I am a 60 year old and I've been lifting for the past 15 years. I need advice on cutting the last 10lbs. I am at 183 and want to get down to 173 before I bulk up. I am doing cardio, on a treadmill, in the morning start at 3 and go up (45 sec.) every third minute 4,4.5,5,5.5,6,6.5,7 and then 8...that's 25 minutes and then 5 min. cool down. Three days a week. I do lift 6 days a week, currently on a body part a day. I eat clean 6 or 6 small meals a day. Am I on the right track?

if you are seeing progress, then you are on the right track. Nutrition is a big factor in losing fat though. What does your diet look like? What do you eat in those 6 meals?

1. Breakfast 1 Cup Of Oatmeal
2. Mid-morning Shake
3. Lunch Salad With Chicken Breast
4. Mid-afternoon Whole Wheat Bread With Turkey Breast And Low Salt Munster Cheese A Little Low Fat Mayo
5. Dinner Chicken Salad And Maybe Sweet Potato
6. Night Snack Low Fat Sugar Free Pudding

I also lift at 5AM every morning, so I take Noxplode on an empty stomach and after my workout I take cell mass.

6:30 Am Morning
Protein Shake With 1 Cup Oatmeal
10:00 Am Mid-morning Snack
Protein Shake
12:30 Pm Afternoon
Chicken Breast Salad With Lite Ranch Dressing
3:00 Pm Snack
Low Cal Soup
6:00 Pm Dinner
Stir Fry Chicken With Broccoli,cauliflower And Carrots
8:00 Pm Snack
Fat Free Sugar Free Jello Pudding With Protein Powder

6:30 Am Morning
Protein Shake With 1 Cup Oatmeal
10:00 Am Mid-morning Snack
Protein Shake
12:30 Pm Afternoon
Chicken Breast Salad With Lite Ranch Dressing
3:00 Pm Snack
Low Cal Soup
6:00 Pm Dinner
Stir Fry Chicken With Broccoli,cauliflower And Carrots
8:00 Pm Snack
Fat Free Sugar Free Jello Pudding With Protein Powder
Overall I think this looks pretty good! :tucool:

I especially like seeing the addition of protein with the oatmeal in meal 1. :)

I might want to see more veggies but you are probably okay with the dinner's broccoli, cauliflower, and carrots. Just depends on how much is in there. Also, by "chicken breast salad" I'm not sure if you mean "chicken salad" (mayo and all that), or if you mean salad greens with Ranch and chicken on top. :)

What's in the soup at 3pm? I'm sure it's okay but just double-checking.

You MIGHT want to add a small portion of healthy fats in there (8pm would be a perfect place to just add a small portion of peanut butter, or put some sunflower kernels or crushed almonds on your salad), but it might not be necessary.

How have your results been so far?

Good luck! :)

NO MAYO !!!
I started the last week in August at 196lbs 21% body fat. I am now at 184.4 lbs with 15% body fat, yesterday afternoon.
I will add a rice cake with all natural peanut butter in the evening.
Rice Cake OK?

NO MAYO !!!
:lol: :tu:

I started the last week in August at 196lbs 21% body fat. I am now at 184.4 lbs with 15% body fat, yesterday afternoon.
I will add a rice cake with all natural peanut butter in the evening.
Rice Cake OK?
Those results are great!!!!!!! :bow: Congrats!

Rice cakes are IMO totally fine for the majority of people. My girlfriend eats those things, even the sweetened kind ("Maple Brown Sugar" or "Caramel" or "Cheddar Popcorn" flavors) and it doesn't do anything bad to her (then again she trains pretty hard...). I think it's only like 10g of carbs per rice cake (I think, not 100% sure though); they're almost like eating air. :lol:

What kind are you going to eat? Do you know the name and flavor so I can try to find out the calories/protein/carbs/fats per rice cake? How many do you want to eat? (Still, regardless, I'll bet only one of them would be completely fine). If you're worried about it just do what I do: take a tablespoon of peanut butter...and eat it right off the spoon. :drool:

ONE...I will eat only one I think we have the low fat maple store brand I will look. Thanks for the review...I have been working out BIT have been unable to lose the last 10 NOW I WILL!!!!!!!!!!!
AND You can't flex fat!!!! either

I am a 60 year old and I've been lifting for the past 15 years. I need advice on cutting the last 10lbs. I am at 183 and want to get down to 173 before I bulk up. I am doing cardio, on a treadmill, in the morning start at 3 and go up (45 sec.) every third minute 4,4.5,5,5.5,6,6.5,7 and then 8...that's 25 minutes and then 5 min. cool down. Three days a week. I do lift 6 days a week, currently on a body part a day. I eat clean 6 or 6 small meals a day. Am I on the right track?

You might get a little better result alternating high and low resistance on the treadmill.

The other point is that don't forget to bulk after you cut. As you get towards 65 years old, it gets a lot harder to build and hold on to muscle and less important to get really lean.

ONE...I will eat only one I think we have the low fat maple store brand I will look. Thanks for the review...I have been working out BIT have been unable to lose the last 10 NOW I WILL!!!!!!!!!!!
AND You can't flex fat!!!! either
Hi Pologreen :)

That's probably fine for once a day. I'd still like to see the nutrition facts to make sure, but from the ones I have seen in the grocery store here one of them wouldn't do any harm.

Also, forgot to mention this before but I don't necessarily think you need the extra fats, I just don't know for sure without more info on the foods you're eating. It may help, it may not. What I can say for sure though is this: if it ain't broke don't fix it. :) Sounds like you're doing pretty well so far so you might just want to keep going the way you have been. :tu:

Those "last 10" are always the hardest! Keep pluging along, I know you can do it!

has 50 cals, 11 carbs, 1 protein, 0 fat. How much with peanut butter? Anyone know?

has 50 cals, 11 carbs, 1 protein, 0 fat.
I think it'll be fine for only one of them. If you're concerned about it, drop 50 calories from carbs earlier in the day. :)

How much with peanut butter? Anyone know?
Depends on what kind you want to use. I like this stuff:

http://www.peanutbutter.com/natural.asp

ONE tablespoon of this would be:

CALORIES: 90
TOTAL FAT: 8g
...SAT. FAT: 1.75g
SODIUM: 75mg
CARB: 3g
...FIBER: 1g
...SUGARS: 1.5g
PROTEIN: 3.5g

But, there are many others, and yes there are others a lot "better" than this (in terms of nutrition facts, but man this stuff tastes incredible!).

1 Tbls = 100 Cals, 8 Fat, Carbs 3, Protein 5
Tahnks For All Your Help