Looking to lose an extra human I apparently picked up along the way
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anna.banana
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I agree, you look much better in the most recent photo. You somehow just look all over healthier too.
Awesome work!
Awesome work!
MrVee
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170.5 this morning as I unload the water from my bad weekend behavior.
Decided I'm going to work some "diet breaks" or "refeeds" into the plan and see how that goes. So I'm gonna cut an extra 80 calories or so from my diet 6 days a week, and then eat 500 or so more on the 7th (which would be roughly maintenance). And then every eight weeks, take a week off and eat at maintenance for a week. I have my yearly week out of town business trip in about 8 weeks, so this should work well for now.
At a pound a week, that's only about two less pounds lost over 4 months, and if it helps me stick to my diet better (and keeps my metabolism in check), I could even wind up losing more. Plus if I do stick to it, after those 4 months, I won't need to lose anymore and can begin to eat at a slight surplus.
Good day at work yesterday. Hopefully today will be another.
Decided I'm going to work some "diet breaks" or "refeeds" into the plan and see how that goes. So I'm gonna cut an extra 80 calories or so from my diet 6 days a week, and then eat 500 or so more on the 7th (which would be roughly maintenance). And then every eight weeks, take a week off and eat at maintenance for a week. I have my yearly week out of town business trip in about 8 weeks, so this should work well for now.
At a pound a week, that's only about two less pounds lost over 4 months, and if it helps me stick to my diet better (and keeps my metabolism in check), I could even wind up losing more. Plus if I do stick to it, after those 4 months, I won't need to lose anymore and can begin to eat at a slight surplus.
Good day at work yesterday. Hopefully today will be another.
Nate Hansen00
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That's some dedication if you are watching the diet down to 80 calories. Well done!
MrVee
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Yeah Nate. I've been at this for a while now and so I generally got an idea how much I am and am not eating. So if I'm going to purposely eat 500 calories more on one day and offset them on others, it won't be too hard to whittle off the 80 on the other six days. In fact often I find myself tacking things onto my lunch to get it up to 380 calories, so now I'll just eat 340 and be done with it. So on days where I'm strict, I have no problem eating 80 fewer calories, but this leaves me a day where I don't have to be so strict if I don't want to.
Anyhow 168 this morning, for a total of five and a half pounds in two days. That should tell you what I did on Friday and Saturday. But I'm back where I should be and now just travel back down the scale slowly from here.
Push workout in, and now it's time to get some work work done.
Anyhow 168 this morning, for a total of five and a half pounds in two days. That should tell you what I did on Friday and Saturday. But I'm back where I should be and now just travel back down the scale slowly from here.
Push workout in, and now it's time to get some work work done.
Cate
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Can you imagine a day where we won't even have to think about how many calories we consume or burn? I can't really. I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing, but I think we all wish sometimes that we could just eat what we actually feel like & not worry. For that to happen I would not be able to regain any weight at all. That's not going to happen.
Hope you enjoyed Friday & Saturday
Hope you enjoyed Friday & Saturday
Delsid
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I've now accepted that that's not gonna happen.
Yes!! The problem is, if I ate more of what I 'feel' like eating I think I'd go put on all the wight I've lost really fast.
He he, I thought I was the only one with a trucker mouth on here
ChefChiTown
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Ok, first of all - DAMN. What a HUGE difference. Great job, man.
Secondly, in regard to the last two pictures - I don't know if this makes sense or not, but even though you were pretty much the same exact weight, you just look much healthier in the second of the two pictures.
Good job on the weightlifting too. I remember (back in the day) when I used to lift weights how big of a deal it was to hit a benchmark goal with weight/reps, whatever. You should feel good about yourself, Vee.
MrVee
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The tone
Anyway 168.5 again this morning. Cardio workout in. Cool front coming in so the high today will be a nice 83, though a touch cloudy out. Was already 95 yesterday. A tad early for this stuff, but 95 really ain't bad at all down here.
Awwww, yeah! That's the goal anyway. Worried I might only make it to "sexy as heck," or even worse "sexy as golly gee."Saw this on FB & thought of your GW aim of "peak sexy"
Anyway 168.5 again this morning. Cardio workout in. Cool front coming in so the high today will be a nice 83, though a touch cloudy out. Was already 95 yesterday. A tad early for this stuff, but 95 really ain't bad at all down here.
MrVee
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Keep at it kanok1!
167.5 this morning. Last couple of times I got down to here, I went apeshit that night and had to work my way back. Will look to avoid that. Hvae Friday's scheduled as my "eat at maintenance" days. It's a good day for two reasons: one it's later in the week so if something happens where I wind up going over earlier, I can just adjust. And two it's the weekend so I'm more likely to be eating out.
Cardio day completed and gonna take a shower and then get to work. Weather looks absolutely glorious for the rest of the week.
167.5 this morning. Last couple of times I got down to here, I went apeshit that night and had to work my way back. Will look to avoid that. Hvae Friday's scheduled as my "eat at maintenance" days. It's a good day for two reasons: one it's later in the week so if something happens where I wind up going over earlier, I can just adjust. And two it's the weekend so I'm more likely to be eating out.
Cardio day completed and gonna take a shower and then get to work. Weather looks absolutely glorious for the rest of the week.
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