re: PuttaDaForkDown

228/211/175. 17 lbs in my first month. Vacation next week so it will be interesting to see how that goes. Gonna try to keep exercising and hope I don't go crazy on the food and alcohol. Only two cheat days last month.

I wish my mistakes were limited to weekends.

I've been a mess lately.

174.7

363/277/250

I'm so.. so frustrated. I don't know what else to do. I've been logging everything I eat and staying under 1900 cals/day. Even when I cheated with BWW, my calories were 1910 or so. Yesterday I changed that to 1750 so we'll see if that helps. Is it possible the BMR is wrong for me and my metabolism is slower than that, meaning I need to reduce caloric intake more? Should I try reducing it to 1500 cals/day? I'm unsure, but I've never been so close to throwing in the towel and just accepting that this is the weight I'm supposed to sit at.

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Last few days I haven't really slept much. I know that my dad swells up and gets a bad fluid buildup when he doesn't sleep (has fluid problems.. salt puffs him up like a fish). For a normal, healthy person, will a lack of sleep cause water weight gain?

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Or it's possible that I'm being impatient and I need to start weighing once a week instead of every morning. That's entirely possible.. in fact, the more I think about it, the more I realize this may be the case. I've been monitoring everything I eat for about 2 weeks.. and the first week or so I got all the way down to 273. Then I had a bad weekend and am up to 277.. I need to eat properly, log my food, and just not weigh for a few days at least.
Good talk.

Sometimes we're all a little crazy, bench. I talk to myself all of the time while I'm working or studying so that I can understand what's going on.. I find if I step back and say what I'm thinking it helps me realize whether or not what I'm saying makes sense. yes.. i confuse myself sometimes My mind spins fast when I'm thinking too hard..

Logan,

I usually weigh myself every morning but the only weigh in I log into MFP is the Saturday morning one. I don't get upset over the fluctuations during the week. They will happen no matter how well you eat.

You may want to try just weighing in once a week just to keep your mind straight.

Also, sleep is a very important factor.

You have come so far. This is just a small speed bump in the road. You will be fine. Just continue logging your food and carry on!

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Are you eating the same foods over and over? If so, change up what you eat. I tend to get stuck on the same breakfast and lunch foods. I have to remind myself to change it up.

Hulk, I think what alot of us do is a Cyclical Keto Diet. We are good M-F then cheat on the weekends. A 4 lb gain is normal doing this and by Tues at least half of that is gone for me. My Mon and Tues workout is very strong but by Fri I have depleted all my glycogen stores and with my reduced caloric intake during the week, and my workout is hard.
It seems us low carbers can stall after an extended period of time and from what I've read you need to really watch the calories. Even though the BMR may tell you 1800 I would try 1500-1600 and see where you are. Along with doing the fasts once a week I have also been doing a lean gains eating schedule where I eat all my food between 8am-4pm. I'm still working on it and it's not easy, my low a couple weeks ago was 181 and man it felt good. Just need to control my appetite. Just some things to think about. Keep at it
225/184/175

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t's gonna suck when the whole office smells like Leader's fried chicken and I'm munching on a salad.

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I love Leader's chicken tenders so I feel your pain.

Where do you work or is that tmi for a message board?

I'm from Ascension Parish but now live in BR. Just curious about where you work.

That's what I would have guessed.

They are a big employer in Ascension.

I have a couple of friends working there.

One of my friends is an attorney and I'm not sure what Marla B. does there. It seems like she might be in tech support but I'm not sure.