Weight Loss Thread
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Khane
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It's actually more like 800 calories. Even more if the skin was left on the legs.
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chaos
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Yeah man. You need to get down with some shit that doesn't have too many calories. Vegetation. Skinless chicken. Find a salsa you like and put that shit on some stuff.
Tonight my kids had tacos, which they love. I had taco salad. So meat, arugula, cheese, avocado/tomatillo/seranno pepper puree (so good) and some salsa. It was pretty amazing. Probably somewhere about 800 calories, I'm guessing. About 100 for the avocados, 110 for the cheese (measured that), 400-500 for the meat, salsa is like 30 calories or something.
For lunch I had slow cooker chicken (about half a cup, I think, a little less because the container wasn't full), 1/4 cup parmesan cheese, arugula, kale, parm/roasted garlic dressing (2 tbsp, about 110 calories). All that together is like 500 calories and quite filling.
Breakfast was almonds. I go quick and easy for breakfast. I measured it out on the weekend into packages, 270 calories worth of almonds.
I'm not beastmode like you so you may need some more calories than me, but this is pretty much my day to day. I've put together some things that I can do quickly that don't make me want to seppuku.
Yesterday was chicken alfredo, I used broccoli instead of pasta. Sear off some chicken in the skillet, once that's done I cook the broccoli in the same pan with some olive oil, make sure it's still crispy. Cut up the chicken, mix with the sauce (i went storebought even though homemade is easy, way way too many calories in homemade), put the broccoli down as the base and pour some sauce with chicken on top. Top with cheese. All together probably somewhere between 600-800 calories. If you overdo it witht he sauce you could probably breach 1000 easily.
Going to try this "broccoli for pasta" thing with tomato sauce as well. I normally like spaghetti squash also, which works.
Tonight my kids had tacos, which they love. I had taco salad. So meat, arugula, cheese, avocado/tomatillo/seranno pepper puree (so good) and some salsa. It was pretty amazing. Probably somewhere about 800 calories, I'm guessing. About 100 for the avocados, 110 for the cheese (measured that), 400-500 for the meat, salsa is like 30 calories or something.
For lunch I had slow cooker chicken (about half a cup, I think, a little less because the container wasn't full), 1/4 cup parmesan cheese, arugula, kale, parm/roasted garlic dressing (2 tbsp, about 110 calories). All that together is like 500 calories and quite filling.
Breakfast was almonds. I go quick and easy for breakfast. I measured it out on the weekend into packages, 270 calories worth of almonds.
I'm not beastmode like you so you may need some more calories than me, but this is pretty much my day to day. I've put together some things that I can do quickly that don't make me want to seppuku.
Yesterday was chicken alfredo, I used broccoli instead of pasta. Sear off some chicken in the skillet, once that's done I cook the broccoli in the same pan with some olive oil, make sure it's still crispy. Cut up the chicken, mix with the sauce (i went storebought even though homemade is easy, way way too many calories in homemade), put the broccoli down as the base and pour some sauce with chicken on top. Top with cheese. All together probably somewhere between 600-800 calories. If you overdo it witht he sauce you could probably breach 1000 easily.
Going to try this "broccoli for pasta" thing with tomato sauce as well. I normally like spaghetti squash also, which works.
Khane
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If you ate 5 chicken legs, skin on, and an ice cream bar and still felt like you were starving afterwards I don't even know what to suggest to you. That's a lot of volume and it's high in fat and protein which should sate your hunger very well.
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More fiber would be a good start. Since you're aiming for Atkins, make a cup or two of brocolli and put 3-4 tbsp of butter on it with whatever seasoning you like (I like Montreal steak seasoning on mine). Fat is probably what's fucking your calorie count, so again, use a logging app and accurately log your food so you know how much you're eating.
MyMacros+ has a counter at the top that tells you how much you have remaining for the day. It's very handy. The food database isn't as robust as MyFitnessPal, but a Google search will get you the nutrition info you're looking for.
