awesome. I’m excited and cheering for you. you got this!
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Many thanks Throwaway fitness.
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Saturday 26 Nov
Sleep 6 hours
Morning weight 18 stone 8.4 260lb
Marginally more than yesterday
Bockwurst 282 calories
20 min walk
2 pieces of white toast
1 cup of coffee
1 banana
2 slices of chicken
1 bread roll 216 calories big slip here.
Can of tinned mackerel
Plus 2 pieces of toast
Circa 10,000 steps
May do a little more
Small piece of canned corned beef
Supplements before bed
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Sunday 27 November 2022
Morning weight 259.3 lb
Lost a pound .
Lost a stone 14 lb
Will try to eat better today more vegetabless
Mediterranean vegetables 405 calories
Fishcakes - 460 Calories
1 coffee 25 cal
Big breakfast lol
3 cups of tea 75 cal
2 egg omelette 140 calories
4 Richmond sausages Irish recipes 400 cals
1500 calories
Probably finished for day
Midnight snack
1 piece of toast 117 cal
Tin of mackerel 225 cal
1800 plus cals for day.
Just cooked some chicken breasts for tomorrow.
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How much oil/butter are you using to get 405 calories from vegetables?
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I ate the full pack . I will check the packaging next time. I knew I would not be back until possibly late
100g of fat for 500 pack. That does seem like an awful.lot to Mr. I won’t get that one again.
Might start to get fresh and /or stick to the boring ones. Thanks for the hint.
A stick of butter has 92g fat in it. I’m not sure how the 100g are being measured, but that’s a whole lotta butter/oil.
If this is accurate, I would strongly recommend you check the nutrition label before buying/eating anything. Packaged food has a knack for hiding extra calories.
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I get M&S Mediterranean vegetables, it’s 23 calories per 100g. 115 calories in a 500g pack. 1.5g fat in the whole thing.
Yeah, you got some crazy med veg. A bit naughty of the brand really. A ton of people are probably buying that thinking it’s a healthy way to lose weight.
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It’s a big supermarket too. Looks right just checked again. Will deffo get different ones . Might try m&s.
Lidl had some too. Not sure on their values
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Sorry, I’m pretty uninformed on your nutrition plan so if this has already been explained - feel free to redirect me there (you can quote the post).
What is your diet plan?
Are you following a certain macro protocol?
CICO (Cal In-Cal Out)?
Just cals in cals out and trying to get protein up a lot.
If I eat close to 1000 cals im dropping roughly a pound per day. I don’t like protein shakes much . They tend go through me.
I need to this for health reasons too. I’m eating about 1500 on training days.
I want to eventually track all my macros and minerals. Not really sure how though.
Many thanks for your continued help .
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You’re losing weight without them so I’m not saying you need them, but have you ever tried a Whey Isolate? Protein powders go “through” a lot of people and it is usually due to a lactose sensitivity they were unaware of. Protein powders are vital for me and a lot of others during a cut but many people have trouble digesting whey concentrates which is probably what you’ve had in the past.
This is a very popular brand but a cheaper one. I used to use beanfreaks . I think it was precisions nutrition.
I am pretty sure that was whey isolate
I may look.into a different one. It’s a shame this site doesn’t have a UK distributor.
What’s your opinion on quinoa? Lots of protein not sure on calories.
This is highly unsustainable and asking for diet rebound weight to occur, but keep doing it if you have the fortitude to do so. I know i don’t.
MyFitnessPal
^you don’t need the paid version to get it’s biggest benefits.
This is fine. Protein shakes are merely a protein supplement… as in, something to supplement the intake of other protein sources. If you are already high protein, a protein shake is not value added outside of convenience.
Will try to follow along. You’re doing the work; stick with it.
If you haven’t already, i strongly reccomend taking a shirtless photo of yourself and saving it. You don’t have to share it, but you will regret not having it when you get to your goal. Monthly progress photos wouldn’t be a bad idea either, but that is up to you.
^i wish i had more pictures of myself from 10-15 years ago, before i had really started this journey. The transformation is remarkable if i do say so myself.
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Thanks Andrew,
I will.implement your suggestions
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I love quinoa! It’s really good for you and isn’t super high in calories or anything.
When you buy frozen veggies the ONLY ingredients listed on the label should be vegetables. No butter, oil, cream, sauce, or dressing of any type. You can season them at home.
After looking back on your food logs, another thing to consider looking at swapping out is all the white bread/toast. If you’re going to to doing carbs, focus on starchy veggies - sweet potatoes, peas, legumes (beans), potatoes and/or corn. If you feel it needs to be grain-based, then try oats and/or quinoa.
These little switches may help you feel more satisfied and will help better stabilize your blood sugar levels.
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This is a carb - so not a super high-quality protein source. Your best bets for protein are lean meats (not sausages or high fat burgers), eggs/egg whites, and if your MUST protein powders. Shoot for roughly 6-7 ounces (180-210 gram weight) of lean meat protein at each of your three meals and that’ll put you right around 125-145 grams of HIGH QUALITY protein per day without counting protein from plant/vegetable and/or carb sources.
Keep it simple!!
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Morning weight
259.8 lb
Sleep 8 h 52
Punnet of blueberries Aldi
A large banana
Meal 1 3/4 of chicken filet plus half a bowl of vegetables including left over broccoli.
I think I overcooked the chicken .
1 cup of coffee
2 cheesy flavour bread rolls 426 calories
Disappointed in myself.
1 cup of coffee
1 banana
Chicken with small amount of rice and left overs from bowl of vegetables. Slice of root ginger.
100 g egg white one scoop of protein powder 1 teaspoon peanut butter
Waffle came brilliant.
From the recipe on the egg whites
Roughly 1500 cals for day . Feel very full . Thank Queen for the advice.
Should have got a lot of protein. Will calculate soon.
Circa 153 g without veg protein.
Met con for muscle plan CT
Workout 1 complete
Decide to go conservative with weights but not enough . 2 mins is a long time. Struggled with 22.5 kg DBs for full minute. I am sure I will adapt quite quickly though.
Best crawls suck big time esp in commercial gym and at 260 ISH lb
Did some dB curls at the end.
4,8,10,14,16 all ten reps each arm couldn’t do 18 kg
B complex was hard , especially over head . Swapping between stations is hard. Might substitute dB presses, as it suits me and transition might be quicker. I can’t get good ROM on barbell presses either.
12,586 steps 984 calories
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