Heretic;1464034 wrote:One thing to consider is that even tiny changes to things can potentially make huge changes down the road. For the past six or so months, I'd been in the 166-169 weight zone where nothing was really changing (other than getting more definition gradually from working out). Last week, I started making vats of pasta (since I made the second one two days ago, I can used plural now!) for lunch at work, instead of being lazy and typically bringing in frozen meals to nuke. Calorie-wise, nothing wrong with that, as most are 350-450 calories. However, for most of them, it seems like an inordinate amount of calories are fat (I looked in our work freezer and saw one that was 330 cals with 160 of that fat).
Now, I'm cutting out a lot of fat from my diet and replacing it with stuff that turns to energy with my workouts. Today, I was down to 165.4, which is .8 less than any scale reading I've had this year. It is kind of weird -- I've always been this lazy cook who prefers the path of least resistance. Now, virtually every meal I eat is something I've personally prepared.
A lot of people who workout regularly but aren't super intense overlook the importance of diet. I really wish I paid more attention to diet when I was still a competitive swimmer. I feel like I probably cheated myself. Not that I ate particularly unhealthy, but I'm sure I could have improved even more with just a few adjustments.
