šŸ““ Daily Journal: Intermittent Fasting (16:8), ED Recovery and Weight Loss

@Bee Haha true! :stuck_out_tongue:

I guess what I meant was I usually weigh with a t-shirt on so thatā€™s what Iā€™ve recorded trend-wise! Like itā€™s not accurate to say Iā€™ve ā€œlost 0.4kg from yesterdayā€ just because I took a t-shirt off :joy:

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Day 269

Weight: 50.7kg time to deal with the aftermath; itā€™s not like I didnā€™t see weight gain coming tho

Food Intake: (5000+kcal in)

  • Lunchā€”1/2 MochaFS Huel + 1 Huel Bar
  • Snackā€”1/2 MochaFS Huel + 1 Huel Bar
  • 3x chicken slices, carrots
  • 2x bp

Activity: (1702kcal out)

  • 7826 steps total

Other Observations:

  • 2 days of 100% Huel before going to Berlin leggo :raised_hands::muscle:
  • Had a lil bit of self sabotage today because I had to firstly get used to caring about weight again, then deal with the weight having increased, then realised that dealing with christmas yesterday actually did take quite a bit of effort. Itā€™s aight, no harm no foul Iā€™m setting my mind on this I got this! :slight_smile: Wanna feel amazingly stable on Huel again.
  • Iā€™ve noticed a trend: every single day that Iā€™ve bpā€™d Iā€™ve had so little activity, which probably correlated with lack of self belief & exhaustion. Another reason to stop.

Day 270

Weight: 50.8kg globdammit

Food Intake: (1420kcal in)

  • Lunchā€”1/2 MochaFS Huel, 1 Huel Orange Bar
  • Snacksā€”120g Huel Granola
  • Dinnerā€”1/2 MatchaFS Huel, 80g Huel Granola

Activity: (2250kcal out)

  • 17,514 steps total
  • Gymā€”swings, abs dips, T25 cardio (165kcal), Max30 10min Ab Attack

Hey! Your journal is very interesting. Just wondering what you mean when you say 1/2. Is it half of a ā€˜normalā€™ serving, so 1.5 scoop?

@Moon thanks and welcome! :slight_smile: I used to write ā€œ1/2 of (112g Huel, MochaFS)ā€ but that took too much time haha. 1/2 liquid Huel+chewable Huel bar or granola because the full serving makes me too full at a go haha

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Gotcha! Iā€™m gonna try that when I get my next order, 3 scoops is a lot to drink. Do you have anything with the granola or do you just nom straight out of the box? :stuck_out_tongue:

@Moon yeah Huel is ridiculously filling!! also I like something to crunch on which takes ages to eat haha. Sprinkling it on Huel is great, sometimes with Greek yogurt/milk, but I mostly just peck away at it like popcorn :popcorn: while I work :stuck_out_tongue:

Day 271

Weight: 50.5kg yuhs Huel

Food Intake: (1427-1577kcal in)

  • Lunchā€”1/2 MatchaFS Huel, Tom Yum Soup for socialising, was a lovely lunch!
  • Snackā€”1/2 MochaFS Huel, ~120g Huel Granola
  • Dinnerā€”1/2 MochaFS Huel, 150g :carrot:
  • Idkā€”1 FibreOne carrot cake bar + 3 butterfingers this nearly made me binge but Iā€™m not gonna let it. was for taste & enjoyment.
  • 500ml Monster Ultra Violet bc brain fog and I needed caffeineā€¦didnā€™t work tho

Activity: (1942kcal out)

  • 13,433 steps total

Other Observations:

