Ditto here. We all know you have the ability to dig deep. Lets gooooo! Dig deep on them food choices too. You need to put a nutrition plan together so that your days is laid out. If you remain full on good foods with proper macros it will be easier to perform ‘push aways’ as in push away from the table.-
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I don’t know “WHY” I’m depriving myself of what I would rather have. So I ate it.
Not one time yesterday did “does this get you closer to where you want to be or farther”, cross my mind
I don’t do well without a concrete goal and purpose.
There is currently no this is where I want to be.
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Yes but there is most certainly a place where you 'DONT" want to be. And thats how you looked before you started your venture here.
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Ever consider a time delay approach?
I did structured cheat meals for a while. Friday night dinner. I’d deadlift on Saturdays, so that was my “big” training day, which meant I could justify all the extra “fuel”.
During the week, I’d see something yummy. Pizza, donuts, burritos, cheeseburgers, etc. I’d tell myself “I’m going to eat THAT…on Friday!” It satisfied the mental draw to the food because I “knew” I was going to get to eat it: just not right at that moment.
VERY often, Friday would roll around, and none of those cravings made it all the way around. If they did, I’d eat that, but otherwise I’d just eat something awesome on that day.
Our minds can be stupid sometime: play tricks on them.
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You once posted this to my log
It’s clear that you need a goal, simply a different - more attainable one. When I fist started up in this forum, I found your log and read your first post… I didn’t believe you could do it. Then I saw the progress you made, and I realized I was wrong.
Your first goal was achievable, just not without risk to health. Now you need to find a goal that is achievable, except without having to sacrifice your health to get there.
Just my $0.02
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No. Never thought of that. I’ve been either all in or do whatever I want.
Going to give that a try.
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I’m a man of extremes as well, and I find this satisfies that. I’ve had some EPIC cheat meals when the perfect storm hit, and then it was out of my system and I got to move on.
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At one point in an earlier (dumber) point of my lifting journey, I was able to cut down to a 6 pack with the dumbest diet I could cook up.
It was as simple as this: if it’s lean protein (chicken, fish, etc.) I could eat as much as I wanted. I had to eat the protein first and until I lost the hunger craving. Only then could I fill up on complex carbs, which I could usually only eat a little afterwards anyways.
It was dumb, but it got me to having a 6 pack for the first (and only) time in my life. It also let me eat as much food as I wanted, it only restricted what type of food it was
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Good to see you are back
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@throwawayfitness a trick Dave Tate talked about was making the cheat meal a pre-bed time meal to limit the damage.
I followed along some last time, and I respect what you managed to do. Most people do not have the willpower and resolve to perpetuate the kind of deficit that you ran for such a long period of time to boot. I’m not arguing that it didn’t work to get the weight off, it did, but now it seems like you are having to run a deficit again. Maybe you’ll have to find a different strategy to get the weight off so that it stays off.
I’m not trained in anyway to speak on the matter, but I do have some anecdotes and experiences with shedding bodyfat and not being able to keep it off and getting caught in a yo-yo. From what I’ve learned from eating disorder rehabilitation materials, this is merely survival doing its thing. You’re going to have to find your own way around that. Maybe that has an impact on how you do your deficit, or how long you do it. It might be that the way forward could be something that you find doesn’t necessarily gel with you on paper, given the nod you’ve given to your all-or-nothing approaches. If you want to shoot some ideas back and forth I’ll do that happily but if you think that it’ll work this time I’m in your corner rooting for you.
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food for 2/16
bw 2/17 238lbs
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2/17
PT rubberband exercises
Pull-ups 10,10,4
Lat Pull down 100x10,100x10,100x10
seated row 100x10,100x10,100x10
bicep curl 10x10,10x10,10x10
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food for 2/17
bw 2/18 241lbs
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2/18
bw 2/19 240lbs
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I wish it was a PM system.
everything is not for public consumption
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2/19
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I wasn’t entirely sure it was relevant in this log.
Read and noted. I’ll send something over tomorrow.
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2/20
bw 2/21 245lbs
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2/21
bw 2/22 245lbs
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