Losing Weight Together

[noisyturtle]

I feel as if I have been gaining weight due to my job. I'm working 60 hr weeks and never have time to actually go food shopping, so I have been eating almost exclusively pizza and crap for the past two months or so.

Gained some weight because of it and generally feel like crap.

And it's every lunch too, I'll catch a ride with the usual group and all we ever get is Five Guys and pizza. Then when I get home I realize I have no food in the house and inevitably wind up ordering pizza or subs or some other form of greasy delivery.

It feels like my work life has forced me into unhealthy eating habits. Any tips on breaking this cycle - bearing in mind I don't have time for cooking or shopping, and rarely get a say on what's for lunch.

[iri]

I feel as if I have been gaining weight due to my job. I'm working 60 hr weeks and never have time to actually go food shopping, so I have been eating almost exclusively pizza and crap for the past two months or so.

Gained some weight because of it and generally feel like crap.

And it's every lunch too, I'll catch a ride with the usual group and all we ever get is Five Guys and pizza. Then when I get home I realize I have no food in the house and inevitably wind up ordering pizza or subs or some other form of greasy delivery.

It feels like my work life has forced me into unhealthy eating habits. Any tips on breaking this cycle - bearing in mind I don't have time for cooking or shopping, and rarely get a say on what's for lunch.

1. Eat less
2. Order healthy delivery

[zcmy]

I feel as if I have been gaining weight due to my job. I'm working 60 hr weeks and never have time to actually go food shopping, so I have been eating almost exclusively pizza and crap for the past two months or so.

Gained some weight because of it and generally feel like crap.

And it's every lunch too, I'll catch a ride with the usual group and all we ever get is Five Guys and pizza. Then when I get home I realize I have no food in the house and inevitably wind up ordering pizza or subs or some other form of greasy delivery.

It feels like my work life has forced me into unhealthy eating habits. Any tips on breaking this cycle - bearing in mind I don't have time for cooking or shopping, and rarely get a say on what's for lunch.

2. Order healthy delivery

There's healthy delivery? Sign me up.

[drewba]

And it's every lunch too, I'll catch a ride with the usual group and all we ever get is Five Guys and pizza. Then when I get home I realize I have no food in the house and inevitably wind up ordering pizza or subs or some other form of greasy delivery.

It feels like my work life has forced me into unhealthy eating habits. Any tips on breaking this cycle - bearing in mind I don't have time for cooking or shopping, and rarely get a say on what's for lunch.

What iri said. At 5 guys, if you order the lowest calorie meal on the menu (Little Hamburger+ Fries + Water/Diet Something) that's 1433 calories. If you go home and follow that up with pizza you're just going to keep gaining. Two years ago I was working 2 jobs, roughly 60 hours a week and was eating out 5 days a week. I gained ~40lbs in a year. I hit a breaking point where I realized I felt like ass all the time because I was eating garbage food and was sure I was going to get diabetes or worse.

While I understand you're short on time, your work life hasn't forced you into unhealthy eating habits, you're making the decisions on what you eat. Take some responsibility. Quit geekhack/tv/videogames/whatever for a couple days a week and spend 2-3 hours grocery shopping & meal prep for the entire week. Buy some tupperware, 3-4lbs of chicken breast, 2 pounds of brown rice/pasta, a sauce that you like and a couple vegetables. Cook it, put it in containers, freeze what you're not going to eat in the next couple days and you're done. I guarantee it'll be cheaper than eating out as well as keep you fuller longer/make you feel better than eating fast food. Buy a big ass bag of almonds, granola bars, trail mix, popcorn, beef jerky, yogurt, hummus, carrots/celery/broccoli, etc and stash it at work. Most pizza places have sandwiches & salads, get that instead of pizza. McDonalds has a grilled chicken sandwich + side salad for under 395 calories (minus dressing). I don't have time right now to go through other fast food menus, but generally they have a somewhat healthy sandwich + fruit/salad/yogurt as a side instead of fries/chips. Got a Jimmy Johns around you?

[Niomosy]

For me, on cheat days I ate a lot more than the calories I burn, but I believe a lot of it just goes out the system undigested. I always have a runny stomach at the end of the cheat day and the day after.

