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2004/10/18, 07:55 AM
good idea, amy
I thought that weighing myself once a week would be the best way to track fat loss, but I think you're right, photos are probably the way to go :)
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2004/10/18, 07:59 AM
Pre-comp we took polaroids every two weeks, and now I have a neat flip book of my transformation. You would be suprised how you see change every two weeks. Even when it is just the slightest bit more definition, it is exciting. And my scale was definitely not telling the same story, so I had to stop weighing myself, as it was becoming a head game and sort of defeating me.
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\"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.\" Marcel Proust
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2004/10/18, 08:00 AM
I hate scales, they truly are the root of all evil (after husbands) :big_smile:
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2004/10/18, 01:22 PM
Amy, stop giving the princess ideas about digitals!!!!
My weekend was not too bad. My cheats were apple pie, and cannelonni (home made of coarse, and nobody knew they were laced with 90 grams of protein powder!) I'll post today's later because I am getting the boot from my wife who uses MY computer to work!
(Home offices are terrible)!
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"A will finds a way, failure is not an option"
Ivan
carivan@freetrainers.com
Montreal Canada
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2004/10/18, 02:45 PM
Yep, it becomes very visual the lower in bodyfat you get. For instance, if you have a drop of 1/2% bodyfat at 7% it will make a dramatic showing in your physique, as compared to a 3% drop when you are at 18%.
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Quoting from asimmer:
Pre-comp we took polaroids every two weeks, and now I have a neat flip book of my transformation. You would be suprised how you see change every two weeks. Even when it is just the slightest bit more definition, it is exciting. And my scale was definitely not telling the same story, so I had to stop weighing myself, as it was becoming a head game and sort of defeating me.
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bb1fit@freetrainers.com
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2004/10/18, 10:13 PM
..fitnscosmogrl..,we will start posting here as the other thread was getting too long. Glad your getting better. If you have the energy to do that routine then go for it, just watch for symptoms of overtraining, and get some more real food in to you.
Today was weird. felt like I was missing some food.
7:15 started with a coffee.
8:00 yougurt
9:15 trained
10:30 PWO shake
11:45 high protein/fibre cereal
12:45 7 oz canned shrimp (discusting, I didn't know they had to be rinsed, and they were salty like anchovies!) with salsa, tomatoe, lettuce, cucumber salad with olive oil and apple cider vinegar, slice of grain bread, and cup of green tea.
3:30 handful of almonds and cashews (raw).
4:00 MRP
6:00 lean beef stew, turnips, sweet potatoes, carrots, celery.
9:00 Cafe latte at starbucks
10:15: as I type this a protein shake.
Then bed.
:big_smile:
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"A will finds a way, failure is not an option"
Ivan
carivan@freetrainers.com
Montreal Canada
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2004/10/19, 07:40 AM
Good to see you are feeling better, fitnscosmogirl. Your food looks better, too. Try your new schedule and see how you feel - you may have to increase food a little, but see how it goes.
Ivan - I remember being sooo hungry pre-comp that I would eat pesto herring out of the can because they were protein and good fat, at the time I thought they were soooo good. Tried them a while back, disgusting!
Here is my good day yesterday!
Monday
6:30am bodybuilder pancakes, SF syrup
coffee and sweetener
10:00 some leftover pork,
refried beans
rice (a 1/4, maybe)
lettuce and pico de gallo
Took my vitamins!
12:00 Workout
2:15 PWO shake (ON whey chocolate, maltodextrin,
dextrose, creatine &glutamine)
4:30 1/2 a large sweet potato, baked
olive oil spread
chicken breast meat
7:30 Healthy Choice chicken soup with rice(and some
veggies) (24g cho)
additional chicken breast meat
9:00 made 'pudding' with the Beverly Int'l cookies and cream flavor ultimate protein. Not as good as I had hoped, but tasty and filling....
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\"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.\" Marcel Proust
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2004/10/19, 08:05 AM
Night off yesterday. I have decided to call it a night off rather than a cheat night, because "cheat" is too emotive a word, and I don't think it's helpful.
