>Track your calories and macros with MyFitnessPal or Cronometer. Works best on smartphones myfitnesspal.com (better for packaged food) cronometer.com (better for generic food/tracking micronutrients)
DO >count calories, all of them. >calculate your TDEE at sedentary. It will save you a whole meal's worth of calories. >buy scales, be accurate in your measurements. autistically accurate. >learn how to cook and start cooking your own healthy meals. lean protein and green vegetables. >develop sustainable healthy lifestyle habits >eat a lot of protein (1g per lb of goal body weight) >cardio. learn to love walking. >start lifting weights! fatties have the advantage that they can build muscle while cutting, especially as complete beginners! >post your height/weight/screenshot of MFP/Cronometer food log when asking for advice
DON'T >eat refined sugars, they're terrible for you regardless of calorie count >eat processed foods, or at least try to avoid if possible >drink your calories. alcohol, soda, hot chocolate, fancy starbucks shit. forget it. >be a retard
I ate four chocolates last night for a total of 260 calories. I have nine left so I'm probably going to eat 4 or 5 more after dinner. I didn't buy them but I'm not going to waste them.
Gavin Miller
OP of the other thread said to use this one.
Ian Wood
Reposting in new thread: Have you guys ever thought about doing DietBet? Not to try to make money, but just to make things a bit more tangible. Basically, everyone puts $X (varies per game) into a pot, then you have a month to lose 4% of your weight. Photo weigh-ins required so that nobody can cheat.
Kevin Parker
>Be me (Of course haha) >Go do Upper day THORSday >Also Valentines day >Qt gym thot isn't there today. >She probably has someone already >Reps 10% down >feels bad man >Realize she doesn't work out Thursdays lol >Reps back to normal.
I also cleared 1pl8 OHP today. Could use better form tho.
lads i feel pretty constantly tired behind the eyes while dietting. compared to body tired, i.e. i can workout forever, i just feel like sleeping all the time
will this go away? i can handle it
will eating at maintenance when the diets over make my energy come back? i dont want this forever but i dont want to rely on over-eating to feel energetic
Dominic Taylor
Anyone wanna vent?
I feel like shit about my body and the reality if how fucking fat I am is really starting to set in. I always knew I was chubby but god damn I really am noticing how fucking fat I've become. Please tell me you guys had this moment to and what you did.
I figured out my TDEE and then measured the correct amounts of food to get under my TDEE and now im losing weight consistently.
Challenges/hurdles:
>Refusing food from family and friends >Not having a cheat day (leads to cheat days, leads to reversal) >Knowing what I will be eating tomorrow so there's no doubts in my mind about what is allowed and what isn't. >Knowing what I will eat today because I knew what I'd eat tomorrow, yesterday.
Colton Richardson
When I realized I was having trouble putting on my socks because my gut was in the way. I've lost 64 pounds since then and am safely normal weight. Took a year and a half but now I'm going for abs for the first time in my life.
Robert Morris
Do you know any good calculators? I've gotten different ranges from all of them. My activity also changes alot so I'm never sure what to put. Good tips though abiut planning.
Congrats user, we can all make it. Got any tips you'd share that you wish you realized when you first started?
Works for me. Set it at 0 activity. It's better to underestimate your TDEE rather than overestimate it (when trying to lose weight).
Just ensure you get enough protein in so that you're not losing muscle. Lose fat.
Jordan Stewart
Quit drinking. I got down to 192 and bounced back up to 218 because I was still drinking 3 nights a week. That's why it took a year and a half compared to the 44 pounds I've lost since October when I quit drinking. It was my main gains goblin.
Zachary Ramirez
What's the point of TDEE when BMR exists?
Justin Brown
Correction I lost 46 pounds since October. Basic mathematics is hard for a brainlet like me.
Jose Collins
You can always do BMR and then calculate your exercise. That will be slightly more precise but in the end calculating exercise is all ballpark figures.
James Clark
Does anyone want motivation?
William Wilson
I needed that at first but now I've got discipline.