I end up doing cheat meals more than cheat days.  That or cheat bonus items like ice cream.  The issue becomes when the family suddenly wants these items more than once in a week and my wife picks me up something even though I'm not there.  It's gotten better as she realizes she needs to lose weight and isn't actually doing as much as she thinks she is. 

[iri]

I feel as if I have been gaining weight due to my job. I'm working 60 hr weeks and never have time to actually go food shopping, so I have been eating almost exclusively pizza and crap for the past two months or so.

Gained some weight because of it and generally feel like crap.

And it's every lunch too, I'll catch a ride with the usual group and all we ever get is Five Guys and pizza. Then when I get home I realize I have no food in the house and inevitably wind up ordering pizza or subs or some other form of greasy delivery.

It feels like my work life has forced me into unhealthy eating habits. Any tips on breaking this cycle - bearing in mind I don't have time for cooking or shopping, and rarely get a say on what's for lunch.

2. Order healthy delivery

There's healthy delivery? Sign me up.

He is living in America™, The Land Of Countless Possibilities™, of course there's healthy delivery.

[xtrafrood]

I feel as if I have been gaining weight due to my job. I'm working 60 hr weeks and never have time to actually go food shopping, so I have been eating almost exclusively pizza and crap for the past two months or so.

Gained some weight because of it and generally feel like crap.

And it's every lunch too, I'll catch a ride with the usual group and all we ever get is Five Guys and pizza. Then when I get home I realize I have no food in the house and inevitably wind up ordering pizza or subs or some other form of greasy delivery.

It feels like my work life has forced me into unhealthy eating habits. Any tips on breaking this cycle - bearing in mind I don't have time for cooking or shopping, and rarely get a say on what's for lunch.

2. Order healthy delivery

There's healthy delivery? Sign me up.

He is living in America™, The Land Of Countless Possibilities™, of course there's healthy delivery.

In my neck of the woods, one could order a vegetarian (perhaps vegan) meal from just about every delivery place in the phonebook. Although just because it's a vegetarian (or vegan) meal doesn't automatically mean it is healthy but it just might be a healthy alternative if you can stomach it.

[iri]

A vegetarian meal should definitely have less saturated fats. At least in theory. Also, eating less red meat lowers the risk of cancer.

[iamtootallforthis]

Gonna subscribe to keep myself accountable.

[ThoughtArtist]

I think part of the difficulty is just genetics. If you think you are so hungry all the time when you actually just work in an office, then it's going to be a struggle. Unless you're doing hard physical labor, you don't need that much food. Like I said before, a good way to look at it is don't eat much until the evening, so you have something to look forward to. If you eat huge meals all day, it's just harder to get that momentum going of living lean. You don't want a big porker meal before the afternoon or at lunch unless you need that fuel for something that's actually physically strenuous (or maybe if you skipped dinner the night before)! You're just going to get hungry again later anyway. I often eat little to nothing for breakfast, and maybe a small lunch. Then a nice dinner and I never go to bed hungry. But sometimes fasting during the first half of the day actually gives me more energy, especially since I'm not all loaded with sugar! Mostly I eat just enough during the day to not feel like I'm lightheaded from too low blood sugar.

[iri]

I think part of the difficulty is just genetics. If you think you are so hungry all the time when you actually just work in an office, then it's going to be a struggle. Unless you're doing hard physical labor, you don't need that much food. Like I said before, a good way to look at it is don't eat much until the evening, so you have something to look forward to. If you eat huge meals all day, it's just harder to get that momentum going of living lean.

Lessen the portions, the stomach will shrink and you won't think that 'you are so hungry'. And that has nothing to do with genetics.

[MOZ]

I think part of the difficulty is just genetics. If you think you are so hungry all the time when you actually just work in an office, then it's going to be a struggle. Unless you're doing hard physical labor, you don't need that much food. Like I said before, a good way to look at it is don't eat much until the evening, so you have something to look forward to. If you eat huge meals all day, it's just harder to get that momentum going of living lean. You don't want a big porker meal before the afternoon or at lunch unless you need that fuel for something that's actually physically strenuous (or maybe if you skipped dinner the night before)! You're just going to get hungry again later anyway. I often eat little to nothing for breakfast, and maybe a small lunch. Then a nice dinner and I never go to bed hungry. But sometimes fasting during the first half of the day actually gives me more energy, especially since I'm not all loaded with sugar! Mostly I eat just enough during the day to not feel like I'm lightheaded from too low blood sugar.

