I'm up to a 36 waist - thanks to Del Taco and a few others. As well as eating pretty poorly over the last year, or so.
I'm on a strict regimen now and doing a three week diet and then merging it into a new way of life. I have a history of eating well (normally) - but, again; have been quite clumsy over the past year or so.
My plan is to limit myself to 1100 calories a day the first week, then up to 1200 the second week, and then stay on or around 1500 calories as the norm, with one cheat day per week.
After the third week - I'll get back into some sort of exercise, which too will be part of the new 'way of life'
In this thread I'd like to discuss food ideas for assisting myself (& others) with weight loss.
Since Monday I've not gone above 1100 calories/daily - I have eaten oatmeal, oranges, bananas, hard-boiled eggs and in closing, in the evening - I'll eat one of the Chick Fil A Spicy, grilled chicken wraps w/o dressing (350 cals)
I'm open to ideas - but the goal is - finding items that are a little less common and more creative.
Please assist at your leisure - anyone else need assistance or interested in jumping aboard, I welcome it.
Originally Posted by Titty Meat:
We weight the same and have the same waste size cuz!
one meal a day still - today - Grass fed beef 8 ounces - with minced garlic and fresh jalapenis 'chopped' inside - I'm grilling it with a bunch of broccoli and a scoop of lowfat cottage cheese on the side. I will have a pop-sickle (Healthy Choice.) which is 110 cals. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Simply Red:
one meal a day still - today - Grass fed beef 8 ounces - with minced garlic and fresh jalapenis 'chopped' inside - I'm grilling it with a bunch of broccoli and a scoop of lowfat cottage cheese on the side. I will have a pop-sickle (Healthy Choice.) which is 110 cals.
Nice! I had a chicken steak salad and will grill some more steak tonight. Getting some meal prep foods from Muscle Grill. There stuff is delicious! [Reply]
Question and advise for the more nutritional educated among us in here. I've got a goal in the my fitness app of losing 2 lbs a week. The app says thats 2590 daily calories. I'm staying an average of 800 calories below that number.
I'm also exercising and losing(according to the track my walk app) an daily average of 700 calories by walking an average of 3.68 miles daily. I don't count those calories in my daily intake.
I can see my daily/weekly marcos goal for Protein/Fat/Carbs. My diet is right on target for the my fitness app goals. Couple of % points lower in fat and carbs, higher in protein.
I'm getting advise in forums that I'm underrating. I need to eat more or I'm going to have serious health problems up to and including organ failure. I retort that I've lost 80 lbs. That seems to be a more healthy choice.
I don't feel hungry. Sometimes when I skip a day of exercise, I feel fat which is a weird feeling for me anyway.
Originally Posted by BigRedChief:
I drink lots of water when I exercise but my general fluid is diet soda. I know its bad. I'll tackle that after I get past 100 lbs lost.
yes don't burn yourself out trying to move mountains - keep it realistic and take the appropriate steps. However do NOT keep doing what you're doing. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Simply Red:
yes don't burn yourself out trying to move mountains - keep it realistic and take the appropriate steps. However do NOT keep doing what you're doing.
so l should eat the 2590 or the 2590 plus the exercise calories? [Reply]
Originally Posted by BigRedChief:
so l should eat the 2590 or the 2590 plus the exercise calories?
Eat at the 2590 calories and use the exercise calories burned as a bonus deficit. Ignore the bro advice on the other forum. Studies show no real harm unless you go very low calorie (800 - 1000 calories daily for a long time). And that's mostly because it's hard to get all of your required nutrients when you go that low.
Also, most fitness trackers wildly overestimate calories burned during exercise so eating back the exercise calories could slow or stop the weight loss.
if you are worried about metabolic slowdown, do a one day a week refeed (125% of TDEE, not a binge day) or do a diet break for a week or two every eight weeks of dieting. A diet break is just eating at TDEE for a short time, not a week of free for all. [Reply]
Originally Posted by BigRedChief:
so l should eat the 2590 or the 2590 plus the exercise calories?
I typed that wrong - i was trying to multi-task - I meant keep doing what you're doing - don't let freedom of allowing yourself a diet soda branch off into more permissions in other food areas. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Simply Red:
I typed that wrong - i was trying to multi-task - I meant keep doing what you're doing - don't let freedom of allowing yourself a diet soda branch off into more permissions in other food areas.
so with food and calories, keep doing what your doing, correct? [Reply]