Of refeeds and diet breaks

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  • Nony_Mouse
    Nony_Mouse Posts: 5,646 Member
    Also, what's a potentially infected mosquito bite at this point, right? *kitten* you, Nature.
  • GottaBurnEmAll
    GottaBurnEmAll Posts: 7,722 Member
    I tried the strap looser. I tried giving it time. I applied steroid cream religiously. All no cigar. My first strap I adjusted to and then when I switched watches I was totally fine for a while. And then boom, skin flared up and never liked silicon or leather again!

    It's funny, I have no issue with the strap, but with the device itself. It gives me a terrible rash.

    I was okay when I had my Flex because I wore that very loosely, but the Charge2, being an HRM type needs to be worn somewhat snugly, and that's turned out to be my downfall. I tend to have problems with any metal, though (I don't even wear a wedding band because of this). And there are parts of the back of the Fitbit that are metal that seem to be causing this).

    The best I can do is not sleep in the thing to give my skin a break.
  • alteredsteve175
    alteredsteve175 Posts: 2,726 Member
    Nony_Mouse wrote: »
    Got to report in

    I've eaten my Diet Break calories today and I gotta tell ya

    Feels awesome :D:D:D

    You're killin' me, Smalls! Trying to hold out for onederland and/or January for a diet break.

    Been on a plateau for about three weeks. I'm really tempted to start the diet break now. Right. Now. :p:)

    Start now. You will get to Onederland quicker if you do, I bet.

    That's what I was thinking, Nony. Maybe my body is telling me it's time for a break. I have been holding around 205 +/- 2 pounds since November 25th. Will calculate a new calorie target when I get some free time tonight. Stupid work!

  • Nony_Mouse
    Nony_Mouse Posts: 5,646 Member
    Nony_Mouse wrote: »
    Got to report in

    I've eaten my Diet Break calories today and I gotta tell ya

    Feels awesome :D:D:D

    You're killin' me, Smalls! Trying to hold out for onederland and/or January for a diet break.

    Been on a plateau for about three weeks. I'm really tempted to start the diet break now. Right. Now. :p:)

    Start now. You will get to Onederland quicker if you do, I bet.

    That's what I was thinking, Nony. Maybe my body is telling me it's time for a break. I have been holding around 205 +/- 2 pounds since November 25th. Will calculate a new calorie target when I get some free time tonight. Stupid work!

    Yep, that's what I think too. No sense in banging your head against a wall for a few more weeks.

    Or I can send you my psychotic immune system! It's free to a good home and good for a 4 lb weight loss in less than 6 weeks eating at TDEE (or more accurately, what would normally be TDEE) :|
  • VintageFeline
    VintageFeline Posts: 6,771 Member
    I don't think I'm diet breaking right. Some of this is because I am feeling bloated and on top of that there's the, let's change things up, malaise I am dealing with. Neither a winning combination for wanton indulgence but still, this is me, I am a winner at eating. Except when I'm not.

    I have literally just made myself have some tortilla chips and cheese dip (of the cheap and cheerful variety you only indulge quietly in at Christmas) because I have barely eaten today! And I didn't really eat a lot yesterday either. I stopped logging in MFP (but doing some casual mental math) as a sort of test for myself to see how actual maintenance might work but also because I feel like I eat my goal just because sometimes. I did log Monday but came in about with about 400 calories left because I ran out of snacks, heh.

    This has turned out to be a double edged sword. I no longer feel the need to finish what I have made/have in front of me. Nor do I fiddle around to see if I can add in a little extra of this because RESTRICTED (psychologically speaking, I don't technically restrict anything but calories). So this is curious. Good news I suppose. Don't imagine it will last forever, the bloat and lack of appetite that is. I'd like the laissez faire attitude to eating everything I have portioned out to stay.

    TOMORROW. Eat at least two "proper" meals. And snacks. Diet break ain't worth shiz if you still eat at a deficit! This has never been a problem before. It's a strange turn of events.
  • Nony_Mouse
    Nony_Mouse Posts: 5,646 Member
    I don't think I'm diet breaking right. Some of this is because I am feeling bloated and on top of that there's the, let's change things up, malaise I am dealing with. Neither a winning combination for wanton indulgence but still, this is me, I am a winner at eating. Except when I'm not.

    I have literally just made myself have some tortilla chips and cheese dip (of the cheap and cheerful variety you only indulge quietly in at Christmas) because I have barely eaten today! And I didn't really eat a lot yesterday either. I stopped logging in MFP (but doing some casual mental math) as a sort of test for myself to see how actual maintenance might work but also because I feel like I eat my goal just because sometimes. I did log Monday but came in about with about 400 calories left because I ran out of snacks, heh.

    This has turned out to be a double edged sword. I no longer feel the need to finish what I have made/have in front of me. Nor do I fiddle around to see if I can add in a little extra of this because RESTRICTED (psychologically speaking, I don't technically restrict anything but calories). So this is curious. Good news I suppose. Don't imagine it will last forever, the bloat and lack of appetite that is. I'd like the laissez faire attitude to eating everything I have portioned out to stay.

