I’m not, mainly just calorie deficit for right now. Higher protein and lots of veggies. Fewer carbs
Hadn’t seen that one yet, will check it out
Leonard Washington
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- Aug 15, 2004
- 40,161
Funny to see his name on here. I know him irl, we’re from the same hick town and lived a street apart when we both moved to the city.
His YT blew up and he has a lambo now.
meatball
vorrei ma non posto
Oh shit I can't believe you know him. I assume he doesn't use that same Gilbert Gottfried voice IRL since he didn't have it in early videos
meatball
vorrei ma non posto
I liked him for a minute but he started leaning too hard into his maingaining theory and selling dumb supps
Phil NJ
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He has some solid advice but his maingaining advice was so bad that he's since walked it back a bit and encourages gaining .5 pounds a week or so.
I typically buy my meats in bulk and pick each package to get a even amount of meat for my meals. Like a 3lb package of chicken breast is 6 meals of protein for me. Same with pork loin, 93/7 ground turkey, salmon, shrimp, eggs, tuna, etc. I'll then buy my veggies based off how many meals I've bought protein for each week. Sauces, seasonings, and dressings is where I have to be careful with.
I enjoy food way too much and have to have flavor/textures/proper cook to keep me on track and satisfied mentally. I spend more time prepping and cooking than I do planning. Little things like a proper sear or cutting veggies a certain way go a long way for me. I stay clear of any kind of starches including potatoes, rice, pasta, etc outside of baking powder or cornstarch, but only use these sparingly to add texture to meats or dishes. I also only shoot for about 50g of carbs a day between 2 meals.
The hardest part with online recipes and such is finding recipes that fit what you are trying to do diet wise. Everybody diets differently when it comes to weight loss. Your diet will be totally different than mine. But by knowing what you want to do diet wise then having the knowledge of foods to adjust/modify caloric content/macros is where you can make most fit your needs.
My favorite meals so far are
Got this one from the old FandN subforum here way back in the day. Prolly eat this 3-4 times a week and it's still tastie and quick as hell.
2 cans of tuna
12oz of riced cauliflower
some fat free italian dressing
sesame seed oil
a little kikoman teriyaki
garlic and onion powder
soy sauce.
Super quick and easy
Low carb chicken pad thai
8oz of sliced chicken breast
8oz of fettuccine miracle noodles
minced garlic
1tsp avocado oil
bean sprouts
1 yellow, orange, or red bell pepper
2 cups shredded cabbage
some lime juice
a splash of mirin
tsp of creamy peanut butter
fish sauce
sriracha
1 egg
Charsiu Hand rolls
Marinate a pork loin in mirin, 1tsp molasses, 1 tsp hoisin sauce, soy sauce, fish sauce, couple tbsp of sambal, sesame seed oil, minced garlic, minced ginger, some cloves and chinese 5 spice. add a little water to thin everything and coat your loin and let marinate a couple hours. Cook at like 450 until internal temp of 142ish or so. Baste your left over marinade on your loin every 10 mins or so when cooking. When you hit 135it, throw it under your broiler to get a nice brown crust. pull at 142-145 internal temp though. When you throw it under the broiler, watch it and don't leave it, it'll burn quick. let it rest and slice kinda thin.
8oz sliced pork loin
8 sheets of nori seaweed
raw shredded cabbage
cheap caviar from walmart
1 sliced hard boiled egg
a little mayo mixed with hoisin sauce and sriracha
Take a sheet of nori, add an ounce or so of pork loin, a little cabbage, eggs, cavier, and sauce. Roll it like a burrito and lightly wet the last edge of nori as you roll with a damp finger.
6 rolls has about 500 cals or so
Low carb shepherds pie
24oz of cauliflower mash
2 eggs
tablespoon of baking powder
Mix the above and set to the side
take 3 lbs of ground turkey
handful of peas, carrots, and corn
1lb of mushrooms
1 onion
tbsp of tomato paste
4-6 tbsp of worcestershire sauce
Cook all this down to a thick consistency, then throw it in a 9x13 baking pan, take your cauliflower mash and smear if over the top and bake at 400 until the top gets crispy. Makes 6 meals at about 400 cals a piece or so.
Other meals I make are cabbage rolls, plain seared meats with cauliflower, broccoli, green beans, spinach, greens, etc.
Stir fries are pretty straight forward with miracle noodles and all your veggies.
Salads of course with fat free italian dressing
Fajitas with low carb tortillas or as a salad
Most recipes can be made low carb/healthy/low calorie, just prioritize your protein per serving and adjust/add veggies/other ingredients to reach your calorie level. Just be careful when adding in all your extras as far as seasonings or sauces. If you are gonna go heavy on cauliflower rice or mashed cauliflower, just buy a food processor. You'll make your money back on it by making riced/mashed cauliflower at home versus buying the prepackaged/prepared stuff.
