Diet
I’m going to see what happens when I keep my calories at 2500/day and increase cardio to 60-90 minutes per day. THEN, on Dec. 1st, start cutting calories. I think this might be better than ballz to the wall cardio while extreme calorie cutting since I have 4 months ’till competition (March 15th). I don’t want to lose too much muscle all at once. I think my metabolism will go way up but I’ll still lose bf% since I’m creating a calorie deficit of 600-900 calories and since before I was only doing strength training, not cardio. I’m still eating alot so my metabolism should stay up, and when I start to gradually decrease calories my body will not go into starvation mode and start storing fat.
Other changes effective as of TODAY:
1) 30 g of fat/day from 1 egg yolk (with 6 whites) and 2 TBSP of peanut butter OR 30 almonds OR 4 oz Salmon
2) Post workout carbs are to be limited to one of the following: 1 slice white bread, one rice cake, 1/2 cup grapes, 1/2 white bagel. As of now sugar-free jelly is o.k. and the only condiment to be used on these. Dec. 1st there will be no more post workout carbs. Then begins the true cutting. For now I’m at sort of an in-between.
3) No more skim milk or cottage cheese. Make sure I get the calcium supps.
4) No carbs before bed, except from almonds. Have 20-30 almonds with a low carb whey shake right before bed
I’m unsure what I should be eating before bed when trying to lose fat but keep the muscle. No carbs of course, but fats o.k.? Or if I wake up and NEED to eat in the middle of the night what would be the best choice. I used to sleepwalk and eat Walnuts (l.o.l)! I figured this out when they would be all in my sheets the next day. Also I’m unsure when I should cut out post workout carbs completely. As of now I don’t see how it hurts.
November 19, 2007 at 4:46 pm
the walnuts in bed story was cute! For your bread, I am curious why you don’t switch from white bread? And in terms of the sugar free jelly, you could buy berries and mash them with your spoon. Personally i feel a lot better eating that versus canned jelly/jam with added stuff.
Good job! You are looking great and have a PLAN!!!
November 19, 2007 at 5:02 pm
Yeah that sounds good but like alot of work! Just kidding I’ll have to try that with some splenda. Typically bodybuilers tend to eat fast burning carbs after a hard wieght training workout and eat the wheat stuff before workouts so the energy lasts throughout it. After a workout, the simple carbs go as gluecose right to their muscles to grow. You have a 2 hour window after a good strength training workout to eat simple carbs and if you don’t eat too much all at once they shouldn’t turn to fat. This is when you are building muscle. I know it’s like a science. But now that I am shifting from building muscle to burning fat I don’t know if I shouldcut them out all together or not. I Love WALNUTS!