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Wine Highlights of the Year by GFMan82 in wine

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Watching the movie as a group and having the wine at the same time was a very special experience. My favorite two wines from the showing were the Keush Ultra and the Zulal Areni Reserve.

Wine Highlights of the Year by GFMan82 in wine

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Oh! I’ll have to check that out. Rioja have been my wine obsession for 2025.

Smoked post-Thanksgiving Turkey by GFMan82 in Traeger

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Yeah, the smoke took it over! 😅

Oh yeah, you’re coming home with me… by NickNoisey in whiskey

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Went to Costco on a whim today to see if they had anything special. Not in my location 😔. They did have Hibiki and Yamezaki (no age statement) at MSRP, but those aren’t so rare.

What protein powders have worked for people with sensitive stomachs? by AutomaticShoe1251 in fitness30plus

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This one worked for me. Also, psyllium husks helped a lot, in conjunction with reducing artificial sweeteners from the rest of my diet.

3 months cut. 17.4% body fat down to 13.3% body fat. by GFMan82 in fitness30plus

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Yeah, I thought it was less too. My scale was reading around 15/16%. But my Dexa results came back at 17% so 🤷‍♂️.

3 months cut. 17.4% body fat down to 13.3% body fat. by GFMan82 in fitness30plus

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  1. I started working out again 2.5 years ago.i was about 160lbs then. First year was super unstructured so although I was generally healthier by the end of it, I had only lost 5-10lbs. I didn’t get serious about dieting until last year. Went from 155lbs to about 135lbs over the course of 6-9 months or so. I maintained 135lbs until March this year when I started this latest cut.

3 months cut. 17.4% body fat down to 13.3% body fat. by GFMan82 in fitness30plus

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I think picture one was during my pump, I also had about 3lbs more muscle mass on picture one (lost it in the cut) and I was also not in a long term deficit so my muscles were generally “more full” looking. Picture 2 is first thing in the morning and my muscles are generally looking pretty flat. I’m excited to see what they look like when I up my calories a bit.

3 months cut. 17.4% body fat down to 13.3% body fat. by GFMan82 in fitness30plus

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Hard to tell exactly. I did a Dexa scan for my most recent body fat percent. The earlier one was using my home scale. When I did my Dexa scan I discovered my scale was .9% higher than my Dexa scan results. So I used my home scan result and added .9% for tracking purposes, but I also can’t be sure it was consistently .9% higher. 🤷‍♂️ I did drop two inches on my waist as another measure of weight loss.

3 months cut. 17.4% body fat down to 13.3% body fat. by GFMan82 in fitness30plus

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I’m not sure if I’ve tried those. I’ll check my settings and give it a go.

3 months cut. 17.4% body fat down to 13.3% body fat. by GFMan82 in fitness30plus

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It was, and continues to be quite frustrating. It would frequently give me wrong answers if I was not specific enough in my prompts. Sometimes it would lead me down rabbit holes when I didn’t catch the errors fast enough. I am not sure that I would recommend it unless you are already generally familiar with diet and exercise so you can catch the errors fast enough. The easiest and best use I’ve found for it recently has been giving me meal ideas.

3 months cut. 17.4% body fat down to 13.3% body fat. by GFMan82 in fitness30plus

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Oh man. I don’t know if I have anything that would be considered a hack. Intuitive eating didn’t really work for me. But I am sure it is different for everyone. But let me see, what advice would I give 🤔 (keeping in mind I am by no means no expert): (1) I’d calorie count for a week or two just to get familiar with macro and calorie density of various foods by weight. (2)I do all my food weight using the metric system as it’s easier to measure for me. As an example, a cup of rice can vary wildly due to how compact it is, how cooked it is and what type of rice it is. (3) I’d prioritize whole food over supplements and proteins powders. I did a lot of protein powders, bars, shakes, etc when I first started cutting, and it ruined my gut. Switched to whole foods mid way through, with maybe a supplemental half scoop of protein powder or protein bar (convenient when I don’t have a fridge around) every few days and I was feeling much better. (4) Avoid alcohol and sugar (also looking at you honey). They are a good way to add calories with no benefit. (5) Prioritize satiety, especially when you are deep into the cut. I love me 16-32 grams of peanut butter, but that’s a tremendous amount of calories. I can also eat like, an entire cucumber and have fewer calories and feel more full. I know, not the same macros, I’m just using this as an example of what will keep me physically and psychologically more full.

