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any of the stir fried dishes should be fine. Pad Thai would be pretty heavy due to the noodles. New Year's Eve we went to a Thai place, I got a chicken/basil spicy stir fry that had some bell pepper, onion, mushrooms in a light sauce. I figured it to be around 500 calories including the rice. The only negative is it's all…

Typical day for me: Breakfast- 2 cups of coffee with heavy cream. I usually don't eat any food because I'm never hungry that early, but sometimes I'll have eggs and turkey sausage patties mid morning. Lunch- a big salad with 4oz chicken breast or a can of tuna on top Dinner- a good sized portion of meat (8-16oz) and a good…

Remember to sit back into the squat, like you are going to sit in a chair. If you have balance issues, put your arms out in front of you as you go down. Lots of other good advice already so I won't repeat it.

I don't check the forums much anymore, but I'm around from time to time. I'll be 52 in a couple weeks. I've been low carbing for over a year, since around Aug '13. I started it to sort of reset my weight loss, which had stalled. I was originally 280lbs @ 6'1" tall, a former competitive powerlifter who stopped lifting but…

1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce 1/4 cup mustard (brown or yellow, whatever you have) 1 tsp ground black pepper 1/2 tsp ground cumin 1 tsp mild chili powder 1 TBS oil This is good on pork too.

I don't log them if I'm sprinkling some on chicken or fish, or over vegetables I'm sautéing. If I'm creating a recipe to log a particular meal, I log it all. Things like fresh garlic, I'll log that when I use it.

Deprive is a strong word. It's more like choosing what carbs you eat to hit a certain ratio of carbs/fat/protein, and if you do it right, you won't crave anything. I'm closing in on a year of low carbs and have zero cravings. I can eat a jelly bean and not want the whole bag, it's not like it triggers a binge. :)

200 carbs isn't low carbs, that's pretty normal really, so you aren't going to get past the cravings. If you do it right, with higher fat, moderate protein, and low carbs (under 50 net per day) the cravings will go away.

Sounds like a good plan you have mapped out.

Watch the carbs in milk, there is anywhere from 11-14g which is all sugar 1 cup of whole milk. I'd rather use those carbs on a nice side dish of vegetables.

Sometimes they don't realize it. My band had played at this outdoor festival. Someone who knew a friend of mine commented to him "That fat guy playing keyboards is really good". My friend told me that, and my 1st thought was, what fat guy? I had never thought of myself that way, but now when I see pics of myself from that…

no. At best you'll gain back some water weight. just like any other weight loss plan, where they fail is when you go back to your old eating habits that got you overweight in the 1st place. If you continue to watch your calorie intake after you reach your goal weight, and get to a maintenance level that allows you to keep…

I'm home alone, my wife went away on a motorcycle trip with a couple girlfriends, so I made some good stuff. On the 4th, I made a Porterhouse steak on the grill, with an Anaheim pepper and some sautéed mustard greens, tomato/cuke salad. All the veggies were from the garden. Beer was Founders All Day IPA Saturday night I…

I didn't do too bad. I had some coffee when I woke up, then had a later breakfast, around 10am of a couple eggs and leftover meatloaf. I went out on my motorcycle for a couple hours so I skipped lunch. Dinner was a nice porterhouse steak on the grill, a few beers, and a cuke/tomato salad out of my garden. Totals 2,343cals,…

definitely normal. Earlier this week we went out for Mexican. Lots of salt, lots of carbs. The next day I was 5lbs heavier and 8lbs over my lowest weight. All week long I drank lots of water and today I weighed in at my lowest weight ever. Nearly 10lbs difference in 5 days.

It depend on how much you eat too, when you finish your day and submit. The further under your daily goal you are the less it'll say you'll weigh in 5 weeks. It's not really too accurate for me, but it'd be interesting to write it down and then actually see how much you weigh in 5 weeks.

There's nothing wrong with doing cardio to help your heart and lungs stay healthy. The calories burned will add do your daily deficit, but that part of it isn't as much of a factor. If you like doing it, go for it!

Bourbon, vodka, tequila, pretty much any distilled sprits. Zero carbs. Skip the sweet liquor like fireball or honey jack and flavored rums, etc, and watch what you mix with. Personally I prefer bourbon on the rocks or straight up, and sip it. As far as beer goes, I drink good stuff that is usually pretty high in carbs and…

I had a little over 400g for dinner last night. With the skin. It was good.

pork tenderloin is another good lean protein.

We typically do a meat and a veggie for dinner. Roasted chicken thighs (skin on and bone in) seasoned with salt, pepper, garlic powder, paprika) Roasted cauliflower- cut the cauliflower into decent sized florets, toss with some olive oil, garlic powder, salt, pepper, and roast it at the same time as the chicken. Baked…

That's why I like bourbon. No sugar!

Exactly what I was going to post. Don't blame the diet, blame the person who went back to the same bad habits that got them overweight in the 1st place. It's a lifestyle change, not a temporary thing.

Why can't you calorie count? Low carb + eating in excess of your daily requirements won't work, you'll still gain weight. It still comes down to eating at a deficit.

We have the $1.88 breasts too, I buy those and poach them for putting on lunch salads. But the thighs we get are nowhere near that expensive. I'm pretty sure they are around $1.79/lb for the bone in, skin on ones. I know the boneless ones are not that expensive either but can't recall the price. I got some…

Gonna try this one, it sounds good!

Don't up them after a workout- that's when you want protein. Up them before you work out if you have to, but it's not really necessary. Once you are adapted to the low carbs- 2-4 weeks- then you should have plenty of energy for working out.

If you sauté, don't crowd the pan, that's what gets it mushy. Don't cover it either. Keep it moving and use a medium high heat. I do mine (yellow squash as well) with some onion, garlic, salt, pepper, and use butter and olive oil combined. I like to toss some fresh basil in at the end. It's just about that season, I picked…

I'll agree that it's not a plan to kick start weight loss. It's a long term solution. As far as gaining weight back, yes, you will gain back the few lbs of water weight you lost in the beginning if you go back to eating a lot of carbs. But I guarantee the 30+ lbs I've lost are not going to come swarming back on the minute…

I cook them bone in and skin on. Roasted in the oven or on the grill. The crispy skin is the best part. As long as it fits into your calorie count/macros for the day, go for it. I had 900+ calories worth of them the other day for dinner and they were good!