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Losing weight takes dedication and a certain level of obsession, and it's ASTONISHINGLY easier to regain any weight you lost than it was to lose it in the first place. Plus which, losing weight means you will feel hungry, really hungry at times and you'll have to work through it. I lost almost as much weight as I did last year back in 2013, but I gained it all back by mid 2015.
I think that a lot of people embark on healthy habits and then, before their habits are effectively changed, they break down and have a bad day. Then they feel like ****, worthless, etc, and think their efforts were a waste of time, etc, and then they end up abandoning. But even a really bad day isn't going to move the needle much if you're good the rest of the time - you just can't stuff that many calories in your maw in a day. This is why cheat days can work if you're good the rest of the time. But yeah, people need to realize that bad days happen, they're not the end of the world and to just get back to establishing good habits the next day, so that they can eventually have it engrained enough to really stick.
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My wife makes a really good pound cake for birthdays. Takes her nearly a half-day to make it. After having a slice, and maybe two, we realize that we just cannot keep it around until it's gone. Fortunately, we can usually send most of it home with the kids. When we can't, we usually look at each other with sad eyes and begrudgingly throw it in the trash.
My wife makes a huge cheesecake once or twice a year. When I'm disciplined I will freeze half of it for the future (cheesecake takes freezing well). When I'm not disciplined I just methodically consume that bad boy over the course of a couple weeks. It usually adds a few unhealthy pounds.
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Mine is not much in the kitchen. She calls herself a "heater" rather than a "cook." But, she has a few things that she does really well. One is the pound cake, another is an apple cake with a glaze that she does for holidays. I could consume a whole one of both on any given day. She also makes a mean gumbo.
She's really good at carry out.
Eating and cooking is much easier without kids.
She's really good at carry out.
Eating and cooking is much easier without kids.
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Mmmmm - apple cake. I haven't made one of those in years. Maybe now that I've got my dough whisk...
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One thing I learned about dieting. You are going to feel hungry. It is inevitable, if you are going you lose weight. But, it won't kill you. Im not going to die. I kind of get used to it. I've been skipping dinner for a couple weeks now, evening fasting. It's working...slowly. in a couple weeks I'll start trimming back lunch. And maybe drop my bagel on the morning. 200 by spring is the goal. I think it's reasonable. That's around 30 lbs. I've given up beer. ( I know! I must be serious)
. I've been prehypertensive for a long time. It's time to fix it. Well... that and those Souls ain't going to crush themselves now are they.
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I think that, once you establish good habits, it's pretty forgiving. Yeah, it can go on more easily than it comes off, but it still takes time and consistency. I mean, you need to consume ~3700 calories more than you expend to gain a pound of chub - that's a lot. I couldn't do that in a week unless I really tried, so to gain a significant amount of weight would take completely reverting back to the bad habits and letting it ride for months.
I think that a lot of people embark on healthy habits and then, before their habits are effectively changed, they break down and have a bad day. Then they feel like ****, worthless, etc, and think their efforts were a waste of time, etc, and then they end up abandoning. But even a really bad day isn't going to move the needle much if you're good the rest of the time - you just can't stuff that many calories in your maw in a day. This is why cheat days can work if you're good the rest of the time. But yeah, people need to realize that bad days happen, they're not the end of the world and to just get back to establishing good habits the next day, so that they can eventually have it engrained enough to really stick.
IME. IMO. LOLWTFBBQ.
I think that a lot of people embark on healthy habits and then, before their habits are effectively changed, they break down and have a bad day. Then they feel like ****, worthless, etc, and think their efforts were a waste of time, etc, and then they end up abandoning. But even a really bad day isn't going to move the needle much if you're good the rest of the time - you just can't stuff that many calories in your maw in a day. This is why cheat days can work if you're good the rest of the time. But yeah, people need to realize that bad days happen, they're not the end of the world and to just get back to establishing good habits the next day, so that they can eventually have it engrained enough to really stick.
IME. IMO. LOLWTFBBQ.
OH! and one thing I've learned from the calorie counting - some things are very deceptive. A little dish of peanuts or cashews? 400 calories. Add one of those a day for 10 days, and there's your 3700 calories.
This is one reason why I'm such a Zwift enthusiast - it makes midweek rides MUCH more likely! I can't do morning or mid-day rides, and afternoons get dark while I'm still working, starting this Sunday at midnight. Now, I can ride all winter without having to force myself to endure the drudgery of staring at a blank wall while having to concentrate to keep my cadence and HR up.
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To put that in perspective, though, let's say you go from doing a couple midweek rides that burn ~600 calories each down to none, plus cutting your Sunday ride from 3 1/2 hr to less than 2, so you lose another ~700 calories of burn. Now throw in the holidays and the usual excess, AND the natural tendency to eat more starch and fat in the colder months. That's what happened to me, going from a low of 208 in November 2014 back up to over 220 by mid-2014.
OH! and one thing I've learned from the calorie counting - some things are very deceptive. A little dish of peanuts or cashews? 400 calories. Add one of those a day for 10 days, and there's your 3700 calories.
This is one reason why I'm such a Zwift enthusiast - it makes midweek rides MUCH more likely! I can't do morning or mid-day rides, and afternoons get dark while I'm still working, starting this Sunday at midnight. Now, I can ride all winter without having to force myself to endure the drudgery of staring at a blank wall while having to concentrate to keep my cadence and HR up.
OH! and one thing I've learned from the calorie counting - some things are very deceptive. A little dish of peanuts or cashews? 400 calories. Add one of those a day for 10 days, and there's your 3700 calories.
This is one reason why I'm such a Zwift enthusiast - it makes midweek rides MUCH more likely! I can't do morning or mid-day rides, and afternoons get dark while I'm still working, starting this Sunday at midnight. Now, I can ride all winter without having to force myself to endure the drudgery of staring at a blank wall while having to concentrate to keep my cadence and HR up.
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Loaf #1. I guess we'll see what's what when I can cut in to it in another half hour.
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Huh. The crumb looks pretty good and even. As probably should be expected with such a quick dough, it doesn't have tremendous depth of flavor, but it's still pretty good. For such a low-effort bake, I'd say it's feasible on a ~weekly basis.
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Yeah, it's definitely good to have a year under the belt, then you can anticipate problem times and scenarios. Cruising in to the holiday season had the potential to be a minefield for me, too, but it's gotten easier. And yeah, trainer rides help a lot. I've lost weight through a winter without much by way of trainer rides, but they sure help a lot.
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Part of my extreme thinness, I've realized, is that I have a drawerful of XL t-shirts. I currently fit M. Shocking, I know. I have only a few of those. While wearing one of the XL, I look lie a scarecrow.
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That is pretty cool.
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Not sourdough? Sad.