Thunder Log

[Thunder]

@Poppy
What’s the name of you macro app?
Thanks

 

[Poppy]

My fitness pal.

The basic app is free. It’s got a great search engine/database. There hasn’t been one food item It didn’t have… brand… macro count etc.

I just plugged in some data to get the app. It has my goals way out but I pay no attention to that. I know I’m on a high protein lowish carb diet.

Reiterating what @Neuro said. You have to be brutally honest to get anything out of it. For instance… I log great value creamy peanut butter…1 or 1/2 tablespoon.

 

[Thunder]

That app tracker is a lot….

 

[Poppy]

Is there a free version

 

[Neuro]

You want something you’ve never had? Do something you’ve never done.

 

[Thunder]

My problem is time. I just don’t have it.
That’s why I was gonna go the clean eats route but everyone lost their minds about it.
Cool
I’m going to prep out some food today and go with it
I’ll post pictures later

 

[Neuro]

Man cmon. No one lost their mind. Not even close. You came here for some guidance, it was given. It may be easy but high carb mid protein isn’t going to get you to your goals.

As far as tracking, that app has a scanner that inputs that data for you.

Change is hard. I get that. Find the change that is sustainable. Otherwise you will gain 50lbs again and be up to 400.

 

[Poppy]

The app gets easier every time you use it.

I enter all my data for the day after supper and then again after snack. That’s the beauty of meal prepping… you don’t have to guess what you ate.

The app will remember what you have inputed and will save it for a quick recovery/input and will have a humongous database to search for new stuff….that will then be in your quick recovery database for future use.

I promise you that after a week or two … you’ll spend no more than 90 seconds a day. After a couple months it’ll be no more than 60 seconds.

I know for the free part… you can enter the same breakfast as the day before with a 1 second swipe.

 

[Poppy]

You still have to track your macros or you don’t have any idea what you’re eating. Lots of folks don’t need to track…I absolutely have to. If you’re going in the wrong direction with your weight then you might want to consider it.

 

[Poppy]

Here’s a screenshot… I punched in one and zero and it came up with my great value 100% egg whites and baked spaghetti “10” servings. Hit the plus sign and adjust quantity if you’re eating more or less than what’s indicated (which is the last time YOU entered that particular food). You’re done for that entry.

It’s the same for the usual foods I eat…

 

[Poppy]

Find the change that is sustainable.

Bingo…. Sustainable is the key

 

[Poppy]

One definitely wasn’t enough

I just reread this whole thread…

I still tell this story to this day…

I worked with a dude for 30 years. He was a meathead like most of us. He was a big guy…like 6-3 or taller big… over the years he blossomed to 450 lbs. he would go to the gym every so often for a couple days and try and get back but failed.

He ordered those meals (the nfl retirees were advertising) trying to get a hold of his weight. He came to work one day and said his meals came in the mail but there was a problem… he had to eat the breakfast lunch and dinner in one sitting because one wasn’t enough. I said “nooooo that’s not the point of the whole thing”.

Fast fwd 10 years… we both retired and lost track. My oldest daughter (nephrology research) sent me a pic of him and her. He recognized the name and asked. He ended up with type 1 beetles and my daughter had him at the facility for dialysis.

Some time earlier this year… he passed at 69yo.

 

[Poppy]

That is a very true story

 

[Thunder]

So what should my number be for each day?
Protein
Fats
Carbs

If I weigh out my protein I can have as much green veggies as I want?
So let’s say I eat 300 grams of protein spread out over 4 meals.
I add a good fat…
Pile of green veggies….
My first meal will be at noon and then every 3 hours.
I think dirt has me lined out on what protein should be at I just need direction on the other numbers please and thank you

 

[Neuro]

My problem is time. I just don’t have it.

I’m not looking to be coddled say that shit.

Okay friendo.

Here’s what I know to be true after a decade in the icu:
All your excuses are lies- Either to yourself, or to someone else. “Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself” - Dostoyevsky

I also know this to be true after a lifetime of watching people have no problem prioritizing what they actually find important. Then complain they have no time.

I say this with the full knowledge that I lead a very simple life by choice. But that choice, is me placing my priorities where I want them.

You say you’re fed up, mad, a lazy workaholic fatass… then do something different. Don’t come here wanting to be spoon fed your macro count and told what to do. You wanna know the most effective way to get an employee to buy into policy change? Make them come up with the plan. My plan is my plan. Dirts is his. Poppy’s is his. That’s why all our plans work.

Dig in. Make your plan YOUR plan. Then come here for help, because you’re in the weeds of your plan. We can provide a Birds Eye view of blind spots and pitfalls.

You can fucking do this. You’ve done it already. Doing it again is fucking easy. But you have to do it.

Neuro out and headed to bed. :v:t3:

 

[TG1]

problem is time. I just don’t have it.

This is why go the route of boiled eggs. Make a batch for a couple days. Find one meal that fits your macros then replicate it. By that like I used to say about my chili recipe. Make a big ass pot of it say 2 days worth also and divide the portions in containers.

I used to the same with ground beef and cheese. Or cut up steak chunks. I would pre cut the steaks so it was easier to eat in the car on the go.

A bag of frozen veggies steam it and add it in etc. Just get the mindset down. You don’t need every meal to be 3 or 4 things. Make it simple.

I don’t know what happened to original video. Only this shows up now.



Something like this. Find a recipe you like and make in bulk. Need more carbs add more in. Need less remove some. Till it’s where you want.

 

[Thunder]

That what I’m talking about right there

 

[JLee]

So here’s my two cents…I use the fat secret app to track my calories. The way I’ve done things that’s worked for me is just Google calorie calculator. Punch in your numbers to give you a “rough idea” of what your calories should be. Eat those calories for 2 weeks. Adjust calories depending on where your weight goes. Try to eat .75 to 1 gram of protein per pound of body weight. .3 to .5 of a gram of fat per pound. The rest is carbs. This is formula from Dr. Mike from Rep fitness. He has some good information on dieting. Ive had the foamy piss and bad kidney numbers before and I was able to correct it by lowering my protein and increasing my water. At the time of my issues I was eating 400g+ at 260lbs. My body just couldn’t handle it. Brought it down to 275grams with more water and my numbers were great. Can’t promise the same results but that’s what worked for me. As far as the food prep goes buy an insta pot or crock pot. An insta pot can cook 3lbs of chicken in 20 minutes and a crock pot you can literally throw anything in it and come back after work to a hot meal. The fat secret app also will calculate calories of your own recipes. Hope this helps and good luck

 

[Thunder]

4 pm snack

 

[Thunder]

Dinner was 4 farm eggs teaspoon coconut oil
1 bag mixed veggies
2 cups boneless/skinless chicken breast