I find carb loading easier to stick to. I can’t handle endless diet right now. Knowing I get 200 carbs tomorrow is the only thing that gets me through today.
I still want to bitch out my ex and most of my coworkers. But at least I know I’ll feel better after a few meals tomorrow and the hamster wheel in my brain will slow down.
I find that protein makes me fuller. The 30g protein drinks from Costco are good.
I’ve drank 3 or 4 protein shakes today. They’re actually like 5 carbs each but I’m not counting it because today is a rough fucking day, and the last day of the first 4-day cycle. I just need to feel like I accomplished it and build on that momentum.
Imo figure out your daily expenditure and then cap your cals 500 under that and get sufficient protein. Been doing this for the last 6 weeks and it’s working. Don’t need any fancy cycles or even any serious dieting.
But, almost everyone eats more and burns less than they think.
It never works for me. Whenever I do that I already eat way less calories than it says I should. And then when I eat less I want to kill everyone I know. It’s bad in normal times but sometimes I can do it. No way I can do it now when I’m just hanging on.
Maybe I should eat more calories I dunno.
You are literally saying it doesn’t matter then it does in the same sentence.
Also a few post down more reasons why the types of calories you consume matter.
Ok, to clarify, the material i’ve read suggests that keto will not help you lose weight, other than through behavioral changes it induces. The total calories are what matter.
However, you will not continue to gain ideal amount of muscle if you dieting and working out without sufficient protein. I don’t know what that is exactly, but studies have shown that people eating 1g/lb of protein a day and work out build more lean mass than people who eat, eg, 0.3g/lb protein per day (and doesn’t provide a benefit over, eg, 1.3g/lb). The advice ive found for lifters who are cutting weight, eg, in general or for bodybuilding competition prep, is to 1) set a calorie goal, 2) get sufficient protein, 3) get enough carbs to function more or less normally, 4) fat can fill in the rest (1%-25% for bodybuilders or athletes who are cutting).
Anything else fancy, like cycles or intermittent fasting or keto could be helpful, but likely only as a result of induced behavioral and/or satiety changes that lead to reduced caloric consumption.
The other important lense is what you can stick to.
I find focusing on making small changes to habits the best approach.
I.e. its not. “I will eat x, i will not eat x”. As i find those hard to stick with. Instead its things like.
I will go grocery shopping to the nice fruit and veg store once a week and keep the house full of fruits.
I will cook my own lunch 5 days a week.
I will put the leftovers away after cooking. (So i dont finish them with a spoon while doing the dishes)
I will not buy icecream when i grocery shop.
Etc.
My default state is eating to excess and balooning in weight. Just staying stable is a massive win for me. When i can drop a few kg its even better.
It’s really hard to get motivated to work out when the 45 lb weight feels like it weighs 90 lbs pulling it off the rack. I think I’ll take a mulligan and hit it tomorrow.
I know that feeling. Nothing wrong with your decision.
Sometimes when that kind of sluggishness hits me, I’ll do a short session of something that I don’t normally do. Like pull up a 20 minute yoga or tai chi video. It let’s me still do something physical that is a change of pace, and it lowers my chances of beating myself up that I skipped a work out. Granted, other times I just skip it all together with no regrets at all.
Yeah, the other thing is my intestines are dancing around a little bit. That really saps your drive.
Some of my best workouts are from fighting through that initial feeling. I still skip my share also though lol but those often are the most satisfying workouts also imo.
My approach.
I workout mon to fri. If i miss a day during the week i just do a saturday and start again on the monday so i dont miss the routine.
My workout is a mix of core and accessory lifts. On tough days i just skip the accessory work, or reduce. Then im still doing the main stuff and keep moving on up.
Yeah, my experience has been that if I feel sluggish the workout tends to fix that, rather than the sluggishness ruins the workout. I think the one exception is overtraining. If you’re not resting enough then you can’t push through that with more exercise, ldo.
After three months of bird dogging the website and another two months of waiting for my order to ship my rogue stuff is finally on the way 
What did you order?
Rack, bench, bar, weight tree, floor tiles for a platform and weights
Cool thats a lot of stuff.
Good call on the weight tree I just have my plated scattered around the floor of my gym and it’s a pain.
I have a tree and I still scatter my weights on the floor. I’m too tired to put that away when I’m done, if I don’t have to (as I would if I were at a gym).