I used to blame genetics too for a long time. Not that they don't make a difference, everyone's body is different and different amount of efforts are required to gain/lose weight among many other differences, however taking steps in the direction to reverse the negative effects of your genetics is crucial. Cribbing isn't going to help. The way I see it, either care about your weight issues and do something or ignore it, by stressing you're only going to make it worse.

[Niomosy]

I think part of the difficulty is just genetics. If you think you are so hungry all the time when you actually just work in an office, then it's going to be a struggle. Unless you're doing hard physical labor, you don't need that much food. Like I said before, a good way to look at it is don't eat much until the evening, so you have something to look forward to. If you eat huge meals all day, it's just harder to get that momentum going of living lean. You don't want a big porker meal before the afternoon or at lunch unless you need that fuel for something that's actually physically strenuous (or maybe if you skipped dinner the night before)! You're just going to get hungry again later anyway. I often eat little to nothing for breakfast, and maybe a small lunch. Then a nice dinner and I never go to bed hungry. But sometimes fasting during the first half of the day actually gives me more energy, especially since I'm not all loaded with sugar! Mostly I eat just enough during the day to not feel like I'm lightheaded from too low blood sugar.

I work out on my lunch break.  I'd end up miserable with not eating until later in the day.  Even with intermittent fasting they recommend BCAAs while working out (morning workout) so you don't feel like absolute crap.  I've found that eating a bit more in the morning is more beneficial to me than loading up a bunch at night.  I've stated including a protein shake in my breakfast that I can just drink in the car on the way to work, then have my oatmeal at work.  I find if I eat more in the morning, it tends to keep me from getting as hungry for the rest of the day - I can do a two meal day with a sufficient brunch whereas a light breakfast will have me definitely wanting lunch and dinner.

[xtrafrood]

I think part of the difficulty is just genetics. If you think you are so hungry all the time when you actually just work in an office, then it's going to be a struggle. Unless you're doing hard physical labor, you don't need that much food. Like I said before, a good way to look at it is don't eat much until the evening, so you have something to look forward to. If you eat huge meals all day, it's just harder to get that momentum going of living lean. You don't want a big porker meal before the afternoon or at lunch unless you need that fuel for something that's actually physically strenuous (or maybe if you skipped dinner the night before)! You're just going to get hungry again later anyway. I often eat little to nothing for breakfast, and maybe a small lunch. Then a nice dinner and I never go to bed hungry. But sometimes fasting during the first half of the day actually gives me more energy, especially since I'm not all loaded with sugar! Mostly I eat just enough during the day to not feel like I'm lightheaded from too low blood sugar.

I work out on my lunch break.  I'd end up miserable with not eating until later in the day.  Even with intermittent fasting they recommend BCAAs while working out (morning workout) so you don't feel like absolute crap.  I've found that eating a bit more in the morning is more beneficial to me than loading up a bunch at night.  I've stated including a protein shake in my breakfast that I can just drink in the car on the way to work, then have my oatmeal at work.  I find if I eat more in the morning, it tends to keep me from getting as hungry for the rest of the day - I can do a two meal day with a sufficient brunch whereas a light breakfast will have me definitely wanting lunch and dinner.

I've recently re-discovered the power of oatmeal. Practically anything sweet and edible can be mixed into oatmeal and it fills me up.

[Niomosy]

Oatmeal is a go-to breakfast for me a lot of times.  Works well with milk and some protein powder.  Works well with milk, chia seeds, almond butter, and bananas then put in the fridge overnight (no heating as the oats will soak in the milk and turn nice and soft), great in blender shakes, and works well in pancakes.

I tend to do a lot of eggs when I'm at home, though, given the large amount of oatmeal I eat regularly for my breakfast at work.  It breaks things up a bit.  One other fun one is protein pancakes with some coconut flour.  That flour needs a lot of eggs.  The only problem is that the batter tends to take a bit to harden enough that you can flip.

