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I’ve wanted hubby to use this app and diet for awhile.
Do I think he’s fat? No. Does he have extra fat? Yes, most people do. Do I want him healthy? Yes. Does he need to lose visceral fat? Yes. And that is my reason for wanting him here. I want him healthy and getting rid of some visceral fat is a good start. If he lost half of that he would look fit and trim on top of the added health benefits.
I was once told by my MIL that I was making my cancer everyone else’s disease. I didn’t believe it then. I find myself doing it now in the fact that I’m scared to lose anyone else. I want everyone healthy. Obesity has been linked to cancer. My oncologist said they are studying the effects of processed foods and their link to cancer. She wasn’t correct then but if she said the same today she probably would be correct.
The fact that my husband has gotten on board is huge for us. We can get healthy together through our diet and gym dates. I’ve been obsessive over my diet for a year and he’s been obsessive over his gym time. I’ve relaxed on the diet aspects somewhat and recently he has relaxed about working out. We have to skip some days due to severe storms, flooding and prior commitments. We’ve agreed to make up a missed day when possible. We just seem to be more in sync now. We seem to have similar goals and that thrills me. It gives me something to look forward to.
I won’t lie, it isn’t that easy handling two diets. I have to cook certain foods separately (things like pasta), weigh all foods for both of us and sometimes make basically three meals. Planning ahead helps. I can get in his basic calorie range. I can’t get anywhere near his protein however. 230-280g on a 2000-2500 kcal diet is super hard. I struggle most days to get 100g on 1500 kcal for me. While these things can be time consuming and stressful I do enjoy them. I’m taking care of my man and helping him to get healthy. For some reason I really love weighing out his food and making a log for him. I do it on mine, take a screen shot then text it to him when I take him food. When he’s home to eat I just write it all down. I like trying to figure out lunch and dinner combos in order for us both to stay in our calorie range and allow some leeway for snacks and added protein in the evening. Again, a bit hard with his protein needs especially when once again I’m getting really tired of meat.
Our budget is probably taking a big hit too. Protein bars, protein shakes, cottage cheese and yogurt for me. Propel water and creatine for both of us with the occasional beef jerky and he has his protein powder and other sups. Protein powder is high in calories too. His is 420 for 60g. Mine is 320 for 60g. Mine is twice the price of his though. I keep thinking that if we didn’t diet we would be taking the kids out to eat every weekend again. That runs $45-80 for fast food to chain restaurants around here for 5 of us with no appetizers. We eat out usually 1-2 times a month now rather than 4-6 times. I should really figure up the costs of both.
If pizza were higher protein and less calories for what I eat I’d be getting that weekly. Can’t beat a calzone, pizza and cheesy breadsticks for $25 that feeds all of us. Just can’t afford the 1000-1500 kcal per meal. I could but since I’m focusing on protein that means a 2500 kcal day the last time I tried to eat pizza and get 100-120g protein in.
Enough of my ramblings 😉. Just know that I’m super happy the hubby has joined me in dieting for health. Even though it means he’s already bragging about losing 10% of the weight he wants to lose in just 6 days. I told him I’ll happily remind him if his bragging when he stalls 😉🤪. I think it took me 6 weeks to lose 25% of what I wanted to lose. He should lose that in a couple weeks at the rate he’s going. He’s also one that lost fat while gaining muscle. He wasn’t tracking calories or anything either! He mentioned creatine helping and after CB posted a link on it I decided I’d give it a go. I’ll remember that when my weight goes up. Creatine is supposed to add a few pounds of water when starting out if understood correctly. Just want to keep it under 123 for now.
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1577 kcal
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Fat: 63.67g | Prot: 94.16g | Carbs: 159.56g.
Breakfast: Lay's Oven Baked Original (28g). Lunch: Great Value Vegetable Oil, Publix Red Bell Pepper, Egg, Great Value Sharp Cheddar Cheese, Jimmy Dean Premium Pork Sausage, Banyan Foods Egg Roll Wrappers. Dinner: Hiland 2% Lowfat Cottage Cheese, Kraft Fat Free Zesty Italian Dressing, Great Value Sharp Cheddar Cheese, Skinless Chicken Breast, Ground Beef (95% Lean / 5% Fat, Crumbles, Cooked, Pan-Browned), Ortega Taco Seasoning Mix. Snacks/Other: Fit Crunch Cinnamon Twist Baked Gluten Free, Ferrara Pan Jaw Busters. more...
