Of refeeds and diet breaks
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Rickster1967 wrote: »Got my blood test results and all that medical info today
in 152 days I've dropped 63lbs and:
BP 155/95 down to 125/80
borderline diabetic to NON diabetic
cholesterol 9.6 to 6.2
Fatty liver to normal liver function
Metabolic syndrome reversed
Eating 2000 calories a day, never been hungry, not binged or over eaten. Nor under eaten.
Recalculated TDEE at new weight and it's around 2700 if I do some exercise. Going to do Diet Break for two weeks. Don't mind if I put on a bit. Will crack on with the remaining 73lb to lose in January
Yay! Congratulations!3 -
Here's some photos of last night's handy work. The north end didn't need much work, just a support wire fixed and some excess growth taken out. This end gets much more sun, so the grapes are plentiful and massive. The south end was basically just a hanging carpet of vine, so several more runs of wire to lift all of that, and a lot cut out. The tree in the middle is a fig.
And a photo of my boys napping the other day on the completely dead side lawn.
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Wow, Nony, that is one HUGE back yard! The grape vines look amazing - do you get table grapes or wine grapes?0
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Dammit! It's Christmas at our house - what major appliance is going to crap out this year? The water heater, for the win! After googling and trying every fix known to the internet, my husband has declared it officially dead. His next day off is Wed., so we're going to have nothing but cold water until then.
We really need an empathy button.
So Sorry about the lack of hot water. That sucks! Can you find a coupon or deal for a free day-pass gym trial and use their showers? (Not my first rodeo.)
Thanks for the condolences, and yep I have a gym membership and will eventually go take a shower there, mostly because I'm going out to dinner.
GottaBurn and VintageFeline - so sorry about the fatigue! It's so much harder around the holidays, when there's so much extra stuff that has to get done. I hope it turns out to be shorter episodes rather than longer.
Man, that's rough about the water heater. Our had to be replaced last year, but since we rent, we didn't have to pay for it. And oh man, the water was so much hotter afterward - I hadn't even noticed the gradually cooling water until all of the sudden I go to do dishes after getting the new water heater and almost scalded my freaking hands. Nice.
My sympathies as well to everyone having a tough time right now.
So my first try at the feast-fast protocol had mixed results, but I think it's an experiment worth continuing. We went out both Friday and Saturday nights instead of just Saturday, which was not in the plan, but so it goes. My "last meal" was two grilled cheese sandwiches at maybe 3:00 am Sunday after bar close, then I fasted until about 6:30 pm. Really just the last few hours were notably difficult - I had some herb tea, which really helped, but then had to go grocery shopping, which was not great planning on my part. Fasted cardio = all good. Fasted grocery shopping = nope.
Grocery torture aside, I didn't feel the need to overeat Sunday night - I had a small snack, a slightly larger dinner than usual, and my normal pre-bed snack. Unfortunately, my dinner consisted of two salami sandwiches, and I found out this morning that salami can go bad and I really should have paid attention to that little voice saying "hmm, this looks a little grey and smells a bit off" instead of the voice that said "it's preserved meat, no worries, I hate wasting food!" So I ended up inadvertently fasting until about a half-hour ago today as well, but I think I'm feeling better now. Woof.5 -
MegaMooseEsq wrote: »Grocery torture aside, I didn't feel the need to overeat Sunday night - I had a small snack, a slightly larger dinner than usual, and my normal pre-bed snack. Unfortunately, my dinner consisted of two salami sandwiches, and I found out this morning that salami can go bad and I really should have paid attention to that little voice saying "hmm, this looks a little grey and smells a bit off" instead of the voice that said "it's preserved meat, no worries, I hate wasting food!" So I ended up inadvertently fasting until about a half-hour ago today as well, but I think I'm feeling better now. Woof.
Oh so sorry! I guess that's a pretty good example of the correct usage of the term "bad food"
I'm glad you're feeling better. 1 -
MegaMooseEsq wrote: »Grocery torture aside, I didn't feel the need to overeat Sunday night - I had a small snack, a slightly larger dinner than usual, and my normal pre-bed snack. Unfortunately, my dinner consisted of two salami sandwiches, and I found out this morning that salami can go bad and I really should have paid attention to that little voice saying "hmm, this looks a little grey and smells a bit off" instead of the voice that said "it's preserved meat, no worries, I hate wasting food!" So I ended up inadvertently fasting until about a half-hour ago today as well, but I think I'm feeling better now. Woof.
Oh so sorry! I guess that's a pretty good example of the correct usage of the term "bad food" I'm glad you're feeling better.
Yeah, I hate it when people call food "garbage," but that salami was, in fact, garbage. It could have been worse - I've got a pretty strong constitution, and my job doesn't care if I don't show up until 2pm.2 -
Wow, Nony, that is one HUGE back yard! The grape vines look amazing - do you get table grapes or wine grapes?
Haha, that's nowhere near all of it. I always say I have two backyards (well, almost three, really) - there's the native garden immediately out the back (where all the dying tree ferns are) and on the east side, then the orchard (separated by a wall garden, which is what I'm about to tackle to plant the spinach), then there's a funny little strip maybe 1.5m wide that should be a veggie garden but is currently grass. It needs a lot of work to create a garden. And the west side strip shown in the cat photo, which is where the clothes line is. And a small front lawn. It is a stupid amount of garden, but thankfully half dead from lack of water weeds pull out of dry ground quite easily!!0 -
Rickster1967 wrote: »Got my blood test results and all that medical info today
in 152 days I've dropped 63lbs and:
BP 155/95 down to 125/80
borderline diabetic to NON diabetic
cholesterol 9.6 to 6.2
Fatty liver to normal liver function
Metabolic syndrome reversed
Eating 2000 calories a day, never been hungry, not binged or over eaten. Nor under eaten.
