Eating clean and working out less is hard!
I try hard to eat clean but temptation is all around me! With my crazy school schedule it can get very hard to cook, and I’m surrounded by students eating deep fried and sugary foods all day. I love healthy food, but I’m a sucker for salty french fries sometimes. Josh won’t stop tempting me with crap either! I just can’t have it in the house but I swear the man’s addicted to sugar!
I’m still wondering how I can include more protein and less carbs while living my on-the-go lifestyle without breaking the bank. Protein is expensive! This is the only way I’m going to lose more body fat percentage, but it’s hard to maintain.
And this new workout routine is weird. I admit I was overdoing it, but I now I feel like I’m just not doing enough to gain enough muscle and lose enough fat. I’m determined to get down to at least 17% body fat by the end of the year, but so far my progress has been slower than I’d like.
I’m breaking up workouts into one day of 60 min’s cardio, one day lifting upper, middle, or lower body, and repeat, plus pole dancing on Sundays. Hopefully this will give me more results…I assume it will since some cut people here on BB said I should break it up like this…
Can’t wait to lose another percent BF…I’m taking the hyperdrive supp.’s when i have time to workout in the morning in hopes that it will help me reach my goal a little faster.
I keep gaining weight but my clothes are getting baggier…thought this was good, but now I’ve noticed some other ladies here on BB that lose a ton of weight even though they gained muscle…maybe that will come later for me?
November 4, 2008 at 2:28 pm
Protein powder IS USUALLY cheap. There are plenty out there that cost about half a buck a serving. You should carry some with you