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I completely agree but for some of us unfortunately that's the only way it works until we get to that point. It's sucks but if you can find the drive it helps to get on the journey that will get you towards your goal.

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Are we still talking about getting through the wall of text?

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I'm visualizing myself reading that...

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Did it work?

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Did it work?

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Or skip the bread and the lunchmeat and just eat vegetables and real meat, like leftovers from dinner.  Avocados are great, but if you're eating them for their protein content, you're going to have to eat a lot.  They are <5% protein by caloric content.

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I don't really like avocados, problem solved!

Did some baked chicken and had some miscellany salad makings, perfect lunch!  

Drinking water is starting to get a little easier, do miss the flavor of different drinks, and a bit of caffeine to where I feel like I am dragging, I know that will fade in time. It's 8pm and I could go to sleep. With better food and the body used to it I know this will pass.

One thing I have noticed, with the myfitnesspal app, it has my target set at 2770 calories. After putting everything in with what I walk, obviously an estimate, it says I have a ton of calories left over, like yesterday said I had almost 1k left. I made sure everything was logged, did as I ate it or made it. I was a little hungry Tuesday but yesterday I wasn't, and found snacks helped, and I didn't eat as much at dinner. Even without using the S Health app I have several hundred left.

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Screw Atkins and cut way back on the milk. Milk is designed to allow newborns to pack on weight quickly.  If you want to eat pasta once a week, gomahead, but keep the portion reasonable and don't load up on dessert.

Better yet, eat like this:

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30 minutes to prepare and cook using a food processor.  Pan seared pork chop, shredded Brussels sprouts browned in olive oil, and turnip fries - more flavor and less than 1/3 of te carbs/calories of potatoes.  It was damn delicious.  Need dessert?  I pulped some blueberries in a food processor with a scoop of whey isolate and unsweetened coconut flakes, put in a small coffee cuo and stirred in some pistacchi (used the Italian for you). Also delicious and scratched the sweet tooth itch I had going.

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Turnip fries.

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No, it isn't,

Look up Intermittent Fasting. Don't force yourself to eat breakfast just because you have always been told it is the "most important meal of the day"

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All you need is some caffeine.

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I thought the same thing. They are delicious. I am addicted to them.

Slice them thin, drizzle with olive oil and seasoning, cover and microwave for 8 minutes, then bake for 18 minutes in a 450 oven, flipping once.  Use the convection fan if younwant them crispier.

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The other day my wife made "mashed potatoes" from turnips for my dad, who does the Atkins thing.  I thought, no fucking way am I eating mashed turnips, but damn, they were actually really good.  Kind of like tricking a kid into eating vegetables.

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What you're experiencing is the blooming of your body's desire to implement Dad Strength, the untapped potential in our bodies that is preserved from teenagehood for when we have little humans to tickle and toss in the air and hug until they squeal "Ugh dad I can't breaaaaaaaaaathe". I literally was there,    

Step 1:
Load MyFitnessPal onto your phone. Track EVERY. SINGLE. CALORIE that goes in your fat mouth. You'll be shocked how much you actually eat. 6'2", 256 isn't awful, but there's a lot of work to be done. For 2 weeks just track EVERYTHING you eat.


Step 2: Forget the "steps". Here's the issue, in order to burn fat, you have to do MORE than normal. You have to burn MORE than you consume. It's not quite as simple as "eat one calorie, burn 2, lose weight" but it's close. But if every day you do 11000 steps, you're gonna need to do 13000 to lose weight, you feel me? Tracking activity that you do every day isn't really super helpful except to know if something has changed. (am I making sense?)


Step 3: After you've got an idea of how many calories you're consuming, THEN you can think about diet. Emphasize protein, fats, then complex carbohydrates. Start rethinking the way you eat. You can eat whatever you want BUT: FOOD IS FUEL. You can have a single donut, or you can have a fist-sized chicken breast with broccoli and a cup of rice. Once you get the mental discipline of this down, the decision will be easy. Eating the right things in the right amount will give you the energy you need, and times when you need a boost, a little cup of black-as-my-ex-wife's-soul coffee never hurt anyone.


Step 4: Move Heavy Things. Best way to lose weight and feel great is to pack on some muscle. Muscle increases the number of calories you burn just standing around, and also makes you able to do cool stuff and makes you harder to kill and makes your wife wanna hop on that D.


Step 5: Stay here, man. Document your progress. Share your triumphs and failures, we've literally all been there, and to a man, everyone in the SD&F forum wants everyone else to be stronger, faster, better versions of the people they are right now.


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My dear bride of 17 years isn't a terrible cook, but she likes to act like it.  I even put my 11 year old into some cooking classes at the homeschool group.  I frequently will go find something to eat instead of what she makes, but she likes to whats easy and that usually means some sort of pasta.

But then, she was just complaining that 5 dozen eggs were $12, so it's not like feeding me is cheap either.

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Lots of chicken and egg info in the Homestead and farming forum.

I love having birds. Ducks, turkeys, and the chickens. Eggs and meat for days.