Shiggy, Dan McV really knows his stuff. He always takes the threads he’s hanging out on and contributing to up a few notches!!!
Well, I have to say that even though I haven’t spoken to you in a while, you sure haven’t let any grass grow under your feet!!! All the things you got are vital/critical tools. I’m not one to send people off to buy out the store, but I use my HR monitor and digital scale on a daily basis. Just couldn’t imagine trying to do what I do without 'em.
So we’ve got hard numbers and you’re off and running. Measuring with calipers will get easier and easier (and ever more consistent) with time.
You ran the numbers perfectly, even the 61g of fat per day. So protein requirements per meal are 38g.
The tribex is a good move. Cortisol and T are made from the same parent hormone. When you’re under stress and cortisol is high, there’s that much left to make T. Increasing T will not only make you feel better (and help you build more muscle), it will make less substrate available for cortisol production.
Save the morning for putting yourself into fat burning mode. That’s an every day event. Workouts should be done later in the day. Doing cardio first thing fasted state and your eating patterns are like a one-two punch. It’s like hot apple pie and ice cream. Oops. Sorry, but that’s probably not the best analogy. (grin)
If I haven’t explained it before, when you wake in the morning, liver glycogen stores are low. You start your cardio, use up available blood sugarn and further deplete liver glycogen stores. At about 20 minutes or so, you’re tapping into fat burning. Once you finish cardio you eat your first P+F meal, which elicits no insulin response. Until you spike insulin and so long as you’re eating at a slightly hypocaloric (below maintenance) level, you’ll stay in that fat burning mode for a good 12 hours. The cardio will stimulate incrased production of an enzyme called Hormone Sensitive Lipase, which is the rate limiting factor in the mobilization of stored body fat. So that’s why I have things structured the way I do.
So cardio every morning, yes, yes, yes!!!
Do you have a good workout program in place? Lots to choose from here on T-Mag, even if you have a home gym (though it might be a very nice home gym! (grin))
Check in with me next Friday and let me know how you’re doing.