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[Honour Over Glory]

He says it's because I don't eat carbs (carnivore diet).

Your body needs some carbs mate. Even if only a little.

Brown rice
Keto pasta if that's your jam.

Your body needs carbs.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

He brews his own. Some people really like beer. I don't really like any alcohol honestly. I like some beers, and I can do some mixed drinks, but I really don't drink unless I'm trying to get drunk. If I'm drinking something to be refreshing or to taste good, it won't be alcohol.

Ah the Shirley Temple drinking bloke.

Nothing wrong with that.

 

[Ogrezilla]

He says it's because I don't eat carbs (carnivore diet, down 21 pounds in 1 month at 193 now).

The best shape of my adult life was when I was doing keto. You'll be fine without carbs imo.

*I don't actually know what I'm talking about, this is just my limited experience.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

@66-30-33 you gotta remember the workouts will help you lose weight but a proper balance diet will sustain it more than your workouts ever will and without a proper balanced diet you're not doing your workouts justice.

Here's a video of what your meals should look like:

 

[66-30-33]

Your body needs some carbs mate. Even if only a little.

Brown rice
Keto pasta if that's your jam.

Your body needs carbs.

I'm going to try carbs and see if that changes anything.

The best shape of my adult life was when I was doing keto. You'll be fine without carbs imo.

*I don't actually know what I'm talking about, this is just my limited experience.

I used to do keto (65 pound weightloss in 5 months...230-165 and fell off)

 

[66-30-33]

@66-30-33 you gotta remember the workouts will help you lose weight but a proper balance diet will sustain it more than your workouts ever will and without a proper balanced diet you're not doing your workouts justice.

Here's a video of what your meals should look like:

That's why they say abs are made in the kitchen.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

I'm going to try carbs and see if that changes anything.


I used to do keto (65 pound weightloss in 5 months...230-165 and fell off)

The weight loss is good if you're in a bad spot with weight. But once you drop it, forget about the number of your weight. Then it's focusing on building muscle and a proper diet. The rest will fill itself in, literally.

By diet I mean just balancing what should be on your plate. Protein, veggies, carbs, starch.

My dinners are usually a chicken beast, broccoli/green beans, mashed sweet potato/yams and a gluten free toast with some butter. Also a salad.

 

[Zirakzigil]

Thoroughly enjoying the “ref you suck chants”

 

[Ogrezilla]

The weight loss is good if you're in a bad spot with weight. But once you drop it, forget about the number of your weight. Then it's focusing on building muscle and a proper diet. The rest will fill itself in, literally.

By diet I mean just balancing what should be on your plate. Protein, veggies, carbs, starch.

My dinners are usually a chicken beast, broccoli/green beans, mashed sweet potato/yams and a gluten free toast with some butter. Also a salad.

I'm more of a stir fry guy. Which is the same basic thing, just all on one big plate instead of a salad on the side.

 

[66-30-33]

I'm more of a stir fry guy. Which is the same basic thing, just all on one big plate instead of a salad on the side.

I enjoy OMAD because I don't want to be in the kitchen all day cooking. Make my food, eat it and be done with it.

 

[Ogrezilla]

I enjoy OMAD because I don't want to be in the kitchen all day cooking. Make my food, eat it and be done with it.

I'm all about meal prepping. I cook most of what I eat on Sunday. I probably spend about 1-2 hours a week cooking. But you have to be cool with eating leftovers all week. The most I'll do on a weekday is just a piece of fish and some microwave veggies and a sweet potato or something, which takes like 10 minutes.

What kills me is the weeks I travel for work. Which has been a ton this year. I've gotten better recently at bringing lunches, but hotel fridges aren't big enough for me to bring 2 meals a day. And I can't stand trying to do deli meat sandwiches or something; I just end up eating out anyway when I try. I did just today find a place that makes some super good salads though.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

I'm more of a stir fry guy. Which is the same basic thing, just all on one big plate instead of a salad on the side.

That and a lot of oil. Well depends on which you use. But stir Fry's are great.

 

[Ogrezilla]

That and a lot of oil. Well depends on which you use. But stir Fry's are great.

