My dad is going on the carnivore diet and I'm unsure how I feel about it, what's the deal with it?

My dad has been doing so well with his weight loss but lately i've noticed he's gotten extremely supportive of the Keto diet (which was fine), but now identifies as having adopted the carnivore diet and watches endless youtube videos on it. I've been on many diets myself in my early teens up until my mid twenties when I finally let go of the idea of "being on a diet" and just kept track of my bloodwork and ate a variety of foods. He has been on blood pressure medication in the past and has a pretty stressful work life.

I tell him about how its good not to get obsessive and hooked on one diet plan and that vegetables are a really important part of diet that should definitely not be cut out but he's adamant meat is the new "medicine" for humans. Maybe this post doesn't belong here but i'm just looking for a better understanding of the benefits (if any) and the risks associated with exclusively eating this diet.

I'm proud of him, but i want him to be safe.

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30 Day Accountability Challenge - Day 20

Hello losers,

I hope your Monday has been gentle & kind.

Weight by end of month (210 lbs, preferably trend weight): 212.4 this morning, 214.5 trend weight. Ahh the predictable stair case weight loss pattern.

Stay within calorie range (1500): Should be good, I'm thinking simple chicken wraps for dinner. 17/18 days.

Exercise 5 days a week: Rest day. 13/20 days.

Limit purchased coffee drinks (3 a week), if exceeded, $25 donation: This morning was complicated, I feel like this one wasn't my fault but here we are. 10/13 total.

Self-care time (journaling, beauty treatments, anything that makes me feel taken care of): Scheduled doctor's appointment & got blood drawn for said doctor's appointment. Adulting, hooray.

Try a new recipe once a week: Curry powder/curried lentils update, smoky roasted veggies with sausage, oven roasted cauliflower rice & polish stew. I have a soup recipe & a lentils recipe I want to try as weeknight dinners, already have the ingredients on hand. 4/5 weeks.

Finish The Body Keeps the Score: I've got social plans tonight so won't be reading before bed.

Drawing prompt every day: Drew in my journal during lunch today. 7/20 days.

Brush teeth after dinner: Will do tonight! Remembered last night too. 10/22 days.

How about you all?

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Stupid question, probably the dumbest thing you’ve ever read

Regarding CICO and the minimum amount of calories one needs per day—

Okay. So lots of sources I have read say that for me, a woman trying to lose weight, I should not eat less than 1200 calories per day.

However. Let’s say I eat my 1200 calories. Then I go for a hike, a jog, some hot yoga, swimming, biking, whatever. I burn a significant amount of calories. Theoretically, let’s say I burn 300 calories. I’m not that hungry. Let’s say I’ve had a lot of water or fiber or fat or whatever and my tummy is just not having it, so I go to bed without eating anything else. At that point, my total net for the day is 900 calories.

Is that okay? Is that “safe”? Is it always safe as long as I eat a minimum of 1200 calories, no matter how many I burn off? Or do I need to eat until my net calories is at 1200 again?

I have lost ~50lbs so far but am at the point where if I subtract 1000 calories per day from my TDEE (to continue losing 2lbs per week), that calorie number comes up under 1200, which everyone has told me is the absolute minimum I need to eat for safe weight loss. Does this mean I just need to slow down and count on only losing 1 lb per week? I will if that’s the case, because I don’t want to do this unsafely, but I will be grumpy about it.

I calculate my TDEE using “sedentary” as my activity level because 1) I am currently sedentary because of a knee injury and 2) the exercise I do get isn’t very intense—at least 10,000 steps per day, hot yoga once a week, 1 mile on the treadmill every other day + some weights but that isn’t very easy to track. On days when I do feel I’ve done a good amount of exercise I’ll eat anywhere from 1400-1600. But for the next week at least I am totally sedentary ):

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First steps and motivation

Hello,

I'm new here and i've always tried weight loss at intervals but i always seem to get to 7lb lost and then quit. My motivation just disappears and i think i know why. I work 2 jobs, one in the day and the other 3 nights a week and i'm always tried. So i tend not to work out and then have no motivation because of how busy i usually am.

I'm a 5'7 male and i weight in at 210lb. I've had enough. Enough at looking in the mirror and thinking jesus christ, enough of BMI calculators telling me I'm overweight, just enough of being the weight i am now. I'd like to think consistent exercise will make me less tired!

My brother is in the same boat, 2nd job is the 3 nights a week we both do so we have decided that on the nights we work the evenings we are going to the gym together and work an extra hour on the 2nd job after the gym.

I've use myfitnesspal before and i have plenty of apps to help body weight exercises at home on the days i dont go to the gym.

