This is why I do CICO. Let’s me adjust what I eat based off what I’m feeling that day… and it’s nice because ultimately it’s about eating at a deficit over a week, in my case at least… since I’m targeting 1.5 lbs/week it’s just about being at a deficit overall… so if I have a rough day I can theoretically “make up for it” throughout the rest of the week.
Of course I still need to exercise control and not just eat whatever whenever… but I love the flexibility and it’s allowed me to stay on track for 50 lbs over 6 months…
Yeah, I’m technically also doing CICO, I’ve just added a grams of protein target too, which is really more of a guideline much like the pirate’s code.
But when it’s 6PM and I’ve hit 60-70% of my calories already, and I’ve spent the day bashing my head against an immovable object, that leftover pint of ice cream that will leave me feeling full for all of 30 seconds sure does look like a great use of my last few calories and then some. 😅
I kind of accidentally started intermittent fasting. Never ate much breakfast, got really busy for a while. I ended up eating one big meal late afternoon. My kids eat early, and after cooking and the late meal I’m just not hungry. Now I can’t even eat a big meal (usually). 30 lbs down and most of the time it hasn’t felt like a sacrifice at all. I eat whatever I want for about 4 hours.
If you drink protein shakes and don’t work out, it will turn into fat almost like carbs. Just making sure you know that, because protein stuff is marketed as healthy and some people don’t work out and consume it and will be unpleasantly surprised when they get a huge belly after a few months. If you work out tho, it’s fine.
Fun fact: doctors will recommend you drink protein shakes if you’re chronically underweight or similar
For example: my dad is stupid thin and doctors make him drink at least 3 a week. My Dr makes me have one any time my Adderall makes me go a day or more without eating, or makes me feel as though I’m not hungry (I’ll actually throw up even if I haven’t eaten in days sometimes, which is fun)
Just a related fun fact
Fuck it man, indulge, it’s not the end of the world ya know?
You’re too tired to brush your teeth before bed one night you don’t stop brushing your teeth forever.
It’s okay to mess up, just get back on track the next day. It’s not all or nothing, it’s not a short-term fad die, it’s a lifestyle change, for life.
If your CICO was a line graph and yesterday was normal, today was a big spike, and tomorrow was normal, none of that shit matters when you look at the line over the length of a year of good habits.
You won’t even be able to see this one-off, single-day spike, blip, what have you. It’s a drop of water in the middle of the ocean.
Let yourself make mistakes, just acknowledge it was not the norm, and learn from it. If you bastardize failure you’re setting yourself up to fail harder due to unrealistic expectations, unsustainability, etc.
So I say fuck it. Blow your CICO up today. Just do right by yourself for the rest of the week.
Yeah, this is what I’m trying to get better at. Same with hitting lower than my PR one day at the gym. Fortunately I can graph all of the above thanks to a few apps I like and it’s easy to see that history is full of misses while the trend is still overwhelmingly upward. Gotta remind myself better of that kind of thing everywhere in life.
Thanks for the reminder! 💪
Out of curiosity, and don’t feel obligated to answer, what is your daily schedule like? I work 48-60 hour weeks (12 hr shifts, 4-5 days a week) and I have a hard time working up the motivation to exercise. Even things I enjoy like riding my bike or swimming. I just can’t wrap my head around how people feel like exercising. It’s always a burden and as a result, I rarely do it. But I feel great afterwards and want to incorporate it in my routine but it just never happens
Hang in there buddy. Do what you gotta stay sane (within reason), get back on the horse stronger 💪🏼
We’re all gna make it
Not me on my home with way too much pizza after a hard at work right now 😅
