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Approaching my short, weight loss cycle. I expect to be on it for about 2 months. I begin June 1. I find myself concerned. Do I still remember how to do this? Of course. Can I still do it? I worry I may not be able to get back into the mindset of restricting calories. I know I can. Will I?
A new avatar from the B&B I stayed in. A very good sized caribou.
A lot of people don't want to make their own decisions. They're too scared. It's much easier to be told what to do. ~ Marilyn Manson
We need to accept that we won't always make the right decisions, that we'll screw up royally sometimes - understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it's part of success. ~ Arianna Huffington
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80.5 kg
Lost so far: 0.6 kg.
Still to go: 4.3 kg.
Diet followed: Reasonably Well.
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2334 kcal
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Fat: 107.01g | Prot: 187.12g | Carbs: 151.92g.
Breakfast: Butter, Jian Bing (modified Chinese Crepe), Sliced Ham (Regular, Approx. 11% Fat), LeanFit Whey Protein Shake - Vanilla, Espresso Coffee, Unsalted Butter Stick. Lunch: Skinless Chicken Breast, Carrots. Dinner: President's choice chocolate 72% extra dark, No Name Potato and Cheddar Perogies, British Columbia spartan apple, Tangerine, Chapman's Black Jack Cherry Frozen Yogurt, Pork Chop. Snacks/Other: Mayonnaise, Egg. more...
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Gaining 2.5 kg a Week
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Bah! It's easy once you forget how much you love food....again. :)
28 May 14 by member: chadlius88
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When you go to a cutting cycle, how much lower do you reduce your calories?
28 May 14 by member: Torzie206
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28 May 14 by member: jmb3450
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Thanks, Chad and jmb... I feel better already? lol. @Torzie. The dogma is 20% calorie cut max to retain muscle mass. I'm not big on dogma, but as it happens my maintenance looks to be in the ball park of 2700 so I'll be cutting 500 from the calories and going with 2200. That's the equivalent of almost 1 pound of fat per week. There are two other things I'll be doing. 1. Calorie cycling. I'll eat higher on weight lifting days. A lot of people feel this is foolishness, but it does something a flat line diet doesn't do. a) It lets me feel fuller [sic] four days a week. b) It replaces the energy I use on the day of the exercise. Proteins I will attempt to spread evenly over all days. 2) I will use carb back loading on the days that I lift after the workout. The days I'm not working out I'll eat under 100 gr per day of carbs. Those carbs will also be back loaded but not for an insulin spike. They will be clean carbs. 180 gr protein per day is my target. This is 1.2 gr per lb of lean body mass. Current lean mass is around 150, about 25 pounds on top of that is fat putting me at 177. My estimation is that I'm somewhere around 16% body fat. Shooting for 10 - 12%. I'm also doing a cut for three weeks and then eating at maintenance for a week to restore leptin levels. It's all an expermiment. I will likely go through four or five cycles over the next year or year and a half before I decide what really works for me. There are so many possibilities.
28 May 14 by member: northernmusician
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I do like cycling. Hoping the scale likes it too when I weigh in on Friday. Beautiful photograph.
28 May 14 by member: ClassicRocker
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Sounds exciting. You can do it!
28 May 14 by member: ChicaLean
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Good luck! You can do it!
28 May 14 by member: Deb_N
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28 May 14 by member: knslovinggod
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