[appleonama]

I propose we add each other on myfitnesspal and keep each other on check. Don't lie on your calorie count, you are only hurting yourself.

[Sniping]

Give Strava a try for tracking your exercise and try following other people.

[tp4tissue]

If only we could just stop eating.

[SpAmRaY]

If only we could just stop eating.

Yep. I have no will power when it comes to trying to stop eating and trying to start exercising. Or for that matter changing just about anything, it's just too easy to stay in the rut.

But I can still say I'm in shape right? Round is a shape. Huehuehuehue.

[tp4tissue]

If only we could just stop eating.

Yep. I have no will power when it comes to trying to stop eating and trying to start exercising. Or for that matter changing just about anything, it's just too easy to stay in the rut.

But I can still say I'm in shape right? Round is a shape. Huehuehuehue.

Has alot to do with food prices as well..

They're alot lower relative to income in USA vs other nations..

For example..  China, 15-50% personal income is spent on food..

The USA,  1-5% of income..


There's a very GOOD reason America is Big,   Cheap food..

[drewba]

I propose we add each other on myfitnesspal and keep each other on check. Don't lie on your calorie count, you are only hurting yourself.

Add me, I'm on a 696 day logging streak. I will never give you up, let you down, run around or desert you.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/profile/drewba13

Give Strava a try for tracking your exercise and try following other people.

I don't know anything about Strava, what are the pros/cons? I currently use MFP to track calories + social network. Then I use runkeeper to log miles/workouts. Realistically MFP is too much of a habit for me to move platforms but if Strava does workouts better than runkeeper I'd definitely be interested.

[SpAmRaY]

I'm sitting here in between tasks at work and I'm hungry.

I get a snack out of the snack machine and eat it but I'm still hungry. Lunch is in  ~2 hours.

And I'm super stressed.

[thatsmrdoctortoyou]

I'm sitting here in between tasks at work and I'm hungry.

I get a snack out of the snack machine and eat it but I'm still hungry. Lunch is in  ~2 hours.

And I'm super stressed.

Drink H2O!!! My body confuses hunger with thirst often. I find that by drinking water, that "god damnit I'm hungry" feeling subsides to a "I guess I could eat if there was food in front of me, but I don't need to seek it out."

[tp4tissue]

I'm sitting here in between tasks at work and I'm hungry.

I get a snack out of the snack machine and eat it but I'm still hungry. Lunch is in  ~2 hours.

And I'm super stressed.

Drink H2O!!! My body confuses hunger with thirst often. I find that by drinking water, that "god damnit I'm hungry" feeling subsides to a "I guess I could eat if there was food in front of me, but I don't need to seek it out."

I always have eggs in the morning.. because of this very issue..

If I just eat something like Cereal or White rice,   I get hungry in 1 hour.. '

Eggs give you more energy for longer.

[drewba]

I'm sitting here in between tasks at work and I'm hungry.

I get a snack out of the snack machine and eat it but I'm still hungry. Lunch is in  ~2 hours.

And I'm super stressed.

Bring more good food to work. The majority of vending machine options are going to be processed/low nutrition food. My vending machine has one healthy (debatable) option which is Baked Lays. Everything else is 200-450 calories. None of it is worth the calories and I'm just going to be hungry again in 90 minutes. I'm a volume eater so I'd much rather eat an entire pound of baby carrots for 190 calories than some chocolate or a pop tart.

Here is what I keep on hand at work to snack on

[SpAmRaY]

I used to eat a lot of almonds, cashews and other nuts for a snack but after a while it messed with my stomach.

Yesterday I did bring an apple.

But I've eaten lunch for today and I'm hopefully good until tonight.

I'm always on the lookout for 'healthy' snacks though.

[drewba]

I used to eat a lot of almonds, cashews and other nuts for a snack but after a while it messed with my stomach.

Yesterday I did bring an apple.

But I've eaten lunch for today and I'm hopefully good until tonight.

I'm always on the lookout for 'healthy' snacks though.

