weak because I had to balance my training diet with the hospital cafeteria food. 
Something that helped me was finding Bodyspace and utilizing it.  Some of the profiles have really pushed me.  I mean I am going thru trials but some of the profiles have gone thru some serious trial and still they were rising.  So it told me if they can I can too.  It really helped me, so to all who have been posting there testimonies, I say thanks. 
Ok back to the training. I first started hitting my water.  I did 1gallon per day.  I used most of my past diet but changed it a little. My calorie intake was 1940.  On the norm its 2140 but what I did was created a deficit of 200cal.  Why?  Because if you create a deficit of more than 300 cals per day you can loose muscle.  The goal is for me to keep the little I have.  First I need you all to understand your calorie counts to follow how I did my diet. Many of us train hard but our diets are crazy.  Either your starving your muscle and selves or your feeding them a to much or the wrong amounts or foods.  So here goes.
For every gram of fat it will = 9 calories
For every gram of carbohydrates = 4 calories
For every gram of Protein = 4 calories
Also let me add you can go to bodybuilding.com and they have a huge food and nutrition counter if this is going to be to difficult  for you.  But I do suggest that you learn how to understand what’s in your diets and how to use food. Yes, food to help accelerate your progress.
How my diet broke down-
 20% cal came from fat.(20% x 1940 this is my total my calorie intake for the day) = 388
So 388 calories are coming from fat.  In grams that would be 9 calories per gram of fat.  388/9=43.  So 44g of fat is what I am having per day.
Are you with me?
Then I went to my protein source.  My weight was at 158.  My body fat at that time was high so I do not have 158lb of muscle.  I wish.lol. The rule of thumb is to take in at least 1gram of protein per lb.  I did the extreme and did between 1.5 and 2g.. I did a range because sometimes my diet will be low in carbs and other times higher. 
So lets just go with 1.5 g of protein.  Same calculating as before 1.5g x 158lb how much I weighed = 237g of protein. How many calories is that? Well 4 calories =1g of protein remember.  So 237g x 4cal=948 calories.
So now I have 948calories from Protein + 388 calories from fat this = 1336 so 1344 calories are my total thus far. 
Here comes the carbs. 
If I have a total of 1336 calories and 1940 is my daily caloric intake then I will take 1336-1940=604calories left.  This is my carbs.  
I know your like 604 grams of carbs?  Yep.  See what many people forget is muscle need protein but muscle needs glycogen and glycogen comes from your carbs. 
That’s why we carb load before a show to fill the muscle back up so it will be full.  AH HA.  If your still with me and your getting this then you are half way there.
Carbs are not bad, there a good thing.  We just take in the wrong carbs and not enough of the good ones.  Carbs do muscles good lol.
Ok guys I will continue this after my next client but gotta run for now. Will go into what was in my diet next post.  Please feel free to drop a comment, question, or correction.  You are all welcome and I hope this helps someone.   sorry for the spelling I am rushing.

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