Quick question. Been doing boneless skinless chicken thighs for meal prep. I’ve been weighing it before I cook it and after. I used the same calories and protein essentially just different weight when calculating calories. 1000g of chicken with 200 g of protein before cooking is 750 grams of cooked chicken with 200g of protein still right? also got down to 171 at some point this week been doing well with calorie counting and working out. Ready to see it start to progress a bit more.
I’d just measure everything pre cook. Don’t get into the minutiae of figuring out what cooked off. Consistency is key.
Week 0: 329.6 Week 1: 325.6 (-4.0) Week 2: 322.0 (-3.6) Week 3: 319.4 (-2.6) Week 4: 314.8 (-4.6) Week 5: 316.6 (+1.8) Total: -13 Super Bowl feast kicked my ass, back to it this week
How accepting understanding does this thread like to be wrt people missing weigh-ins and being eliminated? We have two users who haven't posted ITT since their initial weigh-ins. I'd like to get some consensus before eliminating them.
Doesn’t matter. If they’re not weighing in and engaging with the thread, the likelihood of them getting a paid finishing spot is low.
I havent been in this thread much since im updating the spreadsheet with my weight each week. I kinda miss participating in the discussion here though.
So I check into my hotel tonight (it happens to be my birthday) and this is in my room. Kind of feel guilty to not eat any but I had the willpower not to touch it
Making some really nice gains counting calories but I'm blowing it out today. Already had 2 heart shaped Reese's and will be having mashed potatoes and Gouda/bacon Mac n cheese as sides tonight along with some wine and maybe scotch, so I'll be playing catch-up for the next week. Also bought a new scale and it's weighing me about 2 lbs less than older scale. Put some weights on them and the older scale is definitely off so I edited my initial weight from 234 to 232.
Initial- 178.4 Week 1- 176.8 Week 2- 175.2 Week 3- 174.2 Week 4- 174.5 Week 5- 174.4 I need to get off the weekend mickeys
Been pretty stagnant. Going to go hard on the diet till the end of Feb to see if I can jump start a bit.
251.2 this week. Just got back from vacation. Absolutely destroyed my back - had a small pull in the gym Thursday but it's gotten significantly work each day. Hopefully can do some Peloton this week.
226 this week. Down a pound. The 220’s are always hard for me. Progress is progress! Keep it up everyone.
Just wrapped up a 48hr fast. Bottomed out at 215.2. Had dinner, followed by explosive diarrhea, so it was a likely near net 0 meal, as far as weight gain.
Been crushing some grilled chicken wraps on keto tortillas. Lettuce, tomato, sour cream, hot sauce and banana peppers
Nice! When I trained for mine a few years ago I used swimplan.com. It has some good training drills to help with form and for me it cut off tons of time. Which half IM are you doing?
Thanks, man. It’s in Long Island, NY on September 23rd I believe. I have done a few half marathons in sub-2 hours. I have a peloton that I’m using for my bike training and the rec center for my swims. I’ll use Lake Erie once it warms up because open water will be the great variable. Which portion did you find most challenging?
I've thought about trying a 36 hr fast. Maybe push it to 48 depending how a feel. Something like Friday to Sunday. Weighed 218.4 (I think) on Friday. Gained weight again. Probably due to eating pizza and drinking beers on valentines day
I had 2 hazies and 2 BA stouts last night. First booze in almost 6 weeks. Also ate a ton of garbage from 9-11pm. Up 4lbs from this time yesterday.
You’ll drop that junk weight in a day or two if you get right back on track. Just don’t let one slip up snowball.
I had my 3rd or 4th day of the year where I ate junk- chips and candy. I also had a couple glasses of wine. I’m sure I’m up a few pounds from yesterdays weigh in, but I’m getting right back on track today. Pretty sure I’ve already shit out 2.5 pounds this morning.
I’m not worried about it. I’m trying to do this with moderation, not crash and burn. I have surgery in the second week of March which will effectively end my participation, but I want to lose a pound or two each week until then.
For me it was the bike, I grew up with a pool in south Florida so swimming is super natural and I'm fast in the water. I really trained my running because it's where I thought I would be weakest. In my HIM we had 18MPH winds coming off the coast so the bike out was super easy, but coming back was BRUTAL. and they were being super strict about drafting.
Somehow got ahead by a week in the spreadsheet, so just updating this week's weight where I already had a number. Only changed by 1lb anyway Week 0 - 231.8 Week 1 - 228.0 Week 2 - 225.0 week 3 - 220.6 Week 4 - 220.0 Week 5 - 217.8 Week 6 - 215
Wow, I lost another 2.5lbs! I had paused my diet attempt and been focusing on my running/cycling and tennis the last 2 weeks. The lost weight has made running so much easier and I actually won my first 2 tennis matches the last 2 weeks!
Week 1 (1/9) - N/A Week 2 (1/17) - N/A Week 3 (1/23) - N/A Week 4 (1/30) - 448.2 Week 5 (2/6) - 448.0 Week 6 (2/13) - 445.2 Week 7 (2/20) - 429.6 Wasn’t drinking enough water. Started drinking over a gallon a day
Week 1 (1/9) - 271.2 Week 2 (1/17) - 269.2 Week 3 (1/23) - 266.0 Week 4 (1/30) - 263.9 Week 5 (2/6) - 262.0 Week 6 (2/13) - 261.1 Week 7 (2/20) - 264.3 Not great, Bob. But it was necessary to let loose for a weekend.
Had a few slip-ups around the Super Bowl and the week after, trying to get back on track now, sweets are my weakness.
Did well for like first 2-3 weeks of January but fell back into old bad habits. Have a baby that's not sleeping and it's just been super hard for me to get anything consistent going. I'm all or nothing so if I get knocked off my schedule I just say fuck it, terrible habit and I'm working on it. She's finally doing a little better though so feeling like I can get back at it. Still not exercising like I want to but at least have the diet dialed back in and not drinking any alcohol during the week.
Having trouble with the sheet. Went backwards after a weekend of stress eating/junk food snacking. =\ 216.6
Trying to update the weigh in sheet and I'm getting an access denied message. Never had this problem before. Not sure what I'm doing wrong...