amonre_ka’s BodyBlog

Since I`ve tried many nutrition plans and specific diets, finally I`ve decided to write down my conclusions:

• Calorie and carb tapering:  this was the first specific diet that I have followed and dropped 10-15 lbs with it. Just look at my progress pics and you can see the change between 2006 pic and 2008 pic. It`s quite simple, you can eat almost everything just respect the periods of time. 6:00 am-12:pm: foods with simple carbs, saturated fat, in one word junk food, 12:00 PM- 3:00 PM: fruits, complex carbs, unsaturated fat, after 3:00 PM: lean protein sources, vegetables.
• Skip the dinner: I still followed the first method but I used to overeat at breakfast and lunch, so I compensated it with skipping the dinner. It was quite a stupid thing but I`ve learned from it: I will never do this again!
• Veganism: It was a great experience! I had soo much energy, beautiful skin and I was almost everytime happy and energetic. Why did I stop? Because when I started to train, I experienced almost no muscle gain with this diet… Oh, and one more thing: I dropped 5 lbs with this diet without knowing it.
• High protein diet with carb cycling: This is my current eating method. I gain muscle in no time and I noticed that my bf% is constantly lowering, so I think I`ve finally found my perfect diet. My calories are higher on my workout days and lower on cardio days, I have 4 moderate carb and 3 high carb days. My protein and fat intake is a bit higher on cardio days, but usually it`s around 150 (protein) and 30 (fat) grams. No cheat meals, no cheat days, just clean food, but I incorporated all the foods I love: fruits, nuts, cottage cheeeese so I`m very satisfied with it.

I think that`s all

Hugs, Réka

Today I woke up, made my oatmeal, eat my strawberries, looked into the mirror and what did I see? ABBSSS:D My six pack is starting to show…Ok, I see my abs if I flex them but I DO see them! It`s the first time ever! I`m so happy

Ok-ok…I know…everybody wants a six pack ) me too, but I really work a lot for it. I understand that to get them I must be very lean, but I don`t think that`s the problem in my case. I dont say that I have a very low bf %, (I dont know it exactly) but I saw girls with 20% bf and visible abs… Maybe all the fat that I have is around my belly ) The other thing is, that I know I have very strong abs because I`ve been working on them for 2 years, so it should be the strongest bodypart on me…I dont know…Actually I see some progress, so maybe I`m just a lil bit impatient. Am I on the right way or not?:(

I`m trying to estimate my maintenance level kcal intake… but it`s pretty hard. I`m very tall for a girl but really skinny too… so it could be anywhere from 1500  to 2100. Now I`m gradually raising the calories, then we will see where I`m going to gain some weight.

Hi everybody! Could you help me, please? I have a bioimpedance scale and it says that I have 22% body fat…Could this be true? I know that these scales are not accurate but mine shows 22% constantly, so I dont know what to believe