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8/30
donut x2 - 380
pretzels - 100
ramen - 420
pork loin, potatoes, and green beans - 300
total: 1200
 
liquids
coffee - 12oz
water - 34oz
total: 46oz
 
Walked? no
Shower: 1:30am
Bed: 2am
 
 
8/31
Cashew milk - 90
chickfila deluxe sandwich - 500
4 chickfila nuggets - 130
chickfila fries - 360
chickfila sauce - 140
powerberries - 350
crisps - 150
sandwich - 430
total: 2150 :/
 
liquids
diet coke - 32oz
water - 18oz
la croix - 8oz
total: 58
 

Walked? no

Shower: 2am

Bed: ?

 

 

9/1
Chimichanga - 1000
Chocolate - 250
Popcorn - 100
Mike's hard lemonade - 220
total: 1570 cal :)
 
Liquid
Diet soda - 30oz
Water - 20oz
La croix - 12 oz
Mike's hard - 11oz
total: 73
 
 
9/2
Chimichanga - 500
Chocolate - 350
Sucker - 60
Mango drink - 200
1/2 thin crust pizza - 1040
Total: 2150 :(
 
(didn't track liquids or sleep)

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9/3
Burritos - 760
Chips - 150
coffee w/creamer - 40
Mango drink - 100
Tacos - 300
Ice cream - 300
Misc - 100
total: 1450

 

Liquid
coffee - 24oz
La croix - 12oz
water - 41oz
Mango drink - 8oz
Mike's hard lemonade - 12oz
Total: 85 oz

 

Walked? Yes
Shower: midnight
Bed: 1:20am

 

9/4

cookie - 190 cal

ramen - 290

crackers - 150

cookies - 100

chex mix - 200

Chicken orzo mix - 450

Popsicle - 80

Mike's hard lemonade - 220

Chocolate - 220

total: 1900 cal

 

Liquid

coffee - 12oz

water - 17oz

la croix x2 - 24oz

 

Walked? No

Shower: 2am

Bed: 2:30am

 

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9/7
Jimmy John's sandwich - 800
pistachios - 120
meatloaf - 630
popsicle - 80
total: 1630
 
liquids
coffee - 12oz
la croix - 12oz
water - 30oz
total: 54oz
 
Walked? yes
Shower: 1am
Bed: 2am
 
 
9/8
Sandwich - 800
Cookie - 200
Bulgogi - 500
Rice - 200
Egg - 200
Tofu soup - 200
total: 2100
 
liquids
coffee - 20oz
Water - 20oz
Diet soda - 20oz
total: 60oz
 
Walked? no
Shower: 2:30
Bed: 3am
 
 
9/9
Salad - 590
Quesadilla - 190
Grapes - 60
Pork cutlets, salad, and fruit - 920
coffee with cream - 30 cal
Total: 1790 cals
 
Liquid
Diet soda - 20oz
La Croix - 12oz
coffee - 10oz
total: 42oz
 
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7-day average:
 
1450+1900+1500+2110+1630+2100+1790=12480 / 7 = 1782
 
That's about 130 calories per day more than I want; almost up against my break-even calorie amount. So I need to try to curb excesses a little more this coming week to get the overall average down to about 1650.

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9/14
Chocolate protein bar - 200
Cheesy Gordita crunch x2 - 1000
Coffee with creamer - 30
Chik-fil-a wrap & fries - 800
Total: 2030
 
Liquids
Coffee - 12oz
Water - 17oz
diet coke - 20oz
Total: 49oz
 
2100+1790+1770+1160+1375+1920+2030 = 12,145 / 7 = 1735
 
Still a higher average than I would like. I want to try to keep it down by 1700 or a little less. I believe that should give me close to a 100 cal deficit per day, which isn't a lot, but it's enough for slow progress in the correct direction. If I can get my fitness level up, then my deficit will increase and I should lose fat faster, while also hopefully improving my body composition a bit.
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9/15
Taco Bell - 1000
Coffee w/creamer - 25
Quesadillas - 680
Total: 1705
 
Liquids
Coffee - 8oz
Diet Coke - 20oz
water- 8oz
Total: 36oz
 
 
9/16
Ramen - 400
Chocolate - 220
Hotdog - 210
Pumpkin latte - 290
Almonds - 260
Sandwiches - 700
Bagel - 250
Total: 2330
 
Liquid
Water - 40oz
pumkin latte - 12oz
Diet Coke - 12oz
Total: 64oz
 
 
1770+1160+1375+1920+2030+1705+2330 = 12,290 / 7 = 1755

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On 8/31/2018 at 10:16 PM, Jett said:

Weighed myself yesterday. Went back up a pound; not surprising considering the stress and the not as strict eating lately. I'm actually just pleased that I didn't regain more.

