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pontik

Joined August 2013

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Start Weight

176.4 lb

Lost so far: 5.3 lb

Current Weight

171.1 lb
Performance: gaining 0.2 lb a week

Goal Weight

154.3 lb

Still to go: 16.8 lb

32yo 180cm female, athletic and prone to overeating.
The goal is to reach 70kg and go down to 65kg.

Clean eating within calorie range of 1400 (maintenance 2361 kcal)
- minimal grains
- no corn/potato
- no sugar
• carbs from fruit and leafy veggies (net carbs 20g)
• protein with every main meal (100g)
• healthy fats (around 146g)
• 3 meals + 2 snacks
• get >40gm fibre a day
• drink water >3,5 litres a day

My personal macros:
* 1400 kcal Goal Daily
Goals:
•Maintain an average daily 500 calorie deficit
•Fat loss to 20% body fat

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pontik's Cookbook

cals: 318kcal | fat: 16.99g | carbs: 41.44g | prot: 6.71g

Beetroot Salad with Walnuts & Prunes

This tangy salad popular in Eastern Europe, plays on sweet/bitter contrasts and is really healthy.

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pontik's Latest Posts

Why would you eat nuts?
Hi Kenni, great question raised!

You are questioning nuts as a diet food and in my opinion nuts are a must for those who want to lose weight. One particular reason is of most relevance: imagine you eat salad worth of 1/2 cup of nuts...you will be stuffed, your stomach overstretched. Now, 1/2 of mixed raw unsalted nuts on the other hand would not stretch your stomach that much, but since your body received all the calories it needs it will be satisfied and full and hunger will be gone. Nuts and deriving oils/butters are a staple food for me (including calorie dense coconut). I use nuts and oils as additive to my rather small salads and as a snack and just small portion of such meal makes me full (and my tummy still slim and flat, which I really like). Same like you I have gone to the far end of the 'healthy weight' but I felt really unhealthy, bulky, chunky and heavy. Never mind the looks... I am tall and my silhouette could tolerate quite a lot of excess weight, but what for to carry all that stuff around your waist? It gets in the way anyway: you sweat more, you are not 'light' and your joints suffer in the long run. Get rid of that excess baggage you've been carrying with you and all the very best on the journey to a new beautiful you!

posted 12 Jun 2014, 15:28

Water FASTING.

onedaat wrote:

Check out the reddit site if you want more information on fasting. They have a good faq pontik.

Thanks' for that, onedat.

posted 17 Aug 2013, 08:00

Water FASTING.

eKatherine wrote:

I read about a guy who did a 30 day water fast, convinced by some true believers that he was continuing to cleanse his body and detox throughout. Although he was six feet tall, his body weight dropped to under 100 pounds. He said it took him about 10 years to recover his health.

You read such story? Did he do it under medical supervision? Only experienced fasters who had been practicing different-length fasting (including several 30 day supervised fasts) for years could do unsupervised 30 day fast. It sounds just unwise to do otherwise Smile

In any number of successful things, could be one failure, sad stories happen if you don't listen to your body and go against your senses and do stupid things. As I've said, fasting is not for everyone. Was the guy experienced? I doubt so... there are many such people who are easily convinced into different things by 'true' believers.I believe the guy's weight didn't drop over night? Why did he continue fasting if he felt sick and uncomfortable? Convinced by true believers? No experienced practitioner would try to convince anyone, since fasting and its process is very personal experience. I've also read some sad stories about people who messed up their lives through making wrong decisions every day over a long period of time. Yet people who do fasting,prepare for each such journey for days, weeks and even months - depending on the length of the fast, and then spend the same amount of time breaking the fast. They know their bodies its responses, its reactions. I am not advocating or promoting fasting, in the same way as I would never try and convince anyone quit consuming alcohol or tobacco or rubbish food. This is the choice of personal preferences, of personal taste, and as they say in Russia: You don't argue about one's tastes. Amen

posted 17 Aug 2013, 07:57

How Often Do you weigh yourself?

kdennard wrote:

I have an Omron body fat analyser. It never seems to change regardless of my various weight fluctuations. What brand "body analyser" do you use?

Really? What a mean analyser you have, Kennard. My analyser never lies Smile

It's SALTER. And it shows BMI, water, fat and weight. Interestingly my weight fluctuations follow a monthly pattern: 2 weeks of steady weight loss (if on a diet aimed to loose), one week of steady weight or gain (just before those days - water retention is killing me!), then whoosh, in two-four days a different picture arrives - losing all water and feeling/looking leaner than before.

posted 17 Aug 2013, 05:00

Water FASTING.

erika2633 wrote:

This was the biggest thing that stuck out to me on that poster:

I can see where 'IF' would have its benefits and I know I have buddies that use that approach and really like it - it would be something I would consider.. but fasting for days at a time with only water like the OP mentioned? I don't see the reasoning for that (beyond something spiritual/religious like onedaat mentioned).

and yes, fasting is not for everyone. This makes it even more appealing to me.

posted 17 Aug 2013, 04:50

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