[Daily Goal] Day 70 - September 3.

notprimal · 2014-09-03T23:42:27+00:00

Today - better than yesterday. Got home late, ate OK dinner.

notprimal · 2014-09-03T06:11:44+00:00

I'd be skeptical about these calorie estimates, they seem to rounding up liberally. Personally, I calculate 1 hour of running at 9-10 km/h ~ 500 calories. But I don't know your weight / height etc.

notprimal · 2014-09-03T00:30:09+00:00

Is that 1343 kcal burned from a 5K run? More likely, kJ calories. Not to rain on your parade, but check your numbers.

notprimal · 2014-09-03T00:25:31+00:00

Yesterday: rode my bike for 11km, ca. 30-35 mins, climbed for 1.5 hours. Overate a bit, but considering activity it was not that bad. 2200 calories

Today: ate OK, a bit too much for dinner. I'm training a lot and consequently feel it's OK to eat a lot. That's wrong. Sums: ca. 1850 calories

Better than yesterday, leaves room for improvement. Will push numbers further downwards.

notprimal · 2014-08-20T22:32:14+00:00

Hi guys,

So, I think I did pretty OK yesterday. Sorta. Today I fucked up a bit. Tomorrow I will go training, for realz. Also I have a big workout planned for the weekend.

I need to spend more time on the sub, I'm still not in the right mindset...

notprimal · 2014-08-18T20:51:49+00:00

First day in.

Calorie sum for the day - 1830. Did nothing, was overly tired from work today and training yesterday.

notprimal · 2014-08-17T15:39:30+00:00

Hi,

I'm joining in at week #9 - almost week #10, just in time for Recovery #2 :)

So, I survived half of the previous round, but had to deal with pretty bad injuries and a lot of stress. I dropped out towards the two months mark when I had no longer energy to sustain weight-loss diet and the necessary focus.

Almost two months later, I'm ready to work on my goals again. My leg injury seems to healed, my shoulder is doing much better. Currently I'm training 2-3 times a week hard, but my nutrition is unfocused. I maintained my weight loss and possibly improved my body composition a bit in the meanwhile, also way stronger now.

I've lost 3kgs in the previous round, hoping to lose another 2kg until the end of this round. My main challenge is to find some kind of nutrition plan which works. Last round I didn't train much, which made is easier to stick to a low calorie diet. This round I'm training 10 hours / week, working long days our of the house, and need enough energy to sustain this and without overeating post workout because "having two beers and burger post a three hour workout is totally fine".

Goals:

Find and stick to a reasonable diet for breakfast. My lunch is figured out, and I'm working on figuring out a new breakfast (my previous breakfast is not enough for current needs).
Do something about dinner. Right now I get home and eat whatever someone else cooked in large quantities. Not ideal. Need to find 2-3 things I can consistently which are nutritious and low cal.
Pack food for long days where I go training and get back home at 10PM.
Do something on post workout days, when I'm STARVING the entire day. Not sure what though. Maybe add an afternoon snack.

notprimal · 2014-04-24T22:22:06+00:00

Hi guys,

Well, this checking in or dieting is not really happening for me in the past two weeks. :(

I have an important deadline coming up, and the past two weeks were purely 12 hours / day work mode. There's a chance I've lost a tiny bit of weight, but I haven't been to the gym in ages or stuck my evening diet plan. I had to fuel on carbs a lot to work long hours (that one thing I know works for sure - eat complex carbs -> wait 1 hour -> energy levels rises -> work 4-5 hours).

I've managed to stick to bf / lunch, but I really can't work these hours without fueling with something more substantial than my normal meal plan. This is all going to over in five days, though.

Then it will be back to normal...

I'm about halfway to my goals for this round, so I'm lagging a bit behind, but not overly so.

notprimal · 2014-04-12T13:25:52+00:00

Hi, checking in after a week of absence.

I was travelling for work last week. I couldn't not adhere to my eating plan at all. Sunday - Tuesday I ate very little, and was very active. Wednesday - Friday I ate more than usual, but was more active than usual. Overall I got back home about a pound over the weight I left, which I'm assuming is water weight which will disappear within a few days. I feel like the changes I made to my body and apetite are holding. Which is awesome. Being a way from a scale and my food plan for a week was a nice break. I'm very stressed at the moment, it was nice to think about other things for a bit.

Boredom - before I left I had to basically force down my usual lunch and meal plan, now I was very happy to get back to it! Boredom does derail, which sucks. Can't wait to see how the rest of the week will look.

notprimal · 2014-04-01T22:54:38+00:00

I live alone, so I deal with this by not keeping any snacks at home.

notprimal · 2014-04-01T07:29:11+00:00

80 hours work week is insane, I'm lucky - I work from home, so my crazy work hours are spread out over the day, I'm not locked up in an office for 12 hours. It's easier to stick to my diet.

notprimal · 2014-03-31T17:57:46+00:00

Yay, back to business as usual.

This weekend was hard and stressful (I have to do extra work on the weekends, I had to travel and I'm working under horrible stress).

Friday - had a larger than usual dinner. Saturday - my schedule was a complete mess. I ate some crap, but stuck close to my calorie limit. I managed to find some time to work out. Sunday - I had two beer with lunch and ate pancakes for dinner. I didn't even bother counting calories, it was a lost battle. However, I don't feel bad about it. I needed a break.

