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Cheese crackers 400
Whey protein 150
Popcorn chicken 500
Popcorn 200
Cottage cheese 200
Strawberries 75
Chef's salad 410
Total: 1935
Exercise:
Walk 3.3 miles
****ed around at company gym

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09-06-2020 , 08:08 AM

#102

BrianTheMick2

Long way to go and a short time to get there.

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This silica gel pellet has some excellent diet advice:

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09-06-2020 , 10:44 AM

#103

Renton555

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Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 5,905

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Originally Posted by BrianTheMick2

You literally cannot out-exercise a bad diet.

I tend to agree, but this does kind of emphasize the importance of activity level, that truck driver is the fattest career in America. Unless it's demonstrable that they eat dramatically worse than average Americans.

Even losing like like 200 cals burned daily from inactivity compared to the (already sedentary) average American is devastating when compounded over years and years. Can't out-exercise a bad diet indeed, but maybe they wouldn't have been fat to begin with if the exercise had been there all along.

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09-06-2020 , 11:58 AM

#104

BrianTheMick2

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The diet is indeed considerably worse than the average American diet. It is fast food three or four fast food meals per day plus truck stop snacks (think gas station chip aisle, only larger) to eat while you are rolling all day long every day. Plus, free soft drinks!

Occasionally, instead of fast food, you come across a diner, so you can have your biscuits with sausage gravy to mix things up.

(It is obviously possible to eat well, but it simply isn't done by truckers)

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09-06-2020 , 04:20 PM

#105

arjun13

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Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 5,372

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Originally Posted by BrianTheMick2

You literally cannot out-exercise a bad diet.

I'm currently doing this. Do not recommend though.

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09-06-2020 , 05:03 PM

#106

BrianTheMick2

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Originally Posted by arjun13

I'm currently doing this. Do not recommend though.

I do read your log, and I'm not entirely certain that you are the same species as the rest of us.

That is a compliment, btw.

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09-06-2020 , 05:17 PM

#107

Melkerson

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 11,064

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Originally Posted by BrianTheMick2

You literally cannot out-exercise a bad diet.

This is almost true, but not quite.

Michael Phelps out-exercised diets consisting of thousands of calories of pizza and ice cream daily. So if you're that level of freak, maybe you can do it. But it's not a plan that anyone around here who is trying to lose weight should consider.

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09-06-2020 , 11:29 PM

#108

BrianTheMick2

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Yogurt 300
Granola bar 190
Strawberries 75
Cottage cheese 200
Cheese crackers 200
Fried Chicken 900
Beef jerky 400
Total: 2265
Exercise:
30 minutes exercise bike
Goofed around with a basketball
Walk 2.1 miles

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09-08-2020 , 07:12 AM

#109

BrianTheMick2

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Back to hard dieting until vacation starting ~9/23.

Cottage cheese 240
Korean Beef 350
Low carb tortilla 70
Strawberries 75
Egg beaters 75
Turkey sausage 180
Low carb tortillas 140
Cottage cheese 240
Salad mix w/ light italian 80
Strawberries 75
Total: 1525

Exercise:
****ed around in company gym
Walk 2.3 miles
Stairs 20 stories

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09-08-2020 , 10:03 PM

#110

BrianTheMick2

Long way to go and a short time to get there.

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Beef 320
Bread 180
Turkey sausage 90
Egg beaters 75
Chicken and brown rice 500
Salad with light italian 80
Oatmeal with whey protein 350
Total: 1595

Exercise:
Walk 3.6 miles (jog 3x.25)

Last edited by BrianTheMick2; 09-08-2020 at 10:10 PM.

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09-09-2020 , 08:57 PM

#111

BrianTheMick2

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Biltong 210
Turkey sausage 150
Egg beaters 75
Air fryer chicken nuggets 500
Salad mix w cottage cheese 270
Total: 1205

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09-10-2020 , 09:50 PM

#112

BrianTheMick2

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Whey protein 150
Air fryer chicken nuggets 480
Sugar free bbq sauce 50
Chicken w chili sauce 280
Low carb tortillas 140
Salad with vinegar, turkey and provolone 160
More whey protein 300
Popcorn 200
Watermelon 90
Cantaloupe 110
Total: 1960

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09-11-2020 , 08:09 PM

#113

BrianTheMick2

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Air fryer chicken nuggets 480
Turkey, gravy, bread 510
Tomato soup 150
Popcorn 200
Cottage cheese 160
Total: 1500

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09-12-2020 , 05:36 AM

#114

BrianTheMick2

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Weight 196.6. I double checked using a doctor's-type scale (the one I originally used to determine that I was up to 224 lbs when I started this log) and a new scale.

It turns out that if you use an $8 scale and put it onto a fairly soft floor inside of a big rig that you don't get accurate readings.

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09-12-2020 , 09:26 AM

#115

Rich Muny

Former PPA President

Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 28,010

Good work!

For the scale, maybe try a piece of wood to put under the scale? And, you can always weigh yourself on that scale right after weighing in on a proper scale to get an idea if it's over- or under-weighing you.

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09-12-2020 , 09:38 AM

#116

BrianTheMick2

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Originally Posted by Rich Muny

I threw away the super cheap one and got a slightly less cheap one. I'm taking that one out of the truck and putting it on the asphalt or concrete when I am weighing myself. It is still somewhat inconsistent, but far better than before.

I might pick up a flooring tile next time I am near a Home Depot. It will be quite a while before I am going to need a lot of accuracy, since every little bit of data I am likely to see will indicate the same action plan.

Also, thanks! It is nice to get confirmation that I am subject to the laws of thermodynamics.

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09-12-2020 , 11:04 AM

#117

richie

grinder

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Congrats on the sub-200 weigh-in

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09-12-2020 , 02:01 PM

#118

BrianTheMick2

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Originally Posted by richie

Congrats on the sub-200 weigh-in

Thanks

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09-12-2020 , 10:01 PM

#119

BrianTheMick2

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Salad w/ turkey, shredded cheese and vinegar 200
Air fryer chicken nuggets 320
Low carb tortilla, egg beaters, turkey sausage 230
Watermelon 90
Cantaloupe 110
Hard boiled eggs 280
Popcorn 200
Total: 1430
Exercise:
Walk 4 miles and met three packs of unfriendly country dogs

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09-13-2020 , 09:33 PM

#120

BrianTheMick2

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Cottage cheese 80
Tortilla, egg beaters, turkey sausage 230
Air fryer chicken nuggets 320
Chicken breast, tomatoes, chilies 195
Hamburger 480
Chef's salad 270
Broth 45
Carrot ginger soup 130
Total: 1750
Exercise:
4 mile walk on which I met some friendly cows
Played with exercise bands

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09-13-2020 , 10:09 PM

#121

Melkerson

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 11,064

Holy ****! Almost 30 lbs in under 2 months. That's some pretty great work.

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09-13-2020 , 10:51 PM

#122

loco

The First Golden

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Radar alert! Radar alert! We have a new h&f star in the making.

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09-13-2020 , 10:59 PM

#123

Montecore

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Awesome work!

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09-14-2020 , 08:12 AM

#124

BrianTheMick2

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09-14-2020 , 08:24 AM

#125

BrianTheMick2

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The thing that is bothering me is that I'm so ****ing unfit. Granted, I realize the ravages of age and basically a 20+ year party will do that. But it is still disappointing that a four mile walk is something I am waking up sore from.

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