Hunter Hall
I just don't even see the point in subtracting for exercise unless you're out working in the fields all day and then lifting afterwards
Caleb Flores
I don't think I can do it Jow Forums. I'm just going to be fat forever. I lost some weight (15lbs), then gained it back. Lost my manual labour job and lost muscle. Gained back my weight, then lost a little (4lbs) Only to gain it back with one bad weekend. I can't do it.
And it's not like I have a good enviroment either. Part of what helps you lose weight is building a good enviroment to lose it in. But I can't. I love with fat parents, and a gains goblin of a brother. So I can't even win there.
I'm fat and alone. I couldn't even ask out the girl who I hav a crush on (and is fat as well), who is playing Vidya and getting drunk alone tonight because she's alone.
It's over Jow Forums. Death no longer feels like an obstacle
Some people can eat next to nothing and be fine. Other people need to tailor their eating habits to their activity level otherwise they'll not get enough and lead to them going off the wagon. It just depends on what works for you. In the end you want to be sustainably at a healthy weight no matter the time.
Samuel Adams
>25% bf on Monday >Check it today because I feel I've made no progress and have plateaued >24.6%, all of half a kilo of bodyfat down I want to switch to a caliper method of measuring bf, but I'm fairly sure I'm too fat for that. Still operating on rolls of fat. I'm going to give it a try anyway.
Nothing to confess. I saw an ad for wendy's doordash and came really close to ordering a baconator. The only thing that stopped me was getting sidetracked by something else. Now I'm thinking clearly again and defrosting my chicken for tonight. I haven't had a burger in ages. Last year sometime in the summer, July maybe.
Brandon Harris
Based trips, here you go. 5'7 225>160. Still got a little left to go. Started last October
>haven't had French fries in two months >decide to have some as part of my CICO today >they're like the most delicious thing I've ever tasted Fuck, I was almost hoping that I wouldn't miss them at all.
Julian Campbell
Don't start when you turn 21. Occasionally having a few drinks is fine but getting drunk 3 nights a week is terrible. Makes you feel like absolute dogshit for the only reason being you feel kind of good for a few hours which you mostly won't remember very well. To put it in context I was drinking 42 beers a week. That's 4620 calories in just beer a week I was gaining a pound and a third just in beer calories a week and I did it for years. Don't make my mistake.
Jason Thomas
Im about 6'0 and 230 and it says my tdee is 2765 calories even with 0 activity which I guess is nice as I get wiggle room. It seems off though and I never thought It'd be over 2500 at most
I'm afraid of fucking up the group dynamic we have rn. If I ask her out and I'm wrong, I might lose these people. I don't need that
Brody Robinson
Don't ask her out on Valentine's Day. You'll look desperate. Wait a week and then ask her out but I'm going to call you a pussy if you don't ask her out in a week.
Jayden Ortiz
Whoops meant
Joshua Harris
Guys I'm losing 1-2 lbs a week down to 183.6 from 205. I'm getting frustrated that I'm not losing weight faster. I know I'm losing weight at a decent pace but goddamnit I want it to go down faster.
Jacob Allen
You lose everything by never taking the risk. Fortune favors the bold.
Tyler Adams
1-2 pounds a week is a pretty good pace. Be patient. These things take time.
Kayden Powell
Let’s fucking do this bros
Landon Bennett
I ate around 1500-1800 for the first half and dropped it to 900-1200 and despite what people say, it didnt have any noticable effects on me. Still went to the gym and walked 2 miles everyday on those calories, did fine. I also literally drank 0 calories. I've always liked water anyway so it wasn't hard, only calories I'd drink were the quarter cups of milk I would have in my cereal, so I guess not literally 0.
However I'm extremely depressed so it's a lot easier for me to eat low calories than it might be for other people.
Damn looks like you gained weight on that diet my dude.
Nathan Smith
Hi guys, doctor just told me I'm obese now, wat do? Also kinda busy running the country into the ground, it's a fulltime job, got to be something easy. Make me great again!
overate today gonna try my hardest to eat nothing tommorow
Luis Nguyen
looking good dude
Elijah Long
Wall building is great exercise sir
Lincoln Nelson
>on OMAD >feeling fine throughout the morning >actually eat the meal >feel sick and nauseous, hungry Should move the meal to like 6-7pm instead of midday, huh.
