PhoenixLuv’s BodyBlog

So I mapped out a eating schedule for tomorrow as advised to me from a fellow bodyspace member.  I plugged it into fitday and wow am I so off when it comes to my numbers.  I’m 5′2" and 197lbs last time I weighed myself and a strict vegetarian looking to loose fat and gain and maintain muscle.  With my body muscle gain is easy fat loss is hard.  My fitday food summary is: calories-1210, fat g-24.7, carb g-197.6, protein g-64.3.  It’s definitely not enough food intake and not a good protein to carb ratio.  Any advice and again I’m not interested in eating meat.  The core of my diet is eggs, beans, broccoli, nuts, oatmeal (rolled oats), whey protein powder, and casein protein powder.

My diet has so far been pretty decent I’m still unemployed so I have been sticking to cheap items like rolled oats, beans, tofu, eggs, and frozen veggies.  I’m living at home with the parents and my dad, younger sister, and younger brother constantly have chips, cookie, soda, etc around the house.  My younger bro and sis don’t have to worry about gaining weight and my dad is at the age where he doesn’t care.  I find myself the past couple days, rocking all of my hard work either part way through the day or at night.  A few cookies, some soda, bean burrito run to taco bell since they’re $1 and I always regret eating it the next morning.  I don’t know if I just don’t know how to find the right foods to snack on or if I’m eating the junk out of boredom and frustration cuz I’m mostly stuck in the house with nothing to do once I’m done with my exercise portion of the day.  Any advice……

….the DEVIL or devil’s work Idk (J/K) lol but I love what it does for my legs and of course the cardio high.  The thing I don’t like about the class is my butt and gurly parts hurt SOOO badly from the seat, a few people in class said you just have to get used to it so hopefully that is true cuz as much harder as it is to ride out of the seat, it is so much more comfortable then grinding away on that hard a** seat.  Class again on friday hopefully the soreness is gone by then. :-/

I was awake for 22hrs yesterday and despite trying to sleep in I am still sooo tired but very determined to get my butt to the gym before I have to go to work tonight.  I’m literally getting dressed and ready as I type this trying to keep the motivation strong, once I’m outta the door and off my butt I’m in the home stretch.  Well before I lose the fire that I lit under my butt, I’m gonna get outta here.  Ciao 4 Now 

So I started off bad this morning, I have been craving this cake my dad bought for the past 3-4 days so today I gave into temptation and had a small piece while making some coffee.  I don’t feel bad about it and better to eat it early in the a.m. then be sneaking a piece late at night.  Ok, so cake aside, I tried to make some old fashioned oats twice and it went just awful, I burned them on the stove d***n near exploded them in the microwave and after all of that I just could not stomach them at all.  So instead for breakfast I made:

~*~ one packet of instant oatmeal with a Tbs of flax seeds and honey/cinnamon

~*~ 1/2 cup cottage cheese

~*~ 1/2 cup sliced beet with a dash of salt and a Tbs of italian dressing

Weird but delicious breakfast, I was craving beets, it’s funny I used to hate them.

I just put together a new sample menu to go off, like literally just made it 5 minutes ago. I am usually not to smart when it comes to the diet aspect of losing weight so I figured I’d bring it to the forum to get sum tough luv and figure out whether this is a good menu or not. So before you give advice let me tell you a little bit more about what I eat, I am a lacto-ovo vegetarian, I Do Not eat beef, poultry, pork, and seafood. I do eat eggs, milk products, soy (fake meat) products, tofu, very few fruits (I am allergic to alot of them especially bananas). ALSO, I am  in no way shape or form interested in switching back to eat meat.  If only I had the same dedication going vegetarian that I do trying to stick to a diet.  I don’t count calories or macros, dieting is already hard add an extra challenge and it’s harder for me to stick with. I am a total endomorph, gaining muscle is easy losing fat is a major challenge. Ok that’s enough about me hehe, here’s my sample menu:

Meal 1 ~ 1 whole egg and 2 egg whites mixed with half cup ea of chopped tomato and spinach; 1 packet of instant grits

Meal 2 ~ 1/2 cup low fat cottage cheese; 1 piece whole wheat toast with 1/4 tsp margarine; handful of mixed nuts

Meal 3 ~ 3/4cup Mock Tuna Salad (mashed chickpeas, fat free ranch dressing- i hate mayo, honey/brown mustard, salt/pepper); 1 boiled egg white; 1 piece whole wheat toast

Meal 4 ~ 1 boca burger; 1/2-1 cup steamed broccoli drizzled in 1/4tsp olive oil; brown rice; 1/2cup tomato sauce (before working out)

Meal 5 ~ 1 boca burger; 1/2-1cup steamed broccoli; 1/2 cup salsa; or protein shake w/ water or fat free lactaid milk (after working out)

Meal 6 ~ 98% fat free butter popcorn or casein protein shake w/ water

Ok so there is my meal plan let me know what you think.  Thanks to anyone and everyone who offers advice it is much appreciated.