Getting into shape

[MrCrowesGarden]

Barstool absolutely [expletive] sucks. This was and still is my biggest fear about going to the gym. The guy's putting in work and feeling confident about himself... and you want to put him down?

[ZigZagCardsFan]

Thanks for the kind words. I suppose I'll share my routine for anybody who maybe interested.

Diet: I don't follow any special diet but I try to go high protein to keep me from losing muscle mass while I'm still trying to cut down to 11-14% body fat. I learn a lot from Mark Berkhan at leangains.com. I do intermittent fasting where I don't eat from 7PM-11AM each day. It surprisingly wasn't that difficult of a routine to get into because it was perfect for me because I'm not really hungry in the mornings and I did most of my harmful snacking late at night. For me it's way easier to say, "I don't eat after 7," than to say "I'll just have a little bit of this snack food and be done." I still get a ton of recipes from FitMenCook.com when I meal prep on Sundays. I generally just try to shoot for 450-550 cals in my three meals and I scatter 300 calories of snacks and 360 calories of protein shakes throughout the rest of the day for about 2200ish calories each day.

Exercise: I always do five days worth of something, usually six, mixing up cardio, hockey, and lifting. I got some Power Blocks and I can't recommend those enough for basement lifting.
Monday - Late-Night Hockey (75-90 minutes)
Tuesday - Full Upper Body Workout (90-120 minutes), sometimes a fasted 2.5 mi. run in the morning based on how the legs feel after hockey
Wednesday - Afternoon Hockey (typically), if I don't play hockey I'll go on a 3 mile hike at Castlewood
Thursday - Fasted 2.5 mi run in the morning, Full Upper Body workout IF I have plans on Saturday night
Friday - Late-Night Hockey
Saturday - Full Upper Body Workout if I didn't work out on Thursday and don't have plans, sometimes a Fasted 2.5 mi. run in the morning.
Sunday - 3.5 mi trail run or rest day

All in all it's a combination of meal prep, intermittent fasting, and finding workouts that I don't hate. Hockey is still a key for me because I absolutely love playing and it's probably my best calorie burn of the week.

[ZigZagCardsFan]

Barstool absolutely [expletive] sucks. This was and still is my biggest fear about going to the gym. The guy's putting in work and feeling confident about himself... and you want to put him down?

Yeah, that's pathetic. That's the kind of thing that kept me out of the gym.

[Michael]

I'm roughly 4 weeks in and I've lost about 15 pounds (235~>220). Last night I made a fathead pizza. It's amazing a low carb pizza can taste that good. Highly recommended.

[GeddyWrox]

I'm roughly 4 weeks in and I've lost about 15 pounds (235~>220). Last night I made a fathead pizza. It's amazing a low carb pizza can taste that good. Highly recommended.

How hard was it to make the dough? The ketoers on Reddit love their fathead pizza, but I've shied away from it so far because the dough sounded like a lot of effort.

[Michael]

I'm roughly 4 weeks in and I've lost about 15 pounds (235~>220). Last night I made a fathead pizza. It's amazing a low carb pizza can taste that good. Highly recommended.

How hard was it to make the dough? The ketoers on Reddit love their fathead pizza, but I've shied away from it so far because the dough sounded like a lot of effort.

Fathead pizza dough is very sticky compared to regular pizza dough so trying to get it in to a perfect round pizza shape isn't worth the effort. I ended up using some olive oil with a spatula on parchment paper to flatten it out. My pizza looked more like a deformed rectangle with the edges rounded off, but it tasted great. Beyond that the pizza is easy to make. I used the same pot to melt the cheese for the crust and cook to the sausage to save on the cleanup effort. The pizza is 100% in my low carb rotation going forward.

One other thing about fathead pizza - it's very filling because the the crust is heavier than regular pizza crust. I kinda over ate last night because I didn't adjust to that fact.

[Swirls]

I'm roughly 4 weeks in and I've lost about 15 pounds (235~>220). Last night I made a fathead pizza. It's amazing a low carb pizza can taste that good. Highly recommended.

How hard was it to make the dough? The ketoers on Reddit love their fathead pizza, but I've shied away from it so far because the dough sounded like a lot of effort.

Fathead pizza dough is very sticky compared to regular pizza dough so trying to get it in to a perfect round pizza shape isn't worth the effort. I ended up using some olive oil with a spatula on parchment paper to flatten it out. My pizza looked more like a deformed rectangle with the edges rounded off, but it tasted great. Beyond that the pizza is fairly easy to make. I used the same pot to melt the cheese for the crust and cook to the sausage to save on the cleanup effort. The pizza is 100% in my low carb rotation going forward.

One other thing about fathead pizza - it's very filling because the the crust is heavier than regular pizza crust. I kinda over ate last night because I didn't adjust to that fact.

Any reason why you couldn't potentially make several crusts at the same time and freeze them as dough balls, and then thaw out/flatten whenever you want to make a pizza?

Mrs. Swirls and I are going to try Keto starting in a couple weeks - the move, combined with a bunch of work trips for both of us over the past couple months, have delayed the dieting plan for us.

[Michael]

Here's what they say from the website I linked:

Storing Fathead Pizza

Make extra crusts and store them for 2-3 days in the fridge or in the freezer for up to 2 months. The pizza reheats great in the microwave so if you get left-overs, and you probably will cause this is very rich, enjoy them in next days lunch box.

[Swirls]

Awesome. So you could store them for a little while at least. Great to know. Thanks!

[GeddyWrox]

I'm roughly 4 weeks in and I've lost about 15 pounds (235~>220). Last night I made a fathead pizza. It's amazing a low carb pizza can taste that good. Highly recommended.

How hard was it to make the dough? The ketoers on Reddit love their fathead pizza, but I've shied away from it so far because the dough sounded like a lot of effort.

Fathead pizza dough is very sticky compared to regular pizza dough so trying to get it in to a perfect round pizza shape isn't worth the effort. I ended up using some olive oil with a spatula on parchment paper to flatten it out. My pizza looked more like a deformed rectangle with the edges rounded off, but it tasted great. Beyond that the pizza is fairly easy to make. I used the same pot to melt the cheese for the crust and cook to the sausage to save on the cleanup effort. The pizza is 100% in my low carb rotation going forward.

One other thing about fathead pizza - it's very filling because the the crust is heavier than regular pizza crust. I kinda over ate last night because I didn't adjust to that fact.

Any reason why you couldn't potentially make several crusts at the same time and freeze them as dough balls, and then thaw out/flatten whenever you want to make a pizza?

Mrs. Swirls and I are going to try Keto starting in a couple weeks - the move, combined with a bunch of work trips for both of us over the past couple months, have delayed the dieting plan for us.

As an aside, I've posted this already, but if you aren't already aware of it, Reddit has a great Keto forum. 95% of my success has been from what I've read on there, plus the continual motivation of seeing all the people that have lost 80, 100 pounds and more. It's incredible, really.