BrainyBurro's October 2013 Challenge
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The Kindergarten Cop Avatar is priceless!
it's in response to this awful, awful woman on the forums who goes around picking fights with people she doesn't like just so that she can report them (she's well known and well-disliked by lots of people). i told her she seemed angry and that she should see a doctor because she might have a tumor (fully expecting somebody to get the reference and respond with that Arnold gif of him saying "it's not a tumah!"), but she ran off and reported me for it and a mod who doesn't like me gave me a strike for it, claiming it was a personal attack... for a site that requires one to be an adult to register, the mods here sure treat people like children. meh. what can you do? the world's full of people like her.0 -
The story behind it makes it even funnier.
The Butt-hurtedness that goes on here sometimes LOL (I have a suspicion I know who you are talking about)
it's like those people who pull in front of you to get an insurance claim unfortunately...0 -
Day 4
cardio: none
strength: none
TDEE using MFP #'s: 2590 calories
today's deficit: 540 calories
cumulative deficit: 4332 calories
today's pizza... 2 x Papa John's large slice (italian sausage, banana peppers, pineapple) + 1 x Papa John's large slice (canadian bacon, banana peppers, pineapple)
Day 5
cardio: 7.3 mile walk (1021 calories)
strength: Lat Pulldowns, Upright Rows, Donkey Press, Frontal Squats, Deadlifts, Dumbell Curls
TDEE using MFP #'s: 3611 calories
today's deficit: 1481 calories
cumulative deficit: 5813 calories
today's pizza... 2 x Papa John's large slice (canadian bacon, banana peppers, pineapple) + 1 x Papa John's large slice (italian sausage, banana peppers, pineapple)0 -
a short word about my diet the first few days. i don't get enough protein or fats from the foods i usually eat, so i deliberately added peanut butter to my diet this month, and have been drinking protein "shakes" (really, these are little more than glasses of protein enriched chocolate milk for all practical purposes) for a couple of months now. since i'm on a somewhat aggressive calorie deficit goal this month (2lbs per week + not deliberately eating back exercise calories), once i account for the calories due to the peanut butter, protein "shakes", and pizza, there aren't too many discretionary calories left.
e.g., 2 x protein shakes (740 calories) + 2 tbsp peanut butter (190 calories) + 1 slice of pizza (330 calories) = 1260 calories, leaving me only 330 discretionary calories left to hit my daily goal this month. notice how that is exactly enough room for another slice of pizza. that's some sort of message from the universe, i think...
i do try to eat a banana or two per day for their potassium content and they work well for me as a snack. i had the bagels on hand because they are my current kryptonite and bread products can add a nice bit of protein to my intake. all that said, i did make a short trip to the grocery store today, so the next week's mix of foods will be a little different. i'm happy to have gone well over on my fats for the past couple of days because that means i can skip some of my peanut butter intake for a couple of days (your body is not on a 24-hour schedule and breaks down and uses macronutrients as and when it needs them, so you don't have to ingest your daily goal exactly every day, but can average your intake out over a couple of days to meet your goals)0 -
Day 6
cardio: 14.6 mile walk (2042 calories)
strength: none
TDEE using MFP #'s: 4632 calories
today's deficit: 1037 calories
cumulative deficit: 6850 calories
today's pizza... Papa John's large slice (italian sausage, banana peppers, pineapple)
a big calorie day offset by lots of cardio calories walking. :bigsmile:
also, on days like this, you can see why i take my food diary snapshot BEFORE posting my exercise. when i add my exercise and MFP allocates those additional calories according to my ratios, it says my protein goal for the day should have been 317g of protein, which is clearly ridiculous. :indifferent:0 -
@Brainy
Something just clicked... Makes total sense!also, on days like this, you can see why i take my food diary snapshot BEFORE posting my exercise. when i add my exercise and MFP allocates those additional calories according to my ratios, it says my protein goal for the day should have been 317g of protein, which is clearly ridiculous. :indifferent:0 -
@Brainy
Something just clicked... Makes total sense!also, on days like this, you can see why i take my food diary snapshot BEFORE posting my exercise. when i add my exercise and MFP allocates those additional calories according to my ratios, it says my protein goal for the day should have been 317g of protein, which is clearly ridiculous. :indifferent:
yep! common sense and logic makes all of this so much easier.
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Right on Burro!
