Psymonkee is getting thinner....
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Wow, such negativity/hostility. Nice and motivating - welcome to blocksville!
2nd day all done at a little under 2000 calories
2nd day all done at a little under 2000 calories
Man of Honour
Whilst I've not seen your diary I don't think Mischief was being hostile - just trying to help.
My diary actually looks far worse than it is because I don't log things that are minimal calories and healthy (I don't recommend you take the same approach btw - I can get away with it at the moment as I'm not trying to lose too much weight). Things like most green vegetables I allow myself to eat as much of as I want as the kcal content is incredibly low but the health benefits are high. I always keep a bag of sugar snap peas in the fridge which I'll just munch on raw whenever I'm peckish. Similar with other healthy and low kcal foods.
Being able to snack like that whenever I want without feeling guilty about it also means I tend to be less hungry when it comes to my proper meal time so I naturally eat smaller portions.
My diary actually looks far worse than it is because I don't log things that are minimal calories and healthy (I don't recommend you take the same approach btw - I can get away with it at the moment as I'm not trying to lose too much weight). Things like most green vegetables I allow myself to eat as much of as I want as the kcal content is incredibly low but the health benefits are high. I always keep a bag of sugar snap peas in the fridge which I'll just munch on raw whenever I'm peckish. Similar with other healthy and low kcal foods.
Being able to snack like that whenever I want without feeling guilty about it also means I tend to be less hungry when it comes to my proper meal time so I naturally eat smaller portions.
Man of Honour
Yes I know saturated fat isn't as bad as people think, but what I found most 'awful' about psymonkee's diet was that he had no (or very little) fruit and veg. And snacking on cheese, pepperami and pork scratchings isn't exactly great is it.
Man of Honour
What a load of fuss over nothing. Almost wish I hadn't bothered posting in here again!
However I like to annoy people so you're stuck with me for now
Ended up on 2242 calories today mostly from a poor drink choice at breakfast (love my milk!) and pate at lunch which was going out of date. I hate wasting food so it got eaten too.
Still massively under (~1000 calories) the amount MFP calculates that I can eat and still loose weight!
However I like to annoy people so you're stuck with me for now
Ended up on 2242 calories today mostly from a poor drink choice at breakfast (love my milk!) and pate at lunch which was going out of date. I hate wasting food so it got eaten too.
Still massively under (~1000 calories) the amount MFP calculates that I can eat and still loose weight!
Man of Honour
It's not annoying so much as puzzling - you're being offered good advice and your reaction is as though people are having a go at you 
But heyho. Good luck with the weight loss.
But heyho. Good luck with the weight loss.
Offered advice/attacked based on ONE days eating. Not at all representative of my overall diet and just tiresome.
Especially when it's in the form of are you going to eat healthier without a) pointing out what's unhealthy and b) offering suggestions/alternatives.
And don't even start about the veggies and fruit thing - I do eat them and in good quantities so that's not the issue!
Especially when it's in the form of are you going to eat healthier without a) pointing out what's unhealthy and b) offering suggestions/alternatives.
And don't even start about the veggies and fruit thing - I do eat them and in good quantities so that's not the issue!
Soldato
Keep at it, people are commenting to try to help. If all we've got to go on is one days worth which was terrible, then prepare to be criticised. Keep posting as it'll keep you focused. If you have the opinion that you're always right and people are wrong to criticise you, then you won't get far. It sounds like you're making positive steps.
Caporegime
+1
Super, super bad 
Diet is shot and I have plantar fasciitis right now. Walking is....not fun, been told not to lift weights (actually love squats) and also apparently have tight quads.
I do really need to get back to this however huge update from September last year:
After going to the doctor for a swollen leg (oedema) they send me for an echo (nothing showing) and to the sleep clinic. An overnight test wired up to a machine showed me suffering badly from sleep apnoea!
According to the test I was waking up 29.7 times per hour and hence not sleeping at all well and always tired. I've now been on CPAP therapy for a year and can now fall asleep in minutes instead of hours, actually breathe in bed (previously used to feel like I was half drowning!) and now can function more than 10 hours a day.
My wakeful episodes are now typically <1 instance per hour. Magic!
Time to get back on top of this. Feel pretty bad at times, can barely walk without massive shortness of breath and generally do very little. More mental than physical limitations I suspect but I can't seem to shake this terrible attitude
Diet is shot and I have plantar fasciitis right now. Walking is....not fun, been told not to lift weights (actually love squats) and also apparently have tight quads.
I do really need to get back to this however huge update from September last year:
After going to the doctor for a swollen leg (oedema) they send me for an echo (nothing showing) and to the sleep clinic. An overnight test wired up to a machine showed me suffering badly from sleep apnoea!
