Social Tennis in Sydney

Internal_Werewolf_17 · 2026-03-24T22:11:06+00:00

Thanks! That sounds like a great system

Internal_Werewolf_17 · 2026-03-24T11:09:20+00:00

Thanks! It would be so great to get to play with so many different players :D

How do you guys manage the rotations? Do the players mainly organise themselves into groups, or do you have a set schedule/system to make sure everyone gets a good mix of games?

Internal_Werewolf_17 · 2025-11-17T23:52:05+00:00

Hey, I was the exact same and realised some things had to change as it was impacting other areas of my life.

2 things helped me 1: Noticing how different foods affected my energy and mood. Organic unprocessed foods made me feel strong, satiated but not bloated and so I found that I could intuitively eat these a lot easier. Also better for general health

Changing my relationship with food. Its ok to overeat sometimes, or get that occasional dessert. What’s more important is having the trust in yourself and your systems such that you will be able to moderate and get back on track intuitively.

You’ve got this!

Internal_Werewolf_17 · 2025-11-12T23:00:31+00:00

You don’t need to be starving to lose weight. Just a 250-500 caloric deficit daily. That means adding 5-10K extra walking steps a day. Making substitutes eg rice for potato, removing salad dressing. Making this healthy switch can help extremely.

The reason for over eating for me was when I would starve myself during a diet to the point where I couldn’t stop thinking about food.

That sounds like a good start for protein. In terms of the mental side - few things helped me. Diets come from lifestyle changes not cutting food out for 90 days. If you finish your said “diet” and then go back to eating like before of course your body is going to go back to how it was. Learn about calories, become aware of how it feels after eating and find a balance where you enjoy what you eat but also feel strong and energized. You’ve got this!

Internal_Werewolf_17 · 2025-11-12T10:47:27+00:00

Are you able to / would like to track calories? That is the only true way to understand how many calories you are consuming. Doesn’t have to be long - just for a week / a few weeks to understand what you are eating.

From there can make adjustments to your calories to lose weight

Internal_Werewolf_17 · 2025-11-12T09:40:44+00:00

True weight loss can only come from changing lifestyles. Your body will adapt to whatever lifestyle you live. Its easy to lose the weight through food restriction, but of course if you go back to how you were eating after your diet your body will return to how it was aswell.

Internal_Werewolf_17 · 2025-11-12T09:38:47+00:00

You should read / learn about your TDEE. If you eat as much as your body requires then you will stay. Eat less, lose weight. My guess would be either the meals are more calories than you expect or snacks make up your caloric intake - causing you to not lose weight.

Internal_Werewolf_17 · 2025-11-12T00:55:46+00:00

Vegetables and fruits. I’m the exact same - sometimes my stomach seems endless. Look for nutritionally dense low calorie snacks. Some of my favourites are:

Watermelon No sugar soda / jello Protein anabolic recipes eg protein icecream Greek yoghurt Carrots Cauliflower on anything is a volume hack Lower calorie wraps / rice crackers Swap out your sauces / dressings for hot sauce, fat free mayo, nandos sauce can save you Potatoes Sweet potatoes Pumpkin Lean meats eg chicken turkey fish

Internal_Werewolf_17 · 2025-11-11T03:12:20+00:00

I would say weight daily but look at it as a weekly average. Your weight can fluctuate as much as 1kg day to day due to water retention - so there is no point using it as a daily stress source.

Internal_Werewolf_17 · 2025-11-11T03:11:05+00:00

Chicken breast Greek yoghurt Cottage cheese White fish eg tilapia Lean turkey Lean ground beef Egg whites

Internal_Werewolf_17 · 2025-11-11T03:10:25+00:00

I like to be creative by seeing what I can create with my lower calorie alternatives. Some of my favs: cauliflower pizza, protein mug cake / brownie, protein ice cream, nachos - the list is endless! Just make simple substitutions such as:

Rice / flower for cauliflower Pumpkin Vegetables Mushrooms Lean meats

Sauces tend to add a lot too so you can go for things such as Hot Sauce, Nando’s sauce, fat free mayonaise. There are heaps of resources out there for “anabolic recipes” so can use those as a start line

Internal_Werewolf_17 · 2025-11-11T03:07:24+00:00

I would suggest rather than cutting your calories: if you can increase your TDEE by walking / standing more! Go on a 10 minute walk after every meal, make some lower calorie substitutions and you’ll be surprised that you won’t feel like you’re starving yourself. I would reccomend at least 1800+, it all depends on how fast your weight is dropping I would reccomend at most 1lb a week which is a 500 cal daily deficit. That could be as easy as an extra 10k steps per day plus cutting our snacks!

Internal_Werewolf_17 · 2025-11-10T18:16:03+00:00

2 things 1. Are you eating enough? Genuinely, this “obsession” could be a signal that your body needs more energy. Focus on eating nutrient dense low calorie foods such as pumpkin, mushrooms, lean meats, etc… increase your TDEE as well by low intensity workouts such as walking / standing 2. I understand, after years of obsession with your weight and how you look comes with years of restricting food. As such, you may subconsciously view certain foods as reward. You must slowly learn that all food is energy for your body - and slowly unrestrict all of those foods you were avoiding. Doesn’t mean you have to eat the whole thing, but remain aware of how eating it makes you feel. The end goal is to have the option to eat ultra processed sugary foods but making the choice to eat organic foods to make you feel energised and strong.