I spray the bottom of the pan just enough to not stick. Calling it "fry" probably isn't really right. I guarantee I use less oil cooking stirfry than I would if I was putting it on a salad every day.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

I enjoy OMAD because I don't want to be in the kitchen all day cooking. Make my food, eat it and be done with it.

Ah so are you then fasting for 8-12hrs before hand?

 

[Honour Over Glory]

I spray the bottom of the pan just enough to not stick. Calling it "fry" probably isn't really right.

As long as you use very little to stirfry and can actually get more done with water to be honest, add some (don't need much, like teaspoon) sesame seed oil near the end for a nice flavor.

 

[Ogrezilla]

also I bake or grill the chicken I put in my stirfry. So I'm just pan searing/roasting a pot of vegetables really.

 

[66-30-33]

Ah so are you then fasting for 8-12hrs before hand?

Unless I am hungry I fast for atleast 20 hours with a 4 hour window, or sometimes an 8 hour window if I am not hungry but need all my nutrients and too lazy to eat in my 4 hour window. It all depends.

 

[Ogrezilla]

I also love making burrito bowls. Which is basically the same thing as when I make chili, just with less liquid. Honestly, 90% of my meals that I cook are a rotation of about 5 or 6 things with slight variations.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

I also love making burrito bowls. Which is basically the same thing as when I make chili, just with less liquid. Honestly, 90% of my meals that I cook are a rotation of about 5 or 6 things with slight variations.

Go the Kessel method. Hotdog with relish has veggies, meat, and carbs.

 

[Randy Butternubs]

On the bright side, youd also make sure you are dewormed as well.

Just got back from the doctor. Isn't scabies. Thank God.

The kegerator I got is absolutely massive

I need to figure out what I'm going to pick as my first keg, but the nice thing about my kegerator is that it's big enough that I can fit 2 kegs in there. It would be a bit of a pain to jump back and forth, but I have the option to do that.

If you do get a keg from a distributor or brewery, make sure it's of the ball lock variety (based on the craigslist photos, I think this is the type you bought). Would hate to see you buy a keg and then not be able to hook it up.

I kind of want to make my own Kombucha.

I find the scoby gross.

That's actually something I'm curious about, how difficult would it be to add a second tap? There's definitely the space for it.



Joke's on you, I already binge drink during Penguins games

You can probably buy a tower for your kegerator that has 2 or 3 taps. Then you'd have to buy a manifold and more tubing/connection pieces.

 

[Empoleon8771]

If you do get a keg from a distributor or brewery, make sure it's of the ball lock variety (based on the craigslist photos, I think this is the type you bought). Would hate to see you buy a keg and then not be able to hook it up.

Yeah you're right, it is the ball lock valve on the bottom. The guy selling it to me told me that.

I'm actually going to do some exploring today to see if there's any place that allows for keg orders. The two beer distributors I've gone to so far don't have a ton of selection available right now in kegs, it's either piss beer, oktoberfest beer (which I like but not enough to get a keg of it) or pumpkin ale. I just want to order something like Hofbrau lager or a better version of Stella and put it on tap

 

[Zirakzigil]

Yeah you're right, it is the ball lock valve on the bottom. The guy selling it to me told me that.

I'm actually going to do some exploring today to see if there's any place that allows for keg orders. The two beer distributors I've gone to so far don't have a ton of selection available right now in kegs, it's either piss beer, oktoberfest beer (which I like but not enough to get a keg of it) or pumpkin ale. I just want to order something like Hofbrau lager or a better version of Stella and put it on tap

Oh just own it. It’s almost fall, you’re already walking around in Ugg’s and drinking pumpkin spice lattes. Why not beer too?

 

[Gurglesons]

Oktoberfests are class acts.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Oh just own it. It’s almost fall, you’re already walking around in Ugg’s and drinking pumpkin spice lattes. Why not beer too?

Uh I think you're mixing me up with someone else

"Basic white girl" is not something I've been described as before.

Oktoberfests are class acts.

I do like that beer, just not enough to get 55 of them

 

[Zirakzigil]

Uh I think you're mixing me up with someone else

"Basic white girl" is not something I've been described as before.

That seems rather harsh to ColePens, but alright.