#calories tw

[frownyalfred]

Completely off topic ? Ish but how do you meal prep? Followed for batfam but also love your gym and fitness talk? How exactly do you work out? I want to start going to the gym but I don't know how to get a membership and how to use all the machines?

I usually do meal prep Sunday nights. I prep a meal that can be used for lunch and/or dinner, and then some breakfast items I can grab and go with. I do a high protein meal prep so it takes some thought but I’ve gotten into a good groove the last few years.

Working out is a little trickier. I started out going maybe once a week, and slowly started going more over time to build a routine. Now it’s habit, since I like to get moving in some way every day. I do weightlifting with cardio days and yoga in between, though recently I’ve been doing more yoga since it’s lower impact.

Most gyms will do an intro/trial membership and will be happy to show you around! A lot of them also do intro to the machines as a free session, which I highly recommend. If you’re brave enough, you can also go up to people (in between sets) and ask them how the machine works — I’ve done this before, and usually they have good tips on form. And they might spot you!

I use the Strong app for keeping track of my lifts. It also has videos and diagrams of proper form with instructions. I track my food intake on a calorie app to try and optimize for my goals, but that can be triggering for some people.

If you’re afab, weightlifting especially is such a good habit to get into. You feel better, you feel stronger, and you aren’t as likely to get stuck in a weight loss/gain cycle. I lost 40+ lbs and countless inches around my waist and chest, but recently my focus has been more on what my body can do and what it looks like, and less on how much the scale reads. I eat the foods I like and have room for treats because you need to eat to fuel exercise! It’s so different from eating the tiniest possible and hitting cardio endlessly.

[covington-shenanigans]

shout-out to that time like five years ago when I did a minor vandalism in honor of my then-recently-deceased fat femme wife

[therosielord]

It's honestly crazy to me that there are people who have gone through weight loss and are still fatphobic (or are even MORE fatphobic than before) because NOTHING has radicalized me towards fat liberation more than trying to lose weight.

I'm not even fat, I'm midsized. But I gained a bunch of weight due to chronic illness and guess what? I was eating LESS than I ever had before (because I was nauseous all the time) and consistently gaining weight! If I had been healthy, my diet probably would have made me drop 20 pounds. But because I was sick, I gained 40 pounds.

I'm still trying to lose the weight. (Not gonna argue about the ethics of purposefully losing weight, go make your own post.) I'm just trying to get back to the size I was before I got really sick. I've been at it consistently for maybe a year and a half and I've lost about 15 pounds. And of course I'm very proud of myself for that progress but let's be honest, that's a pretty slow pace. I gained 40 pounds in the same timeframe. Why is it taking me SO much longer to lose it?

And here's the crazy thing: I've realized that the main reason it's taking me so long is because I keep prioritizing my health over weight loss. I'm sure to a lot of people that doesn't make sense. "Doesn't eating healthy result in weight loss?" NO. Eating HEALTHY can result in weight gain, weight loss, or no change to weight. Eating in a calorie deficit is what makes you lose weight. You can eat healthily and not be in a deficit and you can be in a deficit and eat nothing but garbage.

I've had a lot of moments when I could either make a choice to eat something that had more calories but also more things that my body desperately needed, like protein and fiber and vitamins, or I could eat something that had fewer calories and also less of all the other good stuff. (Example: a veggie and meat stir fry over rice versus a protein bar.) And whenever I could, I'd choose the first option. Because that was the healthier option, even though it meant I'd be eating more calories.

It's not like I wasn't on the fat liberation team beforehand, but going through this experience has really made me realize that everything our society believes about fatness and weight loss and health is total bullshit. Sometimes your body gets fucked up and your weight goes haywire and you have no control over it. Sometimes being sick makes you gain weight, sometimes it makes you lose weight. The healthiest option is not always the option that will help you lose weight. It's all so complicated, and we should never judge anyone for not being able to lose weight. Choosing to lose weight AND choosing to not lose weight are both morally neutral decisions and we should never force someone into one or the other.

[mylittleredgirl]

what kind of specific ass question is that. how is that the second most common thing people ask

[pandamugger]

Not my mom getting pissy and passive aggressive with me about a meal i ate yesterday because of “the calories” and i looked up what i ate and drank and it totals out to. 250 calories. And i had a small dinner last night so my daily intake was 100% below 1000 calories. And this is the shit shes saying is making me “fat”. I swear this woman wishes i were anorexic.

