Feb/Mar 17 Fat Loss & Motivation Thread

[Manzooka]

Week 1: 2/10/17: 248
Week 2: 2/7/17: 246.6
Week 3: 2/24/17: 243
Week 4: 3/3/17: 243
Week 5: 3/10/17: 243
Week 6: 3/18/17: 239

Whew, finally some movement. I think fixing how I track my chicken cals helped a lot this week, but I probably lost a little in those prior weeks that just wasn't showing on the scale.

[Lynzijoy]

138.2, I'll take it :-)

[bakerjack]

I'm tired of being a fat person.

[Lynzijoy]

I'm tired of being a fat person.

Join in on the weight loss challenge then and make some changes. You can do it!

[Poyser16]

Spreadsheet all up to date (I think!). Numbers for week 6:

Week 6
3/17/2017

Best Loser This Week
Manzooka 4.00

Group Stats
Num. people weighing in 14
Pounds lost this week 16.42
Ave. pounds lost this week 1.17
Pounds lost to date 35.11

Congrats Manzooka! Awesome loss.

Just haven't been seemingly able to "get going" this week so far. Went out drinking on Friday night, and was reeaaally hungover on Saturday and made some awful choices (I know, terrible excuse) and to top it off, I obviously hadn't been in the gym still due to my back... I got back on it yesterday though properly, and I got back into the gym yesterday too and had a really long cardio workout to try and reverse some damage. I'll be in there over the next couple of days too, but whether that's going to be enough to save this week, who knows!

[Xenuprime]

Congratulations Manzooka! Killin it man!

[DyingAtheist]

Kept meaning to come back and join in but the last 2 months have been an absolute write off for me. Terrifically bad. Going back on a PSMF starting today and hopefully by the end of the next thread I'll be in a much better place - nice to see everyone still posting though!

[met3ork]

Start: Feb 1.
Goal: April 1: 78ish kg

Week 0 - 30. jan - 83.2kg/183.4lbs, 2170 cal, loading creatine
Week 1 - 6. feb - 82.4kg/181.6lbs, 2170 cal
Week 2 - 13. feb - 81.9kg/180.5lbs, 2170 cal
Week 3 - 20. feb - 81.0 kg/178.5lbs, 2170 cal
Week 4 - 27. feb - 81.8kg/180.3lbs, 2170 cal (got drunk on friday, pigged out on saturday, mostly water weight.)
Week 5 - 6. mar - ??, 2170 cal (on a snowboarding holiday so didnt weight myself =(
Week 6 - 13. mar - 79.7kg/175.7lbs, 2050 cal
Week 7 - 20. mar - 78.9kg/173.9lbs, lost too much Also decreace in gym performance. calories back to 2150 cal

Refeed day today. And god damnit did i need this mentally and physically
Calories at 100 cal surplus and double the carbs. yummy.

[furiana]

Congrats Manzooka!

[Xenuprime]

Kept meaning to come back and join in but the last 2 months have been an absolute write off for me. Terrifically bad. Going back on a PSMF starting today and hopefully by the end of the next thread I'll be in a much better place - nice to see everyone still posting though!

Good to see you here DA! Good luck on the PSMF, you will do great.

I don't think I'll join the next thread since I think my cut will be done at the end of April. I really want to start a slow bulk / recomp for about 5 months. After that I'll be ready for a hard cut.

[furiana]

So, I can't tell if I'm in a deficit or not. I didn't think of it, but my scale can't show changes of less than a pound.

Do I increase my deficit? New Rules for Women really discourages deficits of any kind -- 300/day is the max that the authors allow -- but I am so sick of seeing no measurable changes.

[Xenuprime]

So, I can't tell if I'm in a deficit or not. I didn't think of it, but my scale can't show changes of less than a pound.

Do I increase my deficit? New Rules for Women really discourages deficits of any kind -- 300/day is the max that the authors allow -- but I am so sick of seeing no measurable changes.

I like having that extra info from a more acurate scale, but that is just me and minute changes like that do not need to be tracked. Your weight will fluctuate so much in the short term that it won't matter. I recommend body measuring in addition to the scale because it gives a more complete picture of what changes are actually happening.

So, I would say if you haven't seen your scale move (net loss) in the past 2 weeks (possibly 3 depending on outlying factors), you aren't in a caloric deficit. You would then make small adjustments down until after a week or two you see results.

There are obviously lots of caveats here:

*Water weight, stress, etc.

*Incorrectly counting calories.

*New lifters can gain muscle and lose fat at the same time for a short golden time, resulting in no fat loss while the scale goes up or stays the same. (another good reason to measure in addition to weighing)

I haven't read New Rules for Women (obviously, lol), but how are you supposed to lose fat if you don't eat at a deficit? If they are saying to eat at maintenance, then workout; that is still creating a deficit, just in a different way.

[alewisdvm]

SW: 174.5
170.8
169.1
168.5 (started creatine and fluctuated throughout week)
169.5

CW: 167.5 (very happy to be seeing loss. Was very nervous water retention would break my spirits)

[furiana]

@Xenuprime: There's no change in the measurements either. I'll increase the deficit to 500. New Rules is set up as a recomp (the calories burned in workouts are balanced out by the diet), but if I were actually recomping, I should see some changes in the measurements/clothing/progress photos by now.

[Xenuprime]

@Xenuprime: There's no change in the measurements either. I'll increase the deficit to 500. New Rules is set up as a recomp (the calories burned in workouts are balanced out by the diet), but if I were actually recomping, I should see some changes in the measurements/clothing/progress photos by now.

