I now weigh 178 lbs. Just hopped off the scale. (72 inches tall)
I dont feel any smaller nor look any smaller, my muscles are better defined, not much but a little.
The flab is noticeably leaving my stomach area, the layer is noticeably thinner.
Took about a week. Just became super conscious about it what I was eating (and especially DRINKING).
No added sugars, no caff, none, I might have 1 cup of black tea today. I'm not sure I want to.
Very limited bread so far, was doing 1 piece of whole grain with breakfast, I stopped doing that now.
Breakfast is only sausage, no breads, no grits, I will add 2 eggs if I am hungrier.
Snacks are 1-2 Banana + 8oz whole milk blended in my ninja. I often add 1-2 frozen strawberries.
The bananas and milk make it very filling and satisfying, sometimes I add a scoop of peanut butter (which has added sugar btw).
My new coffee is peppermint herbal tea, 0 caff, its literally just peppermint in water. It's not at all bad once you get the taste for it. I crave it now, same as coffee.
I had one huge scare when I was 182lbs last week, I got all happy and ate 1 cup of brown rice and a can of hormel tamales. It's cheap and good, but wow. I gained 5lbs and shot up to 187. This is apparently normal, it fell right back off (though I avoided the scale for a day and ran twice as long). Today I am 178lbs and slightly less fat. My highest weight was when I was in mil and they feed you a lot so I was 220 when I got out, fairly muscly. Now I'm 178, 10 years older and once my diet is locked in(well on the way), I will go for some raw lean gains. I'm still lifting but not hitting too hard, just keeping my pace for now.
Lunch is salad or ham sandwich without the bread, one day I had a corn dog, but only one, no fries.
Dinner is either a salad or a single 1/4lb Steakhouse Onion patty cooked in air fryer 16min.
I enjoy feeling hungry now, I encourage it then I feed a bit of meat or fruit.
This shit works. I can totally understand how this happens now. I'm into it. I'm hooked.
There was a barrier in the mind, but I got over it, finally.
https://youtu.be/TPS6ImqK9cU?si=IfctPTV_eNKoXFbS
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You can go higher on the potassium if your kidneys are good like 1/4 a teaspoon but I wouldn't go much beyond that.
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I also amped up my workouts slightly. Normally I just do bodyweight but I got a cheap squat rack and a nice bar & weights.
Feels good.
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eats salads
Uhh, no
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Sugar
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[ + ] Master_Foo
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It has next to 0 calories and the caffeine will keep your metabolism up.
Just don't add anything to it.
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[ + ] Peleg
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During my 30's I didn't keep up with anything I ate. Would just eat and not give it a seconds thought. I got big.
One day while on break at work I was having trouble eating all of the candy bar that I ate every day at break. I figured out that I was eating, because it was a certain time, and not because I was hungry. That hit me as being a dumb way to live. I started right then changing the way I ate.
I am now down to 190. I still want to lose 10 to 15 more pounds. I will lose it, and then I'll Keep it off!
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Check your weight in the mornings, right after you get up. Take a piss, and then step on the scales. This weight will be more accurate because you haven't eaten yet, or slammed a water-tea-coffee.
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As KHK said, your weight will fluctuate within the day and from day to day. Constantly stepping on the scale and worrying about it will only cause you to fuck things up.
I'd drop the fruits and add veg and egg.
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It can take 8-12 hours to make the trip from your mouth to the final O-ring.