carbs before a workout works too.
Ya I’m actually thinking about eliminating my usual very caloric PWO shake and trying to just eat dinner after I workout. It will be an early dinner, but it may save me some calories. I can always have just whey in water before bed if I get hungry.
I used to think that I needed carbs before my workout but I like my “crack” (coffee, glutamine, creatine)
My performance is better, not saying that it’s the best way, but I don’t find carbs pre-wo necessary since this combo.
Well hello cutie…seriously, look at that delt! Sexy.
You’re lean as it is, so who knows where you’re going to lean out more - but yeah, i’m sure just cutting out a little something, a plate of pasta or 200 cals here and there will do the trick. It’ll be slow but steady. But be careful, if you’re like me and prone to binges, you can set yourself back…consistency is key.
Anywho! So freaking jealous of your bench and congrats on the PR!!
Through trial and error you’ll figure out what works best for YOU. It’s easy to say well this works for me and that worked for so and so.
And you aren’t in a rush here. It’s not like you are trying to diet down to get ripped for a bb’ing comp. fwiw, I think you look great!
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Ya I’m actually thinking about eliminating my usual very caloric PWO shake and trying to just eat dinner after I workout. It will be an early dinner, but it may save me some calories. I can always have just whey in water before bed if I get hungry.[/quote]
As long as you can eat shortly after you finish working out and have a lot of protein in the meal you should be A-okay.
I was just only sorta joking about paleo. Basically I only have carbs that aren’t fruit or veggies in the morning and post-workout. Usually that is ezekiel bread or sweet potaters, very sustainable for getting hyooge yet lean. Read synergy’s nutrition post in his thread at the BB forum.
sounds about the way I eat, minus the bread and sweet potato, haha…
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But be careful, if you’re like me and prone to binges, you can set yourself back…consistency is key.
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This woman knows my secret. I honestly don’t think its my frequent fruit eating or morning outmeal that is keeping me from making progress. It is the Off The Record weekend very stupid stuff. If I were more consistent I would be leaner because I don’t seem to have any problems putting on muscle or dropping fat when I am honest, I just occasionally lose control and carb binge. I think I’ve solved that problem for now. I need to track my food everyday, just write down what I eat even if I don’t know the cals for something, no need to fret. If I write down even cheats, even binges, I will be less likely to shove that handful of this or that in my mouth. If I am going to have a carb up day from now on, it will be a genuine carb up day with almost no fat. I will keep my cheating down to ONE meal only instead of whole cheat days. I know I can do this, it is my passion to be both strong and lean.
Ok, my head is in the right place now, I smashed some weights today:
Squat max day:
barx8
135x10
185x5
205x2x3
225x2
237.5x1(PR at bodyweight of 129lbs)
Bench:
barx8
95x3
115x3x2
127.5x5x5
Dips:
Crazy cluster set
15/rest 15sec/4reps/rest 20sec/4 reps
Almost done, I promise!
breakfast
2 eggs
2 egg whites
1/4c greek yogurt
1/3c strawberries
lunch:
4 oz flank steak
50 cal flatbread
2 tsp smart balance
1c celery
Snack/Pre workout:
1 nectarine
1/2c cottage cheese
Dinner/PWO:
1c turkey chili
1/4c cottage cheese
1c celery
1/2 corn muffin
Ok, from now on food will be kept in my notebook. What I learned is that writing things down makes me eat more betterer. If anyone made it this far, Ezekiel break french toast topped with pb, fruit,&cinnamon is delicious and the best weekend breakfast ever!!
good deal…
Thats why I like to make my eating public! It helped me to realize the same mistakes(free for all weekends, 
)
I don’t measure, count or weigh anything. Consistently eating good food yields results. If your gonna ‘cheat,’ plan it out.
I save my cheats for the end of the week…hence my Friday rice crispy day. And maybe a couple other goodies I bake on Saturday.
awesome squat pr and I want some frenh toast now…merde.
That is an amazing raw squat for your bodyweight. Really incredible. Good genetics are definitely on your side, my dear.
thanks snapper! I also have the short limbed morphology, so squats come more naturally for me than deadlifts, plus I just really love doing them…Its love/hate actually, but when I’m on, I’m on.
Squat awesomeness.
For the very short time I logged my food intake on Fitday, I discovered that the very act of having to write down what I ate made high-carb foods less appealing.
Thats the idea. I will just be writing it down in a notebook and not even tracking calories/macros since I have a pretty good general idea of them for most foods I eat. When I start with the numbers I get all bogged down and stressed out and its just a drag. I can handle writing down the foods though…
Squats:
barx10
135x15x2
185x3
200x5x5
Press:
60x10x6
Chins:
5x6
lat pull downs
I think I may start doing boring but big again. I seemed to get good results when I included it last time.
your a squatting machine!
NICE SQUAT IS RIGHT!!! You are magnificent!! :D!!!
My ass is getting back in the pool. I put together a 2500yrd workout for today lets see if I don’t die.
Pool was a no go. Its old people city until 11AM and I had shit to do today. They were in there bobbling around on noodles and waving their arms to some music. I tried really, really hard not to be annoyed. They have just as much right to be in there as I do, but they could have left ONE FUCKING LANE open so I could get my shark on.
Oh well, my joints were too tender from squatting yesterday to even walk on an incline so it was on the stationary bike and concept 2 rower for me. I listened to some Rage and it helped me get my hr up to around 160 for 45 min.
ooh, can you put me together a swim workout? 
One that would last 10 min, haha…they call adult swim once an hour.