Weight loss support thread

Surf and TERF said:
I’m in the low 130lb range so I don’t consider myself overweight. (I don’t own a scale or have access to one, this is just an estimate based on my last check-up.) However, my body isn’t flattering about the way it stores fat. So I gave keto a shot in an attempt to get down to the 120s.

I tested positive on a urine strip after about 6 days and felt pretty healthy until about two weeks in, when I started to get sick from dehydration but couldn’t actually hold any of the water I drank.

I’m aware that keto flu can happen at least a month into the transition, but my need to be productive outweighed my desire to push through the illness.

I’d like to try this again when I have more time. It’s such a pain in the ass to get right though. The amount of protein you’re supposed to eat is insane. I don’t think I ever hit my daily 60 grams.
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If all you want is 60g of protein then just get some protein powder and a shake bottle. Each 'serving' of a protein shake is 30g of protein. Just don't go for peanutbutter or vanilla-flavoured ones. Chocolate is the only protein shake flavour I've ever found that doesn't taste like sugared sand-water.
 
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It's HK-47 said:
If all you want is 60g of protein then just get some protein powder and a shake bottle. Each 'serving' of a protein shake is 30g of protein. Just don't go for peanutbutter or vanilla-flavoured ones. Chocolate is the only protein shake flavour I've ever found that doesn't taste like sugared sand-water.
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The issue with protein supplements is that whey and the majority of artificial sweeteners will induce an insulin response, which can be detrimental to ketosis. I did mix together pea and hemp protein powder on occasion (they aren’t very complete proteins if not together) but it was pretty gross.

I personally lost my appetite from the diet so it was hard to eat much. Although, it made intermittent fasting very easy. Large portions of meat were difficult to keep down. It was expensive too, even with eggs and ground turkey being the main source.

I was more comfortable with sticking to about 40-50 grams a day. I don’t mind this so long as it’s not causing muscle loss, but I’m not sure if it won’t.
 
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Surf and TERF said:
The issue with protein supplements is that whey and the majority of artificial sweeteners will induce an insulin response, which can be detrimental to ketosis. I did mix together pea and hemp protein powder on occasion (they aren’t very complete proteins if not together) but it was pretty gross.

I personally lost my appetite from the diet so it was hard to eat much. Although, it made intermittent fasting very easy. Large portions of meat were difficult to keep down. It was expensive too, even with eggs and ground turkey being the main source.

I was more comfortable with sticking to about 40-50 grams a day. I don’t mind this so long as it’s not causing muscle loss, but I’m not sure if it won’t.
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Unless you were planning to stay on a ketogenic diet permanently, it would only be a temporary solution anyways. As soon as you went back to your old eating habits you'd go right back up to where you were in the first place. You'd be much better off learning to manage your calories better on a regular diet than you would having to struggle to stay on a ketogenic one, especially since it seems like you find it miserable in the first place, which makes its viability as a long-term solution a bit moot.
 
Cactus Wings said:
I aimed for 1400 and ended up floating at 1200 a day because I got tired of eating so fucking often. Lost 100lb in a matter of half a year, granted I did 30-60 mins cardio every other day.
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Eating often is actually working for me too? It seems counter to weight loss but it keeps away the weakness and stomachaches that come with traditional dieting.

Granted my calorie deficit is very small (also aiming for 1400 but with a TDEE of 1600ish) and this is just losing ten pounds for vanity, but it's a relief to find something that works after hearing so many people have success with IF. Fasting seemed like the perfect solution if you have no appetite but I just cease to function without at least a little food.
 
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Found out I lost 14 pounds day in about 5ish months, doesn't even feel like it, all I did was cut my food down 1800 calories for about 5 days each week, well only 14 pounds to go before I'm classed as being a health weight but will try to lose more by hitting the gym more, as long as I don't lose weight too fast as I want to avoid loose skin.
 
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Ughubughughughughughghlug said:
Is there a specific program for a beginner weightlifter? I'm not a beginner, but I've never gotten anywhere with it.
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There's a weightlifting thread in here specifically for that kind of question. Typically, though, it's recommended that beginners start with some variation of the "5x5" routine and either continue to rack up more weight as the lifting becomes easier and they learn how to control the weights better, or move into other routines once you get bored of it. I've known plenty of people who just stayed with 5x5 for years, though. I got bored with it after a few months, but every now and again I'll move back onto 5x5 and rack the weights as high as I can handle them for those sets. Helps to mix things up.
 
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I actually am in an odd situation regarding my weight. I usually gain 30 lbs over winter and spring and lose 30 lbs over summer and autumn. Mainly because I walk damn near everywhere in town when the weather is nice. But when winter comes, I still tend to eat like I am walking everywhere. Vicious cycle.
 
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Any of you fast or intermittent fast?

Intermittent fasting helped me lose about 30lbs so far this year, but I've been pretty lazy these past few months and have been stuck at the same weight. I didn't gain back any weight, thankfully, but I do feel very guilty for not doing better.

Thinking about going on a 3-day water/coffee fast to see if I like it and then maybe going for a whole week.
Massive fat loss and supposedly it can induce maintenance functions in the body, like autophagy.
 
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Fatcat said:
What do you guys think about protein powder? Seem like I struggle to have a certain amount of protein per day and was thinking I could sneak some into smoothies to help a bit.
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I like using it. It's really hard for me to meet my macros of 50% carbs, 30% protein, and 20% fat without it. Beware of any protein powders that taste suspiciously good; that usually means they have a ton of fat and sugar.
 
