Keeping it Real
What a great week! I staggered out my cardiovascular work-outs and had some great lifting sessions. In the nutrition departmentI have cleaned up my diet of any junk food. I have been sticking to chicken, tuna, salmon, tilapia, catfish, lean turkey and egg whites. CHO’s I have been implementing brown rice, steel cut oatmeal, brown rice rice cakes, wheat tortillas and sticking to a high fiber diet with flaxseed. I eat plenty of veggies and snack on mainly cottage cheese, celery sticks with all natural peanut butter. I keep my friut intake of strawberries and blueberries in the early morning. My fat intake comes from all natural fats of avocado, and nuts. I keep a 14oz nalgene bottle and drink 9 of those through out the day that equates to a gallon of water. I like eating real food and supplement protein shakes when I actually need to. I absolutely "LOVE" Lean Dessert Protein shakes. What will I ever do with-out it in my oatmeal! And not to mention my coffee… mild/medium black! Cleaning up my diet makes a difference. I have more energy and I feel great through out the day.
I have to say… measuring everything and tracking meals down can be a pain, but to be efficient this is what it takes. With every week that goes by, my meal plan will change as well as my macronutrient in grams. I am living it up now since I have options.
July 16, 2007 at 12:08 pm
Thats great! Meal plannig is sort of a pain in the begining but eventually it really does become second nature. Good to hear your diet is so clean. As for fruits, dont forget that its melon season right now and watermelon especially is low in calories, high in lycopene and citrulline and is great thrown in a blender with a little ice and some water and vanilla protein powder.