Lusty's 5'4 fat to fit looking for love log

Lusty69 · Mon May 22, 2023 11:31 pm

Mild frustration I was hoping my weight was going to dip under 105kg this morning finally, must have held slightly more water but I think tomorrow or at least the end of the week we will be under 105kg.
I am slowing going towards a carnivore + fruit diet so cutting a few small things out and adding in a little more fruit rather than other junk like quest bars, I think removing sweet-tasting stuff even if it is sugar-free is key to helping reduce cravings. So I have loaded up on different meats and stocked up the fridge so I have no excuses if I am hungry just chuck another steak on.

Other adjustments on what can I do is to make sure I finish off the 1.7L water bottle in my fridge during the day + 1 caffeine-free herbal tea at night/after dinner to reduce snacking and night cravings.

Lusty69 · Sat May 27, 2023 1:09 am

Good news finally dipped under 105kg, well 104.7kg yesterday and exactly 105kg today so I will call that a win.

Just playing around with making choices to eat less but still feel full, I try to make my first meal super lean chicken with just salt and no sauce for example, having fruit later at night more so and been making some sugar free jelly.

Lusty69 · Sat May 27, 2023 11:25 pm

Training at gym is coming along with finally training legs again just lightly since my knee injury, my hamstrings have heaps of doms which is good, they are the easiest to train without any ill effects on my knee, knee flexion stuff my knee is a little clicky under load but no pain, so will just keep doing a mix of bodyweight stuff which has no clicks and rehab as I build some weight into the knee.
I had a little extra fruit and I think along with the DOMS a little extra water retention, my scales feel like they are almost trolling me as I was the exact same weight as last Sunday but my BF% was down 0.5% hence why I think it's more so water retention. My average weight for last week was 105.2kg which is down on the week before an average of 106.8kg so things are tracking in the right direction.
I do think there is a little work towards speeding up the process whilst managing emotions and hunger, yesterday was a little bit of a lower day, but I feel like today I have bounced back.
I have had a few dates flake and also some I didn't follow up from just feeling like sleeping, managed to clock 12hrs of sleep yesterday and feel way better today though. Skipped out on heading out on a Friday or Saturday for some daygame but I might try and do a session this afternoon and will see what happens

Mindset · Sun May 28, 2023 2:43 am

Lusty69 wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 13, 2023 10:27 pm
the past 2-3 years I have been doing a lot of inner work, but have been in the pick-up self dev journey for 12 years now.

I like your no-nonsense way of writing man, I can definitely tell you have some experience under your belt.
Looking forward to seeing more from you on here.

Lusty69 · Sun May 28, 2023 10:14 pm

Mindset wrote: ↑
Sun May 28, 2023 2:43 am

Lusty69 wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 13, 2023 10:27 pm
the past 2-3 years I have been doing a lot of inner work, but have been in the pick-up self dev journey for 12 years now.
I like your no-nonsense way of writing man, I can definitely tell you have some experience under your belt.
Looking forward to seeing more from you on here.

Thanks for dropping a comment means a lot that you took the time out to read about my journey

So today was a little frustrating, I think I might be overeating a little with a few things over the weekend, I finished off some cheese I had open which I put on top of some chicken meatballs I had made along with some sugar-free BBQ sauce but I think I must have eaten too much of it as it was very tasty. So not sure if it is the combination of eating a little too much fat and that I started training my legs again from my injury, I have bad hamstring DOMS, but I frustratingly have woken up today at 106.0kg that's 900g up from last week.

My average weight across the week was lower but still just an annoying start to the week, but I will just focus today on some leaner protein, keep cutting down on the vices I still use like my reduced sugar BBQ sauce. I might also try going to gym a little later and tightening up my eating window so I can spend more hours fasted, add in some tea after dinner to keep food cravings down, time to add in some habits to cut the weight.
Mornings are easy for me to not eat, likely due to the two espressos I have in the mornings, so I will also maybe try go to bed earlier, wake up earlier, go gym a touch later, try to force myself to not eat 3-4hrs before I go to bed unless for a piece of fruit.

Going to gym and training is the easy part, I don't find it hard to go 6-7 days per week, it's more sticking to the food plan.

The biggest win however for the past 2 weeks is I have not gone and had a big "cheat meal/day" filled with sugar, carbs and junk food, yes I have overeaten a little but it has been with like chicken thighs and cheese, I actually have dropped the feeling and need to eat icecream, chips, pizza and so on which is a really powerful place to be in as for the past 2-3 years I have not gone more than a week without having that sort of junk and then craving it every day until I got my next fix.

Lusty69 · Wed May 31, 2023 10:28 pm

Finally under 105kg again so 104.9kg this morning, feeling quite good with training and diet, only minor frustration is that I do want the weight to move a little faster, but right now this rate of weight loss seems the most sustainable for where I am at in term of managing hunger, motivation, emotions and/or pain/suck tolerance.
Training as been going well hitting the gym about 5-6x per week and then on my off days doing over 10,000 steps of walking.

Had a few dates set up this week from online, 3 flaked and 1 I meet up with but I didn't like, had a few flakes of late but I think it's just part of online dating really.

Zug · Wed May 31, 2023 11:29 pm

Lusty69 wrote: ↑
Wed May 31, 2023 10:28 pm
right now this rate of weight loss seems the most sustainable for where I am at in term of managing hunger, motivation, emotions and/or pain/suck tolerance.

I got really bogged down at this point, I couldn't really drop calories further or lift more. I didn't have the capacity to do more cardio either. Then it just kinda dawned on me...there's really no upper limit to walking. I started walking more and more and more every single day. I did 10mi a day for a couple months and started melting again. It does take a lot of time, but if you combine it with something like meaningful audiobooks or learning a new language you can get a lot out of that time.

Lusty69 · Thu Jun 01, 2023 1:02 am

Zug wrote: ↑
Wed May 31, 2023 11:29 pm

Lusty69 wrote: ↑
Wed May 31, 2023 10:28 pm
right now this rate of weight loss seems the most sustainable for where I am at in term of managing hunger, motivation, emotions and/or pain/suck tolerance.
I got really bogged down at this point, I couldn't really drop calories further or lift more. I didn't have the capacity to do more cardio either. Then it just kinda dawned on me...there's really no upper limit to walking. I started walking more and more and more every single day. I did 10mi a day for a couple months and started melting again. It does take a lot of time, but if you combine it with something like meaningful audiobooks or learning a new language you can get a lot out of that time.

Thanks man, yeah the food is the biggest issue for me I find, trying to balance increasing my volume and amount that I walk with managing hunger. Maybe I should do some slower walking to not feel as exhausted, I do listen to podcasts whilst walking, I actually have listened to at least half of Andy's podcasts between walking and gym sessions, like 1-2hrs listened per day with some days listening for 3-4 hours