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Back to biking regularly at night. Ate chicken wings tonight but will get back on diet this weekend, I dont feel great after eating and probably should have just eaten Huel or one of my frozen meals.

Heart rate was higher than normal. Same on the ride yesterday. Climbing was a harder effort but data shows I may have fallen out of shape over my 10 minute break

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My family is making me gain weight (haha)

They came to visit me. My sister is here for a short-term job and my parents joined her. They are stressing me out so much. I cope by eating a lot and they also keep telling me to eat more. I feel like I will soon be over 200 pounds. Sorry for the small rant.

I pay for my parents phone. My dad has been nagging me constantly for a new phone. I got him one but it arrived late on a day that I had to go to work early. He insisted that I set it up THAT night and not later. Then he complained about the phone, saying it was not good and this and that. He asked me to take him off the account. I did that, and now he wants to get back on it. He is old and as much as I love him and it pains me to say this, he is not as sharp as he used to be. So I cant get too angry but still. I ate and ate, and then finished a whole basket of fries from McDonalds.

Right after I started to meal perp.

ZannoL posted...

Im not overweight or anything, but I just want to come in and say that eating slow is an underrated tip for weight loss.

When I was on a cut last year, I started eating a lot slower by chewing more. You will feel SO MUCH MORE satiated and eat less.

When you eat really fast, you can consume waaaay more calories. Not good if trying to lose weight.

This is a really good tip.

Also generally try to avoid/reduce sugar whenever possible. I usually drink water, but when I need a sweetened beverage, I make a lightly sweetened ice tea. Add only one tea spoon of sugar in a 1,5 liter jug and you're fine.

Reduce meal sizes. Only have two main dishes a day. Don't snack. Eat healthy food, and depending on your workout, rather low-carb and high protein focused.

Exercise regularly. Every step counts. Take the stairs instead of elevators. Go to the gym.

Most importantly, be patient. Loosing weight requires time. You will loose weight, if you follow some basic rules. It's impossible to not loose weight if you're doing this right. It's in your hands. You can do it.

Good tip but i got 2 little kids and eating fast is like a must lol.

is it true that weight loss is also more about what you eat than simply calorie counting?

Akagami_Shanks posted...

is it true that weight loss is also more about what you eat than simply calorie counting?

Its actually the opposite, losing weight can simply be broken down by calories in/calories out. You can eat whatever you want, as long as you expend more calories you will lose weight.

I think anyone who is trying to lose weight benefits massively from calorie counting, especially at the beginning, its super easy w/ all the apps that are available, and it is pretty mind blowing to learn just how calorie dense some foods, even healthy foods, can be

AngelsNAirwav3s posted...

Its actually the opposite, losing weight can simply be broken down by calories in/calories out. You can eat whatever you want, as long as you expend more calories you will lose weight.

This is the way

This is also why i lost significant weight in the start of my journey, because i ate nothing but Dominos pizza and lost these pounds

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I didn't mean to trivialize macro and micro nutrients, those are obviously super important and just because you are losing weight in a caloric deficit it doesn't mean you are getting "healthier." Some people on Ozempic are finding this out as they don't change their diet, they are mostly losing muscle and little fat because they are malnourished. I was just trying to say that calories are the most important thing to track when it comes down to a healthy diet, since even on a steady diet of eggs/chicken/broccoli/rice you can gain weight if you eat too much.

When it comes to making a healthy diet for yourself and lose weight, the first thing to do is pick a calorie goal and track it. The second thing is to break those calories down into a healthy ratio of carbs/fat/protein, and make sure you are hitting those goals. Finally you can use something like Cronometer to track your micro nutrients, and you can tweek your foods a bit to make sure you are hitting all those recommendations.

Basically the secret is don't eat too much (track your calories) and eat healthier options (hit your macros).