Mildly related, every bricklayer and cementer I've known has had a fucked-up back.
Cooper Powell
Because they're retards Just a heads up Remember the group stretch in the morning isn't just for show, it's to burn time, get yourself warmed up, and get loose. Also, lift with your legs etc etc
Leo Butler
>tfw live in Southern Louisiana I swear this place has to be the worst place to be if you want to lose weight.
There is good but very fatty food everywhere you look. Mardi Gras is soon and I can't just go through Mardi Gras and not eat some King Cake and drink. Not to mention is fucking Crawfish season right now too.
>feel sick and nauseous how much protein in that meal? like a lot with not much fat/carb? cause that'll make your tummy hurt. also, there isnt much you can do about feeling more hungry after, moving it later wont help.
ate chocolate fried chicken cookies and a biscuit this morning lmfao. didn't eat lunch or dinner to compensate
Isaiah Mitchell
>chocolate fried chicken cookies what did they taste like?
Isaiah Martinez
>Haven't had shit for chocolate in weeks >Get small box of chocolates from family >Eat one put box away >Check box, 2 is a serving, not bad eat another >Put box down >Look at box >Chocolates are gone I fucking hate Russel stover Yeah I know it's ultimately up to me to stop eating, that's not the hard part when I don't keep sweets around me on the regular but the fucking mouth thing that goes on where you just want to keep eating from the shit they put in them is what pisses me off.
Isaac Morris
The weirdest thing for me is that, 3 years ago I was like 75kg (5'9). Even at that point I felt fat as fuck. I had love handles, I was still conscious of my man tits but I don't get it because I feel the same size. I look in the mirror now being 88kg or so, and I feel like I look no different. I feel fatter, if that makes sense, and my face is a bit fatter, but that's all I feel. I wish I had photos of my body back then so I could remember what I actually looked like, because I don't think I worry about my weight as much as I should, and so when I do try lose weight, it's always half ass attempts cuz I "look" the same.
Elijah Morris
chocolate fried chicken cookies
Aiden Collins
I used to be able to do sit-ups endlessly, now I can't do them without extreme back pain. I hate it.
Parker Ross
>reached healthy weight last August >lost all motivation, barely managed to eat maintenance since then >disgustingly overeat this last two weeks I'm scared I'm gonna gain all the weight back, I have no idea how to get motivated again
Bentley Evans
It’s the chocolate holiday and I haven’t had a single piece! It’s been a while since I’ve felt so proud
Gavin Collins
Finished off a pack of digestive biscuits in two days
Anthony Edwards
>Reached below 170lbs last week >Am 6,0ft >Went up to 173lbs a couple of days ago FUCK. I'VE BEEN STUCK AROUND THIS WEIGHT FOR TWO FUCKING MONTHS. I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE 160 BY THE END OF MARCH. FUCK MY SHITTY BODY WITH POOR METABOLISM AND FUCK ME. I USED TO DROP 10 POUNDS A MONTH LIKE NOTHING. NOW I CAN BARLEY LOSE 4 POUNDS A MONTH THESE DAYS.
How long did it take for my fellow /fat/ties to get used to sports again? This is my third day of pretty massive leg pains although they'recertainly feeling better than before.
Parker Rogers
holy fuck iceberg lettuce tastes like shit by itself it tricks you by being in salads and burgers but if you try and eat that shit to replace hunger youre gonna have a bad time
nasty shit
Austin Scott
I love that savoury shit. I cut it all out, though, just to lower daily intake by just that little bit more.
Ryan Cook
it just tastes like water
Easton Gray
weight yourself every morning and log whether youre going up
fast if you are, or count calories
shit aint rocket science. see how many brainlets are fit? if brainlets can do it anyone can
Kevin Peterson
uh probably just water weight bro. u sound like a pussy making excuses gtfo with your "poor metabolism" ass
Jaxson Price
What the fuck is that gif
Brandon Hall
It's from a Suicide Squad parody youtube thing.
Alexander Cruz
It's amazing how being fat just absolutely WRECKS a man's looks and how others perceive him. If you keep going you will look pretty alpha user.
