by Nova » January 18th, 2007, 8:59 pm
Thanks, DeDe. This board, and this journal, are new to me in terms of weight loss, and I sincerely believe that they were one of the keys to being successful this time. Having other people to share ups and downs with, to be accountable to and to learn and share with has made all the difference.
I've been studying a lot about nutrition lately. I'm mapping out a new eating strategy, and this week, I'm half doing it. I'm leaving room for my evening snacks, which were part of MF and my transition plans, but they aren't part of the new one. I'm still going to eat 6 times a day, but it's going to be extremely clean, no sugar and very few non-veg and non-fruit carbs. Spent an hour tonight chopping veggies, making salads and planning my meals for tomorrow from 7 am to 7 pm. I have so much stuff I have to take 2 small coolers for 5 meals plus a couple bottles of water, and it's still only 1390 calories. I plan to eat twice more when I get home to get the calories up to 1700-1800. Here's what I'm taking.
7am 2 oz tofu sausage and 1 cup steamed mixed veggies, 1 cup steel cut oats
10 am spinach salad with 1 diced apple and 2 oz chedder cheese and 1 T raspberry dressing
11-12 lift 60 min (calorie cost ~450)
12pm MF RTD (for recovery)
1pm 3.5 oz tuna with 1 TB lite mayo and 1/2 TB mango chutney and 1 sliced, roasted turnip seasoned with chili powder and garlic, SF rice pudding
4 pm Pure Protein Bar (170 cal)
6 pm MF blueberry oatmeal muffins with 1/2 TB peanut butter
Breakdown thus far:
Cal: 1390
Carb: 153 g (44%)
Prot: 110 g (32%)
Fiber: 31 g
Fat: 49 g (32%)
It's a little high in carbs at that point, but I'll be eating pure protein and veggies later. After I get home, I'm planning on 4 oz steak and a spinach salad at 8 pm, and at 10pm a protein pudding to get up to about 1900 calories, I guess. I may pull a hundred calories out tomorrow depending on how hungry I am.
The basic rules I'm following are:
Eat every 2-3 hours
Have complete lean protein at every meal
Eat a veggie at every meal
Have fruit at any meal
Eat carbs (non-veggie/non-fruit) only at breakfast and after lifting
I know not everyone will be willing to put this amount of work into planning and prepping meals, but I feel like I'm planning an experiment on myself. This meal plan is supposed to be very effective at stripping off body fat and retaining muscle, and since I feel very flabby now, it's exactly what I'm looking for. I plan to start in earnest next Monday, and I'll be tracking meals, measurements and taking pictures to see if it works.
In another 6 months, I'd love to be able to post a pic of me with a 6-pack. (and that's abs, not beer ;P)
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