jasondjulian Member

Good for you and your progress. You apparently are eating in a calorie deficit, so yes, you are losing weight. Those of us that have done this a while are not/will not be surprised. Just be prepared though... 11.6lbs in 26 days is avg 3.13lbs per week, that rate of loss will level off over the next couple of weeks.…

ALL chemicals? Even Dihydrogen Monoxide?

Yeah.. me either. I think English is not the primary language of the OP.

Honestly.. 10g? 10g of protein is like having 2 or 3 mini sticks of a Slim Jim. That's nothing. Drop in the bucket as they say. It's also meaningless without knowing what your protein goal is for each day. Going 10g over when you're aiming for 100g/day is not a big deal... going 10g over when shooting for 300g/day is a…

Weren't you just quoted as having said you binge on junk and chocolate? Eating "whatever you want"... ok, let me ask this, in all seriousness, how's that working out for you? Clearly not well, otherwise you wouldn't be seeking advice. You can eat mostly whatever you want, but you need to also pay attention to what you are…

For sure.. exercise in and of itself isn't the greatest tool to effectuate weight loss... diet (noun) does that. About 9 months, started at 237, now at 179 (currently carrying a bit extra since I just started a solid weight training schedule). So just shy of 60lbs lost just by sticking the recommended caloric…

Abdominal exercises will be a part of any full-body workout program you choose that's any good at all. You would never do ONLY ab workouts. Compound exercises that use many muscle groups are very effective; this includes doing things like various lifts and moves that will require your core (abs and back) to be strong, and…

Not exactly, you need to gain weight yes, or at least maintain it by building lean mass, i.e. muscle. You can do that while losing fat. You'll need to stop thinking of all "weight" as fat. It's not.

Then you're being unreasonable. You've already committed to failing before even exhausting all of the options. I know people who are missing ENTIRE LIMBS and still are able to find a way to lift weights. You seem to be looking for a quick and easy answer from strangers on the internet. I doubt your resolve to put in the…

"Change your body at the cellular level" ...? Ya know what else does that? Radiation poisoning. Nothing like a good ol' dose of genetic mutation to mess up your entire body (and probably kill you. If lucky, you'll just get cancerous tumors all over. If you're lucky). Yeah, you'll lose weight that way... as you slowly…

Not. Going. To touch. This one. Addressing these statements regardless of how answered will only fuel the flames and achieve nothing. We all know and believe what we know and believe.. there is no point in debating or commenting further on such statements. Sorry.

Thanks! And yes, cast iron is the best. Those two pans in my picture are about 100 years old... they're so non-stick they make teflon look like fly paper. Hey, at least with a messy stove you know that I'm cooking at home and not eating out too much! lol.

I wanted some chicken for dinner last night, and I like pan roasted tomatoes..so I put this together. Pan seared (cast iron, of course) chicken breasts, green peppers, onions, green beans, and cherry tomatoes in a white wine reduction sauce. Made enough for 2 people, but the entire dish was just a hair under 700 calories…

I do the recipe from The Pioneer Woman... everyone in the family loves it, I like it extra cheese-saucy, because then when/if you bake it, it doesn't dry up. https://afewshortcuts.com/pioneer-womans-mac-cheese/

I use protein shakes and bars either as a mini-meal in between, or if I know I'll be having an odd-timed lunch or dinner but need something to get me by; OR to bump up my calories consumed for the day. I've been eat at 1500-1700 cals/day for almost a year... pretty much done losing tons of weight, so to maintain and stay…

All that "toning" is, is building more muscle and reducing body fat covering those muscles so that they are more visible and giving the body a "harder" appearance. Muscle tone, in and of itself, is not a thing. What you want to do is lose more body fat overall. Only way to do this is slowly over time with a caloric…

Dang right.. 2 weeks? Heck, I've dropped a guaranteed 1lb the last two weeks (sometimes more or less depending on water retention, of course). One pound, even two, or FOUR pounds is not enough to make a difference unless you are already quite thin and lower body fat. OP needs to stay in a reasonable deficit, stay in the…

If anyone knew a for sure method to that, no one would have belly fat and the world would be filled with 8 pack abs. Weight loss in general is not easy, otherwise no one would be overweight. You don't get to pick and choose where or how you lose body fat, your body and genetics do that. All you can do it just lose more…

Great work! A lot of reasons to get healthy and fit, parenthood is certainly one of them that drives me.

Oh man.. there wasn't just one thing. Honestly, I was so done with that lifestyle that I found a few things that I love/loved easier than I thought to give up- at least until I could control myself around them. Regular pop.. instead going for Coke Zero Sugar-no cal, but even this is very very very seldom, as now the…

You look "healthier" to me in the as-you-are-now photo. What are your goals, lose body fat to get lean? You certainly don't appear as though you need to lose a lot of weight or body fat at all. You're in better shape than a vast majority of people period, let alone women over the age of 40. Great work on your progress…

I never said that one could not add calories throughout the day to fuel activity... just pointed out that I know plenty of instances where I personally did activity that was logged that either occurred later in the day or was not planned. In that sort of situation, you would have no options except to either not eat back…

Conversations with other people are anecdotal at best; it's scientifically insignificant and not empirical data to state it as such. Even if it may be true. Neither one of us has conducted a survey with a large enough sample size to say anything conclusive. I don't know what very few people or the majority of people are…

Agreed... probably also because we think of 2lb/wk as roughly 7000 calories per week deficit, whether that's accurate or seems debateable, but let's assume it's close enough.. I think to shoot for any more than 2 ACTUAL pounds per week would require even higher calorie deficits and that is just realistically too difficult…

As your screen name suggests, I think you'll appreciate this, but I find that a nice big cup of black coffee (good stuff preferably, ground before brewing) helps curb appetite. It is both warm and filling on my stomach. It easily constitutes breakfast for me some days- then the actual solid food for "breakfast" I eat…

This time, try to be cognizant of it when you go. Also, start the meal off with a giant green salad of some sort, full of vegetables and (if you eat it) lean meat like grilled chicken or turkey. The bulk of the leafy greens and vegetables will fill your stomach and slow you down- you should feel full quicker. And of…

This was me yesterday.. my food diary is public, so take a look if you want. I ate well, but what I ate kept me satisfied all day long.. the extra slim jims as a snack was because my son had grabbed 8 of those suckers and I told him no, so he got 4 and mom and I split the other 4 of them. lol. But I had only eaten 1400 out…

Yeah, I get that... but generally speaking, and I think this is true in the OP's case, you eat and exercise, and then at the end of the day when you're going to save and log the diary.. you're like "oh... it deducts my exercise cals from my food intake and says I still have 1000 calories "remaining""... especially true for…

Same here... last week I had the most amazing slow cooker vension stew.. tender meat high in protein, plus TONS of root vegetables. Potatoes, carrots, parsnips, some corn and peas. As much as I love my meat, especially RED meat.. I do enjoy stocking up like crazy on vegetables. Good vitamins and minerals, very filling and…

And since there are 2.2lbs per Kg... 0.8g per Kg of body weight also works. :-) This, times a million. Might not have many negative effects now, in your 20s... just wait until you're in your 40s and 50s and older... you'll be cursing your younger self. Brittle hair and nails, thinning hair, very slow ability to heal from…