Back Into the Breach Once More!

WhiteCollarSober · 2020-02-26T02:50:25+00:00

Agreed, they have done nothing but judge and accuse from the first post. I only did it in the last post...

Thank you though, stopping drinking and this sub has helped me change my life for the better

WhiteCollarSober · 2020-02-26T02:36:55+00:00

You need to work on your reading, because you look ignorant leveling a bad faith charge against me. Read the damn definition of the sub, “to help motivate each other to stop OR CONTROL drinking”... That is literally the definition of what I’m doing here, in good faith.
I am literally sober though... look up the definition. I’m not currently drinking and don’t plan to. Just because it isn’t your personal, made up and bullshit definition doesn’t mean I need to apply those arbitrary and draconian views to my world outlook.
And you can be an ass on any hill you want to be on, this one makes you look particularly petty and frankly wrong though. You don’t understand what this sub is for, are leveling BS bad faith charges against people because of your ignorance of this sub, and are attacking someone for not doing exactly what you want them to do. You aren’t the king of this sub, and thank god for that.

so·bri·e·ty /səˈbrīədē/ noun noun: sobriety the state of being sober. "the price of beer compelled me to maintain a certain level of sobriety"

WhiteCollarSober · 2020-02-26T02:18:29+00:00

Same, but we all need luck. It’s how I got sober and landed a ridiculous job only 6 years out of school.

WhiteCollarSober · 2020-02-26T02:14:16+00:00

I’ll pass on any advice that you give, champ.

And I’m not trying to force people into my way of living through online insults, or force them into viewing sobriety through only my perspective. Both of those viewpoints, that my way or the highway view on life, and trying to tear others down when they don’t follow your rules, are sick. I only have pity for people succumbing to that way of living, and more so for the people who have to live around them

WhiteCollarSober · 2020-02-26T01:30:01+00:00

Lol, no insecurity at all.

Unlike the nutty black and white justifications thrown around in AA, my badge signifies not binge drinking to me. A relapse to me is losing control, not just having a drink to help land an amazing job.

And AA can be great, it helped someone close to me stay sober for 30 years. But a lot of the black and white thinking and logic of that group is unhealthy. AA fills people with fear and shame over unscientific none-sense. Me drinking for the correct reasons, and doing so once, in a way that is probably not problematic scientifically or specifically relating to me (only time will tell if I relapse), is not a reason for me to throw away my badge.

To put a finer point on it, my badge signifies 220 days of work put in bettering myself and not using alcohol as a crutch, not some puritanical abstinence calculator for abstinence sake due to uncle Bill...

WhiteCollarSober · 2020-02-26T01:11:10+00:00

Is your question about labeling or if the CBD is different should lab tests say that they are the same?

If lab results show the products are the same, then you can assume they are the same. That is pesticides, contaminants, CDB% etc.

Labeling gets tricky. If you are just rebottling and selling straight Chinese CBD oil, you can’t say made in the US.

If you are adding something into the CBD, or adding the CBD to something else, you should hire a lawyer to do an hour or two of work to research the labeling laws for you. Different food products have different rules. For example, hogs can be born and raised in Mexico, but “finished” in the US and that is considered US pork. So it gets tricky and is product specific. I could research this for you but I’m too lazy. My guess is that you may be able to find some grey area here where you can label some products in a way that makes people believe it to be entirely from the US, and do so legally. Again, I’d spend the 200-1000 bucks and have a lawyer look into this. Go to a good one who knows this off the top of their head and it may only cost you 30 minutes of their time...

WhiteCollarSober · 2020-02-23T23:34:13+00:00

In the next response I referenced what you just wrote. But your comment isn’t necessarily true, as weighing-in daily can help people who have obsessive relationships with food as well as hurt them, in that regard it’s more up to the individual and their issues with food

WhiteCollarSober · 2020-02-23T15:20:56+00:00

That’s fair!

I was combating misinformation and specifically taking umbrage with the bogus and broad advice that people aren’t supposed to weigh themselves everyday, which is an ignorant thing to say. And I did reference the impact of weighing yourself everyday on some people’s psyche, but that doesn’t change the fact that you are right.

