Saturday Morning

Had trouble sleeping last night. Bed around 9pm, woke up at 1am, and tossing and turning until 3:45. Decided to finally get up. I've got a lot on my mind and I have spent the early morning looking at bodybuilding routines and listening to music. Still deciding what song I will use for my routine. Looking forward to lox, egg whites, arugula, laughing cow cheese, and oatmeal at 6am.

FYI - Palindrome, it's 5:15am!

Pizza Adventure

My favorite food. Pizza. I am counting down the days until I can eat some!

Today I cooked my husband is favorite pizza, mushroom with olive. We really enjoy baking our own pizza made with whole wheat dough, homemade tomato sauce, and colby jack cheese. The combination of all three (with a topping of course) is like eating a bagel, cream cheese, and lox. The 3 flavors just go together!

Diet Adventure #3

Taking my diet to another level: 6 weeks out from competition. My daily food intake goal:

Calories: 900-1020

90g protein

20g fat

100-120g carb

Only 6 more weeks to go!

Clothes Adventure

You know you're losing weight when your size zero pants are slightly loose and the butt is all baggy. I should teach myself to sew, better yet start my own sewing business making temporary clothes for bodybuilders during their competition diet.

Tuesday

Today I set a new record. My calorie difference was a negative 796.

I woke up early today, if you think 4:30am is early. Decided to throw in my 30min high intensity cardio session at 5:00am. Came home, made breakfast, went to work, lifted heavy on chest, worked some more, fit in a 50min low intensity cardio session, posed, came home, and took dogs for a walk. Ending my day with good conversation with Lou and the dogs. It's bright and early tomorrow for another 5:00am cardio session.

FYI - palindrome, it's 7:57.

Monday

After consuming 9g of fat yesterday, my body feels a bit tired. Low energy, hard time concentrating & prioritizing tasks at work in the afternoon, and a headache at 3:30pm. I still managed to get a 45min circuit workout, walk the dogs 2x, clean the kitchen, and cook my husband warm orange buttermilk pancakes & potatoes, and of course cook and prepare my meals.

If you are going to lower your fat intake to less than 10g a day, be sure the next day is not filled with a list of "to-do's".

Fat Adventure

Trying something different today. My fat intake did a nose dive (in a good way!). Usually I consume about 30g of fat, but today I consumed 9g of fat. So maybe you are asking me, how did you feel? My answer: Pretty good. My fat came from oatmeal, whey protein, and salmon. I would highly recommend eating non-fat nancy's yogurt with a no-fat cereal. I like the Special-K Blueberry. It fills you up!

Taking my calories on a roller coaster is a great way for my body to stay off balance. The purpose: to keep my body from plateuing.