Check-in (of sorts)

pedantichedgehog, 10 months ago

I’ve been struggling to stay on the wagon for more than two days for the past several weeks. Weighed in this morning at 153.

funchords, 9 months ago

I’m of the concept that there is no wagon. Perfection is not required. If we get off course on a road trip, we keep going and just get ourselves back on course. This is a test that nobody scores 100% on. By the end of the day, we all fall a little short of our best intentions. All we can do is improve over time.

cadamanteus, 10 months ago

I’ve only just started weighing again. My “big loss” was in 2019, and while I couldn’t maintain my lowest weight, I’ve largely maintained and even built muscle to stay within my healthy range. I’ve tipped up in the last year after some medical changes and muscle building. There are still bits of me that I’d prefer looked different. CICO worked for a time, but I hate it, so I’m falling back to fasting when possible (which I’ve basically always done anyway). Just gotta be conscious of the snacks, especially those my new work keeps trying to feed me!

funchords, 9 months ago

Those work snacks are particularly challenging. The concept of free food just messes with my head!

funchords, 10 months ago

I am a bit in this weird situation that I need to strengthen my back as past yoyo dieting has somewhat atrophied the muscles of the core, while I also should lose weight now as a lot of things in life are now in a place where I think sustainable weight loss is now a possibility. […] messing up regeneration at a deficit.

We can handle a moderate deficit, especially if we’re keeping a positive bias to protein (such as eating 25% of calories from protein, basically keeping protein portions decently sized). I do it without any supplements, but with meats, eggs, yogurt, legumes. Our protein is where we get our dietary cholesterol from which we make cells, and it’s also an energy source so while we need all kinds of nutrition, keep that one from falling during a deficit to answer your concerns.

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Doing well. 8+ years maintaining. Logged 9+ years and going for 10. I owe it all to logging. https://imgur.com/a/DQtLCYL … I’m pretty loose about enforcing any limits but try to keep the general average around 1950-ish.

kephalos, 10 months ago

We can handle a moderate deficit, especially if we’re keeping a positive bias to protein (such as eating 25% of calories from protein, basically keeping protein portions decently sized). I do it without any supplements, but with meats, eggs, yogurt, legumes. Our protein is where we get our dietary cholesterol from which we make cells, and it’s also an energy source so while we need all kinds of nutrition, keep that one from falling during a deficit to answer your concerns.

I am aiming for 250g of Quark (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quark_(dairy_product) per day and I actively try to add kidney beans, white beans, chickpeas to my diet (which works okayish). Also had Salmon yesterday and smoked salmon for breakfast every other day.