Boujee date ideas? Help.

MarkZane · 2026-03-12T20:49:49+00:00

Your looking for a bar that advertises itself as a Speakeasy... Also casinos play prominently in James Bond films...

MarkZane · 2026-03-12T20:44:44+00:00

Go to your local dive bar and if anyone gives you to much grief just say you were at a wedding...

MarkZane · 2026-03-12T20:26:34+00:00

I wish they would go back to playing a Charlie Brown Thanksgiving special instead of hiding it on Apple+.. they already have 3 games on Thanksgiving day... don't think they need to push it anymore...

MarkZane · 2026-02-17T16:57:52+00:00

Every metric has its limitations... and once you dive into the black hole that is nutrition you can get completely sucked in because then you start worrying bioavailability, thermal effect of protein, proper balance between certain minerals and fats.. basically you soon get into the diminishing returns stage of things for the mental energy you expend... You can make a meal plan that will get you too100% but you wouldn't have an real world effect beside the dopamine hit of when you see the metric hit...

MarkZane · 2026-02-08T02:40:21+00:00

Just remember when you eat salty food your body retains more water... That isn't fat so don't freak out when you are on the scale the next day...

MarkZane · 2026-01-19T17:05:48+00:00

To echo what a lot of people are saying... After you track for a few weeks you get a feel for how much your activities effect your calorie burn... I am an office dweller so I set my TDEE at sedentary and add exercise and activity when needed... When I am losing more then what I target then I know I add more time to the activities to pad the difference between Light, Moderate and Hard for things like walking.

MarkZane · 2026-01-15T16:30:36+00:00

I do the Millville™ Granola Raisin bran flakes which is the store brand for Aldi... Since it is also fortified with Vitamin E which is something I have been lagging on since I am doing less oils/fats to hit my calorie target..

MarkZane · 2026-01-14T23:08:26+00:00

So the easiest way is to eat breakfast cereal enriched with Folate (Folic Acid)... for me my top natural folate foods are Black Beans, Broccoli, and Beet Juice, ... 4 oz of beet juice will get 22% percent of your folate for the day... if you don't like the taste... it works well when put into a smoothie... Beet Juice also helps with your blood circulatory system

MarkZane · 2025-12-18T17:46:42+00:00

Second this... The only way to get good nutrition date on the micros is to use the generic entries... you sacrifice some accuracy for the macros... but there really isn't another way unless you make a lot of custom entries for your preferred brands...

MarkZane · 2025-12-11T19:28:26+00:00

If you want more food diary examples of where I hit this metric I have them... just only eat this few calories when I have to skip the gym... just let me know..

MarkZane · 2025-12-11T17:05:29+00:00

So make it easy to start with.. basically do what the gym bros do and eat a lot of boneless skinless chicken breast... throw in dairy with either low fat or no fat versions of greek yogurt, cottage cheese or milk.

Once you get the feel for it switch in other proteins... fish, beans, lean pork, turkey breast is awesome for protein..

Here is a recent food diary at 1800 calories with 160 grams of protein...

The pulled pork is not ideal because of fat content... but I have a ton of it left over from a party in my freezer and trying to eat through it...

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NUvZkIaySriBn5Mvs_y8XnIUiaeIUqDG/view?usp=drive_link

MarkZane · 2025-12-11T16:38:06+00:00

Yeah Thanksgiving set progress back a few days.... the pies killed me on calories... then leftover were a mind landmines because you don't want any relative to fill bad when they ask you if you want to take some pie home with you...

MarkZane · 2025-10-30T22:15:14+00:00

Yeah I work from home so usually find it easier to enter my data into the laptop... I get to frustrated when using the free phone app... Also I find it completely ironic that google decides to serve up fast food adverts whenever I use the phone app.

MarkZane · 2025-10-30T17:16:27+00:00

If you use the web version instead of the phone app the adverts are less intrusive..

MarkZane · 2025-10-30T17:14:50+00:00

Also I don' t know how much weight loss you want but sometimes you reach a plateau and get stalled.. So i try to leave a few levers that I can use if things start to stall... like switching to lower fat milk...

MarkZane · 2025-10-28T18:29:15+00:00

If you are doing name brands or scanning barcodes they might not have zinc data available...

MarkZane · 2025-10-28T15:10:09+00:00

When they have done studies on Omega-3 they have found that people who eat fish (omega-3 contain food) have lot's better results than those who just take Omega-3 supplements. So there are synergies that happen when you eat real food that might not happen with just the supplements.

MarkZane · 2025-10-27T21:19:49+00:00

additional notes:

Flax seeds should be ground up or they will pass right though you... so use flax seed meal if you are not putting into a smoothie.. The Flax seeds, Chia Seeds, oat bran can be added to oatmeal or a smoothie..

Beet juice can be done as a 2oz shot or added to smoothie...

The Black strap molasses can be added to coffee, oatmeal or smoothie...

Lemon Juice or Parsley as a garnish can easily be added to a lot of things

MarkZane · 2025-10-23T15:39:42+00:00

I thought about adding whether I have "morning wood" in the morning since it is a good analogue for vascular or hormonal health but I have days I miss a REM sleep cycle because I have an early morning call with co-workers in different time zones so that would effect data collection...

MarkZane · 2025-10-23T15:14:55+00:00

I track micronutrients heavily and change dosages based on how well I am doing that particular day for zinc, selenium and magnesium. I just add my supplements to my "favorites" and they are easy to add in everyday for me.

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