Maybe 7 pounds of pure fat!
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sounds roughly right, 6-7lb s probably what I drop before I start dehydration or food mass restriction on a weight cut. But Iām not no carbing like I would then so I think I do probably have some left. Would be nice to think 0.5lb of it was fat. I do look a little leaner
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I reckon Iāve got about 40lbs of it
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Anyone else already injured. I was dumb enough to go play soccer in the evening after running and doing kettle bell swings in the morning. I also did not eat enough and I knew it was a bad idea from the begining. Now I am in a miserable pain at my right tight and lower back. Some muscle or nerve problem, but I had a hard time going to bed and now walking.
Yeah, if youāre lucky you just moved some shit around that isnāt supposed to move and you have something pushing on a nerve. But really, walking is overrated anyway.
Pulled a hamstring several weeks ago. Still hasnāt healed. Have some weird goings on in my back where a disk keeps getting out of place. At this point Iāve just resigned to dealing with it. Easily cuts away at one-to-two hours of waking time (pain takes energy out of you). At least my back no longer spasms from it and lifts are up so w/e.
Yeah, but going to bed is usually so nice!
Iām up 1.2 pounds, which sucks, but Iām upping my weights and feeling pretty tough here lately. The 1.2 should be gone by the end of the week, but alas, only to return over the weekend.
If I could just go two weekends in a row without anything social and stick to my diet I think Iād see real change.
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Iām struggling at weekends too. I drop 6lbs in the week and put 5 back on at the weekend. Only down 4 lbs since start of Jan.
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Is it that hard to say no to eating out? I donāt feel like one has to give up their social life in order not to eat out.
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Depends on whoās in your social circle. I donāt feel like that, at all. But my friends donāt go out to eat much.
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Environments other than work encourage me to eat, perhaps from habit. Going to work m-f, I can restrict calories throughout the day and eat a satisfying meal at home in the PM. At home weekends, i just wanna eat!
Plus I have big upcoming social weekends next two weeks which ought to be binge drinking/eating. So yeah itās a challenge for me too.
Bodyweight 181.8 today so about 15lbs since new years.
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I started injured. Iāve only had about three ānormalā months of training over the past three years. My goodness, I canāt believe itās been that longā¦
Iām succeeding at maintaining my weight without obsessively tracking my food, but my goal is to lose weight. My appetite is stronger than my give a damn.
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I feel that!
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Itās not just eating out. Itās serving people meals and snacks at my house and going to theirs in addition to the eating out. Restaurants at least put me in control to some extent. These are family things, so obligatory. My husbandās family celebrates holidays with appetizers of Ruffles potato chips and dip and chocolate covered almonds, then a dinner of ravioli with meatballs, sausage, and super buttery garlic bread, then a table full of desserts. Weāre doing a rescheduled Christmas thing on the 22nd. Iāll bring a salad for what defense it can give me, but experience tells me that it will be a giant fail of a day. Three house each way to get there, a house crowded with people, and all this food, most of which I donāt even really like, butā¦Iāll eat it.
So for example, thatās a challenging weekend.
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Yesā¦ when youāve worked 16 hours and youāre headed home at 11pm, havenāt eaten since 10am and just want to sleepā¦ stopping for a quick sandwich/burger/ice cream is extremely appealing.
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Real life shit here.
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If anything is gonna get me, itās this right out of the oven. Tasty kryptonite.
And thatās why you need to have a plan when you leave your place.
Idk guys, I might be wrong, but when someone finds an excuse, I think thatās because itās not important enough to them. And thatās completely fine donāt get me wrong. But if it is very important to you, you will find a way to make it work.
I agree that this is more challenging. It all comes down to planning around. Can you enjoy the presence of your loved ones while also enjoying some of the food there, and making an estimate in your mind of how much youāve eaten, and then just restrict your caloric intake at the next meals that day or even the next few days?
How strict are you trying to be with your diet?
Remember, itās not overeating on the weekends that makes you fat. Itās not overeating a single day. Itās consistently not making up for those calories the following day.
You can totally afford to be more indulging for one day if that doesnāt mean youāll eat 5k calories and you make sure to slightly lower your intake on the following 1-2 days to go even.
If you havent eating since 10am you can get away with quite a lot of shit eating while remaining in a deficit though surely.
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