I would like to say, so I will say, that I am very proud of you all. Keep up the good work. Progress takes time and effort. You can do it!
pimpofthenation
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Boing
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- Jun 30, 2007
- 66,856
My body is struggling to adjust to the drastic increase in protein.
What about resistance bands or just bodyweight exercises? My wife was just talking to her doctor to get tested for fibromyalgia, and I want to say she recommended that.
My update. Down 50 from last years doc visit. Wants me to see a sleep doc too as I'm still not sleeping well and waking up tired. Bad news the bullshit at work finally got to me and been drinking a bit more then I should over the past two weekends and gained a good 6 pounds or so. Haven't been getting my steps in as I would like might have played into that too. Also that 5 mile bike ride killed my legs. I was doing 10 mile rides last year, not sure what happened.
Hope everyone is doing well so far with their progress.
Hope everyone is doing well so far with their progress.
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I was at my weekly goal weight yesterday, but the kids wanted grilled cheese, and I am very impressionable with food, so i had 1. Bread + cheese are absolutely not good for me if I wanna lose weight. So, I'm up a pound today. Kinda expected it with fat Tuesday and all.
So, to update workouts, I think I left off last Wednesday. I ran that day, did a 1 mile time trial with longer warmup and cooldowns on Friday, and did a few upper body machines after while I was waiting on my husband to finish up his workout. Did another longer run yesterday. Drove over by the beach today, as my Garmin program had a hill repeat run that I've been putting off. Not a whole lot of hills around unless you get closer to the beach. It was 39, but not windy. Warmer and sunnier earlier, but I had to work and use my lunchbreak time to pick up my car at the shop. Anyway, glad to finally get that done so I can do my workouts inside when the shitty winter weather returns for one last hurrah on Wednesday. There was a surprising number of older people walking out there today. I probably looked like a weirdo running up and down the same hill, but whatever.
So, to update workouts, I think I left off last Wednesday. I ran that day, did a 1 mile time trial with longer warmup and cooldowns on Friday, and did a few upper body machines after while I was waiting on my husband to finish up his workout. Did another longer run yesterday. Drove over by the beach today, as my Garmin program had a hill repeat run that I've been putting off. Not a whole lot of hills around unless you get closer to the beach. It was 39, but not windy. Warmer and sunnier earlier, but I had to work and use my lunchbreak time to pick up my car at the shop. Anyway, glad to finally get that done so I can do my workouts inside when the shitty winter weather returns for one last hurrah on Wednesday. There was a surprising number of older people walking out there today. I probably looked like a weirdo running up and down the same hill, but whatever.
Nice work!
I think we all have moments where we just have the damn grilled cheese. You just get back to it and the lbs will still come off.
Phil NJ
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You can still lose weight with grilled cheese.
1) 70 calorie bread
2) low fat cheese
Don’t use butter
Definitely was humbled working out this weekend. Got the gym partially set up. Basically got a kettlebell set up to 30lbs and an air rowing erg. Did a 4x10 workout with curls, overhead press, lat raises, upright rows, and Yates rows. Then did 5 2min rows on the erg. My weights are almost half of what I was lifting 12 years ago and had to take breaks with rowing when I could easily do 25-30 minutes pace back then. Not to mention I'm still sore today, lmao.
Hardest part with the workout is my mindset. I use to have like extreme focus/motivation In the gym. Once the headphones went on and my Playlist started cycling, it was on. I just couldn't get there this weekend. Music didn't do much and just couldn't get into it. Felt like such a damn chore and had to really push mentally. Hopefully I can find that drive and intensity again. Might start taking a pre-workout stim. That's the only thing I'm not doing now that I use to do. Could be the psych meds too.
Left shoulder is clicking with any overhead lifts past my chest. Prolly my infraspinatus again. Gonna have to start some shoulder mobility work/rehab. Gonna try working around it, rehabbing some, nsaid's, and some joint complex supps will help.
Splurged a little diet wise. Found about 8oz of walnuts from baking and making Watergate salad over the holidays while cleaning out the cabinets of food I shouldn't be eating, lol. Can't let those go to waste, so ate them over the weekend with a few tbsp of peanut butter. Made the nieces nori handrolls with scrambled eggs, bacon, Sriracha mayo, caviar, and crispy onions for breakfast on Saturday and ate a few myself. Was craving liver and onions Saturday afternoon. Instead of frying them, just did a hard sear on them and then carmelized some onions with black garlic in the same pan with a red wine reduction. Tried making up for it Sunday with only eating a lb of chicken breast and 3 cups of green beans.
Nieces asked for homemade sushi this coming up weekend. Found a few recipes for low carb sushi using riced cauliflower. Ordered a few items for the sushi off Amazon and placed an order for some fresh ahi tuna from the seafood shop in town. Hopefully they can catch some, if not they pretty much promised blackfin tuna. Probably would be cheaper going out to eat but not by much and wouldn't have the memories/experience with the nieces. If this riced cauliflower recipe comes out decent, definitely going to be making more low carb sushi and poke bowls for sure.
