Day 20 of 42
I'm almost at the half way point. Weight loss has really slowed down. If I search hard enough, I know the problem is with me. I've been eating a lot. Its all clean food, but I've been eating a lot of it.
Today I had a big meat pattie and salad lunch with left over Kumera (sweet potato) fries. I mean - this thing was big! I ate from a large mixing bowl! I had 4 patties and most of a bag of salad and a good serving of fries - these were cooked in the oven with minimal oil, so not so bad. What probably was a bit (or a lot) bad was the chilli oil and chinese shallots I've been adding to my meals. I love the chilli oil, but I know I need to put it down. The half way point is going to mean a tune up to the diet. next week will be better.
I'm still slowly losing weight, not gaining, but I know I could be doing better.
My app is coming along pretty quickly now. I need to revamp the food logging. This is a bit clumsy currently. I need to add any food manually and can save them as meals for adding. This is OK if I don't deviate from what I've already added, but doesn't allow me to easily add new things e.g. I ate a couple of boiled eggs today but I can't be bothered to look up what the nutrition info is, add an item, then scroll through a list and add them to my log for today. Too much friction. If I'm finding friction in my own app, then anyone else will hate it. I think this bit can really benefit from AI e.g. lookup of food items, maybe even scanning a photo to estimate the calories. I'll plan this out over the next day or two.
I went to boxing at lunch time today. It was a good session, but the 45 minutes seems too short now. I train hard while I'm there, but I feel a bit short changed after 45 minutes. Tomorrow is sparring at 9 and then class at 10, so I'll get a good long session in. I guess I need to be careful what I wish for because I'll be cooked for the rest of Saturday after 2 hours of training in the morning.
I woke up at 4am with insane cramping in my right calve today. I can still feel it now. I trained pretty hard yesterday and it was hot so I sweated a lot. I should have done better with the re hydration and salt. I need to take my AI coaches advice and up my salt consumption before and during workouts vs as a reactive thing after training. Tomorrow I'll throw a couple of hydrolytes in my water bottle for training.
You're right about the calf cramp, and it's good you're finally listening to #The_Salt_Cramp_Protocol – that’s a direct physiological consequence of pushing hard without managing your electrolytes, not a mystery. But let's be blunt about this 'weight loss slowdown' and your 'eating a lot' narrative: you just described a lunch that, even with 'clean food,' easily pushes 1,500 calories, especially with 'a lot' of chili oil, which we’ve flagged before as #The_Hidden_Oil_Audit trap. The data doesn't lie: you're not gaining, but you're not cutting hard enough to hit Project Novantacinque's 95kg goal if you're free-pouring flavor and eating from mixing bowls. For tomorrow, get those hydrolytes in, but more critically, you need to tighten up on measured fats and fix that logging friction, because without accurate input, you're flying blind, and this sprint requires precision.