I'm also not fat.

7/14/2010 11:00:10 PM

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"Call it post-purchase rationalization, confirmation bias, choice-supportive bias, selective perception, it has many names. It's happening right in this thread."

7/14/2010 11:04:56 PM

Hmm no change in weight this week, but someone told me I looked thinner than I did the last time they saw me 5 days ago.

I'm definitely noticing that I'm not nearly as hungry now that I cut out carbs.

7/14/2010 11:45:40 PM

^^^Skinny little punk != in shape.

7/15/2010 3:01:30 AM

I so regret not taking photos last fall...

Finally closing in on 170 myself. I was 171.5 this morning, down from 193 last October. I am down to about 13-14% body fat now, I didn't measure when I started but my guesses put me at least 6-8% higher than that.

I've pretty much standardized my diet during the week. Nutritional shake for breakfast, protein bar or other protein heavy snack around 10:30am, usually work out, then lunch of a big pile of spinach + carrots + lean chicken breast. Dinner tends to vary daily but is usually fairly healthy too.

7/15/2010 7:24:05 AM

^^ nothing wrong with being skinny. We all have our struggles.

7/15/2010 7:58:17 AM

Tore up my legs and abs today. Can barely walk. Feels good.

7/15/2010 8:20:01 AM

camera sucks, weight unknown, feeling terrific

7/15/2010 8:58:29 AM

^ Lookin' good!

Here's my update:

7/15/2010 9:09:33 AM

lucy. find some more of those for my inspiration folder plz.


thnxu

7/15/2010 9:10:57 AM

Inspiration: Aunt Becky from Full House!

7/15/2010 9:26:59 AM

that doesn't look real

7/15/2010 9:51:01 AM

Have mercy!

7/15/2010 9:54:58 AM

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"Oh and I don't even drink juice. That can make you gain weight and screw up your natural insulin production if you substitute that for your pop consumption. Tke-teg."

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"Pouches of tuna are hard to beat for cheap low calorie protein as well. The one I ate after the gym today was 90 calories and 20g of protein if I remember correctly"

That's good stuff but I'm a tuna snob. I don't like the cans or pouches. For me it has to be a high quality tuna steak...raw or cooked, either way

7/15/2010 9:58:26 AM

tuna is buy 2 get 3 free at Teeter this week

7/15/2010 10:00:35 AM

Oh really? May be time to restock!

7/15/2010 10:03:40 AM

implants? jigga waah?

7/15/2010 10:05:51 AM

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"lucy. find some more of those for my inspiration folder plz."

7/15/2010 10:08:30 AM

Fuck...Aunt Becky would get it so bad. I hate they canceled that show about 4 years ago where her sister died and she took over like 8 million kids in the household (I believe Zac Effron was on the show). She perfectly fits into my older women fetish.

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"I'm also not fat."

You're also not in great shape. And you seem to be regressing in a challenge that you started...all the while you're hounding people who are actually making improvements.

[Edited on July 15, 2010 at 10:14 AM. Reason : .]

7/15/2010 10:11:31 AM

so for some reason i think i'm retaining water. in addition to sodium, is there anything else i should be aware of in my diet?

7/15/2010 11:01:11 AM

not drinking enough water, or sometimes you'll hold onto water if you change up your exercise routine or start a new one

7/15/2010 11:04:15 AM

^^are you peeing clear? if you're not peeing clear nearly all the time, you're eating too much junk and/or not enough water. You could also try eliminating more carbs and you may feel/see a reduction in a "bloated" appearance. I _try_ to target my high carb intakes right around workouts and then eat more fatty meals at other times of the day. I feel this helps reduce the bloated belly look and you lose a fair bit of water weight as you lose glycogen.

eliminate carbs for a week but keep calories the same...most people can lose almost 10lbs in that first week if they truly stick with the diet. Albeit not accelerated "fat loss" but overall weight loss and a slimmer appearance. Great motivational tool to get people started or to sell them on a fad weight loss diet. I find it much easier to incorporate a lifestyle of eating carbs when I workout and fewer carbs when I don't work out. Calories are also usually doubled on days I lift vs days I rest.

7/15/2010 11:22:55 AM

Well, I was planning on registering on Dailyplate to show what I ate for the day, but for some unknown reason it won't let me register. Oh well.

7/15/2010 11:39:50 AM

At this point, your whining is tantamount to trolling. Sign up on fitday, livestrong, or any of the other thousand diet-trackers out there.

7/15/2010 2:52:43 PM

I was on Fitday, but they didn't have half of the stuff I ate. Isn't DailyPlate the one on Livestrong?

