Calorie Counting

[Slap Shot]

Re: Calorie Counting

There are lower sugar/carb and higher fiber cereals than others, but oatmeal is an option. It's terribly bland, but with a bit of milk, honey, strawberries, blueberries and/or raisins it becomes much more tolerable. I'd also suggest soy milk as an alternative to even skim.

[Kepler]

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I commend you on the progress you've made so far. One of the tough things, especially early on, is getting energy filled calories to keep your energy up.
Eating 1,000 ****ty calories isn't nearly as healthy (and long-term beneficial) as eating 1,300 calories from energy sources.

Seeing dry cereal and bread (both sugary) aren't great options. I'm sure you're restricted in your options but try some veggies with that meat for lunch and you'll keep some of the energy you're losing.

I can tolerate vegetables. What do you suggest for breakfasts? I have to eat something or I get debilitating headaches. I default to cereal but am open to alternatives. On the weekends I have ham and bacon or burritos, and eggs.

Thank you, and everyone, for your suggestions. Being fat is both unpleasant and weird to me and I'm departing from it as quickly as possible.

[cF[Authentic]]

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I commend you on the progress you've made so far. One of the tough things, especially early on, is getting energy filled calories to keep your energy up.
Eating 1,000 ****ty calories isn't nearly as healthy (and long-term beneficial) as eating 1,300 calories from energy sources.

Seeing dry cereal and bread (both sugary) aren't great options. I'm sure you're restricted in your options but try some veggies with that meat for lunch and you'll keep some of the energy you're losing.

[mookie1995]

Doesn't burn as much weight as you'd think... Good for muscle building though.

BOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

[trixR4kids]

That’s the spirit!

[Kepler]

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I've always found exercise for its own sake absolutely, brain-torturing boring. My only hope in making it tolerable is to make it a contest of some kind, particularly against someone else, where there is a winner and a loser, and then to challenge people better than I. Then my completely unbalanced competitiveness will kick in and it's off to the LSATs.

The key to my losing weight will be to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and to hear the lamentation of their women.

[trixR4kids]

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I used to run pretty regularly and got up to 5-6 miles per day for a while (probably 4-6 times per week). Problem was between my diet (which you're improving, good) and not doing any weights I plateau'd pretty quickly in terms of weight loss, though I did feel a lot better mentally. It wasn't until I started lifting that I really saw results again and got past the plateau. I think that's mostly because even when resting, your muscles use what you consume up to a certain point. At the time I was just lifting more like a body builder because I didn't know what regimen I wanted to do but fortunately I ran across a training regimen more specifically focused on what I like to do for fun (hockey goalie) and I've stuck with that ever since. It checks a lot of boxes in terms of flexibility, entire body workout, and even includes an anaerobic component (sprinting and mobility drills). And then I also like to bike when it's nice out so that covers aerobic which isn't part of my workout routine.

Just my 2 cents on why you might want to do some lifting (and if you get into a routine where you just go straight from work straight ----> gym without thinking about it that should help you stick with it more easily), it's more efficient as you alluded to before though you don't want to sub it out for cardio completely (I feel like the positive mental effects of cardio alone are worth it and it's good for fat loss). It's doubly helpful if you train toward something specific and see progress in your game or whatever you're training for rather than just looking in the mirror/at the scale.

edit: I know starting all these different things at once can be daunting so don't bite off more than you can chew all at once, it's just something to consider for now

[Kepler]

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You shouldn’t underestimate how much an increase in activity can help though. If Kepler could increase the amount of steps he takes each day by like 5k I’m sure it would help him lose a couple extra pounds each month and it wouldn’t take a ton of effort, just change a few habits here and there.

I'm trying to do this, too. Activity is annoying but necessary. It's 250 steps around my building so 4x for 1000.

[Drew S.]

The only way to burn calories in any significant amount is moderate to rigorous exercise several times a week. Even the hardest days of P90X burned around 500-700 calories in ~80 mins. But you’re so wasted after that it almost isn’t worth it. 200-300 calories a day exercising is much more reasonable but you’ve got to keep after it. The biggest benefit was building lean muscle mass which will increase your metabolism burning more. But you have to work at it.

You shouldn’t underestimate how much an increase in activity can help though. If Kepler could increase the amount of steps he takes each day by like 5k I’m sure it would help him lose a couple extra pounds each month and it wouldn’t take a ton of effort, just change a few habits here and there.

[Kepler]

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Friday, May 10

Breakfast: Life (200)
Lunch: Apple (80), Liverwurst sub (300), Sm. chili (170), 550
Total: 750
BP: 119/68
Weight: 235.1

[joecct]

Sexercise

Depends if you're a musket or an AR-15.

[Kepler]

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The only way to burn calories in any significant amount is moderate to rigorous exercise several times a week. Even the hardest days of P90X burned around 500-700 calories in ~80 mins. But you’re so wasted after that it almost isn’t worth it. 200-300 calories a day exercising is much more reasonable but you’ve got to keep after it. The biggest benefit was building lean muscle mass which will increase your metabolism burning more. But you have to work at it.

Thanks. This is good information. It also sucks, but most facts suck.

[trixR4kids]

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Pretty much. I would say having a mix of lifting and cardio (or at least anaerobic activities) is the best way to do it.

[dxmnkd316]

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The only way to burn calories in any significant amount is moderate to rigorous exercise several times a week. Even the hardest days of P90X burned around 500-700 calories in ~80 mins. But you’re so wasted after that it almost isn’t worth it. 200-300 calories a day exercising is much more reasonable but you’ve got to keep after it. The biggest benefit was building lean muscle mass which will increase your metabolism burning more. But you have to work at it.

[bostonewe]

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Sexercise

Doesn't burn as much weight as you'd think... Good for muscle building though.