I always get a little extra boost when I start getting to this point, I like to wear form fitting clothes, but I also like the "form" to be "fit"....
Here I am Tuesday after work, these are one of my Lucky brand jeans, soft and worn and they shall now be relegated to the "larger" end of the closet, they are size 2.
I can see how people go on a diet and get discouraged, it takes time! When I get to this point things continue rapidly so I have to be careful, and being careful means beef more often (it has more calories and slightly higher fat), and peanut butter! Yum!
Recently I wrote about the changes I made to my diet, but unless you follow me and have for a while, you have no idea what it was to start out! So, let me give you a run down of a typical day for me (now).
Keep in mind I am giving estimates and I am including the calories, carbs and proteins for the vegetables. Many people don't even count them.
4:15 am Supplements & Lean 1 meal replacement drink
200 calories; 20 grams protein; 18 grams carbs
6:30 am Supplements & Endurox R4 Recovery drink (1 scoop only)
135 calories; 6.5 grams protein; 26 grams carbs
7:45 am Homemade Waffles (egg whites, oats, flavorings)
300 calories; 31 grams protein; 39 grams carbs (if you are counting only starchy carbs it would be 27 grams)
11:30 am Lunch #1 Supplements & 4 ounces chicken breast; 3 ounces lentils; 2 cups vegetables
320 calories; 37 grams protein; 29 grams carbs (if you were counting only starchy carbs it would be 17 grams)
3:00 pm Lunch #2 4 ounces chicken breast; 3 ounces black beans; 2 cups vegetables
320 calories; 37 grams protein; 29 grams carbs; (if you are counting only starchy carbs it would be 17 grams)
Here is a picture of Lunch #1 and 2 the day before, I have a lot of it pre-measured and frozen, I assemble it the evening before.
5:45 pm Dinner Supplements & Homemade Curried Chicken and Cauliflower soup (I make a bunch and freeze it in bags)
186 calories; 24 grams protein; 15 grams carbs (if counting only starchy carbs zero)
8:30 pm Bedtime meal Supplements & 1 cup egg whites with 1 cup spinach
160 calories; 29 grams protein; 14 grams carbs, (if you are counting only starchy carbs, zero)
Add to this the nuts I eat, about 1/8 cup total (3 before each starch meal), using cashews as an example:
80 calories, 2.5 grams protein and 4 grams carbs (6 grams fat) Nuts add up!
9:00 pm Sleepy time tea.....
So grand totals:
Calories 1701; Protein 187; carbs 174 (but only 61 starchy).
The starches are very low but I make up for it in vegetables! The vegetables keep me full, provide fiber and energy and my muscles are super full despite the low starches. In this (rough) calculation I added the calories from any splenda too.
There are days when my starches will be much higher, and my calories might be also. For instance I occasionally have starch at dinner, the key is keeping it different so your body adapts to the variances.
Do not get in the rut of eating the same thing day in and day out, just like weight training, your body will make sure it adjusts to that and it will maintain it's weight, that's what it is designed to do. Your body was designed to survive quite well on what it gets, and survive with a layer of fat!
The Endurox R4 is a specially formulated recovery drink that is high in carbs. It is the preferred ratio of 4 to 1 (carbs to protein), studies show this is the best ratio of nutrients to ingest immediately after weight training. When not dieting to lose fat I will use 2 scoops of this.
I take a lot of BCAA (Branched Chain Amino Acids) and Amino Acids throughout the day. I will write more on my supplements at another time, because that's not where you start. That is why they are called "supplements", they are meant to be added to an existing good diet!
Add to this very low caloric intake my exercise today:
1 1/4 hours heavy weight training (it was leg day again!)
Stairs/jump rope at lunch, run up 300 stairs, run down 300 stairs, jump rope 300 times.
Tuesday is not a day I go to the gym after work.
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