TNCR Pandemic Weight Loss Challenge
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@loki said in TNCR Pandemic Weight Loss Challenge:
I’ve maintained a weight within 5 pounds either way for 40 years. I’ve had one size of clothes and could fit into anything I ever bought in that time horizon. I’m not bragging, because I certainly can’t say the same about a lot of things in my life. I’ve mentioned before I do weigh myself everyday and I believe that I make different choices when I see myself nearing 5 pounds at the upper limit.
OK make that two people.
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Re' snacking.
I'm a great believer in intermittent fasting. Not the whacko "600 calories for two days and then binge" stuff. I fast from 8PM until about noon the next day. That, and restricting carbs (<100 grams per day) was a 25 lb loss for me. It's easy and sustainable. My only cheat is my (cheap) Scotch after 8 PM, until about 9.
wrote on 28 Feb 2021, 02:26 last edited by@george-k said in TNCR Pandemic Weight Loss Challenge:
Re' snacking.
I'm a great believer in intermittent fasting. Not the whacko "600 calories for two days and then binge" stuff. I fast from 8PM until about noon the next day. That, and restricting carbs (<100 grams per day) was a 25 lb loss for me. It's easy and sustainable. My only cheat is my (cheap) Scotch after 8 PM, until about 9.
Did you do that every day or a few days here and a few days there? I think I can do that pretty easily. I’m not normally hungry in the morning, but eat just because I am told it’s important...
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wrote on 28 Feb 2021, 02:31 last edited by
As for the challenge, do we want to start Monday morning, March 1st?
M&M’s suggests a weigh in (you don’t have to post your weight if you don’t want to), measuring your waist (you don’t need to post again, but she recommends still measuring your waist because sometimes the victories aren’t in pounds but inches. Your weight might stay the same, but your clothes start getting a little looser...), and a picture
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wrote on 28 Feb 2021, 02:31 last edited by
For many years lunch was my first meal of the day.
I always had what my Dad called the soldier’s breakfast - cigarettes and coffee.
No way I could skip breakfast now. Especially given the amount of coffee I drink in the am.
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wrote on 28 Feb 2021, 02:33 last edited by
I’m in, by the way. I’ll use it as my motivation to exercise here. I’m just trying to move in a different direction.
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@george-k said in TNCR Pandemic Weight Loss Challenge:
Re' snacking.
I'm a great believer in intermittent fasting. Not the whacko "600 calories for two days and then binge" stuff. I fast from 8PM until about noon the next day. That, and restricting carbs (<100 grams per day) was a 25 lb loss for me. It's easy and sustainable. My only cheat is my (cheap) Scotch after 8 PM, until about 9.
Did you do that every day or a few days here and a few days there? I think I can do that pretty easily. I’m not normally hungry in the morning, but eat just because I am told it’s important...
wrote on 28 Feb 2021, 02:33 last edited by@lufins-dad said in TNCR Pandemic Weight Loss Challenge:
Did you do that every day or a few days here and a few days there? I think I can do that pretty easily. I’m not normally hungry in the morning, but eat just because I am told it’s important...
Every day. Every single day.
- Stop eating at 8 PM, start at noon the next day. That's 16 hours of fasting.
- Limit carbs to 150 grams (100 is better)
- Keep calories under 1800 per day.
Easy, peasy.
Go to YouTube and look up "Jason Fung" for intermittent fasting. He's a nephrologist, and he explains the physiology of fasting very clearly. You have to convince your body that you're starving, and its easy to do.
David Sinclair in his book "Lifespan" talks about the beneficial effects of "stressing" your body.
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@lufins-dad said in TNCR Pandemic Weight Loss Challenge:
Did you do that every day or a few days here and a few days there? I think I can do that pretty easily. I’m not normally hungry in the morning, but eat just because I am told it’s important...
Every day. Every single day.
- Stop eating at 8 PM, start at noon the next day. That's 16 hours of fasting.
