Strive4Life’s BodyBlog

I think i am doing good. But am i really?  I depend confidently on you, the reader, BB.com forums and some of the books i read.  Iv found myself not following a certain type of "diet" or cut program, but putting things together so im sure i may be short on some things.  The things i watch for in what i eat is to get foods with 0 Sat fat and 0 Trans, of course I end up with at most 2g Sat fat in some things.  I make sure i get the Good fats like in nuts.  2nd thing i watch for is Sugar, same deal i go for the stuff with 0 sugar.  but some stuff ends up with up to 2g sugar in it. thats it. i dont count calories, and i dont watch carbs.

Foods:

I eat alot of Lean ground turkey, chicken, fish, tuna, almonds/cashews(no salt), peppers/onions, spinach, green beans, bruscell sprouts, tomattos, oatmeal, fiber ceral, egg whites with 1 whole egg, skim milk, no fat cheese, whole wheat bread/fajitas.

Seasonings:

Mustard, Cajiun seasoning, italian seasoning, fresh ground pepper, olive oil.

Drinks:

120 oz water a day

Main Supplements:

Opti-men multivitamin, Fish Oil, Protein mix.

5-6 meals a day, workout 5 days a week.

So am i doing okay? All i know is im doing and reflecting what i learn from you all, everyone goes in diffrent directions.  Iv lost alot of fat but in a couple months im going to have to change something to build back upon the foundation im trying to set up.  And im not really sure how to do that yet, but im confident that with bb.com i will learn quickly. 

I just want to thank you all for helping me out.

Im a bit worried about my 5th meal when i work out i have to move it from 6pm to about 8- 8:30pm because of martial arts. I do take a protein shake when i get home right afterwards.  But i try to go to sleep at 9:30-10pm so i can wake up at 6am for work.  Im wondering if i could just take the protein drink after the workout and not eat since ill be going to sleep around an hour and half later, maybe take two scoops instead of one.  If anyone reads this please give a comment.

All my life i hated hot food, i stayed away from all peppers, onions and hot sauces unless they were cooked.  But after reading how peppers can help raise your metabolism from the heat and other health benefits; I decided to just do it and quit being a baby about it.  So I galloped down to the store and got some Hot Cherry peppers, Hot Jalapeno peppers, a Hot mix of Cauliflower, carrots, celery, red bell peppers, pickles and jalapeno peppers, and some Hot habanero peppers.  I was too excited to eat the things i hated so much while shoving jalapeno’s, cherry peppers onto my turkey sandwich.  I tossed some of the mixed hot veggies on my plate and destroyed all of it with a smile on my face and a little bit of sweat on my face.  I was happy but i had not yet devored the habanero.  I knew it was going to be an extremely pungent small pepper.  What the hell i said and cut one in half and chomped on it…..   There was the sweat i was looking for.  I think ill stick to using this one in my cooking.

I figured i would try DeterminedDeana’s Ground turkey meatloaf.  I have never had ground turkey and sounded like a good idea since it was very lean.  Problem is i only got 1lb of the ground turkey, it looked so small i decided to make something else. Little did i realize that her Ground Turkey Meatloaf calls for 1lb of the ground turkey…. ughh well guess ill make it later this week.

1. 6:30am 1 1/2 egg whites, 1/2 boiled egg w/ 1/2 its yoke, Bagel lightly covered w/ sugar free jelly.
2. 9:00am (missed meal because of martial arts 9:30am-11:30am) 25g protein drink after workout.
3. 12:00    Turkey and swiss, Tomato, Lettuce, black olives, pickles, pepper, olive oil on multigrain bread about 3 inches long.
4. 3:00pm Turkey, Fish and Tomato on Whole Wheat bread.  Dry
5. 6:00pm Ground Turkey, 1 Whole wheat fajita(small size), Red Green and Orange Bell peppers, tomato’s and slice of swiss cheese.

#5 was just one fajita, I really hope i didnt overdo what i ate today.  I have this urge to do sit-ups and some reverse chin ups but i wont eat again tonight because i try and go to sleep at 9:30-10pm.  Let me know if you have any ideas for food that would work good with weight loss.

This is what i had to eat today

1. 6:45am:   1 Whole egg and one egg white scrambled, top half of beagle w/ sugar free grape jelly, multivitamin.
2. 10:00am: Snack from nutrisystem (item says its a lunch item but its as small as my fist)
3. 12:00pm: Shrimp and Chicken w/ cucumbers and carrots on pasta, Multivitamin
4. 3:00pm:   Snack from nutrisystem (item says its a lunch item but its as small as my fist) some almonds maybe 5 or 6
5. 6:00pm:  1 Can of Tuna w/ 1 egg white, spicy musterd and a glass of v8 fusion.

I took Hydroxycut Hardcore at 6am, then at 11am.  I also drank about 90oz of water through out the day and still drinking some water.  on breakfast i usually have a 1/3 a cup of high fiber cereal or 1/3 a cup of oatmeal with blueberrys and maybe a boiled egg. no work out today.  Let me know if this sounds like a horriable day of eating please

I have a friend that was trying the Nutrisystem Silver plan.  They gave up at the end of day 1 because the food tasted so disgusting.  He gave me the whole box of the stuff.  I told him to keep all the deserts cause i wanted nothing to do with the cookies.  Almost all the food in this thing is extremely unpleasant, although some are okay and i found 1 or 2 types to be good. 

Im going to eat all of it though.  Sometimes when i dont know what to eat cause im tired of tuna, i’ll eat one of the nutrisystem items. iv spent the last two days just eating this stuff and some fruits.  Yea it taste bad but theres alot of protein in this stuff and i could care less what anything taste like anymore.  I have a goal and even if i dont reach it by the time set, who cares because im going to reach it anyways, with or with out a time limit.

     Some kids egged my house last night.  It’s nothing serious just made me a bit angry, why? i dont know probley cause i got to clean it off.  It made me want to pig out on some food or have a drink.  Since im trying not to do those things it made me upset even more about something so stupid.  Then i realize how im riding the edge of staying on the right track with my eating habits.  I dont want anger to get the best of me and destroy what im trying so hard to work on. 

     Which made me think of something. I noticed there was a question in the body thing about cheat food.  I have no cheat food, and no idea what cheat food is.  Im affraid because i have nothing like this then i might end up falling off track sometime or another and falling hard.  Because im still not eating everything i should and its about the same thing every week,  boiled eggs, Tuna, High fiber ceral with 2% milk, turkey and swiss sandwich, fish and brown rice, and sometimes a salad with olive oil/chicken. little bit of pasta sometimes w/ brocolii.  Im worried that im just going to end up making myself sick from eating too much of the same thing all the time.  Anyways this seems to be my problem today. Tommarow should be better since i get to let out all my frustration out on the bag in class.

I got threw Christmas with out eating any dessert, all i ate was the turkey.  Also New Years was okay i toasted with one sip of champane. I only took a sip because if i drank all of it, i would have wanted more.  Im feeling really good, and seeing my progression picture it looks like something is happening.  Martial arts has been on break till the 5th of January so iv been trying to do my own work outs.  I expect some real results once i get back into class on monday.