re: PUTTHEFORKDOWN V. 2025- Weight Loss Support & Advice thread!

i thought i was the only one. this happened to me in the middle of scanning a meal and i was so confused because i had just scanned one item and the next wouldn't work.

i guess i'll be getting macrofactor now, is that the best app to get? seems like a lot of folks have recommended this on here.

Yea ignore that lol, you have settings all wrong for sure and are not eating close to enough

Just try to get your calories around 2000 for now and hit 190g protein. Don’t worry about the rest, if after 2 weeks you haven’t lost weight, lower to 1800 but keep protein the same.

Focus on good quality foods, making meats the main focus. Cut out any liquid calories. Try and weigh things raw for right now.

Add chin ups, lunges, reverse lunges to your routine.

Can anybody recommend a good set of workout bands? I thought about getting a set to bring to work with me. It's very difficult to find time for gym and track after a 12 hour shift.

Tigerfan- I'm a hospital guy too, I will drop and do pushups almost anywhere, I do chins on the hinges of bathroom doors, and airsquats , lunges, stairs are all easy on stair cases, and some of the handrails are close enough for dips.

Then I fit in 2 to 3 lifting days at home.

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Do y’all have any daily non negotiables that y’all follow to keep you hydrated/grinding?

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I work full time 12 hour shifts and go to class full time so difficult to make time for meal prepping

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Meal prepping makes it far easier to stay on track in my opinion. Set aside the time one day per week to do it and measure everything and you'll know exactly what you're consuming and be able to watch the scale and adjust accordingly. It's far too easy to get off track if you don't have a plan. I started meal prepping when I was working 12 hour days with a 1 hour commute each way. When you factor in time to get dressed, a 1 hr workout, and try to get 8 hours for sleep there's just not enough time in the day. Every Sunday I would make breakfast for the week and 2-3 different large pots of food for lunch/supper. A crock pot helps here too. I'd log everything into myfitnesspal for the week and that was it. Now you wake up and open your app and know what food containers to grab to bring to work for the day. Do as much of your eating at work as possible to save time. I eat breakfast, lunch, and afternoon snacks all at my desk. It only takes a couple hours one day per week to do this. Do it while you watch Sunday football or something

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Do y’all have any daily non negotiables that y’all follow to keep you hydrated/grinding?

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Get a 64oz metal water jug / bottle from Amazon. Fill it up when you get outta bed and make sure you've emptied it before you go to sleep.

Either my scale broke or I dropped from 209 to 200 in a day without even trying.

I’m suspecting the scale broke, but we’ll see.

777, what’s the latest and greatest macro calculator?

There was a really good one shared a few years back that I can’t seem to find.

Thought it was IF 1cal or something along those lines.

It was a basic dashboard that had the pie charts that you could change your macros based on your goals.

ETA: it was 1percentedge dot com. But is redirecting to Muscle Hacking.