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Nope, TJ's doesn't have great lite buns. Many grocery stores have them though. When I lived in Houston the local Hostess bakery outlet had them too.
Eating healthy isn't *just* about losing weight and counting calories. You're missing a lot of nutrients from real food that you just aren't getting from the processed stuff that you're eating. You can lose weight eating junk if you keep calories low enough, but overall health, the body's ability to fight off bad stuff, and the ability of the processed crap to give you cancer are dependent on what you stuff your face with. Fruits and vegetables are great snack food. Have an apple instead of the nutrigrain bar. A banana in place of the peanut butter crackers. Some carrots instead of the fruit snacks. You still get sweet, sugary food, only it's packaged by nature and will be a lot easier on your system. Just downloaded the myfitnesspal app today. Not really sure where to start in this thread.
Tim Ferriss, in the 4 hour body, actually promotes one "cheat day" per week where you eat as much as you possibly can. Do you have a kindle?PS - I get 1600 calories/day. Today was 1200 food/400 booze.
#### cheating. If you schedule it, it will become habit and this is about breaking the bad ones, not promoting them. If you have a bad day, you have a bad day. It's a marathon not a sprint. Make up for it over the rest of the week, eat a little less each day to cover what you over indulged with and you will promote not wanting to over eat again. As for in between meal snacks I'm. A big fan of Walmarts Indulgent Trail mix with added craisins because, well, I'm addicted to them. One serving is 150 calories and fills you up, gives you some good stuff (fruits & nuts) and some sweet stuff (3 different kind of chocolate chips) to "indulge" the sweet tooth. I go through bags of this stuff every week. Serving size is one small Dixie cup, through it in a ziplock snack bag, wa la.Tim Ferriss, in the 4 hour body, actually promotes one "cheat day" per week where you eat as much as you possibly can. Do you have a kindle?PS - I get 1600 calories/day. Today was 1200 food/400 booze.
I bought THESE and use them to pre-make 5 salads and a large batch of tuna salad every sunday evening. Voila. There's lunches during the week. In a second container I house 2 boiled eggs for breakfast (again, pre-boiled on sunday while I'm making the salads) and a cup or so of some type of berries for lunch. I keep a tub of instant oatmeal (microwave half full coffee cup of water for 90 seconds, stir in oatmeal and one pack of splenda) plus a bag of pistachos, sunflower seeds in my desk for impromptu snacking.
Prep time is a #####, but shop well and you can greatly minimize it for snacking purposes. My work day goes as follows8:00 in office8:30 oatmeal + banana10:00 apple or orange11:30 greek yogurt + berriesworkout over lunch, stop at home mix up a protein shake on the way back to work (if you don't have a blender at work or don't live 5 mins from work unfortunately you don't have this option)2:30 sandwich - either turkey + ham or tuna dry w/veggies on whole wheat 4:00 cucumber, broccoli, or carrot + almondsWater is the great equalizer too, getting a craving a little earlier than usual? Drink some water, can usually delay the hunger by another 30-45 mins.
I bought THESE and use them to pre-make 5 salads and a large batch of tuna salad every sunday evening. Voila. There's lunches during the week. In a second container I house 2 boiled eggs for breakfast (again, pre-boiled on sunday while I'm making the salads) and a cup or so of some type of berries for lunch. I keep a tub of instant oatmeal (microwave half full coffee cup of water for 90 seconds, stir in oatmeal and one pack of splenda) plus a bag of pistachos, sunflower seeds in my desk for impromptu snacking.
TOTAL PREP TIME EACH SUNDAY: Maybe 30 minutes...max. If I take my time. 5 tubs with spinach, cucumber, green pepper, and tomato wedges. Boil 18 eggs.
