tcrites18’s BodyBlog

I don’t know why I should do this more often…..to cook turkey!!! Last week while I was out grocery shopping, I wanted to get some chicken hens to cook up until I came across something better. Instead of buying a whole turkey, I found just the turkey breast itself by Butterball. So this afternoon I cooked it up for 4 hrs and voila nice turkey breast meal complete with some green beans on the side. Ohh and I do I love all the leftover I have! I’m in turkey heaven! lol Just thought I’d share this with you!

I don’t know what my problem is lately. I have been sticking to my diet to a T all day long, but as soon as night time rolls around, I crave sweets like chocolate or peanut butter! Am I not eating enough throughout the day? Why do I get the cravings after my last meal? I really don’t want to lose track, especially with Christmas around the corner.  What is the best way to handle these sweet cravings at night?

This is my current eating plan. It changes every 2 weeks prior to how I am coming along with my progress, thanks to my coach Jen! She has been great with me through this whole progress! Good job girl!!!

 Training days

Meal 1

Plain, nonfat yogurt

2 egg whites

blueberries

Post Workout

1 scoop whey protein

oatmeal

banana

Meal 3

chicken or turkey breast

raw almonds

extra virgin olive oil

Fibrous vegetables or salad

Meal 4

1 scoop whey protein

raw walnuts

Meal 5

4 egg whites

1 whole egg

hard cheese

Fibrous vegetables

Off days (I do 60 min of steady state cardio)

Meal 1

5 egg whites

1 whole egg

1 serving fruit

 Meal 2

1 scoop whey protein

peanut butter

Meal 3

chicken or turkey breast

raw almonds

fibrous vegetables

Meal 4

canned tuna, in water

raw walnuts

fibrous vegetables

Meal 5

chicken or turkey breast

extra virgin olive oil

fibrous vegetables or salad

PSMF days ( I do these twice weekly followed by high carb day)

Meal 1

6 egg whites

Fibrous vegetables

Meal 2

1 scoop whey protein

Meal 3

chicken or turkey breast

Fibrous vegetables

Meal 4

1 scoop whey protein

Meal 5

chicken or turkey breast

Fibrous vegetables

High Carb day (Only do this once a week after the PSMF day)

Meal 1

5 egg whites

oatmeal

1 serving fruit

Post Workout

1 scoop whey protein

rice cakes

Meal 3

chicken or turkey breast

sweet potato

Fibrous vegetables

Meal 4

cottage cheese

nonfat plain yogurt

1 serving fruit

Meal 5

chicken or turkey breast

brown rice

extra virgin olive oil

Fibrous vegetables or salad

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Hey guys! I need help or ideas for when the night time hunger strikes! I eat very clean all day but as soon as 8pm hits I am very hungry!!! And of course I want something sweet and if I give in I regret it later and feel awful! What can I do to over come this? I have tried keeping myself busy and all, but then  end up going to bed starved and then wake up at midnight wanting to eat something and I have a hard time sleeping when I feel very hungry at that point. PLease help me with some ideas or something?

Do and of you get that way where soon as the night comes your hungry and crave the bad stuff??

Don’t you hate being a women sometimes? Look at what we all have to go through in our lives from periods to child birth to hot flashes, but what I hate is the cravings I get right before that time of month! Sorry guys if this is disturbing, but it’s so true! It makes it even harder when you ar trying to diet to look your best.

I always crave something sweet and creamy like peanut butter, ice cream or even jelly belly’s. What is the best way to help these cravings without ruining your diet? I found one trick to satisfy something sweet. If my cravings are strong for something sweet, Ill make some sugar-free jell-o. It works and helps the cravings! Does anyone else have any ideas???

Today while I was at the gym, I was training my legs. One of the guys there commented and said to me "is that all you do is workout your legs?" I told him no, that I added a second day to workout my legs since that was an area my body was lacking in. He looked at me and said "Well I don’t think you need to work on them".  I said I am lacking in my glute/hams area. He told me to keep training hard then. I mentioned I needed to stay on a stric diet as well. He looked at me again and said "You don’t need to go on a diet". Like people I know I am small as is , when I say diet I don’t mean losing like 10-20 pounds here!! I am talking about eating clean so my body can lean up to what I want it to be. Then to top it off he started critizing my hair because I colored it. LIke who the hell are you to tell me what u think looks good and blah blah.

I am sorry for venting but I just had to. I find it very difficult when I tell people I am dieting down to lose fat. They always look at me thinking I am trying to lose 20 pounds or something when that is not the case. When I try to explain to people that I evenutally want to compete in figure, they always assume I am going to be this huge bodybuilder!! I try to explain that figure competition is not female bodybuilding. GRR…..I just wish people understood what I am talking about.

How does anyone explain to people about competiting and stuff without getting judged?

I feel guilty!!!! Yesterday was my mom’s birthday and my family brought her out to supper. I must say I ate very clean, had grilled salmon salad with oil and vinegar on the side. My downfall was I had 2 glasses of wine! But that’s just the beginning…this wkd I had a wedding to attend and I know there will be drinking involved.

I just feel guilty to have some drinks. I know I can eat clean the whole time and will get right back on track. How does everyone handle it?

Hey everyone!! As you know I just started my diet and training program on Monday! It’s going very well I might say. Haven’t had any cravings yet and sticking to the plan to a ‘T’. Though I am amazed on my first day on the program of how much energy I had when I ate before I weight trained and did my cardio afterwards.

My usual routine used to be get up at 5:45am, take my supplements and out the door to the gym. But now with my plan. The days I am weight training I have to eat complext carbs and protein beforehand. I felt like I could outrun the energizer bunny! I felt great all day as well. I used to feel sluggish in late afternoon. Not anymore!

 What I am really looking forward to though is to start seeing some results. I want that tight nice body!

Well I am off to bed in ths crazy hot weather! I hope to get some decent sleep!