[sad-starz]

total cals: 745

calorie counting day 1 (will be edited throughout the day)

Breakfast:

eggos: 195 cals

Smoothie: 250 cals

lunch: tacos: 300 cals

[klapollo]

under the assumption that people making those "i forget to eat all day and then eat two blueberries" posts are being earnest and would actually like help for this, here are some calorie dense lazy meals that can help you make sure youre getting enough food quickly from your local eating disorder recovery dude who knows way too much about calories and nutrition

peanut butter sandwich. any variation or any other nut butter is fine, but make sure it's a real butter with oil etc, not the powdered stuff. peanut butter is very calorie dense and has protein and fat. pairings like bananas, wheat bread, and other quick additions can bulk it up

granola. granola is super calorie dense even in small amounts. throw a bunch into some full fat yogurt with some fruit, drizzle honey or maple syrup if youre up to it and feeling fancy. add nuts, chocolate, whatever.

chocolate -- one bar is usually between 250-500 calories depending on size.

nuts!!!! nuts have tons of calories and lots of protein and healthy fats. one cup of walnuts is 500+ calories -- i'd also suggest these w full fat yogurt and fruit for extra bulk/protein.

COOK WITH OIL!! a little goes a long way. butter is also an option.

avocados. avocado toast is the millenial joke but put a thick layer of avocado on a couple fat slices of bread (toasted if youd like) and toss seasonings and whatever youd like on it for a good dose of fat fiber and carbs. if you have the energy, add an egg for extra protein

pasta. cook an entire box of pasta ahead of time and keep it in the fridge, reheat on low energy days. a bowl can give you a good amount of calories, even more if you add sauce/cheese/etc. rice is also a good option -- especially if you Throw An Egg On It(tm) again.

bananas arent super high calorie but they have higher calories than most fruit, so mix them with other things (on toast, in yogurt, etc) to bulk up

mix and match these foods if you want calorie bombs that can make up for a day of undereating, ex: a bowl of full fat yogurt with bananas, nuts and chocolate chips, pasta with olive oil and cheese, avocado toast with thick bread and oil drizzle.

this is just a starting point. go for meals that have a good mix of carbs, protein, fiber and fat. doesnt matter where it comes from, just get it in. pizza. sweet potato with butter. a frozen broccoli bake. canned chili with rice. egg and cheese on a bagel. getting all your calories in one meal is NOT recommended but if you struggle eating throughout the day you can bulk out what you do eat to make sure youre not hurting your body.

[lapdogchase]

every day i find out more "health science" thats used to justify fatphobia is bullshit. for instance did you know that the fda's recommended 2000 calories a day that's on all the nutrition labels is made up and also not even a recommendation. first of all, The intent of the 2000 number and the percentages on nutrition labels is as a quick way to gauge what, for instance, 500mg of sodium is, not as actual health advice. they got the number by taking a survey of people and asking how many calories they had per day (and people probably underreported, as people tend to do). women said 1600-2200 calories/day, men said 2000-3000 calories/day, and children said 1800-2500. the fda thought about making the "average" used on nutrition labels 2,350 calories per day, but the people (average consumers btw, not scientists, just random people) who responded to a survey about what the benchmark should be said 2350 Sounded too high, and nutrition educators thought it would make people overeat if the average was 2350, so they rounded it down by 20% to 2,000. literally they took a survey of average people, lowered the numbers so americans wouldnt be "encouraged" to eat "too much," and ran with it . bonkers

[omgcatboi]

What do you end up eating on a 10k calorie day?

Its usually on the days I eat a 4k cal family lasagna. I usually eat it in one sitting early in the day. I get hungry again about three hours later, and will make another meal. Usually something with potatoes and meat, though I plan to replace pretty much all meat with weight gain shakes soon. And resorting to only ordering out for meats.

After that, about two hours later, I'll have a bowl of sugary cereal and ice cream. Then I'll want a snack, so usually some chips with a ton of french onion dip. Or cake.

Then there's the snacking throughout the day on stuff like corn dogs, pizza rolls, ramen and Mac n cheese.

I also have days where I'll order 2 meals at once on door dash and that'll get me started. Usually my doordash meals look like this:

Btw I'm absolutely open to receiving help for ordering food! My cash app is tubbycow if anyone is interested 😁 I can use the help, as I only have 150$ a week to work with due to being disabled.

Usually when someone buys me food, I'll send custom videos and pics to them.

[eremitical]

i thought after eating like 1000 calories per day for 4 weeks and losing 5 pounds might have fucked with my muscles but i just got on my bike and im biking better than ever. cardio could use some work but my muscles are goated.

[briar--rising]

Bc of colonoscopy prep rules I've had approximately 300 calories over the past 36+ hours, all in the form of sugary liquid. And now I'm not allowed to even drink anything at all until after the procedure this afternoon, probably around 3:30 pm. I am so dizzy and out of it. This is definitely the longest I've gone with so little food and it feels very Bad TM.

[boobsmcgeeed]

75 hard: days 4&5

Work has been crazy stressful and I’ve thought I was a day ahead all week but I still have managed to stick to stick to the plan!

I’ve done Pilates at home the last 2 days while watching tv and I don’t why I wasn’t doing this the whole time! I know I’m not paying as much attention the entire time as if I were in a class or at the gym so I stretched the workout to an hour and a half which I still enjoyed.

