Hardness23’s BodyBlog

I was feeling very discouraged and confused about what to do because there is so much conflicting information out there.  GOODNESS- I’ve done two competitions and I still haven’t gotten my diet figured out completely.  I guess it just takes time to perfect things.

After digging in the weeds for 2 days, I mean not just reading articles on BB.com, but reading experiments, books and every website I can find, I’ve evaluated everything and come up with my own diet.  I CAN do this on my own!  I keep thinking I need somebody to do the work for me, but I DON’T!  I mean the support is nice, but I’m no millionaire.  I finally feel like things are coming into perspective and am coming into the clear.  I’m so excited to start transforming my body!  I need to get into the mindset of fat burning and accept the fact that the muscle I have is all I’m going to have until competition.  I’m not lifting to build muscle anymore, I’m lifting to maintain it while burning fat.

I’m basing my diet off what my nutritionist had me eating for my past competition, and altering it a little.

Total calories:  1500 per day.  Carbs: 20% of calories.  Protein: 40% of calories Fat: 40% of calories.

Carbs: 60g total- 30g in the morning, and 30g pre workout.  On rest days only have 30g in the morning.
Protein: 120g total

Fats: 120g total.  This is where my diet is different than before.  Before I was only allowed 1 Tbsp of peanut butter a day.  I think I’ll burn fat faster if I increase my fats with each meal, this way I’ll curb hunger better AND not cause prevent a massive calorie deficit and throwing my body into starvation mode.

For training I have been training one muscle group a day, usually lifting about 5 times a week, sometimes 6 if I feel good.  I think my body has adapted to this and now I’m going to switch it up and try something crazy I’ve never done before and criticized people for in the past-  FULL BODY WORKOUTS!!

First off I realize this is not productive for building a lot of mass, but I am trying to trick my body into shedding fat and I think this will do it.  I will be lifting just as heavy, but with fewer sets.  I don’t want to go light and have my muscles shrink.  The goal is to keep them.  I will do full body workouts every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.   The weekends I will need complete rest, so no lifting or high intensity cardio.  This is the cornerstone of "TK’s Workout Plan" and I will coordinate my cardio around my weightlifting based on progress.  Right now I’m looking pretty good so I don’t have that much weight to lose.  I have abs that are showing and not much fat on my midsection, but I am carrying it on my thighs and butt.  So I will be doing sufficient cardio and working in some HIIT sessions.

Please let me know your thoughts on my plan, even if you don’t agree I value everyone’s opinion!  I would like more sources of motivation so if anyone has some good reasons that they compete or workout- let me know!