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one other thing i do (in my mind) even though i can't point to anything scientific to justify it... i mentally average my protein intake over 2 days and my fats intake over 3 days. so a high protein day followed by a low protein day is fine so long as the average for the 2 days is close to my goal. i do this for fats over 3 days. i mentally check for this in my head as i go along. it just seems to me that the human body is NOT designed to immediately start discarding macronutrients if it can't use them within just a few hours of being ingested. ancient man had unreliable food sources, so the human body is designed to maximize the nutritional benefits of food ingested for as long as possible. this is why i've always laughed at that broscience nonsense about the body only being able to absorb 30g of protein at a time, or that you had to eat your protein within 20 minutes of working out. it's not logical and doesn't pass the common sense test to me... maybe i'm wrong, but i doubt it.0
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Day 7
cardio: 7.3 mile walk (1021 calories)
strength: none
TDEE using MFP #'s: 3611 calories
today's deficit: 226 calories
cumulative deficit: 7076 calories
today's pizza... Papa John's large slice (canadian bacon, banana peppers, pineapple)
another big calorie day...
(darn you Snyder's of Hanover! :grumble:)
...however i still managed to end up with a deficit due to a last minute evening walk.0 -
Looks Great!0
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Day 8
cardio: none
strength: none
TDEE using MFP #'s: 2590 calories
today's deficit: 650 calories
cumulative deficit: 7726 calories
today's pizza... Papa John's large slice (italian sausage, banana peppers, pineapple)
Day 9
cardio: 8.5 mile walk (1188 calories)
strength: none
TDEE using MFP #'s: 3778 calories
today's deficit: 78 calories
cumulative deficit: 7804 calories
today's pizza... 2 x Papa John's large slice (pepperoni, spicy italian sausage, canadian bacon, green peppers, olives, onions, mushrooms)0 -
as you can see, i don't starve myself. my normal eating pattern includes a mix of high calorie days, low calorie days, and middle calorie days. if i'm hungry, i eat. if i'm not, i don't. rarely do i find myself hungry, but avoiding eating to keep my calories low... when i eat lots of calories, i make time to burn lots of calories with cardio. it's just part of the equation when you are trying to lose weight. for that reason, i can eat 3700 calories in a day and still finish the day with a small deficit.0
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I like that, and I find myself doing very much the same thing. I've been intrigued by 5;2, but I've decided to do the same high/low day thing intuitively or as appetite/occassion/opportunity allows. The more flexibility the better, IMO. :drinker:0
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I like that, and I find myself doing very much the same thing. I've been intrigued by 5;2, but I've decided to do the same high/low day thing intuitively or as appetite/occassion/opportunity allows. The more flexibility the better, IMO. :drinker:
i don't have an opinion on 5:2. i don't think there's anything wrong with fast days or occasional low calorie days. however, i don't really mix up my calorie levels on purpose, so i'm definitely not doing some sort of intermittent fasting... it's just that my normal eating patterns seem to end up being like this. i have to make a conscious effort to try and keep my calories at the same level day in and day out and i figure if i can make up for extra calories with extra cardio, why not? the good news is that after a couple of days of high calorie intake, i generally have low calorie intake for a couple of days because i'm just not that hungry. so the days all average each other out. for me, it really is all about the averages. i think that's a healthy way to think about all of this. if i focused on eating exactly 1590 calories every single day, i'd go nuts. *shrugs*0 -
also, somebody commented to me privately about me not eating vegetables. i am not a big vegetable fan. i like broccoli and lima beans and peas and a few others, but i don't really sit down to prepared meals, so fixing a side course of vegetables every night is just not something i do (the pitfalls of being a single guy). i do try to eat fruits. strawberries, bananas, apples, grapes, oranges, watermelon, etc. but it depends a lot on whether i can find good produce in the grocery store. i'll always buy oranges if there are good large navel oranges available. sadly, that's rare these days. bins of watermelons have just been replaced by bins of pumpkins at the stores, so those seem to be gone until next summer. maybe i'll make a conscious effort to get some grapes or blueberries on my next trip to the supermarket. i do take a multivitamin every morning with food, so i don't think i'm lacking in vitamins. i have been taking centrum probably since i was a teenager. it seems to be working so far. 0
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Day 10
