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Originally Posted by jgoens
I'm the same height and weight as you and also find the sugar at night is a detriment. I would say I have an extra 5lb of fat that would be good to be off and I find if I cut the sweets for a week or two this happens. I think alcohol has less to do with it even though it turns to sugar, I still put them away pretty well. Beer is worse on the alcohol thing.
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Hahahah. I don't know how old you are, but I pretty much stopped drinking beer in favor of bourbon throughout the years. I still put away a bunch of beers when they're around, but I probably do 80% liquor now in favor of beer, which maybe has more sugar?
Definitely the sweets are a KILLER for me, and
when you eat them is crucial. Sometimes I'll just go for ice cream at midnight and that's probably the worst decision I could ever make.
My ex-wife worked for a clinical weight loss center, a private place for the rich people of NY Burbs (Mt. Kisco area). I learned a LOT from her yet I still ask some questions on here because I like to get real-world advice from people as opposed to hearing about the same meal plans she gave her clients.
Some of her "hard" rules to her clients were as follows (feel free to critique if you happen to have any conflicting info):
- Make 100% positive you eat something within 1 hour of waking up.
- Stop eating entirely after 10pm
- Consume at least 1/2 of your body weight in grams of protein (for people like me who work out, I read to consume your literal weight in grams of protein).
- Drink at least 100oz of water per day for guys, 80oz for girls (semi-hard rule depending on your height/weight)
- Eat 6 (six) meals per day - Breakfast | Snack | Lunch | Snack | Dinner | Snack
- Try to keep every meal ~100cal or less
- Try to get at least 15g of protein in every "snack"
- Try to keep under 50g Carbs per day, but add as-needed if lacking energy
Some of the last ones regarding the specific amounts of carbs and proteins I think can be attributed to one of the "famous diets" that goes in and out of trends, but I don't remember which one.