Consistency. It's not a pizza topping.
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I dedicated a post to you in the 1,000,000 thread 
Oh you loved it!
I like stuff. Do you like stuff?
You must lift at a hardcore gym to have someone laugh nonchalantly at your projectile vomit.
It is sort of a dump.
So I'm about to try something odd (since I can't effing sleep). I'm gonna bake some bacon and some Tilapia in the same big ass casserole dish. With the bacon laid under the Tilapia. The theory being that the bacon grease will crunchify the fish. (Also wanting to see if bacon will cook properly with something on it, = cooking 2 or 3 layers of bacon at a time). I'm kinda looking for ways to eat up some stuff in the fridge. I overshot my meat needs and I've already had to throw away some stuff that's been in the fridge for 3 days.
Edit: Welp, don't try that at home kids. So it's true that if you put anything on the bacon it won't crispify (losing most of its grease and such in the process). But, it wasn't a total loss. The fish came out pretty decent. I's eating it now. Hopefully 10 more mins in the oven will fix the bacon.
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I love stuff! What's stuff without...stuff?
Yeah bacon won't crisp under stuff, but it will cook. When I make baked beans I put the bacon under all the beans, but it comes out chewy. But I like it.
Good story, right?
Yeah bacon won't crisp under stuff, but it will cook. When I make baked beans I put the bacon under all the beans, but it comes out chewy. But I like it.
Good story, right?
Not really, no.
See, the problem with that is you're then getting nearly the full caloric content of bacon, which is massively high. It needs to be uncovered to give up most of its fat. I eat about 8 slices a day right now, and the full calories would be 1160, vs. 320 (cooked to crisp and drained). I guess it's not an issue as long as you're keeping track, but the calorie to satiation ratio is terrible that way I find.213.4 lbs, 97.8F today
I was just re-reading some of Lyle MacDonald's stuff and noticed that he says 97.7-98.3F is in the full maintenance metabolism range for most people. So, either I'm experiencing little to no metabolic adaptation (which would make some damn sense, since I've got a lot of weight to lose) or I'm eating at my actual maintenance. I'm guessing #1 and not #2, since at lower calories my temp was a point or two lower on average. At least it seemed that way, I didn't document it anywhere near thoroughly. -_-
Still, eating at 2500 calories worries me a little. But I also find it hard to believe that I'm in the genetically disadvantaged category that needs to do cardio twice a day and weight train hard just to lose any weight at all. I'm a pretty athletic dude. I was cut (muscular, but not fat) when I was young and played lots of sports, despite eating more than the rest of my family combined haha. Gonna take another set of photos at the 1 month mark (one week from now). I feel like I've gained considerable size in my back, so the camera and the remote will be helpful in assessing that. For the record, my scale has been consistently telling me that my body fat has been decreasing. Over the course of the last 5 weeks its gone from reporting 22% body fat (once again, these things only measure your lower half) to about 17%. If that's true, that's pretty damn good.
I was just re-reading some of Lyle MacDonald's stuff and noticed that he says 97.7-98.3F is in the full maintenance metabolism range for most people. So, either I'm experiencing little to no metabolic adaptation (which would make some damn sense, since I've got a lot of weight to lose) or I'm eating at my actual maintenance. I'm guessing #1 and not #2, since at lower calories my temp was a point or two lower on average. At least it seemed that way, I didn't document it anywhere near thoroughly. -_-
Still, eating at 2500 calories worries me a little. But I also find it hard to believe that I'm in the genetically disadvantaged category that needs to do cardio twice a day and weight train hard just to lose any weight at all. I'm a pretty athletic dude. I was cut (muscular, but not fat) when I was young and played lots of sports, despite eating more than the rest of my family combined haha. Gonna take another set of photos at the 1 month mark (one week from now). I feel like I've gained considerable size in my back, so the camera and the remote will be helpful in assessing that. For the record, my scale has been consistently telling me that my body fat has been decreasing. Over the course of the last 5 weeks its gone from reporting 22% body fat (once again, these things only measure your lower half) to about 17%. If that's true, that's pretty damn good.
