Weight Loss Thread

Eat less, exercise more, drink water.

You are welcome.

Caliane_sl said:

yeah, I said it was horrible. Then looked up nutrition, and changed my mind. however, I am still concerned on "serving size" for it. pretty sure I would consider 3-5 cups a "serving size" for watermelon. (at least 2 wedges)
Its like the "serving size" of ice cream being 1/2cup. Who the fuck is eating that little? what is even the point? that will just make you crave more.I would rather no icecream, then 1/2c of ice cream.

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For the record, when I was dieting down last year I would literally have a SPOONFUL of ice cream every night after dinner just to get some sweetness.

Maybe I'm the most strong willed person in the world, but that tiny spoonful is really all I needed. Just a little palette cleanser idk.

I'm starting DietBet.com tonight, gonna be rich bitches.

Actual goal is eliminate spare tire. Weight is more of a system/measure of progress in that goal as far as I care.
6ft tall.
Weigh ins were: 190 on July 15th. 185 on July 22. 182 on 29th.

This week some flux. bumped up to 184 a couple days. Down to 181 today.

Diet is first basic, cut out all deserts, 90% of snacks. what snacks do eat are fruit(blueberry/cherry), cucumbers, green beans. (i had cut out watermelon, but I am corrected, and will probably add that back in.)
Advanced dieting, causing fatigue when paired with high levels of exercise. Breakfast is "normally" and egg sandwich+2 coffees. est-100cal coffee(whole milk+sugar), 360cal egg sandwich. Advanced-cutting down to just egg+ham, and 2 coffees. 200cal.
normal lunch-pb&j-450cal. Advanced-just pb.-190cal.
Dinner-normal 1000-2000. Advanced-700-1000. various items. been cutting out burgers, hotdogs, pizza, etc.

Exercise is heavy. 5-7miles running/day. But, again, at 1090-1390cal/day, and burning 600-1000 on running. fatigue. failing to make it that far, and doing 3-5m instead, and thus more like 500cal burn.

so, still doing some back and forth with intake vs exercise.
I have not locked down if fatigue is heat or calories. Heatwave breaks every time I alter food intake. But, feel too little calories is very likely.
I do find it easier to eat more normal, then do LESS exercise. So plan atm, is alternate. every other day eat a more normal calorie intake. egg sandwich. 2 eggs+ham, for breakfast. still just pb for lunch. 1000-1500 dinners, or add some snacks.
5-7m/day, I could be eating 2600 cal/day and still be losing weight.

I keep some 85% or higher chocolate in the house for that very reason. That and I have gotten pretty decent at making protein mug brownies which are basically just egg, egg whites, protein, cocoa, and some sweetener. They can hit the spot.

I had been doing 5-7m/d for over a month, before adding changes to diet into the mix btw.

How tall are you Cal? I'm assuming you're male btw.

Itlan said:

How tall are you Cal? I'm assuming you're male btw.

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Says he's 6ft tall.

Another hungry skeleton.

Bro, eat more. That much activity at that weight, you could do 2,500-3,000 calories easily. I'm exactly 6 feet and I'm 190, just like you. I eat 3,800-4,000 on gym/weight days and 3,000 on cardio days.

It really does seem like a sudden epidemic of people thinking they shouldn't consume any food.

You're one of the carb cycler guys if I remember right, Dandai? If so, if you aren't (and if I remember correctly, you aren't) one of the keto folks, I would look at how your meals are structured over the course of a day. Specifically when your carbs are available. If you're eating a semi balanced macro-specific diet, you should be able to effective load carbs early in the day and use them for energy, and then go carb-lite in the afternoon/evenings. This may even contribute to better sleep; depends heavily on if you are actually using all those sugars and what not.

I might actually have to nibble upon some crow on this one. Generally speaking, your body doesn't do... anything, really, for the first few hours after you eat something. But if you aren't in ketosis and you don't have sugars ready to go, you're going to suffer a decline in lifting power/efficacy (this assumes the keto folks are past the "fog" and into acclimation. Even if he hasn't moved here yet, I don't want Khane or the other keto kids questioning my advice =|) as your body is going to burn through sugars in your system and then slow waaaaaay the hell down when dealing with fats/proteins as an energy source. I've been an across the board "when you eat doesn't generally matter" and in the vast majority of situations it doesn't. But if you don't have sugars in your system before go lift, and you aren't in a keto state after acclimation, "when" you consume your carbs does kind of matter.

I would imagine you're already doing this, but just blanket adding 1000 calories to your intake might not be the best idea if you haven't already looked at your meals and meal content in regards to your current issues. If you have, carry on and my advice isn't worth a whole lot. But on the off-chance you haven't done that extra step, you might want to give it a go.

As an aside, while certain posters were adamant about gains while cutting.... you'll be a much happier person if you pick a goal that isn't largely in opposition of the other and then try to handle both.

some people have the misconception that eating a small amount of shitty food is equivalent to eating healthy food

just from my experience in the army putting soldiers on weight programs

no idea why

Eh, carbs post workout is only useful if you already have sugars in your system before you lift. If you're trying to lift on fats and protein and you aren't in ketosis, you're going to have shit for energy in the gym. Not to mention it takes substantially longer for the body to break down fats and proteins compared to carbohydrates, so you would have to consume said fats/proteins much earlier in the day. Guy is directly complaining about lack of energy, which unless you're in keto is primarily related to glycogen stores and carbohydrate intake. Why do you think most pre-workout shakes/supplements have higher than average carb/sugar content? Also I'm pretty sure that Dandai isn't one of the 1400 calorie guys that just popped up and already understands you don't diet by just taking your sedentary calorie reqs and slice it in half while exercising 5 days a week.

Only lost 0.2 pounds this week, pre-shit, so it was a bad week. I already knew it was going to be, just was too busy to pack my normal lunch everyday. This week is better so far.

Carbs are fine pre and post workout. Carbs are fine anytime of the fucking day.

Sometimes I think you people don't understand the human body and it's ability to adapt at all.