chrisw77's Journal, 28 Jul 18

If you wanna dump some weight quickly and healthily, you'll need to have to dramatically increase your activity. It helps if you have a job that has you on your feet a lot too. Find tons of yard work or house cleaning to get your WHOLE life in order and not just the weight! 👍

I ran about an 800-1400 daily caloric deficit (while still eating 1200-1500 calories) and that sent my weight SCREAMING down (lost an average of .5#/day) without losing energy. There was no cardio involved and I only went to the gym a couple times in the period between mid April and early July. I was eating between 30-80g of carbs with some 100g+ spikes, so low carb would best describe the WOE at that time.

The body will adapt to the smaller portions, but I eased into it gradually to avoid the system shock.

But then switching directly into 200-350g+of carbs AND adding 1000-1500 calories a day at only a slightly higher activity level and I'm finally starting to add weight (according to the scale... I can't really SEE a difference) via adding a heavy weight lifting routine.

There's no fat gaining with adding the carbs I can say for certain. The scale weight will show a dramatic increase-then-drop cycle due to water and an extra day of bowel retention for the first couple weeks until stabilization. Even almost a month into it, and I'll still see peaks and dips on the scale, but it's predictable now.

Now, I'm just riding the wave again! 🤙

62.1 kg Lost so far: 9.5 kg.    Still to go: 0 kg.    Diet followed: Reasonably Well.

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2787 kcal

Fat: 96.96g | Prot: 165.89g | Carbs: 304.90g.   Breakfast: Zoi Vanilla Nonfat Greek Yogurt, Raspberries, Bananas, Optimum Nutrition Micronized Creatine Powder, Ground Beef (70% Lean / 30% Fat, Patty, Cooked, Pan-Broiled), Sunny Farms Jumbo Egg, Kroger Vitamin D Whole Milk. Lunch: General Mills Lucky Charms Cereal Bar (24g), Little Debbie Caramel Cookie Bars, Coffee (Brewed From Grounds), Nature's Best Perfect Low Carb Isopure Whey Protein Isolate - Dutch Chocolate, Kroger Vitamin D Whole Milk. Dinner: Kroger Deluxe Shells & Cheddar. Snacks/Other: Olly Restful Sleep Gummies. more...

2685 kcal

Exercise: Watching TV/Computer - 3 hours and 30 minutes, Walking (moderate) - 3/mph - 15 minutes, Driving - 2 hours, Sitting - 15 minutes, Bus Driving - 5 hours and 45 minutes, Resting - 4 hours and 30 minutes, Weight Training (Bodybuilding) - 30 minutes, Cooking - 15 minutes, Sleeping - 6 hours, Showering - 15 minutes, Standing - 30 minutes, Housework - 15 minutes. more...