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You didn't have a uti with that?
31 May 19 by member: Cb1006
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UTI, that's before, had 1 or 2 as any woman... I can tell you, pyelo it's horrible. And I had a child.
31 May 19 by member: velvetee
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Oh wow. All these comments. Bear with me plz lol. @Chris thanks! I’ll look it up. @princess, I can do hear you saying that to him lol. Did you do the raised eyebrow too? Sounds like hubby and I. @Diablo, thanks. 130-180? I keep reading I need .8-1.0 protein per pound of BW per day to build muscle reliably so it doesn’t break down and eat itself basically. 0.7/#BW/day to maintain muscle in a cut. Maybe I have that backward. @Keilin it sure is nice! Some days it’s irritating but it’s the newlywed phase of dieting lol. @Becca thanks, you are so sweet. Read newlywed comment above 😉. I’ve hinted and prodded for over a year. This is so much healthier than his two medifast diets. He finally started supporting me a couple months ago by weighing and writing down most of what he put in my food. Least I can do is help him get started. (I’ve also told him I could log the little things like lettuce or he can just forget it. He’s not accurate, but he’s close and at a large deficit so will be okay. I’m surprisingly not stressed and anal about him not logging perfectly.)
31 May 19 by member: peeperjj
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@immort, that’s great! Yoga is something I don’t care for but really should do more of. My balance sucks lol. I took a mini class and use the few poses I learned to stretch when I’m tense. @Tom thanks. Perhaps you and your wife could start working out together. I do have to say three times a week can be a hassle when it’s easier some days to just fit it in when you can. The time together is worth it. Almost like a date night (2 hours for us because of the half hour drive each way) without the expense and excess calories of a meal out. @DB that is the best thing is becoming aware of the foods we eat, our activities and how it effects us. It sounds like he’s slowly coming around. Over more than a year I started making one ‘diet’ meal per week. If the family complained I made it two a week. Things like fajitas or taco salad using lean meat. Meals we had before occasionally but they thought ‘diet’ and balked. Now my 13 yo occasionally asks for a lighter calorie meal when she’s noticed she has gained a bit or realizes she’s had a few too many snacks. Your hubby may just need to take it slower. Any progress is good though. Good job helping him start the process to become healthier!
31 May 19 by member: peeperjj
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@bella yes it is! I feel more “connected” to him now. @draglist yes he does thanks. @love2educate it is! So happy for you and your wife! I find that just having hubby their pushes me. I want to give up but I can’t because I want him to be proud of me just as I’m proud of him 😉. Great motivator. I couldn’t have turned down pineapple upside down cake either! I can stop at a nice 3”x3” piece but if it’s there I WILL have one. @Chris, he will bail lol. Well maybe. It all depends on if he finds it enjoyable to log and meal plan. Or let’s me do it for him 😉. I don’t see him logging long term but I do see him making better choices and understanding why I go through so much effort with my diet after logging for a few weeks/months. I may have to go down on protein. Some days it’s a real challenge to get 80g and I’m 120#. Since doing my best to stay 100g average over a weeks time I have noticed a weight gain. No clue how much is fat and how much is muscle though. Those scans will help me know that later on.
31 May 19 by member: peeperjj
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@CB so at 120 I should have 76-98g then. That’s way easier to do if I can have a 120g day then a 60g day lol. I’ll try to find time to look at that article thanks! @chris, protein fills me up and half the time keeps me full. However I just ate a chicken breast, pickles and cottage cheese. Finished 30 minutes ago and the belly is rumbling again. Carbs tend to keep me full longer but I don’t fill up as fast. The problem is I love them so darn much that my taste buds constantly want more. The taste buds aren’t liking meat near as much as they used to lol. @velvetee I don’t think the protein will hurt me. Thanks to Chris I’m off of soda and drinking propel water and some iced tea. My kidneys did have issues during treatments but the last two years my lab work shows they are fine. I go back again next month so I’ll pay attention to the kidney numbers. I do workout 3x per week lifting weights that are moderately heavy or really heavy (machines) for 45 minutes each day. My breaks consist of 3 stops to drink water and walking to the next machine. Hubby and I alternate machines so we are always on one except for triceps, leg press and the delt machine. Those we each do a set and wait on the other. That’s usually when I drink my water.