Hey, what does lyle mcdonald say about the rest of the metabolic ranges? I was down to 96.5 at one point.
Well, the idea is that for every 1.0 F you drop below 97.8'ish, your metabolism has decreased roughly 10%. But for being on an extreme cut, a 10% reduction isn't all that significant, really. Someone who is semi-starving for example will have a total reduction of almost 50%, a good 10-20% of which is due to a decrease in lean mass. (There was a study done that he references quite often wherein this sort of effect was documented). That's why many people advocate a cutting diet that is only 10-20% below maintenance. Tom Venuto claims this is what most bodybuilders do, the lack of adherence to which is the main failing of many beginners' nutritional programs.
I wouldn't say 96.5 is anything to worry about. I mean I don't think you can be on a cut and not experience any drop. That's what makes me wonder if keto is even doing anything. Then I start to wonder if I'm measuring properly. And then I start to wonder about 15 other things all in sequence... Overthinking. It's fun no? XD
02/22/08
So I didn't get any cardio done today. Noooes. Not worried, though, as it was just a matter of time lost. I had to go visit some of my people and things dragged on a bit. I did get a lot of activity in, though. Tons of NEPA. Walked all over the place. Did a little impromptu absailing. I bowled for two hours, and I was laughing hard the entire time. Seriously, this is the only time I've felt abdominal soreness since I started my "new lifestyle". Then we went to Red Lobster for a bit (cheesy, I know, but we had agreed to just eat at the first place we got to, haha). Stayed well within diet parameters. Made fun of the waitress a lot. She was great.
Random: I just wanna say that I am remarkably good at wooing the ladies for a fatty. Even unintentionally. XD I got in twouble later at the birthday party. Like, actual trouble. I am a manwhore. T_T But, uh, I maintain that I didn't do anything wrong.
Also, I'm going cross country skiing tomorrow. And then possibly something else, so I think I'm covered. Hope everyone's weekend is lacking in suck and abundant in good.
So I didn't get any cardio done today. Noooes. Not worried, though, as it was just a matter of time lost. I had to go visit some of my people and things dragged on a bit. I did get a lot of activity in, though. Tons of NEPA. Walked all over the place. Did a little impromptu absailing. I bowled for two hours, and I was laughing hard the entire time. Seriously, this is the only time I've felt abdominal soreness since I started my "new lifestyle".
Then we went to Red Lobster for a bit (cheesy, I know, but we had agreed to just eat at the first place we got to, haha). Stayed well within diet parameters. Made fun of the waitress a lot. She was great.Random: I just wanna say that I am remarkably good at wooing the ladies for a fatty. Even unintentionally. XD I got in twouble later at the birthday party. Like, actual trouble. I am a manwhore. T_T But, uh, I maintain that I didn't do anything wrong.
Also, I'm going cross country skiing tomorrow. And then possibly something else, so I think I'm covered. Hope everyone's weekend is lacking in suck and abundant in good.
Don't count on that possibility if you keep wooing your waitresses and whatnot.
Hahahaha. That's not what I meant, but now I'm worried. It wasn't the waitress, though. They're always friendly. I'm a very chatty dude. And well, I dunno. Funny things happen. For example my two buddies are all, "Our waitress is amazing hey. I've never gotten decent service in a Red Lobster in my life."
And I says, "WHY ARE WE WHISPERING? And yeah she's aight, but uh, my drink's been empty for almost two minutes. Where was she on that one. Mother****er is not getting a tip! Good looking girl though." (I felt bad later when I noticed we were completely surrounded by families. Man. -_-)Turns out she was directly behind me listening to what I was saying in my excessively loud voice that carries.
Then she's all, "What can I do to make your experience better.... sir?" Hahaha. I guess you had to be there for the way she said it. Then I'm all, "Well you can turn down the seductive heat and go get me an icy cold beverage instead. And one of those wipey things. Look at this ****. I am covered in batter you didn't warn me about! Why do you hate me?"
Then I got chatting to her about keto (she asked me because of my ordering haha) and she was saying she tried it once and had crazy mood swings. 6/6 for females saying that about keto so far. Must be rough being packed to the brim with estrogen.