I havent weighed myself since I dropped below 200 pounds. Im afraid to see the scale and feel sad if I gained some weight back. My plan is to exercise hard for the next three weeks and then weigh myself on the 19th. I have a doctors appointment the following week. Starting from Monday, Im going to increase my cardio time from 30 to 50 minutes a day. I also need to improve my time management skills. I want to balance work, school, and workout. I wish I could block twitter on my Edge browser, but it requires me to sign up for a family plan. I dont want to do that. I think my life would be better without twitter.

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my boring ass lunch, 7 oz chicken breast doused in Franks Buffalo Red Hot sauce and veggies, been eating this daily for a year+ now lol

AngelsNAirwav3s posted...

my boring ass lunch, 7 oz chicken breast doused in Franks Buffalo Red Hot sauce and veggies, been eating this daily for a year+ now lol

I can't tell if you are at home or work. But if you are at home, use an air frier. They can crips up the chicken and you change up the flavoring easily .

AngelsNAirwav3s posted...

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my boring ass lunch, 7 oz chicken breast doused in Franks Buffalo Red Hot sauce and veggies, been eating this daily for a year+ now lol

I cycle through dousing everything in Frank's, mustard and Sriracha. The sriracha isn't zero calories, but I can justify the low amount at least.

Jiek_Fafn posted...

I cycle through dousing everything in Frank's, mustard and Sriracha. The sriracha isn't zero calories, but I can justify the low amount at least.

Spices are low cal and can work wonders . If you get too bored mix those up

I'm at work, I just cook a bunch of chicken breasts on sundays for the week and then microwave them at the office. Not great, but I save my good tasting meals that I put effort into for dinner usually.

cjsdowg posted...

Spices are low cal and can work wonders . If you get too bored mix those up

Too much. I'm lazy af when it comes to my healthy cooking. To give you an idea, I'm usually dumping a can of chicken into whatever else I'm eating and just squirting some flavor on it. My trade off for eating healthy is that I don't have to put any thought or effort into cooking

AngelsNAirwav3s posted...

I'm at work, I just cook a bunch of chicken breasts on sundays for the week and then microwave them at the office. Not great, but I save my good tasting meals that I put effort into for dinner usually.

I had a pre made meal. Today, it was horrible. I am just thinking got to lose weight. LOL

oo much. I'm lazy af when it comes to my healthy cooking. To give you an idea, I'm usually dumping a can of chicken into whatever else I'm eating and just squirting some flavor on it. My trade off for eating healthy is that I don't have to put any thought or effort into cooking

Yeah I know cooking all the time is a pain.

Weekly weigh in:
I continued to eat poorly this week, but im only like two pounds above what I was last week. I'm most likely at my full water weight. While this sounds bad, I'm able to compare apples to apples from the beginning of the year. So I'm down 9 lbs of mostly fat. That's a good chunk and like a third of the way to my end of year goal.

Good job jiek.
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I skipped my weight workout today. However I used bands to do Shoulders ,Biceps and Triceps . But it was leg day lol

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Who Woo

Had some home made sloppy joes for dinner, 500 calories and 53 g of protein, one of my favorites

AngelsNAirwav3s posted...

Had some home made sloppy joes for dinner, 500 calories and 53 g of protein, one of my favorites

Wow that is a lot of protein.

AngelsNAirwav3s posted...

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my boring ass lunch, 7 oz chicken breast doused in Franks Buffalo Red Hot sauce and veggies, been eating this daily for a year+ now lol

Man that takes me back to my early weightlifting days.

First week back on the bike after the NBA All Star Break. Counting Sunday I did 100 miles and 1500 ft elevation pretty easy with weights, but my weight is basically the same at 248.

Im supposed to implement swimming this week into my training along with a ramp up to outdoor running. If I can do that, hit 100 miles again on the bike, and keep up my diet, I may see 245 on the scale this week.

Jaguar34 posted...

First week back on the bike after the NBA All Star Break. Counting Sunday I did 100 miles and 1500 ft elevation pretty easy with weights, but my weight is basically the same at 248.

Im supposed to implement swimming this week into my training along with a ramp up to outdoor running. If I can do that, hit 100 miles again on the bike, and keep up my diet, I may see 245 on the scale this week.

