Well done on your progress so far! The start, where you try to form new habits, is the hardest part. I'm looking forward to seeing your updates.I know I tried either in the last thread or one before it and bailed. I won't do that again as I was still in denial back then and not ready to put in the work. I was 450 a week ago at my Dr's office and I started to If and only eat up to or slightly below 2000kcal a day. This morning I am 441! I'll post a picture tomorrow when I weight myself. I look forward to updating this thread unlike last time.
Hi everyone. I've decided to sort my weight out and I've been using MyFitnessPal to track calories. It's been going well for the past three weeks and I've been aiming for a 1000 calorie deficit. It feels sustainable but it means I'm regularly eating less than my BMR. I've seen sites that say this is a really bad idea, and others say it's fine, and I don't want to slow down my weight loss if I don't have to. I feel like if I was hurting myself I'd feel awful and weak, but I feel fine. Not sure what to do for the best.
1000 calorie deficit (~4000kJ) puts you on track to lose about 2lb / 1kg a week, which is fast, but not unrealistic. Others in this thread have done it. Especially if you're in the obese BMI category, it should be sustainable because your BMR and TDEE would be quite high to begin with.Hi everyone. I've decided to sort my weight out and I've been using MyFitnessPal to track calories. It's been going well for the past three weeks and I've been aiming for a 1000 calorie deficit. It feels sustainable but it means I'm regularly eating less than my BMR. I've seen sites that say this is a really bad idea, and others say it's fine, and I don't want to slow down my weight loss if I don't have to. I feel like if I was hurting myself I'd feel awful and weak, but I feel fine. Not sure what to do for the best.
Thanks to tracking my calories and general awareness of my eating habits and and feed schedule, I feel in total control of maintaining my weight. Three times now I've had massive, 6k+ cheat days. My weight delta the next morning is usually between an added 5-7b lbs. If I return to my regular maintenance diet of approximately 2000-2200 calories, it takes about 4-5 days to return to my previous weight. It's very empowering to know how my body responds to overeating because I know that a cheat day isn't the end of the world, so I need not beat myself up over it.
Just make sure what you're doing is sustainable, you dont want to go on a big deficit that drives you crazy and causes you to go back to your old eating habits.
If you feel fine then its not a big deal.
Thanks for the replies. I think because I've cut out calorie-dense junk food, it doesn't feel like I'm undereating. I'm also not worrying if I go a few hundred cals over my target.1000 calorie deficit (~4000kJ) puts you on track to lose about 2lb / 1kg a week, which is fast, but not unrealistic. Others in this thread have done it. Especially if you're in the obese BMI category, it should be sustainable because your BMR and TDEE would be quite high to begin with.
The question though is how do you feel? Do you feel light headed or tired? Is light exercise a struggle? Do you feel physically hungry all the time to the point of distraction? If so, what you're doing might be unsustainable because it's a constant effort rather than just being something you do.
The key is to form habits - relying on willpower alone won't work long term. When eating right, hydrating, getting regular exercise and sleep become normal you'll see the most success. If they're something you have to make a special effort for, you'll slip the second you have a bad day.
I'd imagine most of that weight gain overnight is just water weight. You can't really add 5-7lbs overnight. That'd be insane.
laminated I'm with you, ultra cheat days as you call them won't be happening with me anymore. I'd rather have a cheat meal as you say, or a guilty pleasure item once or twice a week. But buying a six pack of beer and bags of chips on a Friday night and just saying fuck it it's the weekend? That shit is in the past for me.
Yeah that would make sense, I ate a lot of salty fried food and sugar! Popeyes, pizza, ice cream, chocolate...all so good haha.
A Fitness youtuber made a 10K calorie challenge video, and she took before/after measurements. The morning after, her total weight up by approx 5 lbs. Her body fat % went from 14.3% to 15%, and her body fat mass went up by 2 lbs. So two lbs of extra fat! What was most alarming to me was her blood glucose level, which went up from 79 to 112 (pre-diabetic!).
I don't think I'll do many ultra cheat days in the future. Seeing that spike in weight can still mess with me. Instead, I'll sneak in a few cheat meals here and there while still staying around my daily caloric needs.
Here here. I'm turning 39 this year, gotta take care of this temple haha. Those ultra cheat days take its toll on me mentally. After my last ultra cheat day, I was seriously pissed at myself and felt a little depressed.
I have to call bull on that one. While you can gain fat much, much faster than you can reliably lose it, a while kilogram of fat gain overnight seems impossible, no matter how much you eat. After a certain point, your intake will be greater than your body's ability to process the nutrients and it'll pass through the digestive tract undigested. We already know this happens with excess protein intake.
I don't know at what point this happens, but four days' worth of nutrition in one day has to be getting close.
I suspect a lot of that will be water retention.
I don't actually know the answer, but from personal experience using fortified formula and mixing olive oil and thickened cream into a premie baby's food, we'd sometimes be giving him an adult's energy intake each day. 100g of weight gain was still a victory.That was my thoughts pretty close. I don't think the body can actually build fat stores that quickly.
That was my thoughts pretty close. I don't think the body can actually build fat stores that quickly.
I don't actually know the answer, but from personal experience using fortified formula and mixing olive oil and thickened cream into a premie baby's food, we'd sometimes be giving him an adult's energy intake each day. 100g of weight gain was still a victory.
Then again, ancient hunter gatherers would sometimes go days without food and once they'd made a kill. Maybe an adult is different somehow. I suspect though that the feasting wouldn't all just take place over the course of a day.
Can someone clarify if I can update two weeks after first entering? And we do not need to post proof photos at this point then, yes?
April 12 - My sign-up weight - 244lbs
April 26 - My current weight - 235lbs
I got down to 234 yesterday but I went up a lb, so this is where I am currently.
Also, yesterday I did something I haven't been able to do in 20 years. I went for a jog. Granted it was only 5 min compared to the half hr / 45 min jogs I used to go for, but I am very happy about it!
4/26: 165.4 lbs4/26: 165.4 lbs
5/3: 162.8 lbs
This was a tough week. Carb overload towards the end of last week (three people brought donuts in to the office) and over the weekend put me in a big hole to start off w/ some serious water retention. Also had soda for the first time all year, which I kinda regret, but it had been so long since my last Coke Classic. Really had to work my butt off the past five days to make this a positive week overall, and I had next to no energy at the gym this morning. *sigh* Thankfully no donuts this week.