Eat Pizza. Lose Weight. Easy!

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  • Chevy_Quest
    Chevy_Quest Posts: 2,012 Member
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    Looks Great!
  • BrainyBurro
    BrainyBurro Posts: 6,129 Member
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    Day 8

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    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

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    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)
  • BrainyBurro
    BrainyBurro Posts: 6,129 Member
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    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.
  • Cindyinpg
    Cindyinpg Posts: 3,902 Member
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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:
  • BrainyBurro
    BrainyBurro Posts: 6,129 Member
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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*
  • BrainyBurro
    BrainyBurro Posts: 6,129 Member
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    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. ;)
  • BrainyBurro
    BrainyBurro Posts: 6,129 Member
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    Day 10

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    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)
  • Chevy_Quest
    Chevy_Quest Posts: 2,012 Member
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    Great data - Good running commentary on everything too!
  • BrainyBurro
    BrainyBurro Posts: 6,129 Member
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    Day 11

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    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)
  • BrainyBurro
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    Day 12

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    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)
  • BrainyBurro
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    Day 13

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    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

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    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)
  • BrainyBurro
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    Day 15

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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)
  • BrainyBurro
    BrainyBurro Posts: 6,129 Member
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    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!)
  • BrainyBurro
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    Day 19

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    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)
  • BrainyBurro
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    Day 20

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    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)
  • Chevy_Quest
    Chevy_Quest Posts: 2,012 Member
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    Brainy - this is great!
  • BrainyBurro
    BrainyBurro Posts: 6,129 Member
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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... :cry:
  • Chevy_Quest
    Chevy_Quest Posts: 2,012 Member
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    i should have waited until a day or two before Halloween to buy the Halloween candy though... :cry:

    Ha Ha Ha!
  • Cindyinpg
    Cindyinpg Posts: 3,902 Member
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    i should have waited until a day or two before Halloween to buy the Halloween candy though... :cry:

    Ha Ha Ha!
    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! ???
  • BrainyBurro
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    Day 21

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    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)

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