08.30 cottage cheese
11.30 porridge, yoghurt, slice of bread with PB
14.30 soup, cheese and apple
18.00 Jambalaya
over course of evening had 3 glasses of red wine, crackers with tuna/PB another cheese slice, a protein bar and cottage cheese.
Total Calories 2300
I also didn't workout because I'm feeling like crap at the moment with a virus thing.
I'd be interested to know what other people think about my calories for my night off - is 2300 excessive?
cheers
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2004/10/19, 08:15 AM
Probably not, an occasional influx of extra calories can rev your metabolism, if you are lean. Andf I would guess that 1500 -1600 is actually kind of low for you, how much do you weigh (if you don't mind my asking)?
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\"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.\" Marcel Proust
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2004/10/19, 08:21 AM
I'm 127lbs at the moment
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2004/10/19, 08:35 AM
Okay, so I get 1,651 baseline for you. Do you think your metabolism is high, low, moderate?
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2004/10/19, 08:55 AM
probably moderate. What do you mean by baseline? My BMR, or the total calories per day I should eat?
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2004/10/19, 09:17 PM
Princess according to your weight, I think 2300 is excessive.
Lets see what Asimmer has to say.
I know today for me was a write off in the calorie dept. I was way under and that's just as bad as being way over. :angry:
7:00 coffee with yogurt
9:00 trained
10:30 Pwo shake
Had to go do some stuff today did a lttle running around.
11:45 MrP in the truck.
12:15 coffee
1:00 coffee
2:30 lousy atkin's ccokies n cream bar.
3:30 handfull of almonds and cashews (raw) and yogurt.
5:30 bbq'd lean burger, pickle, salsa, tomatoe, broccoli, picco di gallo (think I put to much cilantro).
8:00 coffee and half a cookie.
Missed alot of food today!
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"A will finds a way, failure is not an option"
Ivan
carivan@freetrainers.com
Montreal Canada
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2004/10/20, 08:08 AM
The least amount of calories you probably need in a day.
1600 - 1700 is probably a good range for you, especially if you are seeing results.
Ivan - 2300 is excessive, but she doesn't do it on a regular basis. An occasional influx of calories like that can help.
I must be tired this morning, I actually wondered what a Mr. P was that you had in the truck. Figured it out (MRP):)
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probably moderate. What do you mean by baseline? My BMR, or the total calories per day I should eat?
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fitnscosmogirl - If you want to get better results from your weight training, dextrose and maltodextrin will do you better than gatorade. The malto-dextrin is called carbgainer- it comes in a big jug , the dextrose is in a smaller bag. i found them both at Nutrition City, but you can probably get them online.
Okay - busy day yesterday - drove out of town to do a consultation and train someone.. but I did well because I planned my meals!!!!!
Tuesday
pre-breakfast water, creatine, glutamine
6:30 1/2c oatmeal
1 egg, 5 whites
cinnamon, splenda, nutmeg, allspice, ginger
mixed all and made pancakes, better than i thought
it would be (out of cottage cheese)
coffee, SF sweetener
oh, SF syrup on the 'cakes
9:15 on the road - large honeycrisp apple (the bomb!)
protein shake - chocolate muscle provider..yummy
12:30 on the way home... Myoplex lite.
shopping..got that cottage cheese!
Propel water...
3:15 Healthy Choice chicken noodle soup with
added chiken breast strips (chili-lime, very tasty)
vitamins
5:30 cardio, abs
creatine, glutamine, anti-oxidants
6:30 chicken breast strips (chili lime, mm)
baked sweet potato strips (coat w/olive oil,
bake 30-45 minutes at 400)mmm
green salad with sprinkle of walnuts and
tsp Newman's olive oil and vinegar dressing
9:00 cottage cheese, yogurt, walnuts.
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\"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.\" Marcel Proust
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2004/10/20, 11:47 AM
Amy, thankyou very much for taking the time to work that out for me, sometimes when I don't see a result (like this week, due to water retention) I start to question if I'm on the right track, so your advice helps a lot.
