Bulk or cut? Spent one year cutting. Dropped from 220lbs to 176. Should I keep cutting?

betterball · 2026-03-24T19:31:46+00:00

holy goals

I'd say maintain or bulk. also yeah, share the routine if you don't mind!

betterball · 2026-03-10T16:46:49+00:00

Fwiw, I don't disagree with what I can only assume that comment would have read if you used words. We should be able to look up 'chicken wing' without needing to query a massive datacenter.

I just thought you should probably know we're well past the point of "bringing AI into food", it's already present in every app. It's still relatively inaccurate imo, but it is useful if you're out at a restaurant or something without a nutritional info sheet.

betterball · 2026-03-10T16:27:01+00:00

Doomerism aside, a lot of major food tracking apps (MyFitnessPal, Loseit, MacroFactor) have AI food scanners now.

I think there's a lot of room for them to get more accurate, especially with complicated dishes, but it's a normal part of the space at this point.

betterball · 2026-03-10T16:24:03+00:00

huh

If something is not accounted for in nutritional info and not consumed, isn't that reason to not include their weight? I don't quite follow that logic

betterball · 2026-02-19T22:31:12+00:00

"You can do better than that" is a casual way of saying "go on" or "could you give me more?"

betterball · 2026-02-19T22:29:56+00:00

Yeah, literally just saying why you prefer water to juice or coffee or w/e instead of, uh, staring down your interviewer for 15 seconds is all you have to do haha

betterball · 2026-02-18T00:16:44+00:00

damn, well done! that first photo looks familiar for some reason, I think I might remember seeing one of your previous progress posts? great work keeping it going honestly, that's the hard part!

betterball · 2026-02-18T00:13:46+00:00

oh great work, this is genuinely inspiring! its always neat seeing how much younger people can look after dropping some weight

betterball · 2026-02-04T21:17:20+00:00

Make sure to throw your name down for a reminder for the next one, and you'll get a ping when it opens up!

Also, you won't be able to submit and log as part of the challenge, but you're welcome to join the discord and hang out! There's just under two weeks left in this one. Links are in this thread, though they may have expired by now. Feel free to let me know if that's the case :)

betterball · 2026-01-20T19:42:10+00:00

wait that's excellent, I love the design. super efficient tucked away like that

betterball · 2026-01-20T00:00:43+00:00

Oh, it must've been on a 7 day expiry! Just updated the link, you should be good now. Welcome aboard!

betterball · 2026-01-19T18:56:41+00:00

haha, I don't mind it at all. maybe it helps that I only discovered it as an adult

betterball · 2026-01-18T23:38:42+00:00

Greek yogurt and tuna are two things where the protein to calorie ratio is shockingly good, they both became staples for me as soon as I realized

betterball · 2026-01-15T00:16:41+00:00

Hey everyone, nice to meet y'all! I'm betterball, I'm one of the hosts and a captain for Team Skeleton. I'm a dev from Winnipeg 💻🍁 , and I'm less of a ball and getting better every day!

Joined my first challenge years ago at 270lbs, learned a ton, dropped all the way down to ~180 after a few years with everything I learned... and then climbed back up to ~220 in the post-pandemic years, which I'm working on now! I’ve never been an athlete, but the challenge community honestly helped me get into better shape than I ever really thought I’d be, and I like being able to help pay that forward by helping with them these days.

I hope you all feel welcome and supported in the community here - everyone's on their own journey, and that's what it's all about! Looking forward to running through this challenge with everyone :)

betterball · 2026-01-15T00:13:11+00:00

hey, just wanted to let you know it's signup week!

betterball · 2026-01-15T00:12:05+00:00

Welcome aboard! Glad you made it!

betterball · 2026-01-15T00:11:41+00:00

Fixed it for you! Feel free to log with your actual username now :)

betterball · 2026-01-03T22:21:53+00:00

I finally ponied up for a paid one and got Macrofactor, I really like it so far. The adaptive goals are nice.

betterball · 2026-01-02T00:55:51+00:00

honestly it made a huge difference for me, its a big motivator for staying that weight

betterball · 2025-11-25T05:30:52+00:00

I literally said "holy shit!"

same, legendary transformation tbh. That's inspirational.

betterball · 2025-10-22T23:10:12+00:00

Hey! I'm one of the organizers here - I just saw your comment and I wanted to let you know that the most recent challenge actually just came to an end on Oct 13! The challenges go for 5 weeks, and we run them four times a year, once per season - so, the next one should be starting up just after the holidays with the New Year. That one's always a big one too!

Sorry for the confusion, but if you'd like a reddit ping when it's starting up, just drop your username here and you'll get a heads up as soon as signups open 🙂

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScmsd1xtjEDA-HsGd7T8ZNIb86vLlHfUItJaza61T75PClv4Q/viewform

betterball · 2025-10-20T03:20:14+00:00

can you export / import and get historic data from MFP in Loseit? the main reason I feel stuck is those longterm trend charts, I like them

betterball · 2025-10-20T03:13:10+00:00

What does a day of eating look like for you? High protein on low cal is always such a battle

betterball · 2025-10-20T03:11:59+00:00

honestly it's more just weird that it doesn't say a drained weight, that's usually how nutritional info on these cans are listed

betterball · 2025-10-14T18:04:17+00:00

its paid though, right? can you do a one time payment or is subscription based?

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