- Limit carbs to 150 grams (100 is better)
- Keep calories under 1800 per day.
Easy, peasy.
Go to YouTube and look up "Jason Fung" for intermittent fasting. He's a nephrologist, and he explains the physiology of fasting very clearly. You have to convince your body that you're starving, and its easy to do.
David Sinclair in his book "Lifespan" talks about the beneficial effects of "stressing" your body.
wrote on 28 Feb 2021, 03:07 last edited by@george-k said in TNCR Pandemic Weight Loss Challenge:
Easy, peasy.
I guess. I do it differently but the same idea.
I eat first around 90 minutes, 2 hours after I wake up. Very light protein stuff: 2 eggs, one piece of toast. I have to do this, though. If I start feeling hungry in the morning, and I don't do anything about it, I'm worthless for the entire day. I've tried it, and I can't make skipping breakfast work for me. I also tried fruit instead of protein and it's the same result. So, I do what my body tells me.
From there I'm good until dinner. After dinner and at night, it's pu'erh tea instead of food.
I don't know what kind of strategy you would call that but it's working for me and I don't even want to cheat at it, so that's what I'm sticking with.
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wrote on 28 Feb 2021, 03:12 last edited by
I’m the same way, Aqua, I need protein for breakfast. If I just have cereal or a bagel it doesn’t hold off the hunger
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wrote on 28 Feb 2021, 03:51 last edited by
Like Jon, breakfast during my single days consisted of coffee and a cigarette. I wasn’t hungry till lunch.
My biggest challenge will be avoiding food after 8. For years I was stuck in a routine of nothing in the morning, a very light lunch, and a large dinner often very late (8:00).
My second biggest challenge will be beer. I like 1-2 beers a day... That’s not conducive to shrinking the waist.
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wrote on 28 Feb 2021, 05:01 last edited by
Isn't life shitty enough for you guys already?
I'm only joining in once cycling starts up.
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wrote on 28 Feb 2021, 12:33 last edited by Catseye3
@george-k said in TNCR Pandemic Weight Loss Challenge:
Go to YouTube and look up "Jason Fung" for intermittent fasting.
You can find tons of information on the Internet. Just google "intermittent fasting". There are also books on the subject, but unless you want to go deep, you don't need to read a whole book on the subject.
And you don't have to do 12-8. You can schedule any time that suits. If your body prefers 10-6, that's okay too.
Breakfast: It's a matter of retraining your body. It differs for everyone, but generally if you're not hungry in the morning it's because you ate either too late or too much (or both) the night before. You should wake up hungry.
For Jon: A carby breakfast doesn't hold you because carbs get digested fast. It rapidly shoots up your blood sugar and then dives it back down again, and bang, you're hungry. (Somebody once wrote that it even drops lower than it was before you ate. I don't know if that's true.) Protein with a small carb input will keep you full longer. Wanting to gain weight is another thing, though.
I have found the old adage to be useful: Breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, sup like a peasant.
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@george-k said in TNCR Pandemic Weight Loss Challenge:
Go to YouTube and look up "Jason Fung" for intermittent fasting.
You can find tons of information on the Internet. Just google "intermittent fasting". There are also books on the subject, but unless you want to go deep, you don't need to read a whole book on the subject.
And you don't have to do 12-8. You can schedule any time that suits. If your body prefers 10-6, that's okay too.
Breakfast: It's a matter of retraining your body. It differs for everyone, but generally if you're not hungry in the morning it's because you ate either too late or too much (or both) the night before. You should wake up hungry.
For Jon: A carby breakfast doesn't hold you because carbs get digested fast. It rapidly shoots up your blood sugar and then dives it back down again, and bang, you're hungry. (Somebody once wrote that it even drops lower than it was before you ate. I don't know if that's true.) Protein with a small carb input will keep you full longer. Wanting to gain weight is another thing, though.