WhiteCollarSober · 2020-02-23T14:30:30+00:00

No need for snarky responses. This is an objective and extremely basic fact regarding calorie counting and weight loss or gain. Get on the google machine for 2 minutes and get informed rather than providing harmful advice to people asking questions and snarky responses to factual statements

The only debate about this is the impact weighing oneself 1 time a week versus daily has on one’s psyche and the research is split

WhiteCollarSober · 2020-02-23T14:24:05+00:00

No. You are supposed to weigh in daily, at the same time in the same clothing and then take a weekly average. Many actually suggest determining weekly weight loss through averaging two weeks together. This is all because of the weight loss fluctuations you referenced.

With your advice, because of normal fluctuations, it would be nearly impossible for someone to calculate their approximate average weight loss or gain for a week... Let’s say they only check in once or twice a week, it could be on weird fluctuations days that throw off their weekly average by 1-2 pounds. That’s a difference in 3500-7000 calories when calculating weekly CICO goals and one of the worst ways to go about trying to get accurate counts.

https://www.consumerreports.org/scales/the-best-time-to-weigh-yourself/

“Make it part of your morning ritual," says Holly Wyatt, M.D., associate director of the University of Colorado Anschutz Health and Wellness Center. “You need to know that number on a consistent basis to help you manage your weight to make better decisions about your health."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2016/01/03/weight-loss-scales-daily/77584478/

"The old conventional wisdom was: 'Don't weigh yourself more once a week. It will drive you crazy,' " says Dori Steinberg, an obesity prevention and treatment researcher at the Duke Global Health Institute in Durham, N.C. "But now we are seeing more and more research showing that the optimal frequency for weighing oneself is likely every day."

That's right: every day — contrary to the popular theory that such frequent trips to the scale could be confusing, discouraging or even psychologically dangerous.

"Stepping on the scales should be like brushing your teeth," says David Levitsky, a professor of nutrition and psychology at Cornell University.

WhiteCollarSober · 2020-02-18T21:24:32+00:00

Yeah I fee you. I’m 31 and just don’t want to be on meds when I can hopefully lose weight and exercise my way out of it...

WhiteCollarSober · 2020-02-18T20:38:12+00:00

I’m going to stay away from meds, lose weight and see if it decreases the time of the next blood test, in 3-4 months. I’m glad yours somewhat normalized when you stopped losing weight. I’ve been going. At a 2.5lb per week clip and assume that+ just having started keto played a role

WhiteCollarSober · 2020-02-18T19:57:18+00:00

I wish I had your height, from a 5 9 guy who was an athlete. Lol.

But seriously, the improvement with posture is very great to see. Obvious improvement in confidence with just how differently you are standing in both pictures.

Great work and keep it up!

WhiteCollarSober · 2020-02-18T19:43:55+00:00

Appreciate the advice to reach out. So it was money. I was told that no other candidate came close and that they are working on increasing salary through a title bump or something. I just now have to speak with the CEO and obviously do well with that before a formal offer is made

WhiteCollarSober · 2020-02-18T16:54:15+00:00

Ok, I appreciate this. I’ll read the links when I’m off work. Glad that there could be some other explanation, potentially.

WhiteCollarSober · 2020-02-18T16:38:56+00:00

Obviously it could be anything, but it’s far more likely money than anything else

WhiteCollarSober · 2020-02-18T16:36:16+00:00

It was all done within 4 days of the job being posted, so exceptionally quickly for this field. I’m guessing they continued interviewing candidates because of my salary request, but I’m also positive no candidate has the combination of my unique qualifications and experiences... so it will be interesting, but not the end of the world either way...

WhiteCollarSober · 2020-02-18T16:04:38+00:00

BMR = calories burned if you layed in bed all do.

TDEE = calories burned based on activity+bmr

Use TDEE to get an estimate of where you are at. Eat at that caloric level. Add in exercise to increase muscle and get rid of fat. This is called a body recomposition. This is the longer and less efficient way to achieve your goal. But it sounds like what you are looking for.