Unfortunately I am feeling really grim just now, and I don't think it's clever to try to cut and fight a flu-like virus at the same time, so I'm going to try go back to maintenance calories 1900-2000 until I feel fit again.
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2004/10/20, 01:35 PM
Hope you fell better soon Mary, and my advice for the flu-like virus to you is this: "Take 2 asprin and call me in the morning"! Sorry just couldn't resist. Seiously though, take care of yourself, and do have home made chicken soup. Major protein bosster especially if you throw in the chicken feet, as they contain very nutricious ingredients.
I'll post my meals tonight. We are going to a steak house for my son and wifes birthday.
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"A will finds a way, failure is not an option"
Ivan
carivan@freetrainers.com
Montreal Canada
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2004/10/20, 09:26 PM
fitnscosmogirl - I think that is the best eating day I have seen from you yet - good work!
I am starting to feel under the weather, also. All I wanted to do today was sleep. Maybe we are all passing it around here?
6ish I had my anti-oxidant drink mix with my creatine and glutamine
6:30 I was too lazy/tired to make pancakes today, so I threw my 1/2c oatmeal, some frozen strawberries and whey protein into the blender with water and had that.
took a nap...
10Am Green Apple protein drink , needed something quick before training client
11:15 Morningstar farms spicy black bean burger
chicken breast strips
lettuce mix (romaines)
salsa
1 1/2 lg carrots, tiny bit of lite ranch dressing
vitamin pak
12:15 workout, sucky - sore and tired
2:00 PWO shake (high point of my day) Syntrax Roadside
Lemonade protein in crystal lite lemonade with
dextrose/malto dextrin (Very tasty)
4:15/30 detour bar
94% FF popcorn
diet rite cola
7:00 Healthy Choice chicken soup with rice
extra chicken strips
Before I go to sleep (soon) I will probably have a shake, I am not really hungry, though.
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\"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.\" Marcel Proust
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2004/10/20, 10:04 PM
Ya really, the eating looks better fitncosmogrl. You will get there.
7:00 had a coffee and peered out and saw the frost on the roofs and cars. It's coming!:(
8:30 yogurt
9;00 training
10:30 PWO shake
12:15 lunch had about 15 shrimp, salad, broccoli, and handfull of almonds and cashews, with a green tea
1:00 fell asleep until 3:00, yep maybe something IS going around, feel slugish all day.
3:30 MRP
5:00 yogurt and a few nuts
6:30 140z sirloin, with baked potatoe and glass of tomatoe juice and a few peices of a fried yes fried onion blossom.
and 2 glasses of red wine.
I am feeling tired now so no more food for today and I'm off to sleep.
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"A will finds a way, failure is not an option"
Ivan
carivan@freetrainers.com
Montreal Canada
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2004/10/21, 07:40 AM
I know you can get viruses on a computer but this is ridiculous!
Sorry about spreading my illness like that guys!
The bad news is the fever and myalgia last 4 days, and once that's finished the sore throat and snotty nose start!
I feel better in myself now anyway.
yesterday:
10.00 porridge, bread with yeast extract, yoghurt
13.00 chicken and veg soup, cheese slice, apple
14.30 2 squares of milk chocolate (inexcusable, I know)
16.30 chicken breast with red pepper sauce, steamed brocolli and cabbage, kiwi fruit
20.00 tuna and bean salad
23.30 protein bar
02.00 cottage cheese
cals 1560
I am going to try to stick to the 1600-1700 range from now on. Tomorrow will be a big problem, as I am going to my Mum's for tea for the first time in a while. I am going to have to write it off as another night off, however I will stick to the plan otherwise.
I am hoping that I will be able to get back to the gym today or tomorrow too.
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2004/10/21, 08:08 AM
princess - eat something like a protein shake on the way to Mum's and then enjoy a cup of tea and maybe a little tatse of something. Family is hard because food = love/companionship, but you can gently say 'no thanks' and they should respect your desire to reach a specific goal.
Glad you are feeling better! Don't overdo it at the gym and relapse.
I took my ZMA last night and feel more refreshed today.