    TOMORROW. Eat at least two "proper" meals. And snacks. Diet break ain't worth shiz if you still eat at a deficit! This has never been a problem before. It's a strange turn of events.

    I get it. By a few weeks in to the diet break that wasn't, feeling punk and grumpy (b/c that's pretty much the norm atm), I was just like 'really?? But I don't wanna eat'. I'm so over food currently. Luckily my TDEE has been lower a few days this week with being housebound by stupid nature, so it hasn't been as difficult. Yesterday was only 1850 cals, and I was a-ok with that.

    I can't even go 'meh, I'll make that up on Christmas Day' b/c I already have 5250 cals in the body bank if I want to bump back up to 61 kg :D Ah, me and my First World problems...
  • Nony_Mouse
    Nony_Mouse Posts: 5,646 Member
    I've made the decision to drive both ways to BBQ. Just can't stand the thought of sunblock on my skin. I had stuck a couple of bottles of cider in the fridge to take with me, but not going to bother. If they happen to have some I may have one, but that's it.
  • Nony_Mouse
    Nony_Mouse Posts: 5,646 Member
    Does @psuLemon not love us anymore? He hasn't posted in here in yonks.
  • VintageFeline
    VintageFeline Posts: 6,771 Member
    I am supposed to start a diet break on Friday, but my hubby is home from London and in a foul mood, we went to Aldi in search for a proper ham leg (got mini ones instead, probably more sensible as I can freeze the so and sos if we aren't eating them quickly enough), I managed truffled steak, half a baked potato some broccoli and half a bottle of red within my allotment and the good cognac is calling me and has fallen into my glass. I guess I am starting early. :D

    (logging does at least make you cognisant of your bad decisions :D

    Ha, I started mine early too and now I can't even eat enough! I too went to Aldi this morning. I didn't get ham. I did get booze and nibbly bits (and loo roll because that's how exciting my life is).
    Nony_Mouse wrote: »
    I don't think I'm diet breaking right. Some of this is because I am feeling bloated and on top of that there's the, let's change things up, malaise I am dealing with. Neither a winning combination for wanton indulgence but still, this is me, I am a winner at eating. Except when I'm not.

    I have literally just made myself have some tortilla chips and cheese dip (of the cheap and cheerful variety you only indulge quietly in at Christmas) because I have barely eaten today! And I didn't really eat a lot yesterday either. I stopped logging in MFP (but doing some casual mental math) as a sort of test for myself to see how actual maintenance might work but also because I feel like I eat my goal just because sometimes. I did log Monday but came in about with about 400 calories left because I ran out of snacks, heh.

    This has turned out to be a double edged sword. I no longer feel the need to finish what I have made/have in front of me. Nor do I fiddle around to see if I can add in a little extra of this because RESTRICTED (psychologically speaking, I don't technically restrict anything but calories). So this is curious. Good news I suppose. Don't imagine it will last forever, the bloat and lack of appetite that is. I'd like the laissez faire attitude to eating everything I have portioned out to stay.

    TOMORROW. Eat at least two "proper" meals. And snacks. Diet break ain't worth shiz if you still eat at a deficit! This has never been a problem before. It's a strange turn of events.

    I get it. By a few weeks in to the diet break that wasn't, feeling punk and grumpy (b/c that's pretty much the norm atm), I was just like 'really?? But I don't wanna eat'. I'm so over food currently. Luckily my TDEE has been lower a few days this week with being housebound by stupid nature, so it hasn't been as difficult. Yesterday was only 1850 cals, and I was a-ok with that.

    I can't even go 'meh, I'll make that up on Christmas Day' b/c I already have 5250 cals in the body bank if I want to bump back up to 61 kg :D Ah, me and my First World problems...

    If I don't make it up Christmas day (which is a possibility if I do make it to my friend but at this point I don't think I'm safe to drive) then I will make it up Boxing day when I make my goose fat roast potatoes. And garlic/anchovy/rosemary rub slow roasted lamb shoulder. Well, bit of shoulder. Going to do some bread sauce too.

    Oh no! I've just remembered the man sneezing his way round Aldi not even trying to cover his mouth or nose. If I get sick I am going to hunt that man down I swear to god.
  • Terebynthia
    Terebynthia Posts: 75 Member
    Was it just my Aldi or was your Aldi also bloody rubbish? I bought 4 of their mini hams because it was better than nothing but I got a full leg of Serrano there two years ago for 30 quid. And there was no good game in the freezer, or decent anchovies, Polish section or pates. We snagged posh French gin, a 74 Armagnac and some good cognac but it definitely felt like sad cheer compared to another year. I will need to send hubby out to Lidl tomorrow methinks :)
  • VintageFeline
    VintageFeline Posts: 6,771 Member
    It wasn't great from what I could see, I'm sure I got a four bird roast there a couple years ago? Lidl might be better this time round but I'm not doing any more shopping other than to get veg!
  • VintageFeline
    VintageFeline Posts: 6,771 Member
    I would just pick a number that seems about right and go with it (if not using a tracker that has proved its worth). It's a psychological break too, so eat some more, relax and you will get a lot of benefit even if you don't quite make it up to maintenance.
  • MegaMooseEsq
    MegaMooseEsq Posts: 3,118 Member
    edited December 2017
    I would just pick a number that seems about right and go with it (if not using a tracker that has proved its worth). It's a psychological break too, so eat some more, relax and you will get a lot of benefit even if you don't quite make it up to maintenance.

