Saturday, August 28th, 2004
Post Workout Meal (1): 10:30 AM
1 cup 2% Milk [130 Calories] 10g Protein 13g Carbohydrates
1 serving Whey Protein [110 Calories] 19g Protein 3g Carbohydrates
Banana [110 Calories] 1g Protein 29g Carbohydrates
Multivitamin
L-Glutamine Tablet
Meal (2): 1:00 PM
1 serving Lean Hamburger Meat [140 Calories] 22g Protein 0g Carbohydrates
Peas & Carrots [50 Calories] 9g Protein 28g Carbohydrates
1 serving Cooked White Rice [185 Calories] 4g Protein 14grams Carbohydrates
Post Workout Meal (3): 3:07 PM
Zone Bar [210 Calories] 16g Protein 22g Carbohydrates
2 servings Tuna [120 Calories] 26g Protein 0g Carbohydrates
2 servings Gatorade [100 Calories] 0g Protein 28g Carbohydrates
L-Glutamine Tablet
Post Workout Meal (4): 7:13 PM
3 Egg Whites [48 Calories] 10.5g Protein 0g Carbohydrates
Whole Wheat Toast [90 Calories] 4g Protein 18g Carbohydrates
1 serving Peanut Butter 7g Protein 7g Carbohydrates
Meal (5): 8:55 PM
Carrot Sticks [35 Calories] 0g Protein 7g Carbohydrates
Zone Bar [210 Calories] 16g Protein 22g Carbohydrates
L-Glutamine Tablet
Total Calories: 1728
Total Protein: 144.5 grams
Total Carbohydrates: 191 grams
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Here’s what I ate today, how’s it look? I went out on a limb to eat as healthy as I possibly could and keep track of everything. At the moment, I weigh roughly 170lbs and want to lose 10 - 15lbs in the best possible fashion. The last time I lost weight was in the summer of 6th grade when I knew nothing. I lost 44 pounds in a little over 3 months, and was left with a copious amount of loose skin. To this day (4 years later), I still have loose skin on my abs and arms, but not nearly as much as before on account of weight lifting. Is it possible for me to lose this “flabbiness” If I stick to a diet like such for about 6 months? Anything I should change? I want to go from 170lbs to 155 - 16lbs while improving all strength levels (ie bench press, squat, deadlift, power clean). Thanks.
Suggestions? I need to lose some lbs as soon as possible.
Try to eat something before your morneing workout. (ex. yogurt and granola)
This is because after 6-8hours of sleep your body is starving, and if you put it through a workout on top of that you body will want to minimize caloric expenditure. Therefore, your Basal metabolic rate will be decreased for the rest of the day. Burn fewer cals in everything that you do.
Eaze up on the Bars. Try to eat something whole. Chicken Breast and rice is a classic.
Another trick to keep BMR high is to interrupt your sleep at night with a small high protein snack.
Limit alcohol intake. How many people have I seen make great efforts in the gym just to be thrown away in a late night party drinking binge.
How about some training info.
Hope it helps,
Tremblant
[quote]Tremblant wrote:
This is because after 6-8hours of sleep your body is starving, and if you put it through a workout on top of that you body will want to minimize caloric expenditure.[/quote]
I’ve read many times before that working out immediately after you wake up, and saving breakfast for the post workout meal will shed fat much faster. Is that just a myth?
And, yes, your post helped me a lot. I’m going to eat fewer protein bars and more “real” meals as well as try to wake up in the middle of the night to take a protein shake (I’ve heard that one before, too).
One last question… what are your thoughts on “cheat” days, where you eat whatever the hell you want once a week? Should I start having “cheat” days once a week, or will they only hinder progress?
With all the fad diets and reduce this high that, people tend to forget that training is a lifestyle choice. The idea of training in morning without breakfast is simply a by-product of a ?weight-watcher,s? type mentality. They advocate counting cals. So of course if you exercise and don’t eat you are burning a lot of cals… But the physiological truth is that it fucks up your Metabolic rate to starvation mode in the long run…
That’s why people are beginning top understand they have to eat smaller meals more frequently… that’s what the body needs.
As I mentioned, Training should be a very concious lifestyle decision. People who train know the meaning of effort…something which many people think they know. It affects every aspect of lives and if you feel O.K about going back on your hard work that’s fine. Although I don’t believe in ?Cheat? meals I do believe in attaining a certain balance. (different for everyone)
Make the effort, the rewards you will reap are well worth it.
Keep up the good work.
Training Info???
Tremblant.