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\"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.\" Marcel Proust
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2004/10/21, 08:26 AM
Sorry Amy, to clarify - tea = evening meal in Scotland.
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2004/10/21, 08:29 AM
I'm going to try for portion control, it's probably the best tactic
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2004/10/21, 08:34 AM
I got ot the point where I would bring my rice, chicken and broccoli in tupperware to my parent's house.... They started serving more chiken and veggies. It all works out.
Sorry - in my brain "Scottich Tea' is something like oat scones with clotted cream, and maybe a side of haggis:)
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\"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.\" Marcel Proust
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2004/10/21, 08:48 AM
yes that's "afternoon tea" - confusing, isn't it?
My mum's idea of tea(evening meal) is:
starter - anything from smoked salmon if I'm lucky to crisps and dips if I'm not
main course - usually meat and veg but veg may include roast potatoes
cheese course (yes I know - tremendously decadent)
pudding (take your daily calorie intake for the day and multiply by 3.....)
coffee and chocolates
oh yes and lots of wine to wash it all down with.
Damage limitation is the name of the game.
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2004/10/21, 09:19 PM
Busy day, fitnscosmogirl! Try to get more food in!
Anyhow - here is my day :
5:45 anti-oxidant drink and creatine, glutamine
6:15 Bodybuilder pancakes and SF syrup
coffee, sweetener
10:25 (very hungry...)
1c fozen spinach
2/3c soy sausage crumbles
4 mushrooms, sliced
1/2 tsp olive oil
3/4c egg beaters
1/2 oz pepper jack cheese
alll cooked and scrambled together
2 wasa crisp with olive oil spread.
vitamins
1:00 Protein lemonade
1/2 lg apple
4:00 cup of cottage cheese
handful of almonds
7:00 2 chicken burgers (lean ground)
curried butternut squash (splurged on calories
and made it with coconut milk)
1/3c baked beans
hot dog (whoops):)
Just had some emergen-c with my creatine and glutamine. Will maybe have something before bed, but I am not hungry and maybe going to bed very soon, tired.
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\"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.\" Marcel Proust
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2004/10/21, 10:36 PM
Well I woke up at 7:00 and didn't feel with it today.
I didn't train, think I had a 12 hr bug or something.
10:30 high protein cereal, with 1% milk
12:30 1/2 chicken, baked potatoe, green tea, and ACV (apple cider vinegar) capsule, coffee.
4:00 MrP with some almonds & raw cashews
Starting to feel better!
5:30 1 and 1/2 cabbage rolls about 10 oz all together.
Feeling 100%.
8:15 cafe latte with a 1/2 of cinnamin danish.
Going to sleep now, and look forward to a great tricep.bicep workout tomorrow AM. Missed my chest day today.
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"A will finds a way, failure is not an option"
Ivan
carivan@freetrainers.com
Montreal Canada
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2004/10/22, 10:31 AM
A false dawn unfortunately, I still feel as bad as ever :(
yesterday:
11.00 porridge, w/m bread with PB, yoghurt
14.30 chicken and veg soup, cheese slice, apple
15.00 - back to bed!
18.30 cod with herb/olive oil dressing, steamed brocolli, green beans, peas and sweetcorn. kiwi fruit
21.30 3x rice cakes with yeast extract
22.30 pilchards on toast
02.00 protein bar
07.30 handful walnuts (not sure if this counts as yesterdays food or todays - was night shift again last night!)
cals 1630
Glad you're feeling a bit better, Ivan.
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2004/10/22, 07:40 PM
thanks, you have a good weekend too!
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2004/10/22, 10:20 PM
Well, I am back to normal (what ever normal can be)!
7:00 Cofee with a yogurt (Balcan Style)
9:00 trained, and what a pump!
10:30 PWO shake Chocolate extreme whey isolate
12:00 10 egg omlette (4 yolks) with salsa, and low fat mozza cheese and slice of gran bread(14). Shared the eggs with my wife.
