1443 kcal, p/f/c 163.7/68.0/16.2.
[quote]AlisaV wrote:
1443 kcal, p/f/c 163.7/68.0/16.2.[/quote]
How is it even possible to eat so few carbs? An apple is 15g, a glass of milk is 12. Maybe you are undercounting your intake? I don’t buy into the whole “carbs are evil” thing but timing them around training or early in the day seems to make sense.
I agree with GD.
oh I count them. I just subtract for vegetables.
Yesterday’s food was:
breakfast:
half cup of cottage cheese
egg white omelet with cheese, spinach, broccoli, onions
some of that lite whipped cream shit
lunch: green salad with salad dressing and tuna
ground turkey patty
dinner: stir fried chicken and vegetables, lettuce salad.
Of course after that I felt sick and had a hard cider with a friend. So in the final accounting carbs were higher, but my tummy felt better.
Couple things…whole eggs for more good fats and calories. And, do I understand that carbs make you feel bad?
No. I feel just fine no matter what I eat. I think yesterday i felt sick late at night because I hadn’t eaten enough.
[quote]AlisaV wrote:
No. I feel just fine no matter what I eat. I think yesterday i felt sick late at night because I hadn’t eaten enough.[/quote]
If you get a couple of solid snacks between meals the weights will go up. Don’t need to overthink it. Just don’t make it Oreos. Or, even better one snack and a take a drink to the gym with Gatorade powder and whey in it…cheap and works.
[quote]giterdone wrote:
[quote]AlisaV wrote:
No. I feel just fine no matter what I eat. I think yesterday i felt sick late at night because I hadn’t eaten enough.[/quote]
If you get a couple of solid snacks between meals the weights will go up. Don’t need to overthink it. Just don’t make it Oreos. Or, even better one snack and a take a drink to the gym with Gatorade powder and whey in it…cheap and works. [/quote]
IMO a couple of Oreos is still better than under-eating. Personally, if I have to choose between not enough food or junk, I’ll take junk. As long as I don’t set myself up to have only that option all the time it’s not going to hurt. But even everyday wouldn’t actually hurt someone who is training hard, which I sometime do too. Pop tarts are your friend! Just read about what Stu has said about them 
Fiber one makes a brand that looks decent(pop tarts) havent tried em myself…
Almonds are also easy and portable…and if you have to(and budget allows) maybe some protein bars?
Sorry for butting in (ok, I’m really not that sorry), but, have you looked back through your log in while?
On December 31, 2009, you stated that one of your goals was to eat between 1700-2000 calories a day. This is a good goal, because 1700-2000 calories would put you at (almost) maintenance and not as big a coloric deficit as you had been eating. (You would probably be better off in the 2100-2500 range, given your level of activity). That said, since Dec. 31, according to your log, you have eaten this many calories on the days that you tracked:
1461 (too low)
1355 (too low)
2120
1476 (too low)
1592 (too low)
1300 (too low)
1270 (too low)
1565 (too low)
1925
1628 (too low)
1910
1599 (too low)
1443 (too low)
Note that on January 18, you ate 1910, and two days before, you ate 1925 calories. Guess which day you hit all those big PRs? Yet you attributed the success on that day to being angry over the elections. I call bullshit. You need to eat more, and the proof is in the pudding.
If you added, say, 20-24 oz. of extra 4% cottage cheese to what you are already eating on most days (about 600 cal. of protein and good fat), you would not gain any fat (in fact you would probably get leaner) and you would get a lot stronger and feel better.
Just some food for thought,
Jack
Alisa-
Is it possible to give carb cycling a shot? I know you try really hard to eat well given your circumstances, and I also know that you want strength AND to look good!
your low/medium days could be the ones where you just do cardio
And your high days could be your training days…
Just a thought!
[quote]jjackkrash wrote:
Sorry for butting in (ok, I’m really not that sorry), but, have you looked back through your log in while?
