Health and Fitness

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Mon Jun 18, 2018 10:33 am

Just got back from a week at the beach, and actually lost a pound. I ate whatever I wanted, including full fat real ice cream every night. The difference was that I actually wasn't stuck behind a desk all week - I swam, walked, and rode a bike all over the place. And tracked it all, which was hard to do on MFP - despite there being a new restaurant import feature that pulls menu items into their database.

Postby **Morkle** » Mon Jun 18, 2018 10:42 am

That's probably my one gripe about MFP - is that when you're looking for restaurant food, there are like 40 version that say the same thing because they've been entered so many times.

Postby **count2infinity** » Mon Jun 18, 2018 10:55 am

It was a tough weekend for my diet, but the good news is that my "bad days" now are pretty much what my best days were before I started all this. I got up close to 2500 calories on Saturday, but that's pretty close to my TDEE anyways. It was mostly alcohol. A single 5% beer is ~150 calories, so not too bad, but 5 of them in an afternoon/evening... now you're talking 750 calories. That's a whole meal.

I think now that I'm getting pretty close to maintenance mode (I'm at 207... ultimate goal is 200), I might just make weekends treat days and keep on track through the week. No way I can keep up the clip I'm at and be at 200 in a few weeks, so may as well enjoy the longer ride down.

I do want to get back to the gym here soon. I haven't been since my daughter was born. My wife is home all day with her, and by the time 5 o'clock rolls around, she's ready for a break and I don't blame her. Luckily my daughter is a little chunk, so I'm getting plenty of lifting done just by playing with her.

Postby **shafnutz05** » Mon Jun 18, 2018 12:05 pm

Luckily my daughter is a little chunk, so I'm getting plenty of lifting done just by playing with her.

Have you been tracking her calories?

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Mon Jun 18, 2018 12:13 pm

I learned a shot of Tito's vodka is 60 calories. Served with sparkling spring water, instead of tonic water, and you've got a refreshing and nominal calorie drink.

Postby **shafnutz05** » Mon Jun 18, 2018 12:26 pm

Vodka is definitely the most diet-friendly liquor out there.

Postby **count2infinity** » Mon Jun 18, 2018 1:16 pm

Luckily my daughter is a little chunk, so I'm getting plenty of lifting done just by playing with her.
Have you been tracking her calories?

That'd be interesting to try and figure out considering she's breastfed.

She's 10 weeks old and 13.5 pounds. Woof.

I learned a shot of Tito's vodka is 60 calories. Served with sparkling spring water, instead of tonic water, and you've got a refreshing and nominal calorie drink.

Clear alcohols are for rich women on diets.

Postby **skullman80** » Mon Jun 18, 2018 1:19 pm

I got almost back to 180 exactly this weekend. I put on 4lbs in water weight yesterday with all the cookout food I ate and cheesy potatoes and deserts.. it will fall back off by the end of the week. I was really active this past week too.. even more so than normal. Hit some personal records in the gym over the weekend. Feel bloated today, but will be good again in a couple days. The 6 pack is slowly coming through from all the work I've been putting in. I think anywhere from 180-185 or 186 will be my sweet spot.

Postby **Dickie Dunn** » Mon Jun 18, 2018 1:49 pm

Vodka is definitely the most diet-friendly liquor out there.

Unfortunately bourbon is far tastier.

Postby **DigitalGypsy66** » Mon Jun 18, 2018 2:43 pm

Vodka is definitely the most diet-friendly liquor out there.
Unfortunately bourbon is far tastier.

True.

Vodka is my summer drink, which lasts until my brother gets me my birthday bottle of Woodford or Elijah Craig in early November.

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Mon Jun 18, 2018 8:15 pm

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Postby **MR25** » Mon Jun 18, 2018 9:01 pm

Got my measurements in today. Been about a year and a half at the gym.

11 and a half pounds gained. Added at least an inch of muscle everywhere else (waist, legs, arms). Feels good to see progress.

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Mon Jun 18, 2018 10:28 pm

Cool man, way to get after it and stay with it...

Postby **count2infinity** » Tue Jun 19, 2018 6:37 pm

Went to the gym last night for the first time in about 2.5 months... the doms are real. Woof.

Postby **bhflyhigh** » Wed Jun 20, 2018 3:21 pm

I soon plan on starting to lift again after not lifting for the last couple of years. The knowledge that DOMS awaits me doesn't help hasten my starting date.

Postby **count2infinity** » Wed Jun 20, 2018 3:24 pm

Haha... I was talking to one of my coworkers who is a gym rat/super lifter. Imagine godric if godric was actually a pleasure to be around. I mentioned to him about getting back on the lifting game and how sore I was. He said "hey... if it's all in the muscle, then you know you're accomplishing something." I guess it's the old no pain, no gain adage.

Postby **dodint** » Fri Jun 22, 2018 11:09 am

Anyone have a smart scale they like and trust? Most of the reviews for the ones I want to buy end up saying that they love the features but the weight readings are regularly inaccurate. Kind of defeats the point.

Had to step on my scale three times today to get it to read what I thought was an accurate and duplicate reading. I think it's tired of my ****.

Postby **Morkle** » Fri Jun 22, 2018 11:33 am

Yea I just use a regular scale and enter manually. The smart wi-fi ones don't seem reliable.

Postby **dodint** » Fri Jun 22, 2018 11:40 am

My MFP account is sync'd to my Garmin account. There is a glitch where if you use a Garmin scale it will send the data to Garmin, then to MFP, and MFP will send it back to Garmin and strip out everything except the weight data (it captures BF% and other metrics). MFP used to sell their own scale through the UA brand but that one is discontinued as well.

Postby **MR25** » Fri Jun 22, 2018 11:45 am

I started using MFP yesterday to keep track of calorie count.

I feel like I ate a bunch and I was still like 690 calories short of my goal.

Postby **dodint** » Fri Jun 22, 2018 11:49 am

That's 1/3rd of my allotment.

Do you have your own goal or let the system set one for you?

Postby **MR25** » Fri Jun 22, 2018 11:55 am

I have a range my trainer gave me. When I input my weight and just set 200 even as a goal, MFP spit out a number within the range.

Postby **dodint** » Fri Jun 22, 2018 11:59 am

Interesting. I'd like to try that when I get to a maintenance level. My understanding is that as your weight changes your goal set by MFP will adjust accordingly. When I let them set the goal it always seems high so I stick my my 1900 cal/day to achieve a slow and steady reduction.

Postby **skullman80** » Fri Jun 22, 2018 12:29 pm

Interesting. I'd like to try that when I get to a maintenance level. My understanding is that as your weight changes your goal set by MFP will adjust accordingly. When I let them set the goal it always seems high so I stick my my 1900 cal/day to achieve a slow and steady reduction.

I think it adjusts automatically after every 10lbs. If you want it to adjust say at 5lbs lost you have to go in and do it manually. Set to say maintenance then set it back to lose 1/2 lb or whatever.

Postby **skullman80** » Fri Jun 22, 2018 12:30 pm

right now my maintenance at like 183 at 6ft even and 35 years old is like 2240 a day. Add in the exercise/activity I do eat 2500+ easily a day and not have to worry about gaining anything. It's nice.