  • New Yearsā€™ Food Resolution: Iā€™ve decided that come New Yearsā€™, the bulk of my food is gonna come from Huel products. The drink, granola, and bar serve all the purposes I require from food and keeps me mentally & physically stable, so I donā€™t see why I would have to look for alternatives as my staples. Weā€™ll also see how RTD fits into my routine or if Iā€™m just gonna try it for novelty.
  1. Nutrition (the shake)
  2. Cost (the shake)
  3. Portability and convenience (the bar)
  4. Texture (granola & bar)
  5. Boredom & study snackables (granola & bar)
  6. Taste (the shake, granola, and bar :ā€™)
  7. Mental satisfaction (the shake & bar)
  • Iā€™m not gonna do this ā€œas a dietā€ (although it makes CICO so dang straightforward), but truly because it makes me feel great, helps me function in life, saves time on washing & groceries & cooking. Iā€™m literally not even gonna bother buying groceries anymore since I can get most of what I need from Huel. Iā€™m not gonna mindlessly buy stuff out of habit, if I do itā€™s gonna be intentional with a food-purpose in mind.
  • On occasion, if I truly do want something else Iā€™ll eat out/some non-Huel foods, or cook a balanced meal with the kinda-bf.
  1. The only food function it doesnā€™t serve is socialising (easily solved if we have Huel Parties, guys! :stuck_out_tongue: )
  2. Novelty/trying new foods and cuisines
  3. Occasional treat
  • As Huel purports, itā€™s not that you want to deprive yourself from the pleasure food can bring, but thatā€™ll be on occasion to satisfy those food-purposes, being flexible to not miss out on social events and potentially cravings :slight_smile:
  • Ah another thing is the brain fog!! idk why I keep getting such a clouded brain on Huel; could be lack of sleep but Iā€™m not sure bc the brain fog is always more pronounced on Huel. Any ideas? Just because of this I might try Keto in Summer to see if it sharpens my cognitive functions (and Iā€™d have time to cook in summer at home).
  • I am SO DAMN PROUD. Went out to lunch with a Friend and DIDNT BP. Ate non-Huel food and DIDNT BP even though the urges were strong af. This just takes practice to solidify! Tough asfck but if I keep going, Iā€™ll get there.
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We need to get on this, stat.

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Omggg a Huel toast at midnight on Monday!? #partyhard

Day 272

Weight: 51.2kg didnt sleep, no bm

Food Intake: (~1190kcal in)

  • 500ml Mountain Dew for the bottle & novelty
  • 1 chewing gum
  • Lunchā€”1/2 Huel Orange Bar, 2 Proper popcorn :popcorn: (1 bag has like 105 popcorns :>), 140g carrot sticks
  • Snacksā€”1/2 Huel Orange Bar, 3 slices ham
  • Dinnerā€”~1+ big cinnamon roll, 150g cottage cheese

Activity: (2436kcal out)

  • walking a shit ton everywhere touringā€”22,993 steps total

Other Observations:

  • saved cals for a Rueben sandwich that didnā€™t come to be bc no space :< angeryyyyyy but isokay
  • German supermarkets >>> UK supermarkets
  • Also German bread >>> UK bread sorrynotsorry
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Day 273 no Huel

Weight: 50.7kg haha I almost typed 57 xD

Food Intake: (2819kcal in)

  • Lunchā€”cottage cheese, eggs, 1.5 protein bar, ham, some cinnamon bun
  • Dinner & Snacksā€”mushrooms, streuseltaler, Reuben sandwich, 2 French pastries, 1 Milka cookie

Activity: (2414kcal out)

  • 23,089 steps total

Day 274

Weight: 51.0kg

Food Intake: (3566kcal in)

  • Lunchā€”75g cottage cheese, 3 eggs mostly whites, Bol Japanese salad :green_salad:, 1/2 protein bar
  • Snacksā€”4 chocolates, 1/2 tub ice cream, 20g Huel Granola
  • Dinner
  • cheeky NYE alcohol

Activity: (2386kcal out)

  • 14,746 steps total

Other Observations:

  • Becoming more aware of WHY I eat certain things and dayUm i didnā€™t realise i felt so much accomplishment from ā€œfinishing foodā€. And also leftover habits like impulse-buying 13638191 protein bars every time I went to DM. Wanted to buy a lot of nostalgic German foods too bc itā€™s my 2nd last day in Berlin haha.