1:30 some almonds & cashews, Yogurt
3:30 MRP vanilla low carb Champion Nutrition
6:30 1/2 a chicken, sweet potatoe, roast potatoe and parsley salad (tabouleh). Fresh apple juice.
8:oo Cappuccino, with 1/2 a danish
Thats it for this day. Can't wait to try my new training shoes on Monday.
Have a good weekend all, and hope you get better Mary.
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"A will finds a way, failure is not an option"
Ivan
carivan@freetrainers.com
Montreal Canada
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2004/10/23, 06:06 AM
Well, if this is all about being honest and accountable, I suppose I should still post what I ate yesterday.......
09.00 cottage cheese then off to bed
13.30 porridge, bread with yeast extract, yoghurt
17.00 tomato soup, cheese slice and apple
20.00-23.00 tea at Mum's: aubergine with grated parmesan and wholemeal bread; veal with marsala sauce and salad, cheese, sponge+ricotta pudding, coffee and(2)chocolates. 3 glasses of wine. Managed to keep my portion sizes to a minimum, so I'm not too displeased.
no idea how many calories!
still feeling crap and unable to workout - this is getting very frustrating :(
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2004/10/23, 08:11 AM
Hope you are feeling better soon, princess! Any way i can finagle an invite to your Mum's house?
Ivan - what's a balcan?
Here is my Friday:
antioxidant drink w/creatine/glutamine
Bodybuilder panckes, sf syrup
coffee, sweetener
shake and scoop of yammit (dried sweet potato supplement, yummy)
Workout
Pwo shake
Turkey sandwich (2 slices health nut bread, smear of mayo, horseradish mustard, lettuce, 30g protein from turkey)
vitamins
Miss meringue Sf cookies
Pizza:
2 low-carb tortillas
no sugar added spaghetti sauce
soy sausage crumbles
soy mozarella
green olives and garlic
sprinkling of parmesan Tasty!!!!
Lots of water before bed, not hungry, though.
ZMA
Have a great weekend, hope everyone is fully recovered from their colds/pulls/strains soon!!!!!
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\"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.\" Marcel Proust
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2004/10/23, 10:47 AM
"Ivan - what's a balcan?:
It's a culture (as in people) around the Adriatic and Black seas. The yogurt is thicker, 100% natural, with real fruit at the bottomand it's not stirred. So when you eat it, it is like a sundae, but upside down. Hope I explained it ok. They sell for about .99 They have a higher fat content and avg protein, but made from real yeast cultures. The taste is great.
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"A will finds a way, failure is not an option"
Ivan
carivan@freetrainers.com
Montreal Canada
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2004/10/23, 06:21 PM
Saturday the eating bonanza!!!!
5:30 am antioxidant drink and creatine, glutamine
6:00am bodybuilder pancakes, sf syrup
coffe, sweetener
10am gingerbread pancakes
pear slices
sf syrup
lil' smokies
1:00 steak
sm salad
drizzle of blue cheese and french
baked potato, little butter
diet pepsi
Right now there is a giant lasagna in my oven, courtesy of my sister (who is at a movie w/her hubby while I watch her kids)...will have some of that with salad and olive oil/vinegar dressing....
probably won't be hungry before bed!!!!!:big_smile:
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\"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.\" Marcel Proust
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2004/10/24, 08:26 AM
Amy, I'm sure you'd be welcome at my Mum's - as she gets older she is trying to feed everyone up :)
The really cool thing about that meal was that they were sicillian recipies as she's just back from a cycling holiday in sicilly - she and my Dad cycled 250 miles with 15000ft ascent over 6 days. This is probably why they can eat like this every weekend and stay at 120lbs and 145lbs respectively!
I had a small blip yesterday...
10.30 porridge, bread with yeast extract, yoghurt
13.30 soup, cheese slice and apple
17.00 turkey stir fry, kiwi fruit
20.00 protein bar
00.30 small (100ml) tub icecream (in my defence my throat was on fire and this was the only thing I could handle eating until the painkillers kicked in)
01.30 tuna salad
02.30 two throat sweets
03.30 cottage cheese
cals - 1800
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2004/10/24, 12:13 PM
I am going out of town until Monday afetrnoon!!!! i will be eating, drinking and making merry at a Viking Bed and Breakfast!!! FUN!!!!!!!
