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Weddings make you fat? False. Wedding cake makes you fat ;-)

8/29/2014

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No wedding gains? I ended up weighing 58.6 kg after the weekend, usually I weigh around 59 kg after weekends, since weekends blow up my weekly progress. Very much to my surprise, I actually had lost 1 kg since the wedding weekend on 22 August. I can speculate why, very sad but true, I did not have a piece of the multi layered, multi flavoured wedding cake. How unfortunate. But I made sure I made up for it by dishing up a few servings of Apple Crumble (one of my favourites) after the main course was served. By the way, wedding cake does not make you fat. Unless you eat 1 whole cake every single day apart from your other meals.

As I mentioned in my previous progress update, I did not count my macros since Friday midday. But I did make sure I got enough proteins in as well. Thank you convenient protein bars & protein powder. I was somewhat afraid that I'll go full blown binge again since this was my first event after I became friends with Consistency. I did not go full blown binge. I did not feel guilty. I enjoyed (and analysed) every food (okay, who am I kidding, mostly candy) I put in my mouth. I did not go too overboard on Friday but I did enjoy quite a lot of treats like choccies, cookies and candies on Saturday, apart from the wedding foods and snacks.

I probably should have mentioned earlier, for the past month or so, I've been cutting back my HIIT cardio as well. I've been doing mostly 1 session of HIIT per week, no longer 2 sessions as my training program shows. I must say, I am thrilled for eating more food every week and doing little to no cardio at all, and progressing for the good.

I may be delusional, but I feel that the more food I eat, the leaner I get and the better I look. But that's my opinion. I've come to love my body. My curves. My muscles, Just everything I used to hate. I might not get the same results when I keep increasing my food, but volume is my goal!

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A funny fact: At the very beginning, I wanted to lose weight so that I can decrease the amount of protein I need to eat (since I work from 1 gram per pound of bodyweight) but since my carbs and fats keep increasing, I get a lot of protein from by sources. Thus, I had to increase my protein a bit too.

Calories = 1895
  • Protein= 130 g
  • Carbs= 220 g
  • Fats= 55 g
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A weekend away for a wedding

8/22/2014

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I LOVE WEDDINGS!!!! I love wedding foods. I love wedding cake. I love wedding dessert. I don't love wedding gains. Yeah, weddings calls for weight gain. Mostly bridal weight gain, but heck if I'm invited, put me on the list for mad gains too!

Again, another good week. Gosh, things are finally starting to move forward. I give myself an A++ for consistency throughout the short week. We left for the wedding early Friday morning (22 Aug). This serves as a progress picture for the weekdays of Sunday 17th-Thursday 21st. I packed in some protein bars and protein powder for the weekend stay. We'll see how things go. Early note: no macros will be counted. I'm sure I'll end up weighting around 59 kg on Monday.
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I decided it was time to seriously up my fats. Since January up until now, I've only upped it about 5-7 grams in total. It's time to make up for lost macros. Hello fats! In other words, hello fatty condiments like mayonnaise. Hello more whole eggs. Hello butter. Hello chocolate bars.

Calories = 1847
  • Protein= 128 g
  • Carbs= 210 g
  • Fats= 55 g
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I'm Increasing my macros way too slowly!

8/16/2014

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I seriously need to up my macros (especially my fats) more often, or in higher amounts! So, yet another great week. I perfected tracking and hitting my macros this week! Some days I was slightly over my goals, other days I was slightly under it. Sunday up until Thursday were great. This Friday was much better than most Friday's. For the past month or two, I've been doing great during the week, but I have an all you can eat every Saturday (after I take my morning progress pictures) and sometimes Friday's or Sunday's too. So I end up gaining back all the weight I dropped during the week. I always weigh around 59.5 kg end of the weekend.

I enjoyed a braai (barbecue) with some friends on Friday. I may have overdone it on the incredible potato bake and snack foods (most of which were healthy anyway), but I did not binge. I did not come home and have the entire food cupboard or cleared out my secret stash like always. I did enjoy some heated up custard as a dessert at home though. The best of all, I did not feel guilty over enjoying time out with friends. I did not feel beat down or upset that I let loose a bit. Although Saturday was an all you can eat again, Sunday was on point!

My weight fluctuated every day during the week, from anywhere between 57.0 kg and 58.9 kg. Too much info here, but, I was constipated on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday. Lets just say the scale didn't move much due to that, Cause seriously, it does make quite a difference.
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Calories = 1761
  • Protein= 127 g
  • Carbs= 203 g
  • Fats= 49 g
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One step forward and three steps back...

8/9/2014

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Well, the week started out great! I hit my macros every day.. until Thursday. My hidden sugar stash in my cupboard wanted some attention.

After dinner, and after already hitting my macro goals, I had a chocolate bar, a slice of toast, a bowl cereal and some fruit salad. The estimated calories for Thursday's episode was 2235: Carbs= 305 ; Fats= 54 ; Proteins: 107.

The delicious sugary carbs from Thursday triggered my taste-buds Friday night as well. Needless to say, I went over my macros again. I just love chocolates too much. And candy. And cookies. And especially ice cream! BUT for the first time, I did not go ALL OUT on Saturday.
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Calories = 1741
  • Protein= 127 g
  • Carbs= 198 g
  • Fats= 49 g
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Weekdays are superb, weekends are my downfall

8/2/2014

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Hallelujah! I had no problem sticking to this set of macros this week. I was slightly under my goals on Sunday but Monday was on point. I enjoyed a dinner out with my boyfriend on Tuesday, which I accounted for, although I was over my carb and fat goals (210:51). Wednesday was another great day, Thursday as well. I did go off track on Friday though, quite a lot, hence my higher scale weight on Saturday (2 Aug).

My weight for the week was between 57.5 and 58.3 (depending on whether or not I went to the bathroom). I feel pleased with this week. My off plan "cheats" are starting to decline and I am much more consistent during the week. Weekends (especially Fridays and Saturdays) are still a tough one. I tend to have a free for all on Saturday's, not 1 healthy meal in sight.. Only cookies, candies, chocolates, pastries and the like. For now, Saturday's are my only setback.
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Calories = 1716
  • Protein= 128 g
  • Carbs= 193 g
  • Fats= 48 g
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