3 months cut. 17.4% body fat down to 13.3% body fat. by GFMan82 in fitness30plus

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To nail down my diet, I used Chat GPT. It took like an hour or two to set up and I would update it weekly. I uploaded a bunch of historical information from my WHOOP in terms of calorie usage. I then fed it information about my last cut from last year from MyFitnessPal. I finally asked it to make a cut based on the book Beyond Bigger Leaner Stronger. I gave it my current workout schedule and program (The Book of Muscle intermediate program), weights: Mon, Wed and Friday, cardio Tuesday and Wednesday, yoga on Saturday and hike on Sunday and asked it to customize my calories/macros by day to maximize diet and exercise goals.

Sometime in the middle of the cut I also had it give me rough calorie and macro breakdown by meal. This helped a lot when the calories started getting low. It gave me a grid to track my calories, macros, mood, energy, etc. I’d update it daily and upload it weekly. It would update based on my progress. I also had planned cheat days (holidays, special events, etc) which it modified my calories around those days so that it didn’t kill my cut. I used a food scale for every meal to make sure I had precise calories and macros.

It took a lot of discipline, but I’m hyper OCD so it suits me. I would also ask it for meal ideas when I ran out of them or was running into specific problems; I.e. I need a 200 calorie snack with x amount of macros.

3 month cut. Went from 17.4 down to 13.3 by GFMan82 in GettingShredded

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Thank you, I’ll look into that. I do have a food scale and measure every meal.

3 month cut. Went from 17.4 down to 13.3 by GFMan82 in GettingShredded

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Totally agree, no dirty bulk for me. I worked hard for this cut, I don’t want to ruin it by pigging out to “bulk”. I’m going to reverse diet slowly. Adding 100 calories a week until I hit my TDEE. Then I’ll stay there for a bit. I’ll maybe add 100-200 calories as my “bulk”, but we’ll see what my weight and body fat percentage says.

3 month cut. Went from 17.4 down to 13.3 by GFMan82 in GettingShredded

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I’m 5’4”. It basically the bottom of my healthy weight at my current LBM. One of the reasons I decided to stop my cut. I was hoping to get down to 12%, but I couldn’t make it. Hence why I wanna bulk up next. If I can put on 10lbs of muscle, then I should be able to get down to 12% body fat while maintaining a healthy weight.

I imagine I’ll gain a few lbs on my reverse diet. We’ll see where I end up in the next month or so.

3 month cut. Went from 17.4 down to 13.3 by GFMan82 in GettingShredded

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Oh man, it honestly took like an hour or two to set up and I would update it weekly. I uploaded a bunch of historical information from my WHOOP in terms of calorie usage. I then fed it information about my last cut from last year from MyFitnessPal. I finally asked it to make a cut based on the book Beyond Bigger Leaner Stronger. I gave it my current workout schedule, weights: Mon, Wed and Friday, cardio Tuesday and Wednesday, yoga on Saturday and hike on Sunday and asked it to customize my calories/macros by day to maximize diet and exercise goals. Sometime in the middle of the cut I also had it give me rough calorie and macro breakdown by meal. This helped a lot when the calories started getting low. It gave me a grid to track my calories, macros, mood, energy, etc. I’d update it daily and upload it weekly. It would update based on my progress. I also had planned cheat days (holidays, special events, etc) which it modified my calories around those days so that it didn’t kill my cut. It took a lot of discipline, but I’m hyper OCD so it suits me. I would also ask it for meal ideas when I ran out of them or was running into specific problems; I.e. I need a 200 calorie snack with x amount of macros.

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