EACH DAY I GRAB:
BREAKFAST : 2 Hard boiled organic free range eggs, cup of fruit (straw/blue/rasbberries) (225 calories total)
MID AM SNACK: Dannon Light & Fit Greek Yogurt (80 calories)
LUNCH: Good sized salad with good sized scoop of tuna salad (made with light miracle whip, sweet relish, celery, black pepper, garlic powder, and tony C's seasoning) and a bit of Kroger Fat Free Italian Dressing (275 calories)
MID PM SNACK : Dannon Light & Fit Greek Yogurt (80 Calories)
RANDOM SNACK: Apple or Orange (80 calories) or Mozzerella String Cheese (80 calories) both kept in office fridge.
TOTAL: 730 calories and they fit into two small plastic containers and slide neatly into my laptop bag every morning. Takes me about 2 minutes to grab what I need and load it up and I'm out the door.
It's VERY easy to do as long as you plan ahead. Nothing requires cooking (except the oatmeal which I rarely touch), and I only make 1 trip per day to the break room fridge (lunch where I grab my salad, yogurt, and fruit/cheese). I'm generally in there every hour or two to get a big cup of water or coffee anyway
I am a big fan of those containers and I do something similar re: prepping big ### salads in advance. I don't mind the prep time at all and never view it as a chore, but I enjoy cooking and being in the kitchen in general.
Big fan of Tim, you should see what Martin Berkhan has to say.Tim Ferriss, in the 4 hour body, actually promotes one "cheat day" per week where you eat as much as you possibly can. Do you have a kindle?PS - I get 1600 calories/day. Today was 1200 food/400 booze.
I created a section for booze and add two glasses of red wine to MFP every morning. Makes it easier to keep track of where I will be by the end of the evening.
Thanks sir! Slowing down at 144.2 pounds lost but upped my calories from 1200-1300 per day to 1400-1600. Need more discipline in drinking enough water. Diet soda crept back in my life, so I need to calm down there. Been putting in a lot of time at work so prep has lagged but still staying within my calories. However, when I was burning a pound a day I was staying to fresh foods and limiting the processed stuff. I feel the weight loss will take off if I maximize my calories better. Gotta make those calories count with fresh fruits, veggies, lean proteins, and good fats.
I think it always has. I always tried to stay below the calorie numbers without exercise bonus calories.
I thought about that, but sticking at 1560 calories when I spend 4 out of 7 days skiing and another two bike commuting to work just isn't realistic. I end up with a healthy deficit at the end of the day though, and I try not to make it all up with wine.
I understand. You have to use some common sense. Have you been losing weight using the app? Maybe use half or 3/4 of your bonus calories.I thought about that, but sticking at 1560 calories when I spend 4 out of 7 days skiing and another two bike commuting to work just isn't realistic. I end up with a healthy deficit at the end of the day though, and I try not to make it all up with wine.
Don't know. I haven't stepped on a scale. Just using the app to monitor what I eat, and it's only been a week or so.I understand. You have to use some common sense. Have you been losing weight using the app? Maybe use half or 3/4 of your bonus calories.I thought about that, but sticking at 1560 calories when I spend 4 out of 7 days skiing and another two bike commuting to work just isn't realistic. I end up with a healthy deficit at the end of the day though, and I try not to make it all up with wine.
Perhaps but you can modify their estimates. I wear a heart rate monitor and use the data from that when logging calories burned.
Truly amazing.Looks like the slump is over! 2.6 away from one fifty. Renovating the house is great exercise.
Great job! I am hoping to hit 100 loss this week but I am a bit nervous, went crazy on some sushi this past weekend.Looks like the slump is over! 2.6 away from one fifty. Renovating the house is great exercise.
It does on a number of exercises but for instance, running is pretty close. Odd ball stuff like yard work or cleaning is terribly off the mark. My feel is the more popular the exercise, the more dialed in it is.
Thanks Buddy and you too Chaka. It's going to get pretty good considering my newly reclaimed energy combined with an extra hour of daylight coming this weekend... Looking forward to playing a lot of golf this year, and walking the course rather than driving.Great job! I am hoping to hit 100 loss this week but I am a bit nervous, went crazy on some sushi this past weekend.Looks like the slump is over! 2.6 away from one fifty. Renovating the house is great exercise.