Remember two things. Good stuff might be happening in the background. You could be gaining muscle and scale still shows pounds. And if you are really at a place we're you are just not losing. Remember it could be the diet.

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I am right there with you with sleep. Issues I have house guest and she wants to go the gym at 6 so between that and just having issues sleeping. My sleep as been shit . Starting next week i am going to put a nother effort in getting sleep. And if my body keeps waking me up early...I will just try to go back.

196 WOW, Tried to get a picture of it. I am really thinking about getting small hamburger to celebrate. But tomorrow is going to be a big day. I ordered some pants that are a size 38. If I can fit in to them. That would be the first time am in the 30s in almost 20 years.

Congrats!

Coming back from holidays I tried to weigh in to see the damage but I need new batteries for my digital scale. XD

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It happens. If it's a one off, it was probably just a bad day. Could've been lots of stuff, but nothing to worry about.

If it happens a second time, then it's probably a legit recovery issue that needs to be addressed. You'll either need to schedule more days in between working out that same muscle or take a hard look at your diet plan. The majority of us are here to lose weight, so we're eating at a deficit. That makes lifting troublesome. You'll either want to bump up you calories a couple hundred to keep your strength, bump down what you're lifting and make your peace with losing some muscle mass or address work out frequency to gear more towards just maintenance.

It's generally the best long term plan to lose as little muscle as possible. So you might want to up your calories. It's also very acceptable to lose a little bit of muscle. You'll gain it back pretty quickly once you ease up on your diet and eat at a slight surplus. So it's not a huge deal. Plus you're early in your lifting career, so no biggie on some losses. The very first thing I'd try is getting a good night's sleep and seeing if it happens again though.

Thanks Jiek

I had a very off day today as well. I was at a new gym so I might have been just not use to their stuff. And I didn't eat what I should have yesterday. So I might have lost some mass. SO I don't know. I will go back to my gym to see. But overall good advice that I will be heeding.

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What did you marinated your chicken in ? I was just throwing anything in the pot tonight LOL.

Also why are avoiding Fiber is too much of that bad ?

That is good. Fiber is something I know that I missed. I need to like drink or something. lol

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Just wanted to add on to the good advice people have already said. Make sure your sleep and diet are dialed in, and you are getting enough protein.

I track all my lifts, but I dont pay too much attention to making a gain every time Im at the gym, some days you arent as rested or just feel off, no big deal. Just make sure you are pushing yourself at the gym even on bad days, pushing some lifts all the way to failure. Its really easy to just phone in a workout when you feel off and not get much out of it.

I am going to get a turtle neck. Like James Bond are Archer. It was something I wanted when I was bigger. I can get it now.

Weight is still around 177 / 178, which is annoying. But I must be transitioning to more muscle because I can now comfortably wear size 32 jeans.

I'm up to 310 from my holidays, so I gained about 6 pounds or so. Not too bad for an all inclusive for a week. XD

Who woo 32 jeans is great .

Jeff good way to be positive. I am sure the rest you got at the beach will do more good. The taking off another pound or two.

Jeff_AKA_Snoopy posted...

I'm up to 310 from my holidays, so I gained about 6 pounds or so. Not too bad for an all inclusive for a week. XD

I remember on my honeymoon, we did a cruise and I gained like 15lbs. I felt awful and few of my clothes fit properly by the end of it. 6 lbs is nothing and most likely majority water weight. Glad you enjoyed yourself though.

Your first plan was planned at too well the Universe had to throw something at you to keep you on your feet.

Ategm horribly today. I had a depress issue. Then the Chinese place i wanted to go was picking up the phone. So i just went to McDonald's. Basket off fries. Kids high c. About 800 calories. But that is all I had for today.

Okay bad stuff out the way. My next pants came in....I am officially a size 38. But I can't keep having off days. I can't let depression led me down. The bad path. That is how I got in trouble in the first place. And it was odd I went into this dimly lit super market and it hit me. But am back to normal now.