MyMacros+ has a counter at the top that tells you how much you have remaining for the day. It's very handy. The food database isn't as robust as MyFitnessPal, but a Google search will get you the nutrition info you're looking for.
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Celery! Lots of crisp tasty celery. As a diabetic, heart patient, with gout and arthritis/inflammation issues, doctors tell me I really should not have any food whatsoever. I would feel much better if I just started using osmosis to survive. I am not supposed to even use garlic salt on the celery.
Fuck doctors I am gonna die anyways and if I have to never eat anything and can enjoy nothing then why do I want to live anyways. But extra celery does not hurt any diet, honest!
Fuck doctors I am gonna die anyways and if I have to never eat anything and can enjoy nothing then why do I want to live anyways. But extra celery does not hurt any diet, honest!
Khane
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Well, drumsticks are legs in my world. The other "drumsticks" you'd get are just one portion of a wing, and I call them wings.
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Brahma,
Just my 2 cents here but you really should consider clean it up more. Diet sodas, processed bars, ice cream bars, salad dressings, cheese, bacon, giant steaks, these are not things you eat on a daily basis when you are trying reduce body fat. I mean, you can have them from time to time but they should not be part of your daily plan.
Focus on clean, simple, high protein, high fiber, high nutrition, minimally processed foods and drinks. Lots of greens and vegetables, and mostly lean proteins. Here is what I mean by this:
Breakfast: 2 Eggs, Additional egg whites if you want, Spinach, and a banana or half a medium sweet potato
Snack: Fat free, plain (no sugar) greek yogurt
Lunch: 8oz boneless skinless chicken breast with salt and pepper only, 1 cup of cooked brown rice, as much broccoli, within reason, as it takes to fill you up.
Snack: Handful of almonds (20-25)
Dinner: 8 oz Ground turkey burger, sauteed greens (with only olive oil and garlic, salt and pepper), raw bell peppers
Snack: small cottage cheese
Drinks at these meals should mainly be water, unsweetened tea, carbonated water, etc. Not sugary juices or diet sodas.
That comes in at around 1800 calories, roughly, depending on where you get your information on calories. You might need to adjust that number a little based upon your body weight and activity level.
I lift before lunch, which is why I eat carbs at lunch. Otherwise I would move them to after whenever the workout is (and some in the morning). I believe that 90% of your meals should look like these, which means only about 2 per week can be off plan and even those I would suggest you try to stay high protein and nutritious- don't eat cheetos, pizza, and ice cream for a cheat meal. Instead eat a steak and maybe some sweet potato mash or something that isn't too far off the plan.
Also, I echo what others have said here. Until you are able to accurately judge amounts, you need to measure and weigh everything and log it so that you know what your intake is.
This is what has been working for me. YMMV.
Just my 2 cents here but you really should consider clean it up more. Diet sodas, processed bars, ice cream bars, salad dressings, cheese, bacon, giant steaks, these are not things you eat on a daily basis when you are trying reduce body fat. I mean, you can have them from time to time but they should not be part of your daily plan.
Focus on clean, simple, high protein, high fiber, high nutrition, minimally processed foods and drinks. Lots of greens and vegetables, and mostly lean proteins. Here is what I mean by this:
Breakfast: 2 Eggs, Additional egg whites if you want, Spinach, and a banana or half a medium sweet potato
Snack: Fat free, plain (no sugar) greek yogurt
Lunch: 8oz boneless skinless chicken breast with salt and pepper only, 1 cup of cooked brown rice, as much broccoli, within reason, as it takes to fill you up.
Snack: Handful of almonds (20-25)
Dinner: 8 oz Ground turkey burger, sauteed greens (with only olive oil and garlic, salt and pepper), raw bell peppers
Snack: small cottage cheese
Drinks at these meals should mainly be water, unsweetened tea, carbonated water, etc. Not sugary juices or diet sodas.
