Terminalxylem
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Yep. Emotional eating, eating out of boredom and rewarding oneself with food and/or drink are unhealthy habits.
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Terminalxylem
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I’m not set against drinking, I just don’t understand the appeal. The mind-altering effects and culture don't seem worth it for me when weighed against the cost and potential for abuse. That being said, there’s no harm, and maybe even some benefit to drinking in moderation.
But it seems like many of the posters in this thread have at-risk drinking, binge drinking or full blown alcoholism. None of those are good, beyond just their impact on weight management.
Tom Skerritt
Footballguy
Began my weight loss program in August. Started at 215#, and got down to 207# by September. Fell off the Keto wagon last week. Also got sick and decided to “feed the cold”. I figured that I had ruined my all of the weight loss over the past month and a half.
Got on the scale yesterday and I’m down to 204#.
Got on the scale yesterday and I’m down to 204#.
AAABatteries
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I've always been more of a social drinker and a cheapskate so I don't spend a lot on alcohol. As I've been going through my own personal journey I did find that early on I would do some things that just were not worth it - having a beer or glass of bourbon when I would get home from work. I still drink but not much (I can't because being on low carb I get intoxicated really quickly) and not often (I probably average 2-3 drinks a week on a normal week).
NutterButter
Footballguy
Do I have to wear spandex shorts when using this or is that if I really want to shred some ounces?
Gary Coal Man
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NutterButter
Footballguy
Good to know. I always wear spandex b/c you never know when you'll come across a bike that just needs to ridden. For others that don't, be advised that you may not see quite the same results as @Gary Coal Man.
Tom Skerritt
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Ditkaless Wonders
Footballguy
Keep up the good work. I started 20 days before you and have lost 4.5 pounds less. You are doing great.
Ditkaless Wonders
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DocHolliday
Footballguy
Look into liposuction. I'm assuming that is still a thing for fat rich broads. Should work on fat rich dudes too.
NutterButter
Footballguy
Terminalxylem
Footballguy
The volume of fluid alone is enough to make consuming alcohol unappealing. I usually drink a glass or two of water max per meal. No way I could down bottles of wine, multiple beers, etc. I know it has a diuretic effect, but it’s hard for me to imagine eating a meal on top of all that liquid.
Zow
Footballguy
234.0 this morning.
Kind of frustrating. Ran multiple times this week, stayed healthy, and even did a 16/8 IF. I noticed with the IF I tend to consume more carbs at lunch (since I usually have a headache from the fast) so maybe that was the difference. Did MFP though and I beat my caloric goal everyday.
Oh well, gotta keep at it through the weekend.
Kind of frustrating. Ran multiple times this week, stayed healthy, and even did a 16/8 IF. I noticed with the IF I tend to consume more carbs at lunch (since I usually have a headache from the fast) so maybe that was the difference. Did MFP though and I beat my caloric goal everyday.
Oh well, gotta keep at it through the weekend.
MAC_32
Footballguy
^^^That. The problem isn't what you did Mon-Thu. The problem is what you did over the weekend. I read your post a few days ago, which was very similar to one the week prior, and thought to myself - it's probably fine for maintenance purposes, but not if the goal is to lose. All of those pounds you lost at the beginning are because of Mon-Thu changes, but now you're in a stalling pattern until you make weekend corrections - and sustain them.
DocHolliday
Footballguy
Great post. Don't know I'd this is common but it fits me too. I do good for most of the day or for a few days in a row and the weight loss strops or stalls for a bit until I string great days together again. It's not easy to lose weight. Play the long game and stick to it trying to win each day.
MAC_32
Footballguy
To expand - it's important to anticipate when a bad day or two may be coming and adapt. We are going out Sat night and are having a couple dozen people over Sunday. Not much good is going to be consumed over that 24 hour stretch. So I said to my wife Sunday when we were figuring out our week that despite a very busy schedule healthy eating needed to be a priority. So when I went to the store later that day, despite basically already being out of it, I bought zero pantry food - much to our kids chagrin. Then my wife started hammering away at meal prep but pastas, breads, casseroles, etc. weren't to be a part of it. Now we're starting playing from ahead going into Saturday, so by the middle of next week we should be back to where we are now rather than what we were 4 days ago.