Anyway, yeah, that's my Red Lobster story. But as I said I got in trouble later. Supposedly I was flirting outrageously with this ex co-worker of mine who apparently had/has a massive crush on me, right in front of my girlfriend. But what the eff womens how am I supposed to know these things? I only obsess over ME. Nobody tells me stuff like this that I need to know, y'know? No, you don't know, and neither do I. And it's a ****ing problem.
Then the woman had the nerve to say that I could at least do her the favor of being drunk so she can blame it on the booze rather than making a big deal out of how I was stone cold sober. (I was quite pleased with myself. I err, used to, drink excessively at times).Woot. ZMA is making me sleepy. Guess this means I has enough stomach acids to absorb my nutrients. Yeay.
Oh but I was reading that new T-nation article by Christy uhm, the one about fat bottomed girls? Haha, yeah, and she was saying that the measure of whether or not you train intensely is if you have a small panic attack on your way to the gym. THAT'S ME! So I guess I'm doing something right.
Okay good talk.
Edit: I forgot to add that I actually woke up because I realized I forgot to take my ZMA. I kid you not. Just thought that was worth sharing. I was having the only dream I'll have all year and I woke up suddenly thinking, "Oh ****. I forgot to take my ****." Took a while before the, "Wait, what."
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210.2 lbs, 97.6F today.
Epic, ZMA, indeed, gentlemen.
Did I mention I've given up on even caring about what my weight is doing? **** off. Skiing was actually kinda fun. Wish we had stayed out there longer, but homeslice needed to get back into the city for work. Like teaching dance is work. Hahahaha. Guess I'll ride the bike for a bit.
I'd never been on the Six Plains Glacier before. Always wanted to but it just seemed like a stupid thing to attempt on foot.
Epic, ZMA, indeed, gentlemen.
Did I mention I've given up on even caring about what my weight is doing? **** off. Skiing was actually kinda fun. Wish we had stayed out there longer, but homeslice needed to get back into the city for work. Like teaching dance is work. Hahahaha. Guess I'll ride the bike for a bit.
I'd never been on the Six Plains Glacier before. Always wanted to but it just seemed like a stupid thing to attempt on foot.
So I had this thought...
Instead of just entertaining myself while I'm doing my low intensity cardio, why not take the time to learn something or be inspired? I do try to watch the stuff that gives me motivation, but I'm getting kind of sick of movies and tv shows. Pop culture bores me. And history, well, I probably know as much as I need to. Sooo, I'm gonna start watching fitness related stuffs, listening to audio programs, etc. Just for laughs I'm gonna start with "Pumping Iron" and that terrible Ronnie Coleman one where he won't stop yelling "Light weight! YEAH BUDDY!" in his weird little roids-shrunken-gonads voice.
Also, this
is what I will look like before I'm done. May require some abdominoplasty perhaps but that's fine with me. Now if I can just find something to keep me busy for however long it will take...
Instead of just entertaining myself while I'm doing my low intensity cardio, why not take the time to learn something or be inspired? I do try to watch the stuff that gives me motivation, but I'm getting kind of sick of movies and tv shows. Pop culture bores me. And history, well, I probably know as much as I need to. Sooo, I'm gonna start watching fitness related stuffs, listening to audio programs, etc. Just for laughs I'm gonna start with "Pumping Iron" and that terrible Ronnie Coleman one where he won't stop yelling "Light weight! YEAH BUDDY!" in his weird little roids-shrunken-gonads voice.
Also, this
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"Light weight! YEAH BUDDY!" in his weird little roids-shrunken-gonads voice.
so THAT'S what he was saying... I could never understand wtf he was trying to say there.
I thought it was something like "YEAH BABY, RRRRRAH, GO BABY, BIG MONEY, LIGHT WEIGHT!"
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Haha, yeah. Honestly I was pretty much just disturbed by what I saw of his lifestyle. Arnold had style and at least a bit of a life. No offense intended.
I couldn't do it, though. I ended up watching Equilibrium instead.