7/15/2010 3:00:26 PM

Yup That's the one

7/15/2010 3:14:00 PM

On Fitday, see that link for "Create A Custom Food"? You can use it to create custom foods. Or sign up on any of the other thousand diet-trackers out there. Stop making excuses.

7/15/2010 3:19:28 PM

That's wayyy too time involved simply for the purpose of proving to the naysayers in this thread that I eat a well-balanced diet.

7/15/2010 3:20:44 PM

Don't be intimidated. However, keep rule #4 in mind.

7/15/2010 3:25:07 PM

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"Stop making excuses."

7/15/2010 3:26:13 PM

7/15/2010 3:27:51 PM

Whew! Finally got registered

Anyway, here was yesterday's totals!



[Edited on July 15, 2010 at 3:51 PM. Reason : ]

7/15/2010 3:41:16 PM

Whats the deal with the calories burned thing on bikes and treadmills?

It says I'm burning 6-700 calories but it sure doesn't feel like it

7/15/2010 3:46:05 PM

It's a rough measurement based on average height average weight average build and average metabolism.

7/15/2010 3:47:18 PM

Great to see you signed up for daily plate! It makes everything a bit easier to track. Sometimes it's hard to notice diet pitfalls when we're not scrutinizing our intake and tracking our meals.

7/15/2010 4:44:35 PM

tonight is my "cheat night" ... my friends from Interact are taking me out to dinner as a farewell thing Bogarts, woot!

but I am still being smart -- getting the salmon and asparagus or veggies as a side

7/15/2010 4:58:28 PM

thanks porcha and skwink for the advice. i hope i can get this to go away sooner than later. my thighs look bigger than ever and it's really discouraging and frustrating...especially when i've always had really toned legs. grrrrrr!

7/15/2010 5:28:51 PM

My wedding dress didn't fit (well it fits, but I can't breath), but it seems that the ribs are too big.

they said no amount of dieting would make it change.



they are trying to fix it now.

7/15/2010 6:01:07 PM

^"the ribs"

do you mean your ribs?

7/15/2010 6:07:33 PM

She means Ribs didn't fit in her wedding dress.

7/15/2010 8:14:46 PM

yes my ribs.

I wanted to make a thread on measurements due to things like this.

I am 40-31-40. no 36-24-36-5'2".

hell my thigh is 24" and it's not jiggly fat either.

I hate being so big. But most people can't tell. They all think that I am super tiny since I am proportional.

7/15/2010 11:36:56 PM

yeah. when i worked for meschantes they would talk about the size of ribcages and how it can make a waist look sooooo much smaller.

7/15/2010 11:41:48 PM

^yeah been wearing my training corset and can get down to 26" easily.

7/15/2010 11:49:25 PM

i just decided to have a cheat meal after playing basketball outside in almost 90 degree heat for an hour and a half

pushed my calories up to 4793 calories for the day



so good though

7/16/2010 12:19:54 AM

I was thinking that i would give fruit and cottage cheese another whirl. Not good. Why does my oh so delicious cottage cheese make me gag when I'm not eating it plain.

[Edited on July 16, 2010 at 9:03 AM. Reason : Z]

7/16/2010 8:54:46 AM

I've found I can make cottage cheese a bit more enjoyable by adding a bit of organic honey to it

7/16/2010 9:21:04 AM

put salad dressing on it

or just eat it with your salad. thats what I do.

eat healthy and get your protein

7/16/2010 9:23:30 AM

Hit the gym 4 days in a row, figure I'll take today off. Plus I'm tired, so maybe I'll take a nap and catch up on sleep to help my body rebuild. Likely won't go on Saturday, but will try to make it out there on Sunday provided the buses aren't fucktarded.

7/16/2010 9:27:15 AM

I was really bad yesterday evening

I got there and was like, "fuck it" and had 3 martinis, pecan encrusted mahi mahi with maple butter, and granny smith apple cobbler... not to mention we got 2 free appetizers because we had to wait for our reserved table (and the funny thing is, we weren't even upset, we just hung out at the bar then the manager was like "order some appetizers on the house!" so we were all "ok!").

I was at 1,000 cals before dinner so I'm sure I was at/around 2,500 by the time we left


but I don't regret it.. that was a great stress reliever and everything was delish

7/16/2010 9:37:07 AM

^how fruity were those martinis? I wouldn't be surprised if those were 250-300cal each.

Noticed some strength gains in pecs, biceps and triceps last night at the gym. They'd stagnated a little bit for a few weeks so I was happy to see improvements again!

[Edited on July 16, 2010 at 9:39 AM. Reason : k ]

7/16/2010 9:37:49 AM