If there isn't going to be any cheating on a weekend then a mid-week vice or two shouldn't impede progress (in moderation of course), but if there are plans then you need to be both proactive and reactive; not just reactive.
DA RAIDERS
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survived the raider game. one of the best times, i have ever had, at a game. 
the maintenance program has begun! the main goal, is less booze. it's all lame, dead calories. and the drinking, leads to eating crap. it will be interesting to see if simply drinking less booze will send me south of #180. i'm the best man in a wedding, in cabo, at the end of oct. not planning on drinking much until then. keep it up people!
the maintenance program has begun! the main goal, is less booze. it's all lame, dead calories. and the drinking, leads to eating crap. it will be interesting to see if simply drinking less booze will send me south of #180. i'm the best man in a wedding, in cabo, at the end of oct. not planning on drinking much until then. keep it up people!
Ditkaless Wonders
Footballguy
272. Of course tomorrow is my official weigh in day but maybe I got another pound this week. Damn it is slow after 60, but so long as it is steady that will have to do.
krista4
Footballguy
Less booze is a major part of my plan as well, and I've stuck to it this week.survived the raider game. one of the best times, i have ever had, at a game.
the maintenance program has begun! the main goal, is less booze. it's all lame, dead calories. and the drinking, leads to eating crap. it will be interesting to see if simply drinking less booze will send me south of #180. i'm the best man in a wedding, in cabo, at the end of oct. not planning on drinking much until then. keep it up people!
I'm weighing myself only once a week, on Sundays, so I just had my first weigh in. Down five pounds in six days. Of course I know that rate will not be (and should not be) sustained, but it's encouraging to see actual progress in such a short time.
Otis
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Cutting out carbs starting tomorrow. Really just going to avoid bread, sugars, and other carbs other than those you find in vegetables. Going to try and stay under 20 carbs at least initially and get into ketosis. It's the only thing that has ever seemingly worked. (Well, the potato thing worked...)
Going to stick with the new booze plan on weekdays, which is basically, if we drink, we only have a couple Bud Select 55s or white wine spritzers (half white, half seltzer and ice). Hard to get into trouble that way -- can't get drunk, can't drink too many calories, can't feel bad in the morning.
Otherwise going to try and have lots of eggs, lean meats, cheeses, avocados, and some green vegetables. May have to figure out some of the keto bomb crap the guys in the keto thread make, all of which sound great but also sound like work.
Going to Puerto Rico with the family in February. There's no reason I can't lose 30lbs between now and then, and be at my goal. That's less than 2lbs per week on average.
Going to stick with the new booze plan on weekdays, which is basically, if we drink, we only have a couple Bud Select 55s or white wine spritzers (half white, half seltzer and ice). Hard to get into trouble that way -- can't get drunk, can't drink too many calories, can't feel bad in the morning.
Otherwise going to try and have lots of eggs, lean meats, cheeses, avocados, and some green vegetables. May have to figure out some of the keto bomb crap the guys in the keto thread make, all of which sound great but also sound like work.
Going to Puerto Rico with the family in February. There's no reason I can't lose 30lbs between now and then, and be at my goal. That's less than 2lbs per week on average.
NutterButter
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gianmarco
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DocHolliday
Footballguy
Thirty pounds in not necessarily out of the question but it's not realistic knowing your history. Why not choose a goal that is possible that doesn't require huge changes in your life style? How about 10 pound by Thanksgiving and then 10 more by Feb? The holidays are rough on diets too. I can't imagine any weight is loss in December. Not gaining weight should be the goal for that month.
NutterButter
Footballguy
B/c otis is a big balla and such a small number is not going to move the needle. And
to losing weight during the holidays.
