A Roast Beef Wrap

[Bruce Tackett]

After years of having a salad everyday for lunch, I decided this week to have roast beef sandwiches. I found the bread in my first sandwich to be overpowering, so for the rest of the week I laid out a slice of roast beef - Deli sliced Black Angus, 9" x 4 " - stacked a slice of cheese, fresh, raw spinach leaves, and a sliced tomato on one end of the roast beef, and then folded the roast beef over for a sandwich. That and a hard boiled egg is just right.

[mr potatohead]

Good for you, Bruce!
I use some type of lettuce in place of bread for sandwiches or burger. I picked that idea up from Jimmy John's sandwich shop where it's menu option they call an "Unwich". Head lettuce or Romaine leaves work fine.

[Deleted]

I hate feeling overpowered by a slice of bread. It makes me feel so inferior.

[Bruce Tackett]

Mar 1, 2019 21:24:19 GMT whiffet said:

I hate feeling overpowered by a slice of bread. It makes me feel so inferior.

Personally, I am intimidated by longer bread.

[jrmeatplow]

Mar 1, 2019 20:58:18 GMT Bruce Tackett said:

After years of having a salad everyday for lunch, I decided this week to have roast beef sandwiches. I found the bread in my first sandwich to be overpowering, so for the rest of the week I laid out a slice of roast beef - Deli sliced Black Angus, 9" x 4 " - stacked a slice of cheese, fresh, raw spinach leaves, and a sliced tomato on one end of the roast beef, and then folded the roast beef over for a sandwich. That and a hard boiled egg is just right.

Gay.

[Mr Average]

Mar 1, 2019 21:34:24 GMT Bruce Tackett said:

Mar 1, 2019 21:24:19 GMT whiffet said:

I hate feeling overpowered by a slice of bread. It makes me feel so inferior.

Personally, I am intimidated by longer bread.

[Michael]

Nice Bruce. Sometimes You need a little variety in Your diet. Any more weight loss? Are You still using the Proform Hybrid Trainer?

[Bruce Tackett]

I don't know, haven't weighed myself in a few weeks. I got tired of the emotional trauma of watching my weight go up-down-up-down. Alla time, up-down-up-down. It's crazy how I'm going up-down-up-down. It was a struggle to get under 200 lbs., and now it's a struggle to keep from going back over 200 lbs. Yes, I'm using the Hybrid. Maybe I've gotten down to where I belong.

[Michael]

Bruce sometimes when You do the same thing all of the time Your body gets use to it so it plateaus. Maybe try something different with Your workouts. Like with the Hybrid Trainer, instead of just going for a certain amount try intervals. You can do something like this: www.cbass.com/SubMaxIntervals.htm or other intervals which can be done on the Hybrid Trainer. You can also do this while walking by walking faster than slowing it down. Also with the weights and cables maybe try something like in the article that was posted in the PHA thread. Just suggestions, not recommendations. I don't want to see You stop trying to lose weight, You are doing good. I personally think You need to change a little stuff around and You will be back to losing a little more. And Don't be intimidated by longer bread, .

[Bruce Tackett]

You're right, Michael. I'll try some different stuff.

[jrmeatplow]

Mar 2, 2019 2:27:41 GMT Bruce Tackett said:

You're right, Michael. I'll try some different stuff.

Bruce,

I'm doing a modified version of the old Steeve Reeves diet.

Breakfast-
1 cup of orange juice
1 cup of Greek Yogurt
2 egg yolks
Knox Gelatin
blend it up and drink

Lunch
Cottage cheese and fresh fruit

Dinner
whatever the wife cooks, but Reeves ate meat and salads

simple for the most part.

[Deleted]

I do like Greek yoghurt. I do a meal with oats, a sliced banana, sultanas, walnuts, high cocoa content chocolate (85% or over), a scoop of whey, peanut butter, and a dollop of Greek yoghurt. Tastes amazing -- like an indulgent pudding.

[mr potatohead]

Mar 2, 2019 1:35:49 GMT Bruce Tackett said:

I don't know, haven't weighed myself in a few weeks. I got tired of the emotional trauma of watching my weight go up-down-up-down. Alla time, up-down-up-down. It's crazy how I'm going up-down-up-down. It was a struggle to get under 200 lbs., and now it's a struggle to keep from going back over 200 lbs. Yes, I'm using the Hybrid. Maybe I've gotten down to where I belong.

Here's my 2 cents, FWIW:
Your body needs time to adjust to your new, lower fat %/weight. It seeks homeostasis. Once it has become used to the idea that this, lower, weight is now its 'normal', you'll more easily maintain it. As long as you continually, consistently eat a little less calories than your body needs for maintenance, you'll lose more. Give it time to adjust - from what I've heard/read it takes about a month to establish a new metabolic set point and the specifics to get to the new set point may be quite different from person to person, but it will happen. Then you can again lower the plateau and allow your body to accept the new 'normal'. Avoid discouragement. You control the metabolic set point.

Lots of diet strategies to do this, but I'd say you're on the right track. Just don't stress or struggle with it. Stress causes weight gain - I've read that it's the energy conservation effort of the body to hold nutrition in response to the stress of 'flight or fight'. Let it go and eat what you know will satiate you while underrating calories. Dropping the toxic glutens, barley, rye, oats and wheat is always a good idea for health in general, but especially when you desire to make changes in body comp. Of course, sugars and most all processed foods are out. Go for nutrient density in the foods you eat. OTOH, as you know, it's very difficult to overeat vegetable calories. Don't see many fat vegetarians.

IMO, one reason people reach a new lower weight but can't seem to continue to lean out is that their body recognizes that it needs the nutrients its currently receiving and, from everything I'v been exposed to, it's a high quality liquid mineral supplement that will reassure the body that the nutrients are there. If the nutrition isn't sufficient to maintain your body health at a lower level of food consumption, then the body fat/weight will remain the same.

Also, don't be too hard on yourself. Break it up once in a while with a few hours or a day of eating whatever turns you on. One or two, or maybe even 5 (not back-to-back), days out of a month won't hurt your new metabolic set point. Your body will respond to the spike by eliminating the excess since it is no longer 'normal' and it is, by nature, compelled to return to what it has become used to.

[jrmeatplow]

my body loves 3 weights, 182lbs, 194lbs, and 210lbs. It particularly loves 194lbs. I have to kill myself to get down to around 182lbs but can maintain it for awhile, but I feel like I'm starving all the time. At 194lbs I can basically eat what I want within moderation and stay right around that. If I really get out of hand, in a blink of an eye I'll be 210.

[Bruce Tackett]

Mar 2, 2019 17:00:26 GMT jrmeatplow said:

my body loves 3 weights, 182lbs, 194lbs, and 210lbs. It particularly loves 194lbs. I have to kill myself to get down to around 182lbs but can maintain it for awhile, but I feel like I'm starving all the time. At 194lbs I can basically eat what I want within moderation and stay right around that. If I really get out of hand, in a blink of an eye I'll be 210.

We're in the same boat. I was 225 lbs., now I'm bouncing back and forth between 196 and 200 lbs. I'm 5'9". How tall are you?