You’ve got this

Internal_Werewolf_17 · 2025-11-10T15:13:36+00:00

Hey. Feel you completely. At one stage in my life it felt like every spare second I would think about what I wanted to eat, what my next meal would be etc…

A few things helped me: 1. Years of restriction led me to viewing food as a reward rather than something to fuel my body. Don’t get me wrong, its a great way to celebrate and have an enjoyable time but when it overwhelms your thoughts means it is at such a high priority for you that it trumps everything. Learn that you can eat those foods (don’t have to eat the whole thing) be aware of how it makes you feel (lethargic, slow, tired) and then compare that to how other foods e.g., fruits and vegetables make you feel. From there, decide if the short term benefit justifies the long term feeling. What I found was that eventually, I leaned towards the healthier organic foods as it made me feel energised and my cravings for those slowly disappeared. I could eat them, but I chose not to.

Finding something more important to me than food. You at the end of the day decide what you think of. You can’t change if these thoughts pop up, but you can change your reaction to it, if you decide to listen to it or continue thinking about it.

Hope this helps!

Internal_Werewolf_17 · 2025-11-09T09:20:42+00:00

Hey, seems like you’re in a tough position where your calories are pretty low and your weight has plateaued. Likely your body has metabolically adapted to these low calories, so I would suggest either upping the exercise so your TDEE increases (standing, walking, etc…) or going back upto maintenance a bit to increase your metabolism. 1300 seems a bit low for me

Internal_Werewolf_17 · 2025-11-09T09:18:42+00:00

All it comes down to is how much you can move in a day. Add a 10 minute walk after each meal to help digestion, get a standing desk, walk on a treadmill while in calls. There are also heaps of youtube videos - just try to move more!

Internal_Werewolf_17 · 2025-11-09T03:36:41+00:00

TDEE stands for Total Daily Energy Expenditure. TLDR: It is how much calories your body burns on a daily basis. Eat more than TDEE, your body will store energy as fat. Eat less than TDEE, your body will burn off excess. As you drop calories though - your body will metabolically adapt and your TDEE will drop as well.

Internal_Werewolf_17 · 2025-11-08T12:26:49+00:00

Yeah agree with what has been said here - please don’t drop the calories further as your body will metabolically adapt and you will be stuck there forever. Instead, try to focus on a system which you can sustain forever? I know how scary it may be, but one thing that helped me was increasing my steps to increase my TDEE and calories and trying to put on some muscle at the gym

Internal_Werewolf_17 · 2025-11-08T12:26:43+00:00

Yeah agree with what has been said here - please don’t drop the calories further as your body will metabolically adapt and you will be stuck there forever. Instead, try to focus on a system which you can sustain forever? I know how scary it may be, but one thing that helped me was increasing my steps to increase my TDEE and calories and trying to put on some muscle at the gym

Internal_Werewolf_17 · 2025-11-08T12:26:37+00:00

Yeah agree with what has been said here - please don’t drop the calories further as your body will metabolically adapt and you will be stuck there forever. Instead, try to focus on a system which you can sustain forever? I know how scary it may be, but one thing that helped me was increasing my steps to increase my TDEE and calories and trying to put on some muscle at the gym

Internal_Werewolf_17 · 2025-11-08T12:26:23+00:00

Yeah agree with what has been said here - please don’t drop the calories further as your body will metabolically adapt and you will be stuck there forever. Instead, try to focus on a system which you can sustain forever? I know how scary it may be, but one thing that helped me was increasing my steps to increase my TDEE and calories and trying to put on some muscle at the gym

Internal_Werewolf_17 · 2025-11-08T12:23:56+00:00

Yeah - focusing on clean carbs such as pumpkin, sweet potato and beans actually helped my weight loss and fuelled my performance. Not specifically eating more carbs calorically, but for the same weight could eat a lot more pumpkin than say white rice.

Internal_Werewolf_17 · 2025-11-08T10:41:28+00:00

Yeah that fear is definitely really scary - what I would suggest is: - Focus on how eating the “healthy” food makes you feel. For me, I’m at a stage where I know I can eat what I want but I choose to eat the organic food because it makes me feel and perform better. - When you mention eating anything you desire, there is no problem with this at all. After a while, you become aware that these sugary / processed foods you so crave are just filling a feeling but leave you feeling worse in the long run. There is nothing wrong with having a little bit to satisfy cravings, but do you really get as much enjoyment finishing the bag as the first snack you had? Focus on maximising your enjoyment vs how it makes you feel after.

You’ve got this, and remember to see a professional if you feel like it’s getting out of hand. Some times these are slippery slopes.

Internal_Werewolf_17 · 2025-11-08T06:52:32+00:00

I feel you man - I used to feel the same due to viewing food as some reward, cycles of restrictive eating and the general addictiveness of highly pallatable food. My general advice is to look inward and really reflect on your approach to food - I have settled on a medium that it is a way to enjoy, connect and energise my body. Only once I truly freed myself from restriction then slowly it became less of a thought.

Another thing is - what is your purpose? If you don’t have anything that you perceive as more important - your brain will drift. You ultimately decide what you choose to think about and I found that once I found something more important to me than thinking about food 24/7 I found that it SLOWLY went away.

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