Exercise For Fitness | 2022
HOW ADEN CURY LOST
40 POUNDS IN 5 MONTHS I didn’t cut
A basketball player to watch back on in 2022 is Aden Cury, 6-foot-5, carbs. who plays for Santa Cruz High Cardinals (19-5 and league champs). Usually the top scorer, he rebounds aggressively. Like James Looney, the 6-foot-9 center for the Golden I would eat around 12 noon for my first meal. I would eat 2 State Warriors who became a better wraps that consisted of turkey, a couple slices of avocado fat player after he changed what he ate, free ranch, lettuce and bell peppers, then at dinner I could eat pretty much whatever I wanted since I had saved so many eliminating cheese, dairy, chicken, beef, calories. pork, gluten, soda and candy, Aden Cury My family doesn’t eat what I eat. Usually I’ll make myself food changed what he ate and lost 40 lbs. last when I get home from practice. The meal that really changed year. At 200 lbs. he’s stronger. was lunch. Here’s his story. Lunch before would be like a couple grilled cheese sandwiches By Aden Cury
I didn’t cut back on carbs just tried to cut back on fat for the simple fact that each gram of fat is 9 calories whereas each gram of protein and carbs is only 4 calories. The only macro I counted was proteins so technically I could eat as much fat as I want as long as I got my 220 grams of protein under my calorie goal, which changed as my journey continued. It started at 2,400 calories and as I moved along, it went all the way down to 2000. Some may say that’s too severe of a cut – well as long as I got my protein and micronutrients I felt great. I started in March and reached my goal in August. Since then I have been eating at maintenance calories just trying to put on lean muscle mass. Yes I did cut out breakfast. 10
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and an apple to now being a big salad and a piece of chicken or like some steamed veggies and a piece of turkey. One resource that I relied on heavily was the salad bar and hot bar at New Leaf, which always provided an easy healthy option. In terms of which fat is OK is really up to interpretation, the way I looked at it is I only have a certain amount of calories so if I have to choose between a cookie and a salad I’m gonna chose the salad because it’s gonna make me feel better and fill me up whereas the cookie will just make me hungry. It’s all about finding foods with low-calorie density that you like for me it was the turkey wraps or salads. The most important thing though is probably finding foods that are satiating that taste good that are low calorie density and just stick to those. Sometimes I would find myself definitely eating the same food every day for weeks but it was all toward a goal. Aden Cury is a junior at Santa Cruz High School.