Jacob Lopez
Alright /fat/, happy Valentines day! I have a story I'm actually hoping somebody calls bullshit on. >is yesterday >be me, 27 >be software engineer. used to be a fat shit. >sw: 240lbs cw: 188lbs. can do 6x5 pull ups and I don't skip leg day. thanks, /fat/ >at local uni promoting company >my intern, 21, with me, knows everybody, pulls them in for a chat/bullshit/candy >pulls in another friend, a perfect 10/10 qt3.14, probably also 21 >we chat for 60 seconds, can't remember what about. she has awesome charisma, tho >wearing TIGHT leggings jesus christ so sweet >hours later eating lunch with intern >"hey, do you remember femanon from earlier?" >of fucking course I do >"she thought you were looking spiffy today" >not a pussy nerd anymore, decide to fucking go for it. nothing to lose, tell intern to give her my number, he does >we text >talk about lifting >she's really into it >sent me gym photos! (will not deliver) >she's strong af holy shit >kept chatting, talking about meeting up to learn more about each other >we're going out for a casual date >but not for dinner because >she's on a strict diet because she is a >COMPETITIVE >fucking >BODYBUILDER >convinced her to come on a date but since I diet pretty strictly too, we would skip the social norms of eating and drinking and just go do some fun shit This has never happened to me. I haven't been in a relationship since I was 19. I'm a new man. I'm not going to mess this up.
We're all going to make it, boys!
Mason Wood
>t. Oneitis you're gonna get btfo hard kid. and it will either make a man of you or fuck you up for life.
Jayden Cook
I haven't got a clue. One day I eat 2200 calories and gain 2-3 pounds and am stuck with it. Maybe it is water weight, or I just have to shit earlier in the morning before eating.
Gabriel Barnes
Shit I had completely forgotten about fasting. Thank you
Joseph Fisher
You're too cynical. You also missed the >nothing to lose bit.
Ethan Jackson
been doing 18:6 IF for two weeks now and kinda scared how fast my body adapted, like I'm not hungry at all even when closing in on the eating window
Been going strong but caved HARD today >ate 10 wings and half a pizza in the mourning >ate a bigass brownie i got from bf >ate box of choclates, 10 or so in total 200 cals per 2 >ate chinese later, shrimp lo mien and a bit of general zous
Probably 3000+ cals. Ive been doing 1500 cals recently and havnt caved this hard in a long ass time. Bad feeling anons.
snacked too heavily last night father. had a peach and a bunch of crackers with cheese right before bed
David Davis
This week has been an absolute wreck for my diet, boys. A friend's birthday and now Valentine's Day has made me go over goal twice. Still technically under maintenance, but I'm sweating it
Cooper Howard
>not allowed to lose more than their specified threshold or you get disqualified
the fuck out of here with this shit
Noah Perry
I'll rock some onion salt on my chicken if I am pan frying or stir frying it. I also finally fucking get it for cooking rice. Instead of water I use broth, beef, vegetable, whatever. I then add in a bit of curry powder and stir it around before turning on the rice cooker. It's basically calorie free flavour and fullness added. Where I would would be content with 3/4 cup of rice normally, I now only have 1/2 cup and it feels like a 3/4 cup. 3/4 cup with that feels like too much now. I am never going back to plain cooked rice again
Michael Martinez
Whichever one of you fags recommended spicy pickles as a low calorie snack cheers for the recommendation
Bought some artisan pickles from a local place and they are great hunger killers
Charles Reyes
I feel like the fat just got denser for me. Like the balloon stayed the same size but it's filled with sand in stead of cotton.
Alexander Ramirez
I did perfect all day, then right before bed I started eating spoonfuls of peanut butter. like 1k of it.
Charles Wood
230lbs
Charles Flores
ew
Isaiah Carter
Shit yeah dude, maybe go on a hike or something?
Liam Price
>not leaving yourself calories and a treat at the end of the night because you KNOW youll get cravings at night because you get them EVERY NIGHT
never gonna make it no forethought
Ryder Foster
damn man i'm 5'8" and we have the same body type, i look almost exactly like your before pic. i've been feeling like i'll never look good bc i've been this way since i was a kid, but this truly gives me hope. thank you. keep at it bruv and get that depression under control, we're all gonna make it
