by DogMa » August 15th, 2006, 2:51 pm
I posted this in my journal, but I thought it probably belongs here, too.
OK, got my BFL books today. It looks pretty reasonable, and pretty close to what I was going to do anyway. Six meals a day (although I may stick with my seven), 40 percent protein, 40 percent carbs, 20 percent fat. With a list of acceptable foods (basically leaner proteins, lower-GI carbs, healthy fats). With one day a week to eat whatever the heck you want.
So I think my basic day would be: Medifast oatmeal or a BFL breakfast (egg whites, veggies, and maybe a whole-wheat tortilla or something), BFL lunch or Medifast chili/soup (depending on what I had for breakfast), Stacey's soy crisps or Michael Season's soy tortilla chips or a Q-Smart or BFL bar in the late afternoon, BFL dinner (when it's hot like this, I'm looking at my basic salad with chicken and low-fat cheese, plus a little added carb from the list), shake or bar a few hours later, another one a few hours after that (depending on how many calories all this adds up to), and Medifast pudding when I get home from work.
And then the workout is three days of weights (upper body, lower body, upper body one week, then reverse the next) and about half an hour of cardio on three days. I'll have to adjust that somewhat because I plan to do upper AND lower body together but only twice a week, plus cardio probably more like five or six days a week.
But otherwise, I think it's a plan I can live with. I'm going to try, anyway. And I'm definitely leaning toward just starting transition, either when I get back from Denver on the 30th or while I'm gone (since I'll be having a second lean and green most days then, anyway). I think my transition will be somewhat different from the written plan, since I'm starting to have a somewhat bigger salad at dinner and I'm adding in some extra protein as of today. (My thinking here is I'm already in my original goal size and getting close to a size below that. I'd like to get the rest of the way by building muscle, and I think I'll need to transition to more calories to do that in earnest.)
So I think this is probably it. I might already BE in transition. I did always say I didn't care how much I weighed and cared more about my size. So if I'm destined to weigh 130 instead of 125 or 120, that's going to have to be OK with me. As long as I fit in those size-4 Levi's that I'm so close to.
Robin
203/130/130
Reached goal in August 2006
Added BodyBugg in May 2009
New ticker: 136.6/123.2/130