    Yeah, that makes sense. I've gotten into a weird mood recently of feeling like I need to "pad" my calories to hit my goals, which is super weird because CLEARLY I know how to eat more food, and my weekday goal is only 1430, which isn't a ton of calories ffs.
  • Nony_Mouse
    Nony_Mouse Posts: 5,646 Member
    This was an interesting tidbit in the research review (cos I flare around ovulation): "A significant increase in weal and flare size in response to histamine has been observed to correspond to ovulation and peak estrogen concentrations".
  • Nony_Mouse
    Nony_Mouse Posts: 5,646 Member
    And dammit, my protein powders are...strawberry and chocolate (yes, they contain the real things, not just flavouring). Guess I'll be getting some vanilla then :\
  • VintageFeline
    VintageFeline Posts: 6,771 Member
    New whoosh this morning! Am *finally* back down to the August weight.

    Have absolutely no clue if it'll stick around, but considering I'm also supposedly pre-cyclical (according to my app), I'll be somewhat eager to see what happens now over the holidays and my vacation. The idea of water weight from my trip scares the crap out of me, but I'll talk to my therapist tomorrow about how to mitigate that. Part of me wants to order a travel scale, and part of me knows I shouldn't have one... but I'm also getting hung up on "I don't know if it is or isn't a problem unless I know what the number is."

    At any rate, I'm definitely planning on eating closer to maintenance while I'm gone. London has far too many delicious calories, and I figure I'll be walking like crazy.

    As a (transplanted because from Scotland) Londoner, can confirm so much delicious. But yeah, just the amount of walking through tube stations will get you a fair few extra cals to play with!
  • collectingblues
    collectingblues Posts: 2,541 Member
    New whoosh this morning! Am *finally* back down to the August weight.

    Have absolutely no clue if it'll stick around, but considering I'm also supposedly pre-cyclical (according to my app), I'll be somewhat eager to see what happens now over the holidays and my vacation. The idea of water weight from my trip scares the crap out of me, but I'll talk to my therapist tomorrow about how to mitigate that. Part of me wants to order a travel scale, and part of me knows I shouldn't have one... but I'm also getting hung up on "I don't know if it is or isn't a problem unless I know what the number is."

    At any rate, I'm definitely planning on eating closer to maintenance while I'm gone. London has far too many delicious calories, and I figure I'll be walking like crazy.

    As a (transplanted because from Scotland) Londoner, can confirm so much delicious. But yeah, just the amount of walking through tube stations will get you a fair few extra cals to play with!

    I lived in Wales for a year. I have a fairly lengthy list of where the delicious calories will come from. ;)

    First stop, Christmas tea at Langham's! (Literally. My flight lands at 11:05 a.m. I have a reservation for tea at 3:15.)
  • Rickster1967
    Rickster1967 Posts: 485 Member
    When I get to 30lb to go I'm going to go full re-comp programme rather than the current fat loss plan. This is so I don't end up a scrawny little guy at 150lbs. I have been big & buff many times before so I'll be able to re-comp well. And be able to train much harder eating TDEE calories rather than 20% deficit.

    Will pick a load more ideas from Lyle to get set up for that. I don't mind taking another year to do the re-comp if need be. Can always do a rapid fat loss plan every now and then to drop a bit more. Bulk-cut-bulk cycles will be the way it goes until it's time to go maintenance only
  • MegaMooseEsq
    MegaMooseEsq Posts: 3,118 Member
    edited December 2017
    Reporting in after 36 hours of diet break

    Well the effects Lyle discusses in the video have come into force already.

    Body temperature has risen significantly. I'm hot, I can feel the heat coming off my skin. I'm also sweating much more. Whether this is simply thermogenesis due to increased calories alone I can't say.

    However, alongside the temperature I feel much more energetic, stronger physically and weirdly a real sense of drive and purpose. Without being too graphic there's also an increase in ahem 'bloodflow' ;)

    Reckon I'll absolutely smash it when I get in the gym. Awesome feeling

    LMAO at "increased bloodflow." I hope you're... "enjoying" that side effect.

    Im also considering jumping on the diet break bandwagon, I need to go through and read more of the thread, i havent lost any weight since the end of November, the last day I lost weight is actually the day I quit smoking. I've been dieting since March and have lost 50 pounds, I think a diet break may be what I need.

    Not losing is a drag, but I am so envious of your quitting smoking! My spouse and I are going to give it another go this winter, so here's hoping it's the try that sticks!