Mrs Rassss’s BodyBlog

I lost a good amount of weight just changing my diet from crap to healthier food choices. But I hit a wall and I was stuck between 200 and 205 for a few weeks. I missed my first goal by about a month. I started to lose my way, it is really hard to explain how my mind works. Everything becomes overwhelming (even when it really isn’t). I couldn’t stay focused and when I though about what I needed to do to get the weight loss ball rolling again I was at a loss (total cricket noise). Then my husband says we need to take it a step further and count our calories, and this is how we will do it (what would I have done with out you…. cricket noise). So that is what we have done for the past week. I weighed myself at 205 at the start and I lost 6 pounds, and I FINALLY BROKE THE 200lbs MARK. YES!!!  When I looked at the five - six meals I was eating on a regular basis I was astonished to see that my caloric intake was insanely over what my body needed to maintain my lean body mass. I was eating clean 99.9% of the time, but looking at just the salad I had for my lunch which consisted of spinach (only green I eat) chicken, walnuts, flax seed, sesame seed, maybe an apple, peppers, onions, mushrooms and I topped it off with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. I did not measure, just tossed it in. To put this in prospective for those of you who, like me have/had no idea what the calories are behind this: 14 walnut halves 185.41 calories (probably used more), spinach 20, peppers and onions 60, Flax 3 tablespoons 140, sesame seeds 1tblsp 51.57 (I used well over that) 150, apple 59, olive oil 200, balsamic vinegar 33, chicken 175, this salad = 1022 calories and that was only lunch; although sometimes I would split this in to two meals. breakfast 5 eggs (2 yolk, 3 whites), apple (snack), dinner probably ranged 400-500 calories.Oh MY GOD!!! So I was eating healthy but way tooooo much and that is not including my other small meals (usually fruit; high GI) so no wonder I am wasn’t going anywhere with my weight.  Now my off day is a caloric intake of 1265.5 and the meal plan is:
1 serving of fiber one with 1.2 cup milk= 200
3 eggs 1 yolk, 2 white and 4 slices canadian bacon=172
salad 2 1/2 cups spinach, onion/peppers, 1/2 cup beans=210
dressing=35
1 cup strawberry halves =46
salmon, sweet potato, corn 2/3 c=555 or chicken, sweet potato corn=460
1/2 c blackberries = 36
all of this = 1274 (salmon) and 1179 (chicken) with the salmon I am 9 calories over but since I work a 16 hour day and breakfast starts at 5am I probably work this off, I also have a pretty active job, I try to take the chicken plan because it allows me to have a cup of coffee or some leeway with my day not alot but enough for a few adjustments.  
My work out day I take in 1625
and my plan is:
1 serving of fiber one with 1.2 cup milk= 220
Pre-workout
1 scoop nitrous w/ water= 15
2 caffeine pills
1 scoop whey w/ 1/2c milk (skim)=160
Post-workout
1 scoop whey w/ 1/2 c milk=160
1/2 c cottage cheese =90 or casein whey w/ 1/2 c milk =160
salad 2 1/2 cups spinach, onion/peppers, 1/2 cup beans=210
1 cup strawberry halves =46
salmon, sweet potato, corn 2/3 c=555 or chicken, sweet potato corn=460
1/2 c blackberries = 36
and the total is= with salmon and casein 1562 (1473 with cottage cheese) chicken and casein 1467 (1397 with cottage cheese) I drink at least 96 ounces of water a day, trying to get to 1 gallon. I did forget the calories from my calcium pills (40). My workout is a every other day split circuit routine. alternating between dumbbells and barbells its pretty intense. So this is where I am on my path and the direction I am heading. I can’t wait to see the results.