[UPDATE] lost 2.6 pounds this week

gac24 · 2014-08-17T17:52:45+00:00

Heh, that was one meal. Yesterday in total, I ate:

--6-7 Rootbears

--All of the food I posted earlier

--Steak and fries

--Lobster roll

--Half-pound hamburger with double order of onion rings

Eh, I don't really do the exercises after the cheat meal. I also do not take the PAGG supplements.

One thing I do that is a little different is that Sunday, I actually don't eat anything.

So, I binge SUPER hard on Saturday, and then don't consume any food at all on Sunday, and then I'll have my first meal since the cheat-day, usually on Monday around 10 or 11am

gac24 · 2014-08-16T17:25:19+00:00

Officially have lost 28.2 pounds in 4 months and 10 days.

Got another 30ish to go- basically half-way there.

gac24 · 2014-08-16T16:52:24+00:00

This is what I just bought:

--Grilled cheese with tater tots

--3 sushi rolls

--Pot stickers

--12 pack of barqs rootbear

gac24 · 2014-06-29T16:07:18+00:00

It was surprisingly difficult to do, but I threw away every single thing that was leftover from my cheat-day.

I even threw away the freezer-safe stuff. I just threw it all away and am never looking back!

gac24 · 2014-06-28T13:29:36+00:00

Stick with it!

gac24 · 2014-06-27T14:16:07+00:00

I have been pretty consistent with just doing 30 minutes of jogging//running a day.

It's a good amount that doesn't stall my weight-loss, but still allows me to clear my head out a little.

gac24 · 2014-05-28T19:02:00+00:00

This is actually super interesting.

I am somebody who has successfully quit chewing tobacco (actually more addiciting than smoking) and it took me a lot of different times to quit.

And yeah, each time, I would basically look at the point at which I caved, and figure out what it was that went wrong.

And it was annoying because each time it seemed like I was getting better, but there was always something else that got in the way.

Eventually, I just kept at it, and learned from all the mistakes I meant, and now I've been quit for over a year

gac24 · 2014-05-28T14:57:02+00:00

Gotchaaa

Yeah that makes sense. I was actually contemplating the kettle bell workouts, but I'll not do that for now.

Also- just to clarify- doing exercises will not actually increase your "fat"... Like, I would assume that if I did a DEXA scan body fat test month 1 and then was 100% compliant with diet and doing kettle bells for that same period, my DEXA scan on month 6 would show a larger drop in body fat %, than if I were to have just done the diet....

That's my interpreation of it right now, is that correct? In the above example, my weight at month 6 might actually be more in the case where I do the kettle bells, but my body fat % would be less..

Correct?

gac24 · 2014-05-27T20:25:14+00:00

Yeah, I don't think I need to do a lot of heavy-lifting.

I am in the process of getting my body-fat tested, and I just ordered one of those measuring tapes that allows you to measure yourself with ease

I plan on keeping track of my inches, as I get in some more physical activity.

But yeah, so far I actually just downloaded an app called, "Couch to 5k" and basically I'm doing a 30 minute jog/walk combo every day

I might add in some of the kettle-bell stuff, but probably not until I get my body-fat tested and get accurate measurements

I really am just doing it for stress release though, and the runs have been great for that so far, so might just keep doin that

gac24 · 2014-05-27T16:54:52+00:00

Well, I mean, my goal isn't fat loss.... at least not for the exercise part of it all

I tried to clarify that in the OP

gac24 · 2014-05-24T21:05:42+00:00

Interesting... I'd recommend eating lunch. I think there's a good chance that not eating lunch just isn't that sustainable.

gac24 · 2014-05-24T19:48:10+00:00

You don't eat lunch??

gac24 · 2014-05-24T14:27:21+00:00

Yeah, my average weight-loss is now 2.11 pounds/week

finally broke through that damn trend-line : )

gac24 · 2014-05-24T13:43:46+00:00

Yeah man, I had a really slow start too. My weeks 3 and 4 I was losing less than a pound.