Recalculated TDEE at new weight and it's around 2700 if I do some exercise. Going to do Diet Break for two weeks. Don't mind if I put on a bit. Will crack on with the remaining 73lb to lose in January
Well done, good sir!1 -
Do refeeds still do what they are meant to do if a good chunk of your calories comes from alcohol? Asking for a friend...7
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dancefit2015 wrote: »Do refeeds still do what they are meant to do if a good chunk of your calories comes from alcohol? Asking for a friend...
Short answer, no. Leptin doesn't get stimulated for the purposes of refeed, but being drunk also displaces worrying about leptin at that point
It has a somewhat secondary effect of reducing cortisol since sometimes things happen when *kitten*-faced and you wake up wondering where you are, who you're with, why your back hurts, and why you're okay with all of it since you're relaxed and magical whooshes happen.
Cheat sheet: drink non-sugary alcoholic drinks + eat as much lean protein as you want = minimal to no fat gain.
Wizardry explanation: https://leangains.com/the-truth-about-alcohol-fat-loss-and-muscle-growth/7 -
I'm also leaving for Vegas tomorrow night so that link is my bible for the few days and nights #justsayin5
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Rickster1967 wrote: »Got my blood test results and all that medical info today
in 152 days I've dropped 63lbs and:
BP 155/95 down to 125/80
borderline diabetic to NON diabetic
cholesterol 9.6 to 6.2
Fatty liver to normal liver function
Metabolic syndrome reversed
Eating 2000 calories a day, never been hungry, not binged or over eaten. Nor under eaten.
Recalculated TDEE at new weight and it's around 2700 if I do some exercise. Going to do Diet Break for two weeks. Don't mind if I put on a bit. Will crack on with the remaining 73lb to lose in January
This is completely awesomesauce. All of those markers, aside from BP, are attributable to liver health restoration from fat loss. Well done!2 -
Thanks @anubis609 !1
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I would pick the day I have no heart rate monitor to finally take to my garden, wouldn't I?4
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Nony_Mouse wrote: »I would pick the day I have no heart rate monitor to finally take to my garden, wouldn't I?
Time to use the MFP database for gardening lol.. good luck2 -
Rickster1967 wrote: »Got my blood test results and all that medical info today
in 152 days I've dropped 63lbs and:
BP 155/95 down to 125/80
borderline diabetic to NON diabetic
cholesterol 9.6 to 6.2
Fatty liver to normal liver function
Metabolic syndrome reversed
Eating 2000 calories a day, never been hungry, not binged or over eaten. Nor under eaten.
Recalculated TDEE at new weight and it's around 2700 if I do some exercise. Going to do Diet Break for two weeks. Don't mind if I put on a bit. Will crack on with the remaining 73lb to lose in January
That's great Rick. It must be encouraging to see those results. Enjoy your diet break!
I was only a little overweight but I am amazed at how my blood pressure has responded to losing just 9kg (plus more exercise and less salt I suppose). Midway through this year, I was hovering in the high 130s over the high 80s, and now the last two readings have been great - the last one, a few days ago, was 109/71.3 -
Busy, busy, busy!! Have had to come in because the stupid wind is getting up. Pollen, pollen, everywhere. No photos of the wall garden, but that was easy, just pulling out grass. I still need to get some compost in there before I plant things.
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Soooo, calorie burn for that??
Jks, maybe...2 -
JoLightensUp wrote: »Rickster1967 wrote: »Got my blood test results and all that medical info today
in 152 days I've dropped 63lbs and:
BP 155/95 down to 125/80
borderline diabetic to NON diabetic
cholesterol 9.6 to 6.2
Fatty liver to normal liver function
Metabolic syndrome reversed
Eating 2000 calories a day, never been hungry, not binged or over eaten. Nor under eaten.
Recalculated TDEE at new weight and it's around 2700 if I do some exercise. Going to do Diet Break for two weeks. Don't mind if I put on a bit. Will crack on with the remaining 73lb to lose in January
That's great Rick. It must be encouraging to see those results. Enjoy your diet break!
I was only a little overweight but I am amazed at how my blood pressure has responded to losing just 9kg (plus more exercise and less salt I suppose). Midway through this year, I was hovering in the high 130s over the high 80s, and now the last two readings have been great - the last one, a few days ago, was 109/71.
Another confirmation of weight loss and its positive effects on blood pressure.
I started this serious weight loss endeavor in March 2017 because of high blood pressure. 150/100 at times - got sent away from the donation center when trying to give blood. 249.5 at the time. The doc gave me some blood pressure meds and said "You won't need these long term if you lose some weight".
Went to the doc today. Down 45 pounds or so. BP was 126/70. He says "Finish out your prescription. Don't refill it and we'll check you again in three months". YAY! Hoping to be another 10 pounds lighter or so by then.
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Hmmmm, interesting. My Fitbit is still somehow managing to record heart rate data despite being in my pocket. No idea how accurate it is, but it was definitely recording a higher rate for the exact period of time I was lovingly tending to the pungas.
I've watered one garden, hoping that will perk up the fronds on the big tree beside the deck on the last photo, if not I may sacrifice those drooping ones and let her put her energy into new growth. Nature is supposed to provide some water tonight, so I will leave the rest until I see if that actually happens. Though really, it's not going to be enough. Then I need to do some weeding and lay the dead fronds to act as mulch/fake forest floor.0
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