is a protein shake cheating or is it just food
#food-and-training 2026-04-05
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Highlights from this day
- ivy_injects — coming back after 16 months, what did people change about food that stuck 21:21
- ivy_injects — whats a realistic calorie floor before it becomes an actual problem 21:29
- protein_floor — follow up is cold food easier for anyone else or is that just me 22:16
- gorse_gains — if you cannot eat it, drink it. that is the whole trick and it took me far too long to work out 22:22
fibre from food
two sessions a week
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
[edited]prep in portions a third of the size you think you need. big containers go in the bin uneaten
update from 5 months ago: fixed my protein, the fatigue lifted, and i cannot prove those two are connected
smaller containers
bioimpedance is a mood ring
family meals i put a small amount on the plate and nobody comments anymore. that took about a year
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coming back to this 160 grams a day sounds enormous until you notice a chicken breast is 30 and a shake is 25, still working it out
dexa or the bathroom bioimpedance thing, is the cheap one worth anything at all
how do you handle a family meal when you can eat a third of whats on the plate
sorry to jump in you will feel weaker while losing. whether you actually are is a different question and only numbers answer it
coming back after 16 months, what did people change about food that stuck
whats a realistic calorie floor before it becomes an actual problem
if you are at 700 calories a day that is the thing to fix before anything else. please eat more
resistance training twice a week, is that enough to hold lean mass
i lift three times a week and my lifts dropped about ten percent while losing, then came back up
resistance training is not optional if you care what you look like at the end of this. my opinion, held strongly
if you cannot eat it, drink it. that is the whole trick and it took me far too long to work out
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