Otis
Footballguy
I think they’re only 2 carbs a pop. So that would be like 6g of carbs.
Edit-I was wrong. 1.8g of carbs. So that’s 5.4g for 3.
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gianmarco
Footballguy
The googles are helpful with this stuff.
3.1g of carbs in a 12oz bottle. That's 9.3g of carbs. I rounded up.
Either way, it's a fantastic plan!!
Otis
Footballguy
gianmarco
Footballguy
Even though I searched Bud Select 55, it came up with that number for Bud Select and I didn't notice.
You're right, it's 1.9g. So that's much better that you'd only be drinking 6g of your 20g limit. If you stop at 3, of course. With no other drinks.
Otis
Footballguy
What if I just had one or two per night? Then we're at under 4g. Or under 2g.
Isn't it better than what I've been doing? Let's face it, I'm not going to start eating like Michael Phelps overnight.
NutterButter
Footballguy
TLEF316
Footballguy
Otis
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Ditkaless Wonders
Footballguy
Official weigh in day has me at 273. I should not have had chicken wings yesterday, or nuts. Normally on game day I am good for 20 wings, I went with only 13, still that is a huge fat bomb and I salt the #### out of them so that does not help the next day. Improved behavior over my historical norm, but not in line with what I have been doing. Not a huge deal, I will forge ahead and next week during games just try to establish a vegetable habit instead of a wing habit.
Ditkaless Wonders
Footballguy
I think this time he makes it. he is at the age where drinking can be forsaken for a time. that is hard in ones hard partying 20's, but more doable at his current stage. He is hewing to that concept even as we speak.
ProstheticRGK
Footballguy
Hey, brother, i go through this, as well. I only weigh myself once a week and sometimes the fluctuations up and down make it seem like the losses aren't happening, or are happening really slowly. The thing is, i can tell by how my body feels/looks and esp. how my clothes fit, that the weight is coming off. So, don't be discouraged. Something i do during those times is weigh myself every day for a few days, at different times of day, so I can see how wildly weight fluctuates, and it satisfies that thing in my brain that craves external validation of success. It works for me. It also makes me really conscious of my intent to treat my body better.
at suggesting you're going to stay under 20 grams of carbs.
NutterButter
Footballguy
Ditkaless Wonders
Footballguy
I have fairly firmly established daily and weekly cycles. the thing is I just had new Sunday behavior (actually old but the first time this year) and that may be adjusting my cycles. Need to keep Sunday what it has been these last 9 weeks or so, which is a healthy day, not one where I habit eat during ball games. I think I need to change my game habit to not reclining but to watching from the saddle of an exercise bike. Reclining allows for endless unhealthy snacking, riding, not so much.
It is about establishing healthy habits and extinguishing counterproductive ones. I can live just fine without wings, or I could grill them and sauce them with just hot sauce, no hot sauce/butter mix. Or, as I said, I can not snack, or can learn to snack on veggies.
Ditkaless Wonders
Footballguy
Ditkaless Wonders
Footballguy
I wonder if my oven, with a convection setting and capability, is essentially an air fryer that I have not been using. Seems like the same concept.ProstheticRGK said:
DA RAIDERS
Footballguy
this. i went out to dinner last night. crab cakes(waiter was useless, they were heavily breaded, would not have ordered. ate anyway), chicken piccata with sautéed spinach. water only. not bad, but if i, and by i, i mean my awesome wife, had made this same meal at home, it would have been better for me. and probably have tasted better as well. i was craving a glass of wine, but stayed the course.
DocHolliday
Footballguy
Get a cheap smoker (<$100) and smoke the wings. I prefer my smoked wings over any fried wings.
Ditkaless Wonders
Footballguy
I will have to work on my technique. Whenever I smoke chicken I think I do it a bit to low and though the meat comes out wonderful the skin is rubbery rather than crisp, and with wings, well they are half skin.
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