Hope your throat is better soon!
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\"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.\" Marcel Proust
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2004/10/24, 10:32 PM
Mark the date! Watch out this summer!:laugh::laugh::laugh:
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"A will finds a way, failure is not an option"
Ivan
carivan@freetrainers.com
Montreal Canada
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2004/10/24, 10:38 PM
Well it was a weekend of birthdays.
Yesterday was my wifes' birthday and tomorrow is my son.
Yesterday I ate good food, my regular stuff, shakes, proteins, good fats, except supper was rice noodles with beef in black bean sauce, general tao chicken, (fried no no!) hunan dumplings, 1 eggroll (another no no!) and shrimp won ton soup.
Later came the rich butter icing chocoalte cake.
Today I had a little more crap, like honey wheat pretzels, Chips, a heinekin (first since August 1). Lasagna with my home made pasta, and more cake (Strawberry shortcake.) Tomorrow it's back to good food, and exercise.
Treat your bodies as if it were a temple!!
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"A will finds a way, failure is not an option"
Ivan
carivan@freetrainers.com
Montreal Canada
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2004/10/25, 02:11 PM
I try not to desecrate my temple too often :)
yesterday:
13.00 porridge, bread and almond butter, yoghurt
16.00 soup, apple, cheese slice
19.00 roast lamb with veg. kiwi fruit
21.00 small tub icecream again (sorry!)
23.00 tuna on toast
03.00 protein bar
+ several throat sweets, 4 paracetamol and 2 decongestants!
cals 1760
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2004/10/25, 09:08 PM
Desecrate...where is Webster when needed?
Well back to the real life today.
7:00 coffee, didn't eat cuz wasn't hungry.
9:00 trained
10:30 PWO shake
11:00 High protein serial, low carb.
1:00 4 eggs 1 yoke with salsa, handful of raw cashews and almonds
2:00 yogurt
3:40 MRP
5:30 2 lean pork chops, green beans, broccoli.
8:00 Cappucino, half a cookie.
9:30, will have about a cup of cottage cheese and then beddy by!
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"A will finds a way, failure is not an option"
Ivan
carivan@freetrainers.com
Montreal Canada
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2004/10/26, 07:44 AM
What or who is Webster?
08.30 cottage cheese (then bed)
14.30 porridge, yoghurt, bread with PB
18.00 chicken (skinless) with steamed veg. Kiwi fruit
21.00 soup, cheese slice, apple
00.00 tuna on toast
03.00 cottage cheese
several more throat sweets and painkillers!
cals: 1600
I still have a sore throat and cold, but I don't feel fatigued anymore, I might try a gentle workout today.
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2004/10/26, 09:02 PM
"Webster" Miriam, one of many publishers of the english dictionary. :big_smile::big_smile:
So today was a weird eating day! Didn't have much of an appetite.
7:00 coffee and yogurt
8:00 High protein cereal
11:00 1/2 bagel with light crap cheese, and coffee
12:30 handful of cashews and almonds (found a new supplier with white cashews and fresher almonds) with a yogurt.
1:15 gym
2:30 PWO shake
5:00 about 8 oz of bbq'd baby salmon fillet, 8 brussell sprouts, cup of spinnache.
6:30 paradico noir coffee and 1/2 of a cinnamin bun.
At 9:30 i will have some cottage cheese and then go to sleep.
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"A will finds a way, failure is not an option"
Ivan
carivan@freetrainers.com
Montreal Canada
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2004/10/27, 08:58 AM
desecrate:
verb
to damage or show a lack of respect towards something holy or highly respected:
The mosque/shrine was desecrated by vandals.
:big_smile:
I didn't make it to the gym yesterday, I thought I was better, but have now developed a cough :(
12.00 porridge, yoghurt, bread +PB
15.00 soup, cheese, apple
16.00 popcorn at the cinema.My bad.
