How much weight will i lose a week?

I am doing low carb(around 50 carbs a day), i take in about 250g of protein a day, i can't do much cardio because i have a torn acl and i wont have surgery till july so i do alot of weights and minimal walking, i workout twice a day, im 6'4 285, how much should i expect to lose a week?
P.S. I'm an athlete

Hi, Mosmits!

You are obviously serious about flourishing physically. Well done!

If you are getting complete proteins and spreading their intake over 5 or 6 (smaller) meals daily, your protein intake is fine. Your carb intake is also fine.

However, please ensure that the carbs you are ingesting are natural and unprocessed (unrefined).

I usually recommend aiming to lose 1 to 2 pound of fat per week. However, because of your knee problem you are restricted in terms of your cardio and strength training.

Therefore, if you are able to discover an optimific exercise routine for you, you may be able to lose 1/2 to 1 pound of fat per week.

With respect to strength training, I recommend that you adopt a program similar to the one Charles Poliquin advocates in his book the GERMAN BODY COMP PROGRAM. It should be available in any good library.

If it is not in your library, it's easy to order from any bookstore. It's a current paperback. It is possible to lose fat through diet and strength training alone (with no or minimal cardio).

Just be guided by your physician or by knee pain. You probably won't be able to do everything Poloquin recommends until you recover from your surgery.

With respect to mild cardio, walking works well. Again, be guided by your physician or by knee pain. You may be able to do more walking if you walk more slowly for longer periods.

Alternatively, you may be able to find a different aerobic exercise that will work better for you between now and July

You could also try non-weight-bearing exercise such as swimming, but it is likely to be less effective than weight-bearing exercise for fat loss and it will interfere with your strength training.

For a list of alternatives, I have listed a free Internet resource at the bottom of this reply. This will give you the information you need for cardio alternatives and further information about strength training.

I hope this helps you, Mosmits.

All my best wishes

You, sir, are on the fast track to getting a kidney stone. Have fun with that. You'd better be drinking at least 2L of water a day.

You can always tell these low-carb, no-carb dieters. Their breath smells like rotten apples as the ketone byproducts of the protein builds up, and then as sure as the day is long--they develop kidney stones.

Keep up the heavy weight work; that will help eat up some of those proteins. Try doing a low- or no-impact cardio exercise, like the exercise bike or an eliptical (if you can manage).

too much!

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