That comes in at around 1800 calories, roughly, depending on where you get your information on calories. You might need to adjust that number a little based upon your body weight and activity level.
I lift before lunch, which is why I eat carbs at lunch. Otherwise I would move them to after whenever the workout is (and some in the morning). I believe that 90% of your meals should look like these, which means only about 2 per week can be off plan and even those I would suggest you try to stay high protein and nutritious- don't eat cheetos, pizza, and ice cream for a cheat meal. Instead eat a steak and maybe some sweet potato mash or something that isn't too far off the plan.
Also, I echo what others have said here. Until you are able to accurately judge amounts, you need to measure and weigh everything and log it so that you know what your intake is.
This is what has been working for me. YMMV.
Khane
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He's doing low carb AND is a power lifter so like Itlan said, eating 1800 calories with the small amount of protein you've allotted to him would probably kill him. If not literally, figuratively.
You also told him to cut out cheese but then told him to eat a cottage cheese snack, told him to get rid of egg yolks and just eat egg whites if he eats more than 2 eggs (I can't take anyone who thinks egg yolks are bad for you seriously in this day and age) and are pretending salad dressings are something you should not eat on a daily basis.
The diet soda should probably be cut as well as the low carb "pretend" food (snack and ice cream bars) but cheese is fine in moderation (he's probably eating more than he should), bacon is fine in moderation though he should start looking for uncured bacon if he eats it that often and I have never seen convincing evidence that there is anything wrong with red meat.
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Last night I cheated after dinner and had half an Atkins bar. It said 150 cals for the whole bar 2g of sugar and 4g of carbs. And a diet root beer.
This morning I had 3 hard boiled eggs and 4 fuckin strawberries. HOW THE FUCK DO PEOPLE LIVE OFF THIS!!
What is wrong with diet soda? No cals, no sugars, carbs.
My drumsticks are strictly the drumstick not the leg. Like someone said, they are like 4 bites each or so.
I will hold off on the scale. I'm not really ready to be measuring portions at 291 lbs. My issue is I have no idea some of my daily foods were so high in calories. I was looking strictly for carbs/sugars. Plus the large portion sides of foods I thought were OK to eat.
Unless the cafe here has "meat" I will probably skip lunch today.
This morning I had 3 hard boiled eggs and 4 fuckin strawberries. HOW THE FUCK DO PEOPLE LIVE OFF THIS!!
What is wrong with diet soda? No cals, no sugars, carbs.
My drumsticks are strictly the drumstick not the leg. Like someone said, they are like 4 bites each or so.
I will hold off on the scale. I'm not really ready to be measuring portions at 291 lbs. My issue is I have no idea some of my daily foods were so high in calories. I was looking strictly for carbs/sugars. Plus the large portion sides of foods I thought were OK to eat.
Unless the cafe here has "meat" I will probably skip lunch today.
Khane
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This is crazy. It's nuts. It's doable if you are a buddhist monk I suppose but it's not realistic, and were you able to bench press 405 lbs at that weight? Because it does make a stark difference in performance and appetite.
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So you'd rather skip meals than get a food scale? You're starting to worry too much about it and instead of taking a reasonable approach you're doing all kinds of crazy stuff. Counting the carbs and sugars should be your main focus on Atkins because that's what's going to keep you in ketosis for the first 2 phases (which is the entire point) but you cannot count carbs and sugars if you don't know what you're even eating (more specifically how much of it). And knowing how many calories are in what you eat is important from an ongoing lifestyle perspective.
And if you ate just 5 wings last night then yea, that's closer to 400-500 calories, so no wonder you were starving. My family just always called the legs in the KFC bucket "drumsticks" so that's what I call them.
It's gonna be really hard for you to get to where you want to be if you don't cook for yourself man. That's kind of a must. You gotta start cooking for yourself instead of buying all this bagged shit and going to the cafeteria at lunch.