i stopped counting calories and started counting protein, and one number is much easier than two, i think
#food-and-training 2026-01-21
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- thirty_min_wait — small portions six times a day is how i get to 130 grams on a bad week, i think 09:06
- thirty_min_wait — cold food is easier. i eat a lot of things at fridge temperature now and i cannot explain why that helps, take that with a pinch of salt 09:12
- thirty_min_wait — unrelated but the risk with fast loss is lean mass, and the two things that touch it are protein and resistance work 10:01
- meal_prep_mick — liquid protein was the thing that fixed this for me. a shake is food, it is not a shortcut 12:29
- invoice_mismatch — if you cannot eat it, drink it. that is the whole trick and it took me far too long to work out 160 grams a day sounds enormous until you notice a chicken breast is… 13:41
how do you handle a family meal when you can eat a third of whats on the plate
i lift three times a week and my lifts dropped about ten percent while losing, then came back up
thats too few calories
target weight 75kg
1.6 g/kg = 120 g/day
1.8 g/kg = 135 g/day
spread over 4 feeds = 30-34 g each
which with no appetite is the actual problemif you are at 700 calories a day that is the thing to fix before anything else. please eat more
small portions six times a day is how i get to 130 grams on a bad week, i think
is a protein shake cheating or is it just food
cold food is easier. i eat a lot of things at fridge temperature now and i cannot explain why that helps, take that with a pinch of salt
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fibre from food first, psyllium if food is not doing it. i went straight to the sachets and regretted it
i front load protein. 40 grams at breakfast because by the evening i cannot face any of it
unrelated but the risk with fast loss is lean mass, and the two things that touch it are protein and resistance work
family meals i put a small amount on the plate and nobody comments anymore. that took about a year
liquid protein was the thing that fixed this for me. a shake is food, it is not a shortcut
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did anyone get body composition measured before and after
cold food is easier
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if you cannot eat it, drink it. that is the whole trick and it took me far too long to work out
160 grams a day sounds enormous until you notice a chicken breast is 30 and a shake is 25
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