The team made a weight loss challenge and it ends on April 2026. No consequences, just a test of discipline. I wanted to take advantage of other people's resolution to loss weight post holidays because there's no better to cover my bad eating habits under the pretense of "weight loss".
I'm overweight now. BMI says I'm overweight but people say otherwise on this sleeper build. I had patients and colleagues of the same/similar height but look bulkier and weigh less than me by ~8kg and they wouldn't believe I'm heavier than I look.
I don't have complete faith in BMI. It doesn't account for things like bone density and muscular builds. It can point to people being overweight when they aren't. But that's fine, I just want to lose the fat and get my muscles toned.
The strategy? target less than 1000 kcal a day. I wanted a more intense version of the calorie deficit diet. See calculator to know your required calorie intake. Anything below 1500 kcal without medical supervision is asking for problems and heck I'm taking this risk cause I like to push it.
The diet? 3 medium boiled eggs, 3 cups of milk (or substitute 1 energy drink in those 3 cups) as a base to get at least 600 kcal set. Non negotiable and bare minimum.
Then consume 1/4 cup of peanuts, small portions of lean meat, 2-3 cups of coffee, and green leafy vegetables for the rest. This gives me around ~700 to 1000 kcal a day.
How's the 5 days of my life doing so far? always hungry, 80-90% of the time, felt weak but tolerable. I don't recommend copying this stunt to anyone since I know this is unhealthy but I like the risk all to curve some belly fat.
I wanted to try an all liquid diet like what Angus Barbieri's Fast as soon as I survive doing this until April and see the results. I wanted to see my limits in how much I can refuse the food temptation.
This is why I like to be surrounded by food while doing it. There's been a series of office parties post holidays and there's food everywhere. If anyone asks, of course I'm hungry, I'm hungry all the time, and I'm staring at people that gorge themselves with the feast in front like they don't care.
Made me realize something from the self imposed suffering:
If I want to see how disciplined I am, I should be testing myself in environments where it's perfectly excusable to fall into the temptation. No one is going to put any sanctions on me if I ate more, no one is going to bat an eye and will just say oh well, it's perfectly ok since there's a party and I'm just being a killjoy to myself.
And that's exactly how I appreciated people that tend to walk the harder path when it was understandable where the crowd was going. The people I started the weight loss challenge with just forgot the challenge and chalked it up as a cheat day. I didn't blame them, and I didn't care. It's not my challenge they're taking.
I wanted more parties. I wanted to be surrounded by food and just say I'll stick to what I intend to eat. I'm still hungry from the small portions but I said no. And I believe keeping this stubborn attitude will help me build some grit on other things using the concept of putting in the effort for delayed gratification.
I'm also working out.
Thanks for your time.
