When I was a little whipper-snapper we used to go to a place in WVa called Seneca Rocks to camp, free climb/boulder throughout the area and play with snakes. Those were some strange times in a strange place.
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I’ve always wanted to try that… as long as its in a safe environment.
I’ve always found snakes quite cute (and certain ones delicious). Have you tried grilled rattlesnake?
In China, they make amazing soups and braises
I was actually thinking about this, and yes
At my grandparents place, I’d eat whatever, whenever (usually pounds of meat and pickled veggies) for a week or so and gain minimal weight.
With that said, there was nothing to do so I’d also go on ridiculous runs and workout at the gym on top of hours of walking (it’s really really beautiful there) and sleep 10+ hours a day
How long ago was that and for how long were you at your grandparents?
Nothing in that story indicates that you can’t get away with eating as much as you want. I don’t believe you’ve ever tried for a sustained period at your current ridiculous activity levels.
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I read the deleted post and agree with it but did not give it a “like” because I thought he didn’t want it to be read, if that makes any sense.
Those are incompatible, at least to my knowledge. I mean, there’s indoor gym apparatuses and whatnot, but this was pretty raw.
No. They did an annual rattlesnake round up down there and the whole protected from serpents religious thing, but we kinda stayed away from that.
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Last time I cut loose for an extended period of time (10 days) was a couple of years ago (it’s hidden somewhere in this log or my previous one)
We visit them every year for CNY, but that’s only for 2-3 days
@EmilyQ - I saw that @dt79 had posted and wrote that, THEN read that it was immediately addressed by someone. It was unnecessary of me to comment at that point, plus I genuinely feel dt meant well and I didn’t want to just contribute to a dog pile. I appreciate the affirmation, though. I think the point’s been made.
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So my point stands.
You said you can’t get away with eating as much as you’d like.
I think that’s 100% incorrect.
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Hey look at that: eating to support training.
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I don’t have the time to mimic what I do there (school, research, parents watching, less equipment)
You are presently training more than your diet can sustain.
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This is why I suggested she start logging all food eaten during the day — even just a vague ballpark. I think it would go a long way to being able to see that part of the equation; it’s a part that, at least to my eyes, seems to be glossed over when asked for specifics.
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This is what I ate yesterday:
Breakfast: 2 slices of sprouted grain bread (140)+ 1/4 cup egg whites(40kcal)+ some mushrooms (not counted)+1 salted duck egg yolk (90 kcal)
Snack: 2 pieces of dark chocolate (100kcal)
Lunch: 1 can of Costco’s canned chicken breast (240 kcal)+ a lot of broiled asparagus (not counted)
Snack: 2tbsp of protein powder + 2tbsp of protein powder mixed w/water (90kcal)
Dinner: 6oz barramundi (150kcal)+another large pile of broiled asparagus (not counted)
Night snack: 1 Costco protein bar (190kcal)+4oz goat cheese (320kcal)+ 1 packet 4 sigmatic Cocoa (25kcal) + 30g honey (100kcal)
Other: 2 fish oil capsules (20kcal)+2 multivitamin gummies (15kcal)
I’m not gonna count the vitamin calories, and neither should you, but to my count you’re at around 1500 calories for that day.
Darlin’, that is WAY too low for your stated activity levels, plus the stress of life.
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In that case, I must have forgotten to report something because I recall being at 1500 before deciding to add the honey
Unless that “something” is around 500-1000 calories, it’s probably still too low.
If you weren’t someone who exercised, I could see this amount being sufficient, but even then the daily recommended calories for an average adult is 2000 calories. Again, you’ve been training like a mofo, and are in school (studying and brain-intensive stuff requires calories. Your brain needs food too.)
If that’s a picture of an average day of eating for you, we need to up it.
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Ya, you should be adding 500-1000 calories
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I don’t count veggies, but if I were to (based on the nutrition facts on the bag), I’d say to add 250-300 kcal (sometimes I eat more seaweed or mushrooms out of my mom’s soup. I willfully ignore this
I’m significantly shorter than average too. When I plugged my numbers (including “high activity” into most calculators, I get that my TDEE should be 1400-1700kcal (depending on the calculator), which seems to be pretty accurate… of course, not counting veggies
To put things into perspective, I was watching a FDOE by Tia Clair Toomey, who weighs 20lbs more than me, has more muscle, is taller, trains for the CF games and tracks everything (not just loosely like me) and she logged 2400. The video was during “in season training”
if I were actually in a deficit, I wouldn’t be gaining weight… or is there some hormone shit
This is an unfair comparison.
About 20 posts up you made mention of wanting to try free climbing or bouldering in a safe fashion. Free climbing is very safe as long as all the parties involved know what they’re doing, it’s simply climbing without any aids but you have the safety of the rope to catch you if you fall. Once Covid restrictions lift any outdoors outfitter probably has day trips you can sign up for. Bouldering can be safe if you’re working low to the ground, but the specific strength requirements are usually much greater. You won’t have a rope so if you slip and miss your crash pad there is injury risk. Stay away from free-soloing. That stuff is reserved for wild people.
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