Bummer on the stomach issues. I'm always on the lookout for healthy snacks as well. I really wish beef jerky was like half the price because I can burn through a bag real quick

[SpAmRaY]

I used to eat a lot of almonds, cashews and other nuts for a snack but after a while it messed with my stomach.

Yesterday I did bring an apple.

But I've eaten lunch for today and I'm hopefully good until tonight.

I'm always on the lookout for 'healthy' snacks though.

Bummer on the stomach issues. I'm always on the lookout for healthy snacks as well. I really wish beef jerky was like half the price because I can burn through a bag real quick

I do love the occasional biltong but it's expensive.

[tp4tissue]

Just finished my workout..

I am back up to 50 pull ups..

Working on wide arm pull ups atm..

But Most I ever did of Wide arm was 5, so.. hahahaha long ways to go..

[Volucris]

I used to eat a lot of almonds, cashews and other nuts for a snack but after a while it messed with my stomach.

Yesterday I did bring an apple.

But I've eaten lunch for today and I'm hopefully good until tonight.

I'm always on the lookout for 'healthy' snacks though.

Typically I try to balance my main three meals each day to account for 3/4 of my calories, and then the remaining 1/4 for snacks. Biggest problem people do when dieting is thinking they can just eat lots of "healthy" foods. Portions are a big deal. Weight loss/maintaining weight and health all comes down to proper nutrition, regular exercise, and balancing your intake:outtake ratio.  Things that work well for me:

*Greek yogurt with fresh sliced fruit, high protein Nature Valley Oat & Honey granola, or sliced almonds. Buy the plain greek yogurt as the flavored ones either have lots of sugar or artificial sugars. Good protein source and very filling.
*Hummus and pita chips or sliced bell peppers, baby carrots, broccoli, etc.
*Real dark chocolate. I prefer about 70% and not stuff processed with alkali methods (reduces flavenols which have cardiovascular helping effects).
*Boiled eggs. Pinch of pepper or some hot sauce.
*String cheese made with 2% or just blocked cheddar with pita crackers.
*Sliced turkey or chicken deli meat.
*Smoked fish. Most expensive thing for a snack, but available easily if you're in a coastal area. Otherwise you can smoke it yourself with filets from the store.
*Apples, oranges, bananas, etc
*Regular flavored packets of oatmeal. Combine with some bits of dark chocolate for a supremely filling and tasty snack. Works for lunch too with some fruit on the side.


I combine this with a Fitbit Alta and MyFitnessPal on my phone. Log everything and the fitbit records my activity and when I run. If you can find one, many pharmacies can help you measure your resting metabolism so you can calculate your daily base calorie intake. Create a mental drive to be healthy, commit to it, hold yourself responsible by telling friends and family about your plan, and check your stats every month. It's a slow burn but it works. I lost 40 lbs after college with this (no Fitbit or smart phone then lol), and still continue to battle my work-induced degradation.

[tp4tissue]

I'm really not sure about the high-fats diet..

Liver and gall-bladder has to work very extra hard to digest high fat intakes..


Whereas high carb diet is a much straighter and cleaner conversion...

[Volucris]

Weight gain is about calories. What your body is composed of and fat loss is controlled with macro nutrient intake. People overthink diets and strategy to provide an easyout to avoid accepting that they're being lazy and not exercising enough.

[ANightOnCloudNine]

I need to eat more cause i ****ing weigh less than a feather but being stuck in a hospital bed for a month really ****s with your appetite i hope this new NG tube i got helps me gain some weight and muscle back. ****ing sucks being this bony 

[tp4tissue]

I need to eat more cause i ****ing weigh less than a feather but being stuck in a hospital bed for a month really ****s with your appetite i hope this new NG tube i got helps me gain some weight and muscle back. ****ing sucks being this bony 

You can haz Tp4's fat... how do I send fat over Paypal...

I will also throw in 10% muscle.. for the cause.

[ANightOnCloudNine]

I need to eat more cause i ****ing weigh less than a feather but being stuck in a hospital bed for a month really ****s with your appetite i hope this new NG tube i got helps me gain some weight and muscle back. ****ing sucks being this bony 

You can haz Tp4's fat... how do I send fat over Paypal...

