AspenDan Member

inb4 somewhat pretentious "eat less/move more, GG" ... I havent been in your situation, I've only recently given a crap about my weight and losing it has been fairly consistent... Stil there were a couple weeks where I didn't really lose anything, and really it's because a couple times a week I'd eat a bit over my max and…

Good news is, if you eat a few hundred less calories for the next week or so..it's like it never happened!

This is actually one of the most useful things I've read...

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ZOMGosh its so good. So I weight out 60 or 80 grams of dry old fashioned oats (not the steelcut oats, you might as well literally eat steel), I put some water in and nuke it for 2 minutes, then I add 37 grams of peanut butter, and maybe a banana if I don't plan to have much more sugar for the day. It takes 3 minutes! So…

I eat at a deficit, but I eat pretty voluminous foods. Like I'll eat a big bowl of oalmeal with peanut butter for breakfast, and a whole bag of veggies for lunch, theres only 500 calories but I struggle to put it all down in those few hours. Then the rest of the day I can kinda eat whatever I want, but because for me a…

Good stuff :]

@rabbitjb I dunno, maybe the other crap food I was eating allowing me to eat well above my needs? All I know is now, I'm perfectly happy eating as much as I do now...but this isn't about that, its about what we all do before bed :] I personally think the fact that I work all night and sleep at 8am kinda tricks my mind into…

I dunno, I think I'm a freak of nature, either that or people just don't realize how naturally lazy I am. I don't eat much and yet I don't get hungry often. Then again I work 11pm-7am, and I think that plays a role in my stomach deciding if I need to eat or not.

Yeah I think there's a happy medium, like once a week. I'm gonna weigh myself once a week and I'm sure for a few days after I will always go back to obsessing over the number, but I think it'll slowly fade..

I've read different things about number 6 :[

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Well i was just curious..I assumed it was carbs, since it's made from plant products mostly.6 shots down..I better drink a lot of water =)

Awesome suggestions, I'm gonna buy a nutribullet cuz its small, only $100 and has great reviews. If that goes well I think I'll probably get a bigger one at some point

Lol I wasn't hoping for everyone to lavish me in compliments for my post, but I also wasn't expecting the condescension that seemed to come from what my health noobness..These posts were a breath of fresh air. Anyway, I'm gonna try to get close to 1800cals, and start lifting...thanks for all the advise, ppls

No.. Will do! Ok I'll look into getting a gym membership, thanks for the advice!

Maybe I need to get some protein powder...anyone have recommendations?

No I'm not afraid of food at all, I have cheat meals and such no problem. But eating healthier foods, I'm not hungry, and it seems counter intuitive to eat more than that, simply to fill a calorie quota.

wls? like wieght loss or? If so, yeah I haven't weighed myself in a few days, but in two is weeks I lost about 15lbs...but of course a lot of that was probably water weight from lowering my sodium @minties82 Honestly, I have no issues with the foods that I'm eating, they do just fine and I feel like I could probably eat…

So...getting better? I still felt like I was constantly eating. And sugars are high, should probably not use as much yogurt? Or less sugar yogurt?

Ok about the potato...I made a whole batch of chopped(?), seasoned, baked potato, and put about 5.5oz(on a digital scale :] ) in each meal container because it looks like a serving size I'd eat..then I found and entry for baked seasoned potato that matched that weight about.. Second, I'll up my calorie intake..Many of you…

I'll try to bump it up to about 1800, that sounds pretty reasonable.

There should always be debate...debate is what makes us human...but we're digressing I think :]

Ok I've got a question...they say healthy weight loss can be between .5 and 2lbs per week, or more if you're really big (me, basically). So let's say I go to lose 2lbs a week, thats = 7000calorie deficit correct? So that means I'd need to eat 1000 less per day than my TDE per?? I dunno, trying to get clarification.

I think I'll up it for sure.

Ok so here's what I'll do, I'll try to up it to about 1800 calories, and get in some more protein. I'll try that for a couple weeks and if I don't gain weight, I should just continue??

I think maybe my patience for debate is a bit higher, I enjoy hearing the pro's and con's of everything and often play devil's advocate for the sake of a good conversation. Sorry to come off as pigheaded.

One thing I keep thinking is, I've been eating this way, between 1200-1600 calories a day, for over 2 weeks. Honestly, if I was truly robbing myself of a lot of muscle, and killing my metabolism or whatever, wouldn't I feel it by now? Maybe needing an extra nap in my day, or not having the energy to get up and cook dinner…

That's not for adults in a calorie deficit. Read this and then read it again. I'll read it once, deal?