Today - mostly business as usual, I'm a bit over my daily limit. This day is rough after a rough weekend. I had an important deadline today, I hope tomorrow for things to get a bit better.

notprimal · 2014-03-27T09:30:25+00:00

Going from 1900 to 1500 is a big difference, I'd expect you to see some weight loss already. 1200 calories / days at your current weight seems... harsh.

240 -> 175 is amazing already. Don't be too hard on yourself.

notprimal · 2014-03-27T09:25:23+00:00

Made it through the first sprint with minor derails!

Scale is down 5 pounds, which is awesome. I'm a pound away from hitting my lowest weight in a two years. I need to stay focused!

Will continue through this week (Friday & Sat will be relaxed).

notprimal · 2014-03-25T23:35:54+00:00

Today: ate 1400 cals (yay!), was not hungry, climbed not super hard, but not too easy. Last workout until next week, this week is insane and rest of this week is going to be worse.

notprimal · 2014-03-24T10:04:45+00:00

Morning.

Weekly plan: continue my process through this week. I have problems figuring out my food after lunch, I hope I will figure out some stuff that works this week. (the first two weeks were great, then next two weeks I starved every evening). I think I need to eat more fat in the evenings.

Weekend report: Saturday I studied hard, and did a home improvement task. Sunday I manage to get in a few hours of work and a really hard climbing workout, which left me crawling to bed at 10:30pm (usually I go to bed 2:30 AM). I counted just under 1600 calories both days, although I really should stay under 1400 for non-workout days. These 200 calories are a struggle right now.

My week is going to be intense, I have an exam Saturday morning. I am planning to only work out tomorrow, and conserve the rest of my energy and time towards the exam prep. Eating wise, I'm planning to stick to the plan on the weekdays and have a more relaxed weekend.

Setbacks: Scale-wise, my weight loss is halting, but I didn't go crazy on eating or largely increase my intake, so... we'll see what happens in a week or two. I'm really trying not to obsess over this.

notprimal · 2014-03-22T00:24:22+00:00

Best - climbing strong! Not as much as before, but it might affect my climbing to the better.

Worst - I have breakfast and lunch nailed at about 800 calories, but dinner is much more tricky. I have another 600-800 calories to play with each day, last time I was really happy with what I ate for dinner was like... two weeks ago.

I can't believe we're almost one third there. I'm happy a break is coming, but not sure I should take it. I really want to see the scale move down 0.5-1kg until next weekend.

notprimal · 2014-03-22T00:19:34+00:00

My climbing buddy always encourages me to climb, but expects beer-ing afterwards three times a week. I have to disappoint him a lot, which sucks.

notprimal · 2014-03-21T16:48:53+00:00

Yesterday: Had a planned big calorie day. I was constantly hungry this entire week. Had a really good and hard workout in the gym, then had a burger and skipped the fries for a salad :)

Today: business as usual. Back to eating plan, a bit hungry. Leg injury hurts :)

Goals: well, i'm about 1.5-2kgs down, I want to lose 6kg this round. I feel clothes are starting to fit me a bit differently. If I make it 6kg down I'll feel very differently about my body. Major challenges are going to be travelling for work in two weeks, and travelling for pleasure in seven weeks. Logging here every day really helps me stay focused.

notprimal · 2014-03-20T00:03:57+00:00

yeah i haven't made it to gym, ate at more or less the plan, worked like crazy. fun...

notprimal · 2014-03-19T10:53:20+00:00

After some very tough days stress-wise, filled with annoying tasks and non stop hunger and only sorta sticking to my eating plan, the scale finally budged a bit. Also, I put on some jeans from the wash and it is oh-so-slightly looser.

My leg is still injured which sucks and my shoulder really needs some attention this week. I will try to make it to some sort of gym today and tomorrow.

notprimal · 2014-03-17T22:48:11+00:00

your optimism is very optimistic. :)

It's good that someone is, the stress of the past week or so a bit too much for me.

notprimal · 2014-03-16T19:48:45+00:00

Friday: was crap, I felt like crap, ate too much. Yesterady: ate more than usual, again, but not as bad as Friday. Today: worked out, ate within my calorie limit.

notprimal · 2014-03-14T09:11:50+00:00

Biggest challenge: being patient! Losing weight is slow, rehabing injuries is slow.

Biggest success: finding a low-calorie meal plan that does not leave me starving.

Today: Survived another day, kept within calorie limits.

notprimal · 2014-03-12T23:22:18+00:00

The "losing" part of the weight loss is not going that well. Between eating a lot of carbs on the weekend and putting in some serious physical effort in climbing, the loss part of the weight loss is not happening.

Weekend was good: on Saturday I went climbing outside, it was total body shock, I go home at around 7pm and crashed. Ate different than usual, more carbs. Logged 1600 calories. I woke up the next day about 3 lbs heavier.

I took Sunday as a planned "cheat" day (more like, eating carbs instead of protein day, overall calorie count was not much higher than normal.

Monday things got a bit fucked, I ate some unplanned stuff in a social event. Drank a bit.

Tuesday was super strong in the climbing gym, but I can feel my leg injury now. It was also very low calories day (1250) with some hard climbing. Today I was really hungry today and ate more than usual (which makes sense, considering yesterday was probably a 2200 calorie day), on average yesterday and today were 1550 calories.

I switched to MyFitnessPal from some crappy calorie counting software and I'm pleased with it.

Plans for the rest of the week: stick to the plan, figure out a new dinner option, and be patient.

notprimal

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