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Day 2 of a planned 3 days of ‘no solid food’ fasting
This week was a bust 🥺 I am definitely ‘gaining weight’ this week and I expect to gain more when I resume eating solid food this weekend.
This week proves, yet again, losing weight ** for me ** is not achieved by **only** reducing calories. I need to keep my carbs and protein low, and-run. The weeks where I am able to do that I lose “net weight”, when I don’t… I don’t.
I record everything I eat every day and here are the reasons I don’t lose:
🌟 My metabolism slows down – No it is not ‘broken’ and no I can’t ‘control’ it. However, I can ‘influence’ it by exercise. Otherwise it is what it is. When I was obese I could burn a ton of calories simply by taking the stairs. Now, I have to run a 8 minute mile to get a decent calorie burn.
🌟 Water, water, water – Water has ‘weight’ but it has no calories. This is how I can take in 900 calories, expend 2000 calories and still gain weight. I did that multiple times this week.
I am no longer ‘obese’ and when people see me, they say I look ‘skinny’. My Omron body fat meter has me at 20% body fat. So, my desire to get down to 15% body fat requires me to ‘dig in a little harder’ than I did when I initially lost weight nearly a year ago.
My challenge is that ‘mentally’ there is only so much I am capable of doing. I can only fast a few days a month. I can only avoid pizza and hamburgers so many days a month. The biggest issue I have is that when I start to eat I ‘binge eat’.
This is where I look at my numbers and make a decision. Next week I need to actually stick to fasting on Monday and Tuesday and running each day. This is required for me to drop -net pounds- week over week.
😎 Life is Good! Have a great day everyone!
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@1982nodak - My 'no solid food fasts' seem to be the ONLY way I can 'manage' the 'binging'.
04 Apr 19 by member: adefwebserver
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Do what works for you!!!! Get it get it!
04 Apr 19 by member: moopie321
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When you gained weight, is it possible that the weight gain was from new muscle growth? Either way, it is awesome seeing people being conscious about their health! Good work!!!
07 Apr 19 by member: Rrileygk87
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@Rrileygk87 - Thanks! I may have gained 'some' muscle, however, I don't feel it has been 'significant'. For example, I do not think it comes out to even a single pound.
07 Apr 19 by member: adefwebserver
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My very basic and limited understanding is that your body will not put on muscle mass if you are in a caloric deficit. If you were only taking on 900 calories, and burning 2000, I think your body was in a caloric deficit and unable to build muscle mass. It seems kind of counterintuitive, that you need to eat a lot of calories, albeit from good Whole Foods, in order to burn fat and ultimately lose weight. You will need to go up before you go down, but when you go down it will be for the long term then you will be able to sustain it. If you can get your metabolism roaring by eating High calories, like 3600 per day, dialing your macronutrients, lifting heavy weights and limiting cardio, you will eventually be able to reduce your caloric intake by only about 500 calories dropping it to 3100 and watch Fat shred off your body. Fitness and health are like a snowball, that continue to build the more you put in, and if you start with a little it will gain quickly. I think counting your calories is a great part of that process. If you want to build Mass you need to be in a caloric Surplus, if you want to lose Mass you need to be in a caloric deficit. There are healthy and unhealthy ways to do both. Treat yourself well get plenty of sleep. Drink your water. Live your best life!
One pound of muscle Burns about 6.5 calories per hour. Muscles burn 5.5 more calories and fat tissues
08 Apr 19 by member: Rrileygk87
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@Rrileygk87 - Yeah you will want to look at my data gathered each day for the past year to see that there is no way I could consume even 2000 calories a day and not get fat :) Keep in mind I am 50 years old :)
08 Apr 19 by member: adefwebserver
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