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Meal prep can also be a fantastic tool if you take the time just once a week to plan out and cook all your meals beforehand. I know that meal prep is generally considered sort of a "muscle-head" thing, but consider how many times you'd had healthier ingredients laying around in the kitchen and felt too lazy or tired to cook it, so instead opted for something you'd probably ought not to have eaten. Meal prep containers specifically designed for this can be very cheap, too, in case you want to take a stab at it before dropping more money on sturdier kinds of containers. I prefer glass ones myself, but that's because the plastic ones don't take a beating very well over extended periods of time, and I use them every single day now.

Depending on what you prep it can take a chunk of time out of your day, at least an hour or two, but the advantage is that you'll have an entire week's worth of ready-made meals sitting in your fridge/freezer, you know what every ingredient is, and you know how many calories are in every 'box.' You don't have to rummage around, you don't have to hum and haw and make any guesswork about what to eat and how to measure out your portions properly, you just pull out one of the containers, heat it up, and off you go.

I scoffed at meal prep for the longest time because it just seemed silly to do all that when I could just sit down and cook something for the evening, but when you finally buckle down and give it a shot, you can see why people speak so highly of it. The convenience of having more than a dozen containers of an easily-accessible meal that's portioned out to 500-800 calories a shot really shouldn't be underestimated, especially when you can cook so many things "in bulk" at the same time, like chicken, broccoli and rice.
 
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queue-anon said:
I like using it. It's really hard for me to meet my macros of 50% carbs, 30% protein, and 20% fat without it. Beware of any protein powders that taste suspiciously good; that usually means they have a ton of fat and sugar.
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Thanks for the advice, I"ll definitely look into it then !
 
Been a long time since I popped into this thread, but happily not because I fell off the wagon.

Down 64 pounds now, lowest weight since college, and starting to run (hurple) outside instead of doing workout videos at home in my bedroom with the blinds drawn.

Feels good, man.

25ish pounds to go- home stretch, baby!
 
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Hey, I don't know at all if this is the right place for me to be or ask questions, but I've read some talk regarding weight loss plateaus and a couple pages back there was even some info re: Anorexia as well, so I'm not sure?
I just wanted to double-check before posting EVERYTHING, in case there was another thread somewhere on the Farms that might be better suited for my Weight Loss/faggotry and hopefully someone might know and point me in the right direction. If not I can chill here with you dudes.

I'm plateauing fucking hard even though I'm eating well under 1000 calories a day, active and on my feet during the daytime, but I have a sordid history of ED/Anorexia so I know my body is all kinds of fucky. I read the infographic about TDEE and BMR and an anorexic's body energy and stuff a few pages back but I think I'm just more confused than before.
 
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Hey, I don't know at all if this is the right place for me to be or ask questions, but I've read some talk regarding weight loss plateaus and a couple pages back there was even some info re: Anorexia as well, so I'm not sure?
I just wanted to double-check before posting EVERYTHING, in case there was another thread somewhere on the Farms that might be better suited for my Weight Loss/faggotry and hopefully someone might know and point me in the right direction. If not I can chill here with you dudes.

I'm plateauing fucking hard even though I'm eating well under 1000 calories a day, active and on my feet during the daytime, but I have a sordid history of ED/Anorexia so I know my body is all kinds of fucky. I read the infographic about TDEE and BMR and an anorexic's body energy and stuff a few pages back but I think I'm just more confused than before.
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That would be really hard to give any advice on without knowing your height, weight, and gender, how long and consistently you've been eating like that, and what sort of goal you're aiming for. I can tell you right off the top of my head though that sub-1000 calories isn't even enough for an 8 year-old boy.
 
Your height, weight, and gender, how long and consistently you've been eating like that, and what sort of goal you're aiming for.
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Alright dude, thanks. I was just hoping to avoid PowerLeveling too much...in a thread like this I didn't know how much was TOO much or too little, especially for my first post. Plus I know that no matter what, my goal weight and current eating/activity habits are guaranteed to draw some ire (bring it on, though, I guess - it's why I'm asking for advice in the first place) but thanks a lot for the response. I'll still throw everything under spoiler tags just so I don't shit the thread up too much, lol.

I'm female, 5' 8" and generally hover between 94 and 94.5 pounds. This has been the wall I absolutely the fuck cannot break through no matter what the hell I try to do. Ultimately I want to settle at an even 90lb and just stay there. I am eating around 750 calories a day, and the nature of my job keeps my up and on my feet moving at a fairly brisk pace for a 6 hour shift, 5-6 days a week.

Like I said, with an ED past I know that this is very fucky behaviour and I'm not really all that bothered with having a GW of 90. I have been WAAAAAAY lower than that before (my lowest weight ever was almost seventy goddamn pounds) How I'm 'living' right now is kind of a compromised state between a normal life and an Ana-chan/ED lifestyle where I KNOW I'm not exactly healthy but I'm better than I USED to be and I'm definitely still functional. I just want to hit that 90lbs and stay there, that's all.

Right now, the one thing I know is most likely fucking me up is the rare, intermittent binges that will come up out of nowhere that I don't have any control over. Maybe once a week or once every 9-10 days I just can't maintain the severe restriction and I break down, eat several THOUSAND calories, cry like a bitch...but then get immediately back on track the very next day. I'll eat sub-700 calories again for another 8 days or so...but then BOOM another breakdown and another brutal binge. Do you think ONE binge once a week really is enough damage/calories that it undoes everything else? I'm stuck in this 94.5 area and have been here for MONTHS.
 
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