Overall, down another few pounds for the week and 19 total. Going to try to get the cable tower put together and mounted this weekend. Weight rack and plate weight set comes in Thursday.
Hardest part with the workout is my mindset. I use to have like extreme focus/motivation In the gym. Once the headphones went on and my Playlist started cycling, it was on. I just couldn't get there this weekend. Music didn't do much and just couldn't get into it. Felt like such a damn chore and had to really push mentally. Hopefully I can find that drive and intensity again. Might start taking a pre-workout stim. That's the only thing I'm not doing now that I use to do. Could be the psych meds too.
Left shoulder is clicking with any overhead lifts past my chest. Prolly my infraspinatus again. Gonna have to start some shoulder mobility work/rehab. Gonna try working around it, rehabbing some, nsaid's, and some joint complex supps will help.
Splurged a little diet wise. Found about 8oz of walnuts from baking and making Watergate salad over the holidays while cleaning out the cabinets of food I shouldn't be eating, lol. Can't let those go to waste, so ate them over the weekend with a few tbsp of peanut butter. Made the nieces nori handrolls with scrambled eggs, bacon, Sriracha mayo, caviar, and crispy onions for breakfast on Saturday and ate a few myself. Was craving liver and onions Saturday afternoon. Instead of frying them, just did a hard sear on them and then carmelized some onions with black garlic in the same pan with a red wine reduction. Tried making up for it Sunday with only eating a lb of chicken breast and 3 cups of green beans.
Nieces asked for homemade sushi this coming up weekend. Found a few recipes for low carb sushi using riced cauliflower. Ordered a few items for the sushi off Amazon and placed an order for some fresh ahi tuna from the seafood shop in town. Hopefully they can catch some, if not they pretty much promised blackfin tuna. Probably would be cheaper going out to eat but not by much and wouldn't have the memories/experience with the nieces. If this riced cauliflower recipe comes out decent, definitely going to be making more low carb sushi and poke bowls for sure.
Overall, down another few pounds for the week and 19 total. Going to try to get the cable tower put together and mounted this weekend. Weight rack and plate weight set comes in Thursday.
NULL_bits
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- Feb 10, 2021
- 1,370
My update:
Been doing good, I did a weigh in this morning and I'm down 35 lbs since late November and down 55 lbs since my peak pandemic weight (currently at 264). Last week was a lighter week exercise-wise, but I'm still averaging a little over an hour per day. A vast majority of my exercise has been cardio, lots of cycling, running, and walking. Diet has been in check. I don't really do cheat days, rather once every couple weeks or so (maybe every 10 days on average) I do a cheat meal, but still try to keep it reasonable.
I'm doing the KISS style diet where I don't really track every calorie, rather just eat clean foods and portion control. Lots of lean white meats like chicken, pork chops, and some fish. I'm still fully committed and over the hurdle to where now I actually look forward to exercising most days (I still have some off days though where I don't feel like doing a damn thing!)
I need to start adding more resistance training, I have been going full blown cardio since November.
Been doing good, I did a weigh in this morning and I'm down 35 lbs since late November and down 55 lbs since my peak pandemic weight (currently at 264). Last week was a lighter week exercise-wise, but I'm still averaging a little over an hour per day. A vast majority of my exercise has been cardio, lots of cycling, running, and walking. Diet has been in check. I don't really do cheat days, rather once every couple weeks or so (maybe every 10 days on average) I do a cheat meal, but still try to keep it reasonable.
I'm doing the KISS style diet where I don't really track every calorie, rather just eat clean foods and portion control. Lots of lean white meats like chicken, pork chops, and some fish. I'm still fully committed and over the hurdle to where now I actually look forward to exercising most days (I still have some off days though where I don't feel like doing a damn thing!)
I need to start adding more resistance training, I have been going full blown cardio since November.
Scottwax
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I felt my taste issues would give me an unfair advantage so I didn't enter, but I'm down 40 lb since mid December now. It's crazy. Not really eating enough to get into the gym yet, doubt I'd make much in gains getting 800-1200 calories a day. I have been walking daily and of course my job is physical. Resting heart rate has gone from the mid 60s to mid 50s, no longer getting any heartburn.
How are you not wanting to jump off a bridge eating 800 cals/day? Especially doing manual labor. My breakfast is almost 800 calories.
Scottwax
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I'm miserable not being able to enjoy food. If it wasn't for my wife, kids and granddaughter, I may have already parked in the garage with the door down and engine running.
My normal taste is supposed to come back 5-6 weeks after stopping the medication. It will be 6 weeks on Friday. So we'll see.
Scottwax
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Sucks still though, tonight is our anniversary and I can't take my wife out to eat.
I mean maybe just eat her?Sucks still though, tonight is our anniversary and I can't take my wife out to eat.
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That was her suggestion.I mean maybe just eat her?
