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This might be my last post for a while. This is ridiculous. I was 73kg 5 days ago. Just a little bit of extra eating and in 5 days you can gain 3.6kg. Nothing excessive either. Makes me think the body cant even sustain the low weight that we all individually strive for.
The problem is we all purposely reduce calories every day for weeks on end. Everybody tells you to do it. A dietician gave me an eating plan for 1100 cals daily. The problem? Revert back to 2000 cals for a few days and the weight comes straight back. I will be back to 81kg by Easter easy.
You cant starve yourself forever without getting hungry. When you give into that hunger, bang, you'll pay for it. Its a bad model.
So what I have learned for myself? Eat for health. Exercise for health. Forget about 'weight loss'. I cant exercise 3 hours a day just to try to maintain an artificial weight. What then? Exercise for 4 hours? I can exercise on weekends only, and thats it.
I've also learned a lot about sugar, and all carbs, and cholesterol markers. They will be the numbers I chase for a while.
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76.6 kg
Lost so far: 6.1 kg.
Still to go: 3.6 kg.
Diet followed: Reasonably Well.
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1431 kcal
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Fat: 99.67g | Prot: 97.36g | Carbs: 39.70g.
Lunch: Cucumber (with Peel), Baby Spinach, Avocados, Cherry Tomatoes, Capsicum, Woolworths Beef Mince - Lean, Praise Praise Caesar Dressing, Woolworths Select Extra Tasty Cheese. Dinner: Red Table Wine, Olive Oil, Garlic, Ginger, Capsicum, Chinese Cabbage (Bok-Choy, Pak-Choi), Baby Spinach, Woolworths Beef Stir-Fry Heart Smart. Snacks/Other: Woolworths Select Light Thickened Cream, So Good Almond Coconut Milk Unsweetened, True Protein Premium WPI Rich Chocolate, Woolworths Peanuts, Woolworths Select Pepitas. more...
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1986 kcal
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Exercise:
Walking - Work - 1 hour, Resting - 15 hours, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...
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Gaining 3.5 kg a Week
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I’m sorry you are getting disgruntled, yes research is very important, read, read, read as much as you can. I don’t believe in fasting, I eat when I’m hungry. Are you in the Brisbane area?
20 Mar 18 by member: Miss-Tammie
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NSW here Tammie. Its just the reality for me. Reduce calories for a few weeks/months just means starving yourself and reducing metabolisim, but everything reverts back to the mean in the end. In the end you get hungry.
Stabalising blood sugar , and therefore insulin response, is one peice of the puzzle
20 Mar 18 by member: stephensmith
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Fair enough, I on 1600-2000 calories a day depending on how active I am. I hope you get it sorted 😊
21 Mar 18 by member: Miss-Tammie
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Hey Stephensmith, have you ever tried starting from 2000 and then slowly work your way down by like 50 calories every day or 2 until your body gets comfortable with a set calorie? I’ve had a few friends go by this and very rarely do they put weight back on...just an idea ☺️
21 Mar 18 by member: sarahdullahide
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The same thing happened to me I only atean apple a day and I gained so much weight
21 Mar 18 by member: Emma Rae Loader
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I started the 5:2 diet in October, and have just today reached my goal weight of 10kg off. I never thought I would last this one out so can't believe it has happened. I didn't stick to it strictly, so has gone up and down, but it's so flexible, it works. Basically you stick to the amount of calories needed for basic metabolic rate (1300 for me) for 5 days of the week, then 2 fast days of up to 500 cals. You pick any two days that work for you, not consecutive. I can send you a link if you like.
21 Mar 18 by member: J J Brown
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Hi Sarah, yep that sounds like a very sensible plan. I know fasting can work, I just don't see it as a long term approach, as what happens when the hunger gets the better of you?
I just have to plod along and try to get the better of my cravings
21 Mar 18 by member: stephensmith
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Yeah of course. I’m horrible at snacking too, it’s just about finding the good ones. ☺️
21 Mar 18 by member: sarahdullahide
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You should in effect be eating more food not less. better foods low in refined sugars and bad fats.
every body is different, some respond better to to higher carbs others a higher fat percentage (important to have good fats n good carbs). eat smaller meals more frequently this will help boost metabolism, if done right you will be hungry as your metabolism will be cranking, then just eat every 1-2 hours just small portions. it takes time for your stomach to get used to smaller quantities but when you do you will be burning more, have a higher metabolism etc.
lifestyle changes are hard, if you can hold out for just 60-90 days it will formulate a habit which will make it much more effortless.
21 Mar 18 by member: edzz83
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Oh and good luck. my advice is pretty general but I hope it helps a little. also. my fat secret app is actually wrong on caloric reduction which is likely why your hungry all the time. take your base rate. then don't forget to add your exercise for the day then minus no more than 10%. the fat secret calculator on the app does not take into account your exercise so it's important to remember overall done go less than 10% of your required daily. You can meet it a few days and give yourself one cheat day (eat what you want just don't go stupid). this will help kill cravings for certain bad foods
21 Mar 18 by member: edzz83
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also.... one final thing. weight averages are important. 3.6kg in 5 days is alot. it would be irregular to gain that much weight for anyone in that short amount of time. a vast portion of what you are seeing would likely be water weight.
a few tips.
weight yourself twice a week. always at the same time (I do it first thing in the mornings just after gym as they have good scales there). weight yourself 2 or 3 times and take the average. do this a couple times a week.
try not to be disheatened. treat it as a record and keep doing what your doing.
My first two weeks at gym and diet I gained 1kg. this week I'm down. 2.
there's plenty of methods you can use for weight loss. keep at it and focus on health!
21 Mar 18 by member: edzz83
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1100 kCal is pretty nuts unless you have a medically licensed doctor advising this for you due to obesity. At ~75kg I doubt a doctor is going to do that.
Work out what what your TDEE is, how much exercise you're doing. A 20% deficit is on the far end of what's healthy - it's not usually advised to go below that or you'll lose muscle and your metabolism will stall.
Lift weights & eat sensibly and it's possible add muscle, increase metabolism & lower body fat % all at the same time even if the scales say you're putting on weight.
24 Mar 18 by member: scottmeup
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Hi Scott,
I reckon 1800 cals is about right for me. That lets me have 3 x 500/600cal meals in 8 hr window. Getting back into this week, making a point of eating healthy over the Easter weekend, and back into the gym
25 Mar 18 by member: stephensmith
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fasting works in a way to practice self control and over time suppresses your hunger and shrinks your stomach in the process. No one needs 3 meals a day unless you move around a lot or do extensive exercises which you need the extra calories for.
02 Apr 18 by member: ximly
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