Both my jobs are sat at a desk so the absence of movement is apparent but its time to get moving. I'm going to also keep a diary every day about how i feel as i think most of the time its my state of mind.

My GW is 170-175lb.

I;ve been reading through some posts on here and my motivation has already increased. I've only been on this plan for the last few days but i feel more motivated than ever to keep it going. Thanks to you guys!

Wish me luck and i'll try to update in the future.

Thanks for your time reading this. Any tips to keep motivation would be great to hear :)

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I set myself up for success in 2020

Please excuse any formatting issues, I am writing this on my phone.

I have always struggled with my eating, and my lack of activity. My weight effected how I felt in high school and most of my adult life. When I turned 29 I decided to make a drastic change to finally gain control over something I have never been in control of. I realised I needed to make a change when I tipped the scales at just over 300, and my god I was depressed, disgusted and discouraged because of my mindless eating and letting myself get to this point. I have always had ther persona as "that big guy" and came to grips with me never being small. "I'm big boned", "I have a large frame" are some things i would say to justify. And I'd try to diet, but I'd always give in to temptations and throw the diet out the window.

I think with any addiction, some people get that moment, that clarity in your head of what you are truly doing to yourself and your body. When I hit 300lb I felt that moment.

I started dieting down, I knew the mathematics of weight loss, it should be easy. But it's not the simple science that makes weight loss hard, it's the struggle with a poor association and relationship with food. This is something that I had trouble tackling but I stayed the course. I continued to work hard and maintain my caloric deficit for almost an entire year with only planned "treat" meals.

Near the end of the year I got into the gym. One of my regrets about my journey is I didnt start lifting earlier.

All of this hard work, all of the food anxiety, all of the working out and finding the true reason to lose weight (because it is the biggest act of self love you can do for yourself), I lost 85lbs. I still have issues with food, but I do make sure I eat enough and have the right macronutrients, I am just regimented in following my plan in MyFitnessPal.

The journey has taught me weight loss alone will not make you happy, but it brought me on my journey of self love and appreciation. Lifting weights and building my body has become an obsession and a thing I look forward to rather then dread. Getting started was the hardest part, but once I did, i found a new love in fitness and bodybuilding. I am so thankful to myself for taking those first steps, I feel like I have a new life, I am a new person with a new perspective. I am less depressed and show great control in other areas of my life.

I just wanted to share that, I'm really proud of what I accomplished and I still want to lose more and build more muscle.

So my start was 302.4lbs.

Today I weigh in at 216.4lbs.

Here is a before and after picture (286lb to 220lb): before and after

And to pre answer any questions, yes that is diagnosed gyno. After a few years at my goal weight I will do surgery to remove the breast tissue.

If your interest, a video explaining my journey: video

I hope everyone achieves their goals for 2020, just remember, getting started is the hardest part.

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Need Some Advice!

Hello! I've posted once or twice, but am still relatively new to this board.

F 5'7: CW 165, GW: 135-140

So I have been tracking my food on a calorie counting app for about a week now. It lists my daily caloric intake to be 1290 if I want to lose weight each week. I am pretty active and work out at least 4 times a week.

Last night I was super hungry and made myself a sandwich that ended up being around 500 cals, meaning I ate ~1800 cals yesterday or potentially more, granted that calorie apps aren't perfect. Obviously I don't have the same level of hunger everyday, so this was a change from what I usually eat.

Do you think that going over your daily intake, once or twice in a week at that amount of calories is going to damage my weight loss? I used to binge eat so this is a major step in the opposite direction because I'm not sitting down to eat >1000 cals in a sitting.

Grateful for any tips/advice!

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Dealing with weightloss whilst on your period?

Hi, I've started trying to lose weight. 1200 cal/day.

I'm on the pill so I usually only have my period once every three months. My last weight loss attempt lasted within that period.

So, my shark week's just started and i've found I've gained 0.5 kg. I know some weight fluctuations are normal but this seems fairly large for me. I've heard you retain more water during this week, I'm reluctant to put things down to water weight though.

Also, dealing with cravings. I feel so much more hungry and tired and I just have no clue how to handle cravings whilst still being productive. I'm trying low calorie ice cream and those wee 90 calorie brownies and thats working well, but I still ended up 300cal over my 1200 goal yesterday (this was still maybe a couple hundred under maintenance for me but still not something I'd like to do every time I have to have a period)

My periods are super painful too so I find I cant get out to the gym a lot because if i'm not in pain i'm just so tired out from cramping earlier in the day. I have a pretty hard time with them to say the least.

Any period-havers out there have any tips? I'm in the UK so if there's any products you'd recommend (within reason, student budget!) please let me know. Thank you!

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