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The anal retentive, Type A scientist in me just wanted to share my progress with my FS fam over the past 9 weeks. Today marks the end of the 9th week of a 52-week transformation. You can see that first few weeks nothing really happened and the old me would have given up, crying, "It's not working." I have matured a lot over the past year or so when it comes to my psychological relationship with food, which was (to put it mildly) "not good." I have Noom to thank for that with their little mini-courses. The biggest lessons I've learned over the last few weeks, in no particular order:
1) Don't be afraid of calories. You NEED them if you're going to try and build muscle and get lean.
2) Know your TDEE and trust that number.
3) Your TDEE will change as your body composition does. You'll need to recalibrate every couple of weeks or so if you want to keep cutting.
4) CONSISTENCY in your workouts and nutrition is the only thing that will net you results. Even a little bit every day changes your body.
5) It always takes longer than you think it will (unless you have superhuman genetics like Diablo).
6) Strive for balance. I still eat Oreos, French fries and pizza. I'm just slowly developing the self-control not to binge on them anymore.
Thanks for all your support everyone. I'll check in again in another 8 weeks or so with another progress report.
STATS// Day 1 vs. Day 60
Weight: 219 vs. 212.8
BMI: 29.7 vs. 28.8
Body Fat %: 22.1 vs. 20.8
Muscle Mass %: 39.9 vs. 39.9
Bone Mass %: 4.1 vs. 4.2
Water %: 58.5 vs. 59.5
View Diet Calendar, 10 October 2021:
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2136 kcal
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Fat: 98.04g | Prot: 172.36g | Carbs: 149.06g.
Breakfast: Bowl & Basket Semi-Sweet Chocolate Baking Chips, Hershey's Special Dark Cocoa Powder, Clabber Girl Double Acting Baking Powder, Vanilla Extract, All Whites 100% Liquid Egg Whites, Upstate Farms Greek Plain Nonfat Yogurt, Quest Cookies & Cream Protein Powder, Silk Ultra Protein Unsweet, Bowl & Basket Unbleached Enriched Flour, Great Value Sugar Free Syrup, ShopRite Part Skim Shredded Mozzarella Cheese, Great Value Large White Grade A Eggs, Butterball Lower Sodium Turkey Bacon. Lunch: Cucumber (with Peel) , Costco Beefsteak Tomato, Wish-Bone Balsamic Vinaigrette Salad Dressing, Light Mayonnaise , Aldi Salmon Burgers, McCain Oven Cooked Fries. Dinner: Kawan Food Plain Paratha, Chicken Thigh. Snacks/Other: Quest Cookies & Cream Protein Powder, Upstate Farms Greek Plain Nonfat Yogurt, Quest Cookies & Cream Protein Powder, Silk Ultra Protein Unsweet, RxBar Blueberry. more...
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