Day 275

HAPPY NEW YEAR :partying_face: GUYS!!! Hereā€™s to another great year with Huel by our side :>

Weight: 51.0kg

Food Intake: (1589kcal inā€¦before bingeing lmao ~4000ish)

  • 1 Huel Orange Bar
  • 150g lactose free cottage cheese
  • 2 halves DM protein bar (white chocolate & tofee)
  • 90g Huel Granola
  • 8 Zartbitter Schokolade
  • 1 Protein Bar (Brownie)
  • 1 Huel Orange Bar
  • 1 packet veggie crisps
  • 1 sparkling lemonade (11kcal)
  • 1 packet popcorn
  • binge

Activity: (2196kcal out)

  • 12,989 steps total
  • sprinting for my plane lololol
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Day 276

Weight: 51.3kg

Food Intake: (3708kcal in, ~1645kcal)

  • Lunchā€”1/2 MochaFS Huel, 1 Huel Orange Bar
  • Snacksā€”1 Huel Orange Bar, 1/2 MochaFS Huel
  • 2751kcal bp

Activity: (1853kcal out)

  • 10,707 steps total

Other Observations:

  • AlRIGHT so the festive season is over, and from 25/12-2/1 (~1.5 weeks) Iā€™ve gained 1kg. I donā€™t think itā€™s the eating-out per se (because I AM able to eat out! Just be mindful of choices and portions), but mostly because I binged q a bit after. The upward trend is scaring me and Iā€™m annoyed because I was 0.3kg away from 50kg. Not altogether too terrible, since I just told myself to not gain past 51.5/52kg. BUT Iā€™ll draw a line; New Yearā€™s a time for new beginnings anyway.
  • Todayā€™s gonna be a Huel day to get back into routine! :slight_smile:
  • I overestimated my ability to immediately snap back into routine after changing locations. Had overly high expectations from the New Year gung-ho (do all my work, be productive, do 2 workouts, 100% Huel, no bingeing). Will keep trying tho and ease into it. Progress, not perfection!
  • Also I was out of Huel Granola which threw me off track since it was part of the routine & also exhausted aka ineffective prefrontal cortex

Start Weight: 51.3kg its still 10.1kg lower than my SW last March!
GW1: 50kg (by end Jan)
GW2: 48kg (by end Feb/mid-March)
GW3: 45kg (just before 2019 ends hahaha)

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Just curious, but why is your goal weight 45kg?
Iā€™m the same height as you, and find a healthy weight if Iā€™m doing lots of exercise and have some muscle mass (which you definitely do! I can see from your diary you are very active) is 52-56kg. Iā€™m currently 65kg and even with plenty muscle definitely feel over-weight. The lightest Iā€™ve ever been as an adult was 47kg and that was with very little muscle mass and I was classed by my GP as very underweight. Are you sure youā€™ve calculated your goal weight correctly? The weight you are now seems ideal or possibly low for our height. I know we are all different builds, but with lots of muscle mass, Iā€™m not sure 45kg is even possible?!

Edit: I just had to scroll to the top (took a veeeeeery long time :rofl:) to check we are actually the same height lol and actually you are like a tiny inch shorter than me, oh and twenty years younger. So yeah 45kg is probably possible lol. But youā€™ve reached your initial goal weight that you set at the beginning of this thread which was 52kg down from 60kg Wooooo way to go!

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If you press the ā€œ576/576ā€ post counter in the bottom right it gives you a scroll bar to easily shoot up and down. :nerd_face:

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Woah ! :boom:

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@ChristinaT HAHHAHA that dedication to manually scroll to the top tho :clap:

I guess bc my lowest weight was 45.5-46kg and I got there using unhealthy restriction, so part of me kinda wants to show that I can do it with a moderate calorie deficit and CICO is really all that matters.

Also I still had extra flab then and Iā€™d like to be leaner if possible. Itā€™ll still be within the healthy range, around BMI 19.22 :slight_smile:

Iā€™ll probably just evaluate as I go depending on how my priorities shift with life, so for now itā€™s a rough guide! Thanks haha I canā€™t believe I actually hit 52kg when back then it was but a lofty goal :ā€™)) My goal then was to not be overweight, and I guess now itā€™s shifted a bit more to becoming leaner & cutting body fat %. Couldnā€™t do it without you guys, some of whom have been here since the way way way way way beginning! :scream:

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Are you sure? Sometimes we lose our sense of proportion. I personally (and of course, Iā€™m no expert, just a concerned bystander) would suggest getting a ā€œsecond opinionā€ on this as you near the target.

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