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I think it was like only 27% lmao

The net effect is not the same, specifically because of that simplistic view.

OP is trying to cut. Generating extra fat cells works against that process - even if he ends up using the energy stored in those fat cells, the cells do not die off - they remain and add a layer of adipose tissue between the muscles and skin.

It’s not something most of us worry about very much, but for someone trying to achieve a lean look, it’s undesirable.

CICO is “bro science” that works for the vast majority of us, but those minutia you’re glossing over are actually important in this scenario.

There’s nothing inherently wrong with eating late.

Not doing so is usually given as general advice for a few reasons:

• Digestion can prevent you from sleeping well
• Excess carbs before bed pretty much all get turned into fat cells because you’re not going to use the available energy while asleep
• If you’re too full when you go to sleep, you may not feel like eating much in the morning and it can throw off your dietary routine

If #1 doesn’t happen to you, then a shake after a workout isn’t going to hurt you at all.

PSA to your web team: You need to set an A-record for your root domain’s DNS - right now the domain wont resolve unless someone specifically enters the “www” part.

This sounds really useful - especially if the pantry management part is full featured, I’d use it just for that.

I don’t see anything particularly wrong with your meal plan (though you might want to add a fruit + general vitamin supplements in there because that is not a nutritionally complete diet).

What’s more important is how it makes you feel over time. Since you’re a beginner, let me give you the standard beginner advice: Journal everything.

I cannot express enough how useful this is. This is your ticket to getting the results you want, no matter what they are.

Use a notebook, an App you like, whatever, write it all down. What you ate, how much you ate, how well you slept, how you felt waking up, how you felt working out, how easy it was to fall asleep, how much water you drank when and how much you weighed.

Do that every day and look at it when you notice issues - say you’re too worn out to complete your sets, or maybe you can’t sleep and feel bloated, or you’re just not losing weight, etc. You have that journal, you have things to look at and adjust, and when you adjust them, you look at the journal and compare it.

You will gain intricate insight into how your body functions and reacts in response to diet, rest and stimuli and it will let you control it to an extreme level after a while.

You can generally add protein powder to pancakes, muffins, other baked goods of that nature. Usually just have to add a tiny bit more water/milk/moisture/whatever.