I will also throw in 10% muscle.. for the cause.

will you mind sending a specific muscle from your arm, i might need to for surgery on my leg for a graft on my leg, i have a big dead patch of skin the doctors are worried about, lol jk ill use my own, if this happens i'll have two missing muscles in my body . i hope i only need a skin graft rather than needing a muscle from my arm too.

[tp4tissue]

I need to eat more cause i ****ing weigh less than a feather but being stuck in a hospital bed for a month really ****s with your appetite i hope this new NG tube i got helps me gain some weight and muscle back. ****ing sucks being this bony 

You can haz Tp4's fat... how do I send fat over Paypal...

I will also throw in 10% muscle.. for the cause.

will you mind sending a specific muscle from your arm, i might need to for surgery on my leg for a graft on my leg, i have a big dead patch of skin the doctors are worried about, lol jk ill use my own, if this happens i'll have two missing muscles in my body . i hope i only need a skin graft rather than needing a muscle from my arm too.

Good thing canadia eh?

That' 15% sales tax sure comes in handy..

I saw that how it's made (a canadian show) on skin grafts..

It's pretty cool how they grow your skin.

[ANightOnCloudNine]

I need to eat more cause i ****ing weigh less than a feather but being stuck in a hospital bed for a month really ****s with your appetite i hope this new NG tube i got helps me gain some weight and muscle back. ****ing sucks being this bony 

You can haz Tp4's fat... how do I send fat over Paypal...

I will also throw in 10% muscle.. for the cause.

will you mind sending a specific muscle from your arm, i might need to for surgery on my leg for a graft on my leg, i have a big dead patch of skin the doctors are worried about, lol jk ill use my own, if this happens i'll have two missing muscles in my body . i hope i only need a skin graft rather than needing a muscle from my arm too.

Good thing canadia eh?

That' 15% sales tax sure comes in handy..

I saw that how it's made (a canadian show) on skin grafts..

It's pretty cool how they grow your skin.

yeah its pretty cool.

[xtrafrood]

I've been trimming the fat as of late trying to keep everything I eat really lean. The first few days I had insane amounts of energy but I guess my body adjusted and now I'm pretty much back to normal energy. I'm trying to drink less caffeine so that I can burn more fat, but skipping my morning coffee is nearly impossible for me to do these days.

[tp4tissue]

I've been trimming the fat as of late trying to keep everything I eat really lean. The first few days I had insane amounts of energy but I guess my body adjusted and now I'm pretty much back to normal energy. I'm trying to drink less caffeine so that I can burn more fat, but skipping my morning coffee is nearly impossible for me to do these days.

drinking more caffeine would mean more fat burning

because you're on stims..

[xtrafrood]

I've been trimming the fat as of late trying to keep everything I eat really lean. The first few days I had insane amounts of energy but I guess my body adjusted and now I'm pretty much back to normal energy. I'm trying to drink less caffeine so that I can burn more fat, but skipping my morning coffee is nearly impossible for me to do these days.

drinking more caffeine would mean more fat burning

because you're on stims..

I've known a few people that take those stim pills man, I refuse to take them. They're called Yellow Jackets or something like that, nasty stuff

[tp4tissue]

I've been trimming the fat as of late trying to keep everything I eat really lean. The first few days I had insane amounts of energy but I guess my body adjusted and now I'm pretty much back to normal energy. I'm trying to drink less caffeine so that I can burn more fat, but skipping my morning coffee is nearly impossible for me to do these days.

drinking more caffeine would mean more fat burning

because you're on stims..

I've known a few people that take those stim pills man, I refuse to take them. They're called Yellow Jackets or something like that, nasty stuff

I remember there was a kid in high school..

He went to the doctors mid year and got prescribed Ritalin

Lost 50 lbs .. ..


So..... basically, ADHD amphetamines, worked really well for weightloss on this kid.

[xtrafrood]

I've been trimming the fat as of late trying to keep everything I eat really lean. The first few days I had insane amounts of energy but I guess my body adjusted and now I'm pretty much back to normal energy. I'm trying to drink less caffeine so that I can burn more fat, but skipping my morning coffee is nearly impossible for me to do these days.

drinking more caffeine would mean more fat burning

because you're on stims..