GF uses this thing and loves it. Makes ongoing adjustments to activity levels in MyFitnessPal based on detected activity levels. Also the BodyMedia app pulls caloric data from MFP and shows offsets based against activity. Interacts seamlessly back and forth. http://www.amazon.com/BodyMedia-CORE-Weight-Management-System/dp/B0052KONSI/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1363794813&sr=8-2&keywords=body+bugg
You could save cash mixing your own http://www.amazon.com/Optimum-Nutrition-Standard-Double-Chocolate/dp/B000QSNYGI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1363794921&sr=8-1&keywords=on+proteinThat said those sorts of protein shakes are great.
i thought if you had too much protein per day and didnt work out it converts to fatfor my hunger pains ill get my nutribullet and grind up all the veggies in my fridge. actually pretty filling and doesnt taste bad. throw in some almonds and fruit sometimes tooYou could save cash mixing your own http://www.amazon.com/Optimum-Nutrition-Standard-Double-Chocolate/dp/B000QSNYGI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1363794921&sr=8-1&keywords=on+proteinThat said those sorts of protein shakes are great.
Too many calories of any type (fat, carbs, protein) will be stored as fat. Protein is a little tougher (I've read it needs to be converted to glucose first...I think? Not sure how true that is... others in this thread are wiser than I am). If you're at a caloric deficit I don't believe there is any drawback of any reasonably balanced mix of protein. Now... eating a diet of 80% protein can be hard on certain parts of your body and is another discussion entirely. But to answer your question... there is no hard and fast rule of "More protein plus not working out = fat" .Generally speaking things high in fiber and protein will tend to be more "Filling" for longer than something high in fat or simple carbs... so folks operating at a caloric deficit will usually try to eat more of them.i thought if you had too much protein per day and didnt work out it converts to fatfor my hunger pains ill get my nutribullet and grind up all the veggies in my fridge. actually pretty filling and doesnt taste bad. throw in some almonds and fruit sometimes tooYou could save cash mixing your own http://www.amazon.com/Optimum-Nutrition-Standard-Double-Chocolate/dp/B000QSNYGI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1363794921&sr=8-1&keywords=on+proteinThat said those sorts of protein shakes are great.
Excess protein only turns to fat in the presence of excess carbs as well. You need Glucose-6-Phosphate present to make the conversion. Most of the excess (depending on the AA profile) will go into keytones, or depending on your belief in the protien shake naysayers, poop. If your kidney is broken you will pee it out.i thought if you had too much protein per day and didnt work out it converts to fatfor my hunger pains ill get my nutribullet and grind up all the veggies in my fridge. actually pretty filling and doesnt taste bad. throw in some almonds and fruit sometimes tooYou could save cash mixing your own
http://www.amazon.com/Optimum-Nutrition-Standard-Double-Chocolate/dp/B000QSNYGI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1363794921&sr=8-1&keywords=on+protein
That said those sorts of protein shakes are great.
the iphong app doesn't, but if you login to the website it has that info. That's probably good enough for me. You guys all friends on this or what?
just won our office biggest loser contest. down to 178 . i lost 18 lbs 2nd place lost 8 i think.. i lowered my daily calorie to 1580 and wasnt hungry at all. i did buy a nutribullet and have been blending up tons of raw veggie shakes which i feel helped alot. im feeln skinny now and i need to bulk up.. high protein diet here we go!
Turns out I get good logs without the app too...
logged in for 60 days straight or something like that... down about 25 at this point I think. Still truckin. Need to high gear it before this wedding I have coming up in late april. Ideally need to drop another 10ish.
Almost all my exercise comes from running and I agree that it seems pretty accurate there.
Probably normal. Remember each pound is roughly a 5000 calorie deficit.
Cleaning/yardwork is walking with some light upper body resistance thrown in. Wear a HRM and tell it you are walking and see what it reports. You might be surprised.