I’ve still struggled with my nausea so eating in the morning has been difficult. I eat enough to make sure my meds don’t eat my stomach and then I’ve added an extra snack later in the day to make up for it. I’m still not eating as many calories as I would like and certainly not as much protein as I want. But I’ve been planning meals for the Friday grocery run so hopefully next week I’ll be able to up that.

[sad-starz]

total cals: 640

calorie counting day 1 (will be edited throughout the day)

breakfast

smoothie: 250 cals

lunch:

bbq chicken: 190 cals

dinner:

pizza bites: 200 cals

[normal-with-adhd-is-a-joke]

unexpected side effect of tracking my nutritional intake: I can more effectively find out the answers to questions like "why am I so damn hungry?" by looking to see if I'm particularly low on calories or low on a specific type of fuel (i.e. carbs). I thought I would find out that I was ingesting a ton of calories daily but it turns out the days when I feel like shit and eat a lot at night is because I'm in a ~500 calorie deficit which is way more than I need to or is comfortable to be.

[klapollo]

tw for calories, body image, fat shaming etc

ive been trying to eat about 2000 calories a day given the intensity of my exercise routine but given that i tend to not eat super calorie dense food this often results in me eating small meals/snacks throughout the day and as a result my mom has kind of like. taken to insinuating i'm a pig and overeating and that i dont understand nutrition and am just eating whatever i want because i exercise a little, rather than at least having a vague idea of how much i'm eating and exercising a lot.

i work out pretty heavily, usually 1.5 hours at the gym doing cardio and lifting four days a week PLUS walking a lot every day and doing an hour or so of cardio 2/3 of my days off. and today in particular i spent almost three hours at the gym -- about an hour and a half of cardio and an hour of lifting -- and also walked about 40k steps. this is not low level movement. and then i come home around 6 pm having barely eaten throughout the day prior so i try to make up so im not in TOO big of a deficit -- high volume on low calorie stuff like cruciferous vegetables, lower on denser things like carbs and fats. i dont like counting calories but i do keep a vague idea of how much im eating as i go and there's basically no way im not in a deficit. but my mom saw me eating a big dinner (a lot of broccoli + a little rice) and went on a prolonged rant about how i'm overeating and delusional

anyway this is an essay im just posting this bc she's been on this trip for a while now and it's honestly making it very hard to eat to match my activity level and it's also very upsetting. ive been feeling a lot of itches to relapse lately and general disdain for my body and it's just. bad. i hate it so much

[crowleaf]

tw cw for medical stuff, weight loss, body image, calorie restriction, and things of that nature.

This is not an e*ting d*sorder post, but a health update related to an earlier post. (same warnings apply for that post as well)

As of today, I've lost 32 pounds since late September/early October '22 and I feel fucking fantastic.

I currently weigh 178, which is probably the lowest I've weighed in eight years or so. I'm only just now starting to see and feel a major difference. (I should note that I'm 5'1)

My slight limp is even slighter (it's never going away, as it's caused by scoliosis and uneven hips, but it's barely there now), I don't have horrific back pain after standing for longer than fifteen minutes, and I can go up and down the stairs of my house easily without getting winded. I have less headaches, less frequent vertigo, and overall I just feel better than I have in a long time, physically and mood-wise.

I can see the changes in the shape of my arms and legs, and I feel it in the fit of my clothes. A blazer I could hardly bend my arms in last year now buttons up comfortably. A bra I was going to get rid of fits perfectly now. I wish I could try on my binder, which hasn't fit for the last year or so, but I don't know where it is because I just haven't worn it. I've been wearing sports bras, which were also too small, but fit just fine now.

I'm being safe about it, I'm under the supervision of a weight management specialist, and I'm losing around 1-2 pounds a week but I expect that to slow down after I hit my first goal, and that's okay. My tracker projects that I should reach that first milestone (150 lbs) sometime in July. If it isn't exact, that's okay too. I'm in no rush.

I do, however, have a cholesterol issue. I've been getting most of my protein from eggs and cheese, and my recent bloodwork says I'm 'borderline high', and that scares the shit out of me, so now I'm paying more attention to that than calorie restriction. I see my weight specialist next week and have a copy of the blood results for him, so hopefully he can advise me in that area, but I've already started making changes.

Much less cheese, and I miss it but I also don't want to have a stroke so I'll deal. Egg whites only, no yolks (which sounds bland but isn't when you know how to actually use seasonings -- I like mine with salt, pepper, garlic, and dill, and sometime curry powder). Use less oil while cooking, which so far is easier than I expected. A couple teaspoons goes a long way. More beans, like bean or tofu based meals at least three times a week. More fiber. In general I just don't eat enough of it but I've already been increasing it.

My GP wants to see me again in six months for another blood test, hopefully it'll be better.

Oh and I'm still frighteningly deficient in vitamn d, but I'm going outside more now, and taking prescribed high dose supplements once a week, so I'll be fine.