On December 31, 2009, you stated that one of your goals was to eat between 1700-2000 calories a day. This is a good goal, because 1700-2000 calories would put you at (almost) maintenance and not as big a coloric deficit as you had been eating. (You would probably be better off in the 2100-2500 range, given your level of activity). That said, since Dec. 31, according to your log, you have eaten this many calories on the days that you tracked:
1461 (too low)
1355 (too low)
2120
1476 (too low)
1592 (too low)
1300 (too low)
1270 (too low)
1565 (too low)
1925
1628 (too low)
1910
1599 (too low)
1443 (too low)
Note that on January 18, you ate 1910, and two days before, you ate 1925 calories. Guess which day you hit all those big PRs? Yet you attributed the success on that day to being angry over the elections. I call bullshit. You need to eat more, and the proof is in the pudding.
If you added, say, 20-24 oz. of extra 4% cottage cheese to what you are already eating on most days (about 600 cal. of protein and good fat), you would not gain any fat (in fact you would probably get leaner) and you would get a lot stronger and feel better.
Just some food for thought,
Jack[/quote]
Oh I hadn’t even been looking back. That actually surprises me. Looks like a correlation. I’ll see about the cottage cheese (I can get it any time I want from the convenience store around here.)
[quote]debraD wrote:
[quote]giterdone wrote:
[quote]AlisaV wrote:
No. I feel just fine no matter what I eat. I think yesterday i felt sick late at night because I hadn’t eaten enough.[/quote]
If you get a couple of solid snacks between meals the weights will go up. Don’t need to overthink it. Just don’t make it Oreos. Or, even better one snack and a take a drink to the gym with Gatorade powder and whey in it…cheap and works. [/quote]
IMO a couple of Oreos is still better than under-eating. Personally, if I have to choose between not enough food or junk, I’ll take junk. As long as I don’t set myself up to have only that option all the time it’s not going to hurt. But even everyday wouldn’t actually hurt someone who is training hard, which I sometime do too. Pop tarts are your friend! Just read about what Stu has said about them :-)[/quote]
I hear what you are saying and I’m cool with it. My first objective for the day is to just get enough overall calories in. If that includes a double cheeseburger and a handful of cookies then so be it.
[quote]debraD wrote:
[quote]giterdone wrote:
[quote]AlisaV wrote:
No. I feel just fine no matter what I eat. I think yesterday i felt sick late at night because I hadn’t eaten enough.[/quote]
If you get a couple of solid snacks between meals the weights will go up. Don’t need to overthink it. Just don’t make it Oreos. Or, even better one snack and a take a drink to the gym with Gatorade powder and whey in it…cheap and works. [/quote]
IMO a couple of Oreos is still better than under-eating. Personally, if I have to choose between not enough food or junk, I’ll take junk. As long as I don’t set myself up to have only that option all the time it’s not going to hurt. But even everyday wouldn’t actually hurt someone who is training hard, which I sometime do too. Pop tarts are your friend! Just read about what Stu has said about them :-)[/quote]
Doh! Double post. My son’s fault. He had a Star Wars related emergency and I got distracted.
Okay, I have to ask what this is…
[quote]AlisaV wrote:
Okay, I have to ask what this is…[/quote]
What what is?
Star Wars emergency. Sounded exciting.
[quote]AlisaV wrote:
Star Wars emergency. Sounded exciting.[/quote]
He was watching Empire Strikes Back, accidentally hit a button on the remote and was watching a travel show. To an 8 year old that is emergency material.
Oh, I remember. It certainly is an emergency.
squats: 10@45, 10@65, 10@85, 5@95, 5@115, 5@135, 5@145, 4@155, 1@165 (tie PR)
good mornings: 10@45, 10@65, 10@75, 10@85, 10@95
bench: 10@45, 10@65, 5@85, 5@95, 5@105, 3@110, 2x1@115 (tie PR)
high pulls: 5x10@65
some attempts at hang cleans; not sure if I got them any prettier this time around.
And – because I’m such a good girl – post-workout cottage cheese.
Well, Jesus God I ate a lot.
2423 kcal, p/f/c 212.9/132.4/75.3