cardio: 7.3 mile walk (1021 calories)
strength: none
TDEE using MFP #'s: 3611 calories
today's deficit: 1941 calories
cumulative deficit: 9745 calories
today's pizza... Papa John's large slice (pepperoni, spicy italian sausage, canadian bacon, green peppers, olives, onions, mushrooms)0 -
Great data - Good running commentary on everything too!0
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Day 11
cardio: 7.3 mile walk (1021 calories)
strength: none
TDEE using MFP #'s: 3611 calories
today's deficit: 1341 calories
cumulative deficit: 11,086 calories
today's pizza... Papa John's large slice (pepperoni, spicy italian sausage, canadian bacon, green peppers, olives, onions, mushrooms) + Papa John's large slice (Hawaiian BBQ Chicken - hold the onions, double order of pineapple)0 -
Day 12
cardio: 8.5 mile walk (1188 calories)
strength: none
TDEE using MFP #'s: 3778 calories
today's deficit: 328 calories
cumulative deficit: 11,414 calories
today's pizza... 4 x Papa John's large slice (pepperoni, spicy italian sausage, canadian bacon, green peppers, olives, onions, mushrooms) + Papa John's large slice (Hawaiian BBQ Chicken - hold the onions, double order of pineapple)0 -
Day 13
cardio: none
strength: none
TDEE using MFP #'s: 2590 calories
today's deficit: -270 calories
cumulative deficit: 11,144 calories
today's pizza... Papa John's large slice (Hawaiian BBQ Chicken - hold the onions, double order of pineapple)
Day 14
cardio: 8.5 mile walk (1188 calories)
strength: none
TDEE using MFP #'s: 3778 calories
today's deficit: 718 calories
cumulative deficit: 11,862 calories
today's pizza... Papa John's large slice (Hawaiian BBQ Chicken - hold the onions, double order of pineapple)0 -
Day 15
cardio: none
strength: none
TDEE using MFP #'s: 2590 calories
today's deficit: -5 calories
cumulative deficit: 11,139 calories
today's pizza... Papa John's large slice (Hawaiian BBQ Chicken - hold the onions, double order of pineapple)
Day 16
cardio: none
strength: none
TDEE using MFP #'s: 2590 calories
today's deficit: -1065 calories
cumulative deficit: 10,074 calories
today's pizza... Papa John's large slice (Hawaiian BBQ Chicken - hold the onions, double order of pineapple)
Day 17
cardio: none
strength: none
TDEE using MFP #'s: 2590 calories
today's deficit: -1370 calories
cumulative deficit: 8704 calories
today's pizza... Papa John's large slice (Hawaiian BBQ Chicken - hold the onions, double order of pineapple)
Day 18
cardio: none
strength: none
TDEE using MFP #'s: 2590 calories
today's deficit: -480 calories
cumulative deficit: 8224 calories
today's pizza... Papa John's large slice (Hawaiian BBQ Chicken - hold the onions, double order of pineapple) + Papa John's large slice (canadian bacon, double order of banana peppers, double order of pineapple)0 -
slid backwards this week... high calories, cold weather, 48-hour flu, raiding the Halloween candy, and an inability to get outside for some cardio has wiped out a bit of my cumulative cardio deficit (about 3000 calories worth), so now i'll need to get myself back on track this weekend and start building that deficit back up to where it should be by the end of the month. it's useful to have a week like this though... it shows that there's no shame in having a few days like this. you can always recover from them and there is certainly no need to feel any guilt or shame about them - disappointment is ok, but it's never ok to feel guilty about eating food (especially Reese's Peanut Butter Cups!)0
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Day 19
cardio: 6.1 mile walk (853 calories)
strength: none
TDEE using MFP #'s: 3443 calories
today's deficit: 863 calories
cumulative deficit: 9087 calories
today's pizza... Papa John's large slice (canadian bacon, double order of banana peppers, double order of pineapple)0 -
Day 20
cardio: 12.0 mile walk (1678 calories)
strength: none
TDEE using MFP #'s: 4268 calories
today's deficit: 1448 calories
cumulative deficit: 10,535 calories
today's pizza... 2 x Papa John's large slice (canadian bacon, double order of banana peppers, double order of pineapple)0 -
Brainy - this is great!0
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Brainy - this is great!
i should have waited until a day or two before Halloween to buy the Halloween candy though...
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i should have waited until a day or two before Halloween to buy the Halloween candy though...
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Me too. I'm going to have to rebuy it for the Trick or Treaters, THEN hardly any kids will show up anyway. THEN it'll be in stores for 75% off for weeks.... :grumble: Can next month's challenge be Eat Reese's Peanut Butter Cups Lose Weight. Easy! ???i should have waited until a day or two before Halloween to buy the Halloween candy though...
Ha Ha Ha!0 -
Day 21
cardio: 6.1 mile walk (853 calories)
strength: none
TDEE using MFP #'s: 3443 calories
today's deficit: 398 calories
cumulative deficit: 10,933 calories
today's pizza... Papa John's large slice (canadian bacon, double order of banana peppers, double order of pineapple)0