I have found the old adage to be useful: Breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, sup like a peasant.
wrote on 28 Feb 2021, 12:40 last edited by@catseye3 said in TNCR Pandemic Weight Loss Challenge:
And you don't have to do 12-8. You can schedule any time that suits. If your body prefers 10-6, that's okay too.
George does 8 to 12. That’s 16 hours. Not 8.
It would be hard for me, honestly.
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@catseye3 said in TNCR Pandemic Weight Loss Challenge:
And you don't have to do 12-8. You can schedule any time that suits. If your body prefers 10-6, that's okay too.
George does 8 to 12. That’s 16 hours. Not 8.
It would be hard for me, honestly.
wrote on 28 Feb 2021, 12:44 last edited by Catseye3@jon-nyc said in TNCR Pandemic Weight Loss Challenge:
George does 8 to 12. That’s 16 hours. Not 8.
Oops, right!
Brain fog is getting really annoying.
ETA: No, wait. He fasts 8-12. That's what I was referring to.
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wrote on 28 Feb 2021, 12:50 last edited by jon-nyc
Right but you said 12-8 and offered 10-6 as an alternative. That’s only 8 hours. Probably everyone does that without trying.
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wrote on 28 Feb 2021, 12:57 last edited by
Damn it.
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wrote on 28 Feb 2021, 16:44 last edited by
I am enormously thin.
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wrote on 28 Feb 2021, 17:04 last edited by
I am the thinned fat man in the group. Or the fattest thin man... Can’t make up my mind. Think I’ll eat a Reese’s and cogitate on that for a bit.
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wrote on 28 Feb 2021, 18:06 last edited by
Ok, a weigh in tomorrow. With waist measurements. And I won’t be posting either. I’ll take some photos, but maybe post them after I’ve seen some progress - this is so depressing - I’m at my heaviest weight ever. And the older I get, the harder it is to get the weight off. I was that skinny kid and young adult who could eat anything, and so I never actually had to learn moderation.
I’ve dropped weight successfully before, but it goes back on when I quit paying attention to portion control - my biggest issue is that I eat for way more reasons than just being hungry! I do best when I start out counting calories (and actually using a kitchen scale). I don’t count everything - I don’t count the veggies (except for the potatoes).I am also someone who does better with protein (egg) and a small carb (half a whole grain English muffin, toasted but nothing added) for breakfast. We almost never eat out, and I cook from scratch - so processed foods aren’t a huge issue, but I do have a thing for sugar. I did really well earlier this month with no added sugar (I ate a piece of fruit when I was craving something sweet) but had issues with going over on the fat calories every day (because an apple is sometimes more satisfying with a spoonful of peanut butter
). I can’t drink alcohol any more (sadness) it triggers migraines more often than not, and so does dark chocolate (extra sadness).I am going for a pound loss a week, at least in the beginning. I figure it’s going to take a year to get back to where I’d like to be. I’m going to try for 20 minutes of elevated heart rate a day, to start - which shouldn’t be difficult for me, I’m in terrible shape! (Steve saw something in the AARP magazine about getting your heart into an elevated zone for 150 minutes a week). I don’t have high blood pressure yet, (I’ll be 62 this year) but both my parents do - and my dad had a knee replaced - and they both are having pretty big memory issues now - I need to get this weight off to try to hold those things off for me as long as possible. I cannot wait for spring (a few months away here) - its so much easier to get exercise when I’m out messing in the garden. I’m tired of the ice and snow!
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wrote on 28 Feb 2021, 18:09 last edited by
Even if someone doesn't want to post absolute #s, they can post progress in lbs and inches.
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wrote on 28 Feb 2021, 19:04 last edited by
I need to eat healthy. It’s a real challenge for me. It’s not that I consume lots of bad foods like pizza or ice cream or cookies or chips. I never noticed any beneficial impact in the past but I have to assume it makes a big difference go forward. Even a vascular study showed great blood flow.
So I would join showing progress on meeting certain food objectives. What would be real helpful is what fruits and vegetables I need to eat and when. Nothing fancy, whatever it takes to hit the quantity by day.
