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[mirroroferised]

Fun catching up in here. Loved the clean vid.

[shaneinga]

Good work Marius. Gettin it done with what you have. Keep it up man.

[Marius_Ursus]

Something's going on with my lumbar region again. Most intense pain is in the lower left, having radiating pain with something going on in the sciatic nerve. I'm taking a couple more days off from lifting and starting PTTP next week.

[mirroroferised]

Heal up man!! Hope you're not out too long.

[shaneinga]

That sucks man. Hang tough and heal up. We will be here when you get back.

[NevaQuits]

Hang in there! Take care of yourself and you'll be back in no time.

[Marius_Ursus]

Thanks, guys. I hope a few days off will heal it up. If not, I'll set up an appointment with my doctor.

I walked the dreadmill today.

3 miles/321 kcals.

I also downloaded a fat man app to track calories more closely. I have 2478 expenditure to play with today. My goal is to hit a 500 kcal deficit every day.

No food yet, but there have been three cups of coffee.

[shaneinga]

Good luck Marius, if you have any questions about cal tracking apps let me know. I have been doing it for a year now. Everyone is different, but I will tell you like I told Dave. The thing that got me to actually follow and stay within my cals a day is to identify the times of day you are hungry and have a plan to deal with it. These are times that you do not have a meal planned for. Times between meals. I make myself some snacks for those times of days that keep me within my macros for the day and keep me on track.

As long as you can keep yourself satisfied between your planned meals you won't be starving when it is time to eat and you will actually feel satisfied by you planned meals. I eat 3 squares a day, and I have 2 snacks a day. On days I do cardio instead of lifting, I will eat chicken in the afternoon in between meals, I have found that it helps to kill the hunger better than drinking my protein shakes. It is a mental thing, drinking your protein vs eating it. However it works for me. On days I lift I will drink my protein because I am not as hungry.

There are tons of low cal options out there. I used to love mayonnaise, like I dipped french fries in the stuff. I now use only mustard and obviously fries are a thing of the past. Mustard is so low cal it is listed as 0 on the labels. I eat mustard on all types of stuff now. I used to hate it. It is funny what you can adapt to.

[GnomusMaximus]

I started with myfitnesspal.com it's kinda cool.

[Marius_Ursus]

I eat a lot of mustard, too, Shane. I also mix my tuna with avocado instead of mayo now. I don't have a problem with snacking. I have a problem with lying to myself.

Hey, Gnome. MyFitnessPal is recommended by a lot of people. I went with Fat Secret because they have a BlackBerry app. As long as my company is issuing BlackBerries, I'll be using those apps, unfortunately.

[mirroroferised]

. I have a problem with lying to myself.

That's pretty easy to do.

[Marius_Ursus]

That's pretty easy to do.

Unfortunately, yes. It makes the path of lying to others straight and level, too.

[Payton1221]

I walked the dreadmill today.

3 miles/321 kcals.

This seems accurate to me. I've always considered that walking burns 0.5 calories/LB-of-BW/mile. Obviously, going up hills or strong headwinds, etc. will increase this, but that's what I use as an average.

[Marius_Ursus]

This seems accurate to me. I've always considered that walking burns 0.5 calories/LB-of-BW/mile. Obviously, going up hills or strong headwinds, etc. will increase this, but that's what I use as an average.

Thanks for the tip. The treadmill said 280 calories, and my app said 321, so I kept walking until they agreed just to be on the safe side.

[PtReyesGreg]

Sorry to hear about the back pain Tom. Take it easy and hopefully it heals itself up.

[Marius_Ursus]

Sorry to hear about the back pain Tom. Take it easy and hopefully it heals itself up.

Man, I hope so.

Thanks.

[baker]

What are your calorie and macro targets?

I also use MFP and IIFYM.com for calorie/macro estimates.

[Marius_Ursus]

What are your calorie and macro targets?

I also use MFP and IIFYM.com for calorie/macro estimates.

I'm targeting 1900 calories per day for six weeks with 70-100 grams of protein daily.

So sick of being a fat a55.

[baker]

I'm targeting 1900 calories per day for six weeks with 70-100 grams of protein daily.

So sick of being a fat a55.

That's really low. Have you been tracking or did you just start tracking?

[Marius_Ursus]

That's really low. Have you been tracking or did you just start tracking?

I was tracking but not closely enough to see the results I wanted, so I started using the app I mentioned above yesterday to track everything closely. I know it's low, but I don't think 6 weeks is going to kill me.

[jtroster]

I went with Fat Secret because they have a BlackBerry app. As long as my company is issuing BlackBerries, I'll be using those apps, unfortunately.

If you have a BlackBerry, then you are carrying around a lot of code I wrote. What model do you have?

[yaaar]

No wonder you have back pain, carrying around an ancient phone like that.

Honestly haven't seen one of those in like 2 years...

Sorry to her about the back, take care of it. Back pain isn't fun at all.

[Marius_Ursus]

If you have a BlackBerry, then you are carrying around a lot of code I wrote. What model do you have?

I have a Curve. My colleagues whose contracts ran out are carrying Slides.

No wonder you have back pain, carrying around an ancient phone like that.

Honestly haven't seen one of those in like 2 years...

Sorry to her about the back, take care of it. Back pain isn't fun at all.

I never saw a Blackberry with my own eyes until I was issued one.

[SteveWright1]

get better soon Marius

I meant to type 'A heater would be a nice new addition to the home gym"

blackberry - that was the worst phone I ever had in all honesty
nothing wrong with the phone
but until that time, I had a fixed PC at the office and when I left work, I left work
when they issued Blackberry's e mails followed me out of the office and quality of life deteriorated as a result

but congrats on your new phone LOL?

[Marius_Ursus]

get better soon Marius

I meant to type 'A heater would be a nice new addition to the home gym"

blackberry - that was the worst phone I ever had in all honesty
nothing wrong with the phone
but until that time, I had a fixed PC at the office and when I left work, I left work
when they issued Blackberry's e mails followed me out of the office and quality of life deteriorated as a result

but congrats on your new phone LOL?

The phone's not something I love, mostly for the reason that I don't like being connected all the time. A minor point of carrying it I dislike is the keyboard...and it's harder to find apps than it is for a smartphone.

[lochinvar76]

I somehow seemed to have missed this here journal of yours. Subbing and IN!

[Marius_Ursus]

I somehow seemed to have missed this here journal of yours. Subbing and IN!

Welcome aboard.

[RT1957]

sorry to hear of back pain....it sucks...as does most pain.....been a lot of hip and back issues this year in the o35......hang tough on the diet plan and you'll drop some....how far down do you want to do??

[Marius_Ursus]

sorry to hear of back pain....it sucks...as does most pain.....been a lot of hip and back issues this year in the o35......hang tough on the diet plan and you'll drop some....how far down do you want to do??

I want to hit 180. My doctor said she wants me back down around 190 where I was a couple years ago. I'd like to do her one better.

[yaaar]

I want to hit 180. My doctor said she wants me back down around 190 where I was a couple years ago. I'd like to do her one better.

my favorite motto...

"if it's worth doing... it's worth OVERDOING!"