That's interesting. From what little I know about recomp, you are right (weight shouldn't move much, but measurements, etc. should).

I'll be researching recomp more in depth soon, since next for me is either that or a slow, lean bulk. Some have described recomp as a very slow bulk that has to be done at pretty exacting calories (after some dialling in).

I used to be under the impression that recomp was just a waste of time, but the more I read about it (and the results people have gotten) make me see the potential it has.

[furiana]

I get the impression that it's individual. Meaning, it's worthwhile to try a cut/bulk cycle and a recomp to see what your body responds to. Kindof like how some people respond really well to low-carb diets, but others respond equally well to low-fat diets.

But even if that's true, there could be some guidelines for which to try first -- if you're insulin resistant, start with a low-carb diet, for example.

I dunno. I haven't looked into it. I'd love to know more, though.

[BecomingSmaller]

194.8 for a loss of 1.3 this week. Not sure if I will hit the 2 month target, it's going to be close.

[Imp81318]

If I didn't say it before/already, congrats to Manzooka on the big loss last week! Your patience with the scale finally paid off big-time!

Week 1: Friday 10th February : 196.2
Week 2: Friday 17th February : 198.6 (I had a single high weigh-in that threw things off a bit since I am interpolating.)
Week 3: Friday 24th February : 194.4
Week 4: Friday 3rd March : 193.5
Week 5: Friday 10th March : 191.9
Week 6: Friday 17th March : 190.0
Week 7: Friday 24th March : 189.6
Week 8: Friday 31st March :

I had a good week this week with my macros, and I finally got back onto my planned 'normal' workout routine after business at the home and office interrupted my schedule the last 2 weeks. Didn't see any downward scale movement from last Friday until yesterday, then I dropped 1.6 lbs in the last 2 days.

[Manzooka]

Congratulations Manzooka! Killin it man!

Congrats Manzooka!

Thanks very much. That was a rough patch there.

I'm down another half pound this week and I'll gladly take it as I've been sick all week. I still managed two lifts earlier in the week but didn't bother with the off-day running. I'll have to skip today's lift because my symptoms have increased, so I'm making an appointment with my doc today.

Week 1: 2/10/17: 248
Week 2: 2/7/17: 246.6
Week 3: 2/24/17: 243
Week 4: 3/3/17: 243
Week 5: 3/10/17: 243
Week 6: 3/18/17: 239
Week 7: 3/24/17: 238.5

[DA_MOSS]

Whats up guys! Just found this group recently and will join in on the journey. Week 5 will be my starting weight week.. Going to see how aggressive I can take this cut

Week 5: Friday 10th March : 220
Week 6: Friday 17th March : 219.5
Week 7: Friday 24th March : 215.6
Week 8: Friday 31st March :

Family emergency screwed my my diet last week, but got back on track this week. A tad more than I want to drop per week, but not complaining

[BuffLiteYear]

Week 7 Weigh in: 206 lbs (-2.6 from last week)

I wasn't sure what to expect going in this morning. Diet has been pretty decent this week, but had 3 big exams this week so was pretty stressed (sleeping roughly 4.5 hours each night) and missed 1-2 workouts. Either way, very pleased I surpassed my original goal a week early. My new goal for Week 8 will be 204.

[Xenuprime]

I'm down a little this wee, lol! 167.4 (-4.4 from last week). 1.8 of that is the water weight I gained last week from my "indiscretions", but I did make some changes the last 2 weeks:

Recalculated my TDEE using a few months of data I've collected (pulled from MFP). It's pretty accurate now.
Added HIIT for 10-15 minutes 3 times a week
I finally started using the ab wheel that's been collecting dust in the corner
Increased fiber. Still not enough, but more than I was getting.

Great job this week from everyone based on the posts so far!

[Jojobeanfit]

Current Weight- 133.4 lbs Yasssss, 2 lbs down from last week. I'm super duper happy! It's getting hard but I gotta keep going!!!

[jpm5321]

187.6

Getting to the slower part of fat loss now. Gotta find my discipline and keep it steady.

Don't think I'm going to hit that 184 goal by next week, but I'm still happy with the results I'm seeing. Next go around I'll set more reasonable expectations!

[met3ork]

FFS

With 2 weeks left i had 0.9kg or around 2 pounds to lose but totally ****ed up
Yesterday I ate my 2150, which is my goal atm, and then at night decided to eat 1000-1500 calories worth of candy.
Then today after getting my 2150, i ended up doing it again 1200-1300 calories worth of candy.

Did so good 7 weeks, well atleast I had a good workout today and yesterday

Oh well, maybe i wont hit 78kg/172 lbs which was my goal by 1st of April but ive come far
Looks like tomorrow isnt a rest day afterall

Edit: tbh i didnt even feel bad about yesterday, i felt like i needed it. But today was absolutely idiotic and pointless

[AfroPope]

Haven't weighed in yet but I'm down a belt notch. Fuuuuaaaaaaark I'm hungry, though. Cheat meal tonight.

[furiana]

145 and holding.

[cakesandcream]

well here I am again. All the fat loss gained after couple of years of college stress. Time to change that crap again. I'm the fattest I've ever been

[TheWill]

Sitting heavy this week. Need to tweak the macros a bit gained about 2.5-3lbs, not solid weight but the scale has stayed higher.

[Xenuprime]

Haven't weighed in yet but I'm down a belt notch. Fuuuuaaaaaaark I'm hungry, though. Cheat meal tonight.

What cheat meal did you have? I'm hitting Panda Express tonight.