18.00 salmon fillet, steamed brocolli and cabbage. Kiwi fruit
22.00 tuna on toast
01.00 rice cakes+ yeast extract
03.00 cottage cheese - usually I eat 1/2tub but I was starving and ate the whole tub. I couldn't workout why I was so hungry at the time, but looking back at my meal times, I understand.
Cals - 1800 approx.
I am finding it extremely hard to stay focused whilst I feel ill and unable to train. This thread is helping.
Yesterday I also worked out my new exercise plan for the next 8 weeks, I can't wait to get started!
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2004/10/27, 12:49 PM
Hey, there was a discussion about training in the am vs pm. I really have no choice, I have to go in the morning when I get up or not at all. The day is so freakin' packed for my anymore. I don't have to leave for work until 9a, so should I really get up around 5:30a and have breakfast and wait to go train? Or should I get up, have a little something and then go? Sorry if I have hi-jacked the thread.
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2004/10/27, 01:19 PM
If you eat something where the energy gets into your bloodstream quickly you can exercise soon afterwards (about 30 minutes) - so a protein shake mixed with water, or a banana for example.
If you eat something more slowly absorbed then you have to wait, otherwise you are exercising with the energy all still trapped in your gut, your body still thinks it's starving and uses muscle tissue as an energy source.
You haven't hijacked the thread at all and if you want to post what you are eating, I'm sure we will all be happy to give you pointers :)
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2004/10/27, 01:47 PM
Can I join and post what I eat? I know I need the accountability and the constant reminder of what needs to change and to eat more!! Can I crash the party?
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2004/10/27, 02:36 PM
Here's what I had yesterday:
6am workout (legs)
6:45 PWO shake 46g ON Whey with the 50/50 malto/dextro blend
8:30 1 whole egg w/ 4 egg whites, 1 slice lean ham, 1 slice fat free cheese on 2 slices whole wheat bread
11:00 5 oz sliced turkey, 1.5 cups frozen strawberries
2:00p Chicken salad with assorted greens, mushrooms, peppers, and 5 oz chopped skinless chicken breast, oil and vin; 1 sliced granny smith apple
5:00 1/2 cup low fat cottage cheese mixed with 8oz fat free sugar free blueberry yogurt
8:00 5oz chicken breast, baked potato with salsa, steamed veg mix
I'm also putting away over a gallon of water a day...easy. Every 30 minutes or so I'm heading down the hall at work.:laugh:
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2004/10/27, 05:51 PM
Good to see more people adding to the thread.
I will post later.
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"A will finds a way, failure is not an option"
Ivan
carivan@freetrainers.com
Montreal Canada
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2004/10/27, 08:41 PM
Where is ASIMMER!!!!
7:00 Got out of bed was awake most of the night because my wife was wearing an automatic blood pressure machine which was taking readings every 20 min, which included beeps and buzzers. How romantic!
7:10 Coffee
8:00 High protein cereal
10:30 half of a bagel with crap cheese (light). Coffee
11:30 MRP
12:30 can of tuna, tomatoe, broccoli and 14 grain bread
1:15 trained
2:30 PWO shake
3:45 handful of cashews and almonds (natural)
6:15 about 14oz of lean beef, turnips, broccoli, tomatoe, lettuce, onion, red pepper.
7:30 Coffee and half of a donut.
9:30 I will have some cottage cheese.
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"A will finds a way, failure is not an option"
Ivan
carivan@freetrainers.com
Montreal Canada
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2004/10/27, 10:03 PM
Is that what she told you it was, Ivan?
Welcome on board folks, the more the merrier :)
WAnglais1, that diet seems ok to me. As you have brought up, something before you workout might be good.
The other thing I thought would be something last thing at night before you go to bed.
Today I was saved by this post again. I was contemplating buying a bottle of wine and I thought to myself, "I can't possibly post that I've had wine again", and so I stuck to water :)
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2004/10/28, 07:35 AM
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Quoting from princesslodgey:
Is that what she told you it was, Ivan?
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What? Who?
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"A will finds a way, failure is not an option"
Ivan
carivan@freetrainers.com
Montreal Canada
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