31 May 19 by member: peeperjj
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@velvetee as for my diet. I do believe it’s a lifestyle however when I think of it as dieting it reminds me to constantly be aware of what I’m eating. Then there’s the added benefit that if I tell family I’m dieting they are more supportive. If I say I’ve changed the way I eat some don’t understand and try to change my mind or tell em what I always did was ‘good enough’. Diet suggests short term for most. For those that ask, I tell them I plan to diet for the rest of my life. And I actually do. I dropped weight, I maintained and now I’m gaining muscle, or trying to lol. When I reach a certain point I’ll maintain for a couple weeks then drop some fat again and start over. I hate change mostly but in this I NEED to keep changing it. Otherwise I’ll get complaint (is that the right word?) and start mindless eating again or grabbing a candy bar every single day rather than the few days it fits in my calories. Plus I love numbers and finding out things about myself. I can do that and get healthier at the same time. Also, I’m a sugar addict and I’m okay with it 👌. Fake sugars help me avoid too many real sugars. Protein bars trick my mind into believeing I’ve had a candy bar. I will look up isolates. Thanks for sharing!
31 May 19 by member: peeperjj
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If I missed anyone I’m sorry!
31 May 19 by member: peeperjj
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Protein recommendations is for lean body weight or goal lean body weight. So .8 per pound of lean weight shouldn't be above 230 unless you're 250 pounds with abs. More won't hurt, but you don't have to go out of your way to go that high. In 2012 I got into great shape maintaining my strength on an average of 90 grams per day with the majority coming from pizza.
31 May 19 by member: -Diablo
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Ok so my end goal is 125# with 18-20% BF so 100# of LBW. That’s 80g. So you are saying to have have 80g and be good on building muscle? Hubby wants 220, 15% BF or less so 187ish LBW. That’s 150g for him. That seems like very little. If I understand this correctly I can have less chicken and grab some ramen lol. Man I’ve been craving a block of ramen. And pizza which I hope to eat tonight since the kiddo is having a sleepover. Thanks D! 😁
31 May 19 by member: peeperjj
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The problem is, no one knows their true lean body weight. Why would you go off a # that you have no idea what it is? Even a dexa or other test isn't 100% accurate. Might as well go off a number you know for sure..
31 May 19 by member: Cb1006
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It's fine for her. She is pretty lean. For others, not so much.
31 May 19 by member: -Diablo
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You can guesstimate and be much closer than going with your body weight at 35% bf for example. I'm talking more about her hubby, unless he is Cutler, 230+ is unnecessary.
31 May 19 by member: -Diablo
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Supposedly there is a hydrostatic weight chamber a couple hours from me. For $50 they’ll put me in the thing and it supposedly is off by no more than 1.5%. I would just add a bit more protein than needed based on the number I would get there. However I’m terrified of water. I sink rather than float lol. I’m not sure I could hold my break and hold still for 1-2 minutes. If they strapped me in I’d probably freak out. I’d rather be locked in a dark closet on a low chair knowing there were numerous spiders and a snake in with me rather than be strapped under water lol. I don’t care for spiders and the only good snake is a dead one or one I never see (if it helps eat mice and things). But for $50 I might be willing tot eh if it truly is that accurate. I’m finding that calipers aren’t that accurate. That or I gain and lose from different areas constantly. Probably just don’t know what I’m doing lol. Plus, tmi here, with implants and no fat I’d like a true number with some sort of scan. I don’t know if the scales determine its fat or muscle as they are gel and not saline. I’m guessing fat. They are about 4#. So when I freak about weighing more I remind myself my true weight of my body is 4# lighter lol. Chopped off my hair once and lost like 2#. So once it’s long again I’ll have to consider that I’ll weigh 2# more for my long thick hair again :). Sry got off subject there.
31 May 19 by member: peeperjj
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Hubby changed his goals and is happy to know he doesn’t have to aim for 230+g. He can do 150 easily and 190 is close to what he normally gets with his protein shake added or just double up on meat at lunch when he can. He travels and eats out often. Sometimes he has little choice on where he eats or what he can order. That’s why I do my best to prepare high protein meals at home.
31 May 19 by member: peeperjj
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Helping a spouse to be healthy is love. Good for u!
01 Jun 19 by member: justdoit!
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01 Jun 19 by member: peeperjj
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