Weight loss support thread

pwincess fwuffypants said:
You almost inevitably find, once you start running a calorie deficit that the only thing that keeps the hungries away is protein and the more of it you eat the less hungry you get. I think /fit/ says you're supposed to eat 1g of protein for every 1kg of body weight. That, is harder than it sounds. I do it now but oh boy the path it took to get here.
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The only way I've been able to keep my protein intake high enough on a consistent basis is supplementing with protein shakes. But after drinking one, it suppresses any hunger I would otherwise feel for a good half of the day.
 
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Jackass RN said:
The only way I've been able to keep my protein intake high enough on a consistent basis is supplementing with protein shakes. But after drinking one, it suppresses any hunger I would otherwise feel for a good half of the day.
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I've found ways of sneaking protein powder into things other than shakes. You can sneak quite a bit into oatmeal in the morning. My latest trick is to sneak extra protein powder into Kodiak pancake mix, and make waffles out of it. You can double the amount of protein it would contain from 14g to 26g. Combine that with one of those "healthy" breakfast sandwiches and you end up eating 42g of protein for breakfast.

I've noticed the microwave meal market has drastically changed and there's a whole segment that caters to low-cal, high protein consumers. Look for the ones that have 25g at 300 kcal.

A brotein bar for a snack or two and that's another 20 to 40g of protein and by then you're pretty much done.
 
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Since this is a weight loss support thread, I think it's ok to powerlevel?

Well I joined this contest to lose weight since the beginning of January at my local gym.
The prize money is 5 grand and then it goes lower from there.
I've started at 212lbs, currently at 185.5lbs, and the contest is ending in about a one month.
I've been thinking about cutting out all of my meals except lunch or dinner and have a coffee, or monster zero.
Anyone have any tips to lose weight quick, and it doesn't have to be healthy.

Give me your pro-ana tips, anons.
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Masta said:
Since this is a weight loss support thread, I think it's ok to powerlevel?

Well I joined this contest to lose weight since the beginning of January at my local gym.
The prize money is 5 grand and then it goes lower from there.
I've started at 212lbs, currently at 185.5lbs, and the contest is ending in about a one month.
I've been thinking about cutting out all of my meals except lunch or dinner and have a coffee, or monster zero.
Anyone have any tips to lose weight quick, and it doesn't have to be healthy.

Give me your pro-ana tips, anons.
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Hack your calories to anorexia levels (750-1300 Calories a day) or go on a giant fast and literally just stop eating. Fasting only sucks for the first few days, after that you'll go into ketosis and your hunger can outright vanish for as long as two weeks, sometimes longer. Just plummet your caloric intake and start doing cardio, even if it's just as simple as walking for unreasonably long lengths of time.

I don't really recommend either of these paths and I recommend the fasting one even less, but if you absolutely, positively want $5,000, I guess that'd be the way to do it. If for some reason you decide to muscle through with fasting, just keep in mind that once you get over that rough hunger pain for the first day or two, once the hunger comes back: Eat. Don't keep yourself in a fasting-induced ketosis any longer than the body's comfortable with. It'll tell you when it's time to knock it off.
 
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I'm new to weight loss /weightlifting so I apologize to any possibly stupid question.

I spent all last year going from 190 lbs to 140 lbs (I'm 5'8, so 190 was way too much), and while I shed most of my bodyfat, I still have this stomach gut that covers the abs. I've heard from a friend that getting more muscle can get the abs to show, is there any truth to that? Has any other kiwi dealt with this before? I want to get rid of the stomach fat, but I'm afraid of dipping too low in weight.
 
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MeatRokket08 said:
I'm new to weight loss /weightlifting so I apologize to any possibly stupid question.

I spent all last year going from 190 lbs to 140 lbs (I'm 5'8, so 190 was way too much), and while I shed most of my bodyfat, I still have this stomach gut that covers the abs. I've heard from a friend that getting more muscle can get the abs to show, is there any truth to that? Has any other kiwi dealt with this before? I want to get rid of the stomach fat, but I'm afraid of dipping too low in weight.
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You probably don’t have very large ab muscles, so if you cut anymore you’re going to become a skelly. You need to bulk up with clean foods, make sure to left heavy while bulking especially abs to gain muscle then cut body fat. It’s good you cut down weight first because when you put on muscle now it will show more than previously.
 
Masta said:
You probably don’t have very large ab muscles, so if you cut anymore you’re going to become a skelly. You need to bulk up with clean foods, make sure to left heavy while bulking especially abs to gain muscle then cut body fat. It’s good you cut down weight first because when you put on muscle now it will show more than previously.
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What are some good middle and lower ab workouts? Those are the ones I need to work on the most, seeing as how I can see my top abs
 
MeatRokket08 said:
What are some good middle and lower ab workouts? Those are the ones I need to work on the most, seeing as how I can see my top abs
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Pretty much any of the ab exercises you can find off the internet will help. Personal favorites that I can really feel it are the hanging leg raises and the ab roller.
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The worst exercises are from the machines because it doesn’t target abs very well.
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MeatRokket08 said:
What are some good middle and lower ab workouts? Those are the ones I need to work on the most, seeing as how I can see my top abs
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Many exercises that don't involve ab contraction still use the abs quite a bit. The best example I can think of is a strict form pull up. By strict form, I mean everything from the torso down is kept as tight and rigid as possible (unlike those silly Crossfit pullups that make you look like fish out of water).

If you do as many pullups as possible with strict form, your abs will hurt like hell.
 
About to start a mini-cut during finals season, as I'm travelling after that and want to be feeling 100%. I'm certainly not big anymore, have posted here before about losing 140. Put on about 10 when I got heavy into strength training (was pretty much on a decently controlled bulk) and have occasionally gone back and forth about 5 pounds. Reducing my daily kcal by ~250, sticking to carb backloading, and keeping my IF going strong. It's feeling really good. For the first semester in I don't know how long I'm not as susceptible to stress eating.

One thing I will say after getting so much experience with successful losing is that fruit is probably your best friend. It's incredible how much volume and flavour is present in decent caloric density. I'm almost excited to have my eating habits under such control again. Meal prepping staples, thoughtful planning (using MFP) and walking more before and after training get me on track quickly and keep me there unless I somehow find a way to fuck that up because of a social occasion I failed to plan for. In that case, just don't whine and get back at it with patience. Also fasting is beautiful, whether you do IF daily or do a full day per week (I do both), it seriously helps to challenge the food obsession that comes with eating morning till night.
 
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Aiming to be 165 [down from 171] in 30 days. Nothing crazy but I was in really good shape and now I am not, so time to fix that.
 
I lost like 10 lbs during a fit of depression last year (ate little to nothing for nearly two weeks) bit then gained it all back. Currently 153 and I want to lose at least 20-25lbs through healthy means this time around. What’s the best way to go around doing that?
 
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I lost like 10 lbs during a fit of depression last year (ate little to nothing for nearly two weeks) bit then gained it all back. Currently 153 and I want to lose at least 20-25lbs through healthy means this time around. What’s the best way to go around doing that?
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Calories in, calories out. Get your calories beneath your TDEE either through watching what you eat, exercising, or much more-preferably a mixture of both.
 
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