The hassle and planning is what gets to me, too. 
And when I was weighing all the proteinā¦ it was A LOT of chicken. Made me constipated just looking at it. 
And the monotony of it all makes me reach for the doughnuts. 
Iām going to check out Noom though! I canāt remember the app I was using previously. I took it off my phone because I was just sick of it.
Day 6 of chicken, i already hate it.
Let me get that donut, you want one?
Iām a small person too and was like, āALL this chicken!? For ME!? 
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8/6/25
100 min swim
3 mile treadmill walk 4.6 speed 6% incline
14500 steps
So not getting any work outs in, trying to figure out what i can actually do with some of my physical issues. I have been trying to meet my step goals, and increase my heart points. Actually went swimming on Tuesday. Maintaining my weight under 200lbs, just havenāt dropped lower than 197. At least Iām not at a steady 205 anymore! I also have absolutely no urge to be skinny, if Iām being honest. Just want to lessen the thigh rub a little, a semi flat stomach, and curb the back fat which really all isnt that terrible. 180-170 is my goal, which i think is attainable. Iām open to any suggestions.
Okay how?? Thats impressive. 2.5 million??
Just from working in a warehouse getting 25,000 steps a day also run a lot for my work outs took a year 
Have you worked with a nutrition coach? Thatās whay helped me slim down. I had no idea how much fat intake I was getting in until a nutritionist pointed that out to me. 
What you eat is the most important. I still have my sweets every now and then. Itās about balance. 
I have not, though honestly money being tight, Iād probably have to go with a nutritionist recommended by my doctor.
Yes! Check with your insurance, too! If your doctor sees it as a medical need, your insurance may cover it.
One gym session a day keeps drug addiction away 
Just did an arm day, then tomorrow chest/back, then legs and abs again 
I had a bit of difficulty feeling motivated for gym today since I unfortunately missed gym yesterday, but I reminded myself that once Iām there and partway into my sets I tend to be more motivated which is helping me stay consistent each day
Currently at 184lbs, starting weight was 191lbs. Weight loss seems to be on track, starting to see veins that I usually donāt see because of my body fat.
I need to start making my weight_change Excel graphs, calculate the line of best fit to see the average weight loss per week. I stopped doing that while I was snorting my life away on my drug of choice back then in active addiction, but I think I should start doing that again soon as I donāt wanna lose weight faster than 1lb per week as thatās when you start to lose a lot of muscle and go into starvation mode (although this is highly dependent on your body fat from my understanding. Starvation mode doesnāt really happen unless your calories are below your resting metabolic rate I was once told)
Progress photo 
Same with me about squats and my knees haha. I find the leg press machine is decent for training quadriceps and such, but it doesnāt train glutes as much. BUT, I get wayyy less knee pain when I use that machine compared to squats. It could just be that my form might be bad on squats though.
Iād suggest reviewing your form on squats first, if youāre doing it properly and still getting knee pains maybe the leg press machine might be good while the inflammation heals in my opinion
Iām not an exercise expert though, so take that advice with a grain of salt. Wishing you good things on your fitness journey bro
Had lowered my step count, and surpassed it today. 3 points away from my heart points, knew i shouldve kept going, but its 8:30pm, and i need to get kids settled in. Try again tomorrow. Best Iāve done in weeks though!
I did hit the leg press after some squat variations. Working on box squats with lesser weight to improve my form a bit. Also hitting a lot of goblet squats. Thankfully my gym has a pretty good assortment of machines to target all the leg muscles too.
Appreciate the suggestions though! Thanks!
8/7/25
14000 steps
75 min swim
3 mile treadmill walk 5.0 speed 6% incline
much respect to all keep putting in that work 
Havenāt done gym just yet, but about to go do chest/back Must get my lazy ass out of bed!!!
I feel really really ADHD right now, kinda in my own head pacing around a lot and laying in my bed currently lol.
Just posting this here cuz now that I said Iāll do gym here, I must actually go do it