I've known a few people that take those stim pills man, I refuse to take them. They're called Yellow Jackets or something like that, nasty stuff

I remember there was a kid in high school..

He went to the doctors mid year and got prescribed Ritalin

Lost 50 lbs .. ..


So..... basically, ADHD amphetamines, worked really well for weightloss on this kid.

Could be, but I knew a kid that stopped taking his Ritalin (doctor's orders? idk) and he gained back all the weight he lost and then some

[drewba]

I've tried the stim/caffeine/weight loss pills. They made my body feel foreign and I'm pretty sure my resting heart rate was 120+ all day. And I didn't lose any weight (obviously). Do not recommend. Speaking of amphetamines, I recently learned that Vyvanse is sometimes used to treat binge-eating disorder. I did some adderall in college and can confirm eating is the last thing on your mind. I recommend it for a good time, writing a business plan, giving your home a deep cleaning but not for weight loss.

In other news, weigh in today was the first time in 6 weeks that I haven't recorded a loss. I'm thinking that has something to do with the ~5000mg of sodium I consumed yesterday AKA water retention. If it's not that maybe I hit a plateau but I sure hope not. A friend of mine owns a burger place which I will be stuffing my face at on Saturday and  I'm taking my dad out to an italian restaurant on Sunday for father's day. In anticipation for two "bad" eating days I'm planning a 10 mile hike Saturday and a ~25 mile bike ride on Sunday. Y'all doing anything?

[noisyturtle]

I can say if you are trying to lose weight going out to eat is a bad choice. It's so easy to go over your caloric intake.

Went to Red Robin yesterday and looked up my food when I got home because I was curious. A burger and fries + a milkshake  - it was over 2000 calories for that one meal alone.

[iri]

These Russian sweets were irresistible, so to burn some extra calories I cycled to a pub on Thursday instead of taking a bus.

Also, why would one eat chips with a burger, which already has enough carbs in form of bread?

[MOZ]

Saturday's are a cheat day, so yesterday (Friday), I went to the store to pickup some sweets. Now, just a background, I'm Indian and I have a sweet tooth; the Indian cuisine probably has the most variety and number of desserts. The protein shakes I have are in chocolate and vanilla flavor, so I didn't want anything with close to those flavors. So back to the store, I'm standing in their in sweets aisle and I just can't decide what I want to eat, I'm there for a good 15 mins and I come back home empty handed.

Back home, I'm standing in front of the mirror and thinking, "who the hell is this guy". Not sure to be happy or sad.

[tp4tissue]

Saturday's are a cheat day, so yesterday (Friday), I went to the store to pickup some sweets. Now, just a background, I'm Indian and I have a sweet tooth; the Indian cuisine probably has the most variety and number of desserts. The protein shakes I have are in chocolate and vanilla flavor, so I didn't want anything with close to those flavors. So back to the store, I'm standing in their in sweets aisle and I just can't decide what I want to eat, I'm there for a good 15 mins and I come back home empty handed.

Back home, I'm standing in front of the mirror and thinking, "who the hell is this guy". Not sure to be happy or sad.

// confused..

Is this an , I have improved post ?  or I'm still fattie post ?

[tp4tissue]

Just now, I managed to only eat Half a bagel.. Took alotta courage..   now the other half is just sitting there, taunting me... telling me I'm a wimp and a liberal..

[xtrafrood]

Just now, I managed to only eat Half a bagel.. Took alotta courage..   now the other half is just sitting there, taunting me... telling me I'm a wimp and a liberal..

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Liberal? I'm confused

[tp4tissue]

I remember there was a kid in high school..

He went to the doctors mid year and got prescribed Ritalin

Lost 50 lbs .. ..


So..... basically, ADHD amphetamines, worked really well for weightloss on this kid.

Could be, but I knew a kid that stopped taking his Ritalin (doctor's orders? idk) and he gained back all the weight he lost and then some

Also,  let's be clear that  -ritalin- is not a valid weightloss plan... please, no one attempt to take ritalin for weightloss...  You might as well go do crack..