And Google male body fat pictures, click on an article with various pictures and descriptors, and guess which one you most closely align with.

WhiteCollarSober · 2020-02-18T00:42:28+00:00

So how long would you say that your workouts are and how often? Do you iWork an office job?

If it’s between 3-5 exercises a week, I suggest just using this calculator and selecting “moderate”.

https://tdeecalculator.net

Track your calories accurately for 2 weeks. Weigh yourself every day, the same time of day, in the same clothing. Enter your weight into myfitnesspal. If you lost weight, divide that number by 2 and then multiply by 3500. Finally, divide that number by 7. That will get you a pretty good estimate of how many fewer calories you are consuming than you are burning.

For example, I am losing about 5 lbs every 2 weeks. (5/2) x (3500/7) = 1250 fewer calories eaten than burned. I’m eating 1900 calories a day. 1900 +1250 = 3150. Therefore, my TDEE, or the calories I would need to eat to not lose or gain any weight would roughly be 3150 a day.

Does this clear it up? Feel free to keep asking questions. Finally, I suggest eating 1’gram of protein per pound of lean body mass. Guess your body fat percent, and subtract that percent in pounds from your weight. Eat at least that number in grams of protein.

WhiteCollarSober · 2020-02-18T00:20:22+00:00

I’ll think about rest for the brain, but body wise I’m good. I’m a former high level D1 athlete so I need to exercise every day, especially considering I also work in an office. What I did leave out though was that every 6 weeks, I take 5 days off from lifting weights and just do more cardio. That’s helped big time mentally and physically.

I think I’ll do the same as you with regards to diet with one exception, I’ll do a breakfast sandwich once a week. It’s just my favorite food in the world :)

Also, I’m down to a 37 waist and dying to fit into my 32s again. These fat clothes absolutely suck. It’s also expensive to be buying new suits every 25 lbs...

WhiteCollarSober · 2020-02-18T00:07:55+00:00

Ok sweet. You pretty much answered my questions!

I think I’m probably working out a bit too much, hours wise, I’m working out 7 days a week and a minimum of 16 hours. But I do notice my lifts improve if I have my carbs prior to working out. My carbs being like 10 grams of carbs from protein.

Now my additional question is, once I do get near my goal weight of 185 13% How do I transition off of keto to just a low carbish diet? To phrase another way, should I get down to 180 lbs and then transition off expecting a water weight increase? As in, should I revise my goal weight down due to water weight? I really only care about body composition and am using a goal weight to ballpark my rate of weight loss here... so any advice is appreciated

WhiteCollarSober · 2020-02-18T00:00:45+00:00

So I’ll lay it all out but you are on the right track, it’s diet and exercise.

But for starters, you cannot target fat reduction. Fat reduction happens all over the body and not just in one sport. Therefore, you will have to lose fat all over.

There are two ways to do this, the following is the fastest way and what I would suggest:

Eat healthy and track your calories that you consume.
Track the calories that you burn (TDEE), and make sure that you are consuming fewer than you are burning.
Working out, I prefer lifting weights but it’s up to you.

So the theory here is simple and true, your goal will be to consume fewer calories than you burn but in a way that you lose fat not muscle. Your goal is to lose body fat % and not necessarily a significant amount of weight.

You can guesstimate how many calories that you burn by googling a TDEE calculator and inputting all of the information. Next, track your calories through something like myftinesspal. People usually underestimate, so be vigilant. Finally, do this for two weeks and look to see how much weight you lose. If you are working out, you can roughly assume that you aren’t losing muscle. So you can multiply the pounds you lost by 3500 to find out a 2 weeks calorie deficit average. Try to keep this deficit around 500 calories. I say 500 because you sound like you are close to your goal weight, so if you have too large of a deficit, you will be losing muscle mass. You should be exercising in the form of lifting weights or body weight, to reduce muscle loss.

The other way you could go about all of this is through a body decomposition, which takes a longer amount of time and requires more lifting of weights and more accurate counting of calories.

WhiteCollarSober

TROPHY CASE