 

I think I'm going to try to tighten the focus and get to 235 by the end of this challenge (Sept 9).

 

Didn't make it to 235 by the end of the challenge. I'm at 237 and change, and I seem to be stuck there. Been hovering around that for about 2, maybe 3 weeks now. Cycling calories isn't helping. Maybe exercise will help. IDK. It's annoying.

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What's your daily calorie consumption?

I am not sure, if I already posted this, but this is a nice calculator: https://tdeecalculator.net/

Under FAQ you can find out which activity level to choose.

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16 hours ago, Arkania said:

What's your daily calorie consumption?

I am not sure, if I already posted this, but this is a nice calculator: https://tdeecalculator.net/

Under FAQ you can find out which activity level to choose.

 

I think it's about 1800. The calculator* says it should be 2100, but I strongly suspect that due to sedentary life and past periods of calorie restriction, my metabolism is slower than it should be.

 

*I don't know my body fat percentage, so that probably effects the results the most.

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9/21
Cheese crackers - 150
Mediterranean salad with falafel - 480
Pork Tacos - 490
10 espresso beans - 80
Cheese crackers - 150
Pear cider - 160
Cheddar cheese - 100
Bagel - 230
Total: 1840 cal
 
Liquid
Water - 25oz
La Croix - 12oz
Coffee - 12oz
Total: 49oz
 
 
9/22
Kimchi fried rice - 800
Taro slushie with boba (10oz) - 300
10 espresso beans - 80
cookies - 100
nibbles - 50?
Coffee w/creamer - 20
Total: 1350
 
Liquids
la croix - 20oz
water - 25oz
Coffee - 8oz
Orange drink - 8oz
Total: 61oz
 
I weighed myself today: 234.8 lbs. I wasn't planning on weighing myself, but I woke up feeling... thinner. So I decided to step on the scale just to see what was going on, and voila, I'd lost almost 3 lbs! I'm very confused by this, because I've been eating more the last couple of days. Why would that suddenly allow me to get over the plateau I was stuck on?!
 
Oh well. I'm just pleased to be making some progress again. I'm now officially about 10 lbs lighter than when I started this thread! :D And my T-shirts really do fit a little better. I should do my measurements and see what the difference is.
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On 9/22/2018 at 12:29 AM, Jett said:

 

I think it's about 1800. The calculator* says it should be 2100, but I strongly suspect that due to sedentary life and past periods of calorie restriction, my metabolism is slower than it should be.

 

*I don't know my body fat percentage, so that probably effects the results the most.

 

Somewhere in the deep web there are pictures of body fat % you can compare yourself to. To have a rough idea.

There are studies that things like slow metabolism or hunger metabolism (starvation mode) are effecting the normal human who has done some diets in the past. see e.g. https://www.aworkoutroutine.com/starvation-mode/  or https://stevenmkemp.com/why-starvation-mode-is-a-myth/

There are some studies regarding this (also in the texts) but I am on the phone and googling is no fun :D

 

 

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From the first article:

 

"The true part is that being in a deficit DOES in fact cause your metabolic rate to slow down over time. This is known as adaptive thermogenesis, and it happens as a result of any prolonged deficit. The more excessive (in terms of size and duration) the deficit is, the more significant this drop will be."

 

I suspect I have some effect of this from the year or so that I spent on a calorie restricted diet - although, that was like, 3 years ago? So I would expect to be recovered from that by now. All I know for sure is, my maintenance calories aren't 2100. I was gaining weight when eating ~2000 cals. Most likely, my body fat percentage is the main factor in why that equation isn't working for me.

 

I do actually remember seeing that reference pic a while ago, now that you mention it.... I should look for it!

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How extreme did you restrict the calories?

I had times where my max. calories a day were 500 but after eating "normal" (so, the ~2000kcal I have as maintenance) it was no problem.

But yeah, my basic consumption dropped a bit (because of the lost weight), but it were only ~100kcal because I didn't need to lose that much.

Here are some pictures:

 

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Thanks! I'll have to take a pic of myself later and compare to see what percent I'm close to.

(Ugh, I never want to get down to 4%, those veiny guys look strange...)

 

It wasn't that much of a restriction, I think about 1600 cals per day for a year. Started at 1700, but then I lowered it to 1600 after I lost about 10 lbs. My maintenance before that was about 2100, so I guess it started as a 400 cal cut, and probably maintained that after the drop. But like I said, that was 3 years ago. I'd expect any effects of that to be gone by now, but who knows..?

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