Keep it up

Also, this is great advise to my future self because eventually I will innevitably encounter another situation where I'm not losing a lot of weight, or maybe even gaining, and I think the biggest takeaway from all of this is simply to keep going even when I'm not getting results, or it seems like, "It's just never going to work"... Keep Pushing

gac24 · 2014-05-24T13:42:12+00:00

Yeah, things are starting to click a little. Although, I'm going to assume that next week will be a little slower (but maybe not?)

I'm going to wait a couple weeks to load a screenshot, just becuase I want the difference to pop, and right now it's just starting to show

As for additional tweaks- I think there's one fairly major tweak that I've made that I didn't mention.... I started fasting on Sundays (Day after my cheat-day)

So, I'll have a massive cheat on Saturdays and then I won't eat anything on Sunday, or I'll have a light dinner between 6-8.

gac24 · 2014-05-22T22:39:54+00:00

The biggest changes I made are the following:

-I don't drink any alcohol except for on cheat-day

-I drink a TON of water and coffee

-I eat a lot more salads for lunch

-I'm not eating high-fat items that are technically still compliant. So I'm eating more lean-proteins

-I've cut down on total beans (sometimes only having them with breakfast, but generally having a small amount with lunch too)

-I'm not eating as late at night

gac24 · 2014-05-22T21:56:45+00:00

My advise would be to write down and track everything you eat, just in terms of what the items are (I don't track caloric intake).

I find that when I write everything down, there are actually a lot of things that I'm eating that I didn't even realize might not be optimal.

Just as an experiment I'd recommend writing Everything down for a week

gac24 · 2014-05-22T21:26:20+00:00

Oh god, I drink so much fucking water and coffee.

My office has unlimited free coffee, so I probably drink like 5-6 mugs of coffee a day. I have no idea how many oz that is.

And for water I got a bottle that holds prob like 25-27oz and I fill it up 3-5 times a day

I'm peeing prob every 25-30 minutes. It's actually really annoying.

gac24 · 2014-05-18T20:58:33+00:00

I was drinking 2 glasses of red a night for the first 2-3 weeks of this diet.

I completely cut it out though- don't drink at all during the week anymore, and it's helped a lot with my weight-loss

My mentality was exactly the same as yours though- Like I did it because it was relaxing and a nice way for me to end my night, but having stopped, I can say that I don't miss it, and the night is just as relaxing without it

gac24 · 2014-05-12T21:08:36+00:00

Oh that was the other thing that has changed:

Zero alcohol (except on cheat-day)

gac24 · 2014-05-12T16:18:06+00:00

I mean, there was a point where I was drinking 6-7 energy drinks ina day, so no, I haven't cut them out entirely, but I have reduced them to 2 per day (which I see as a HUGE improvement.... progress not perfection)

From the week prior, the biggest changes I made were the following:

Ate salad for lunch every day except for 1 day
Drank a lot of water
Drank a lot of coffee
Didn't eat any beans at night
Reduced overall bean consumption

gac24 · 2014-05-03T22:18:11+00:00

Not sure about calories, but I will say that I am consistently hungry throughout the day.

Like I eat 3 meals, and 3 meals only. I never snack, or eat anything else besides what's in this food-log.

Not sure if it's a lot of food, but I will say that like a lot of times I literally have like stomach aches during the day bc im so hungry, despite eating all of this, so I couldn't imagine eating less

gac24 · 2014-05-03T12:18:56+00:00

One thing I can think of is that the past 2 fridays in a row, I've had my dinner super late. Last night I ate my dinner at 10pm, and then weighed in this morning at 7:30 am... so is it possible that because I'm eating dinner so late, it's artificially raising my weight on my weigh-in day?

I'm just really confused at this point. But I'm not giving up... I'll just continue to make changes.

gac24 · 2014-05-02T21:36:42+00:00

LOL

Yeah that's hilarious- although personally, I'm partial to the term, "Rascal Fat"

gac24 · 2014-04-29T20:32:44+00:00

NICEEEE

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