dexa twice a year if you can afford it. the cheap scale will tell you a new story every day and none of them are true
#food-and-training 2026-03-06
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- eat_more_please — alcohol hits me twice as hard now, has anyone else had that 17:35
- half_life_hal — i front load protein. 40 grams at breakfast because by the evening i cannot face any of it, your mileage will differ greek yoghurt, cottage cheese, whey in milk. that… 18:33
- thank_you_year_on — liquid protein was the thing that fixed this for me. a shake is food, it is not a shortcut 20:01
alcohol hits me twice as hard now, has anyone else had that
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 problemcoffee on an empty stomach is making me feel awful, is that the drug or is that just coffee
1.6 per kg
while im here sarcopenia at my age, is that a real risk if im losing 48 in 26 months
small portions six times a day is how i get to 130 grams on a bad week
dexa if you can
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ok so at 90kg and 1.6 per kg you are looking at 144 grams. i have never once hit it on a bad appetite week
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resistance training twice a week, is that enough to hold lean mass
i front load protein. 40 grams at breakfast because by the evening i cannot face any of it, your mileage will differ
greek yoghurt, cottage cheese, whey in milk. that is most of my protein and none of it needs chewing
while im here bioimpedance scales are a mood ring. they track how hydrated you are more than anything about fat
[edited]how do you hit protein when literally nothing is appealing
i weigh my protein sources for a week every few months to recalibrate, because the estimates drift badly
front load it
unrelated but resistance training is not optional if you care what you look like at the end of this. my opinion, held strongly
liquid protein was the thing that fixed this for me. a shake is food, it is not a shortcut
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coming back after 24 months, what did people change about food that stuck
i lost 15 and about a fifth of it was lean by dexa, and that was with lifting the whole way through
add salt