According to the test I was waking up 29.7 times per hour and hence not sleeping at all well and always tired. I've now been on CPAP therapy for a year and can now fall asleep in minutes instead of hours, actually breathe in bed (previously used to feel like I was half drowning!) and now can function more than 10 hours a day.
My wakeful episodes are now typically <1 instance per hour. Magic!
Time to get back on top of this. Feel pretty bad at times, can barely walk without massive shortness of breath and generally do very little. More mental than physical limitations I suspect but I can't seem to shake this terrible attitude
That's a lot of waking up, no wonder you were tired. I still fall can't sleep without watching something on my iPad, I use the Night Shift function and have the brightness turned down but the light is still hitting my eyes lol, wish I could fall asleep in minutes, annoying thing is I'm awake at 7 no matter what time I fall asleep.
Are you indoors a lot?
Are you indoors a lot?
All the time. Work in a supermarket, go home and tired from work so I sit down and barely move. Pathetic existence
It's hard to break the cycle.
I live in Edinburgh but I also have a place at Loch Rannoch. Last year I would see my daughter and partner in Edinburgh at weekends, we have an on/off relationship which seems to work the other 5 days I head to Rannoch, I would hit the big Tesco in Perth and stock up on booze and junk, then sit and watch films for 5 days and head back down to Edinburgh for the weekend. My work can be done remotely on a laptop so not much exercise there.
In March I finally broke the cycle, started hill walking, it was an obvious choice as the house at Rannoch is surrounded by them
and I quit the junk food and booze.
My mum is a large lady and she's tried every diet going, I think that's where she fails, she needs to make simple changes and not diet at all.
I live in Edinburgh but I also have a place at Loch Rannoch. Last year I would see my daughter and partner in Edinburgh at weekends, we have an on/off relationship which seems to work
the other 5 days I head to Rannoch, I would hit the big Tesco in Perth and stock up on booze and junk, then sit and watch films for 5 days and head back down to Edinburgh for the weekend. My work can be done remotely on a laptop so not much exercise there. In March I finally broke the cycle, started hill walking, it was an obvious choice as the house at Rannoch is surrounded by them
and I quit the junk food and booze. My mum is a large lady and she's tried every diet going, I think that's where she fails, she needs to make simple changes and not diet at all.
When I was much larger I also had sleep apnoea, its not fun and I wouldn't wish it on anybody.
Used to constantly dream that I was choking on chewing gum, which I imagine was how my unconscious mind was interpreting the difficulty I was having breathing.
Honestly the best thing you can do is shift the weight, I know its not as simple as that, but as much as things like the CPAP machine will help you're only treating the symptoms and not tackling the source of the problem.
I still snore the house down, or so I'm told, but there is a night and day difference between my energy levels now (even before I started training) and what they used to be. I remember when I was in my worst shape I would fall asleep playing Forza I was just so tired all the time.
As with before dude, anything I can do to help just ask, its all about baby steps, small lifestyle changes that you'll be able to maintain instead of a massive big bang change that you're not going to stick to.
Used to constantly dream that I was choking on chewing gum, which I imagine was how my unconscious mind was interpreting the difficulty I was having breathing.
Honestly the best thing you can do is shift the weight, I know its not as simple as that, but as much as things like the CPAP machine will help you're only treating the symptoms and not tackling the source of the problem.
I still snore the house down, or so I'm told, but there is a night and day difference between my energy levels now (even before I started training) and what they used to be. I remember when I was in my worst shape I would fall asleep playing Forza I was just so tired all the time.
As with before dude, anything I can do to help just ask, its all about baby steps, small lifestyle changes that you'll be able to maintain instead of a massive big bang change that you're not going to stick to.
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Were you able to come off CPAP therapy eventually then?
I've made some changes to my diet the last few days (actually gone pretty much low carb, works well for me) and I've also decided on a simple and easy goal to achieve. I got a bunch of WWE shirts that at their biggest size just about fit but in recent weeks have become a little tighter and I no longer feel comfortable in.
First goal is to get back to a point where I can wear them again.
Hopefully going to get back on the rowing machine too once I get up at a sensible time or have a less rubbish shift pattern.
I've made some changes to my diet the last few days (actually gone pretty much low carb, works well for me) and I've also decided on a simple and easy goal to achieve. I got a bunch of WWE shirts that at their biggest size just about fit but in recent weeks have become a little tighter and I no longer feel comfortable in.
First goal is to get back to a point where I can wear them again.
Hopefully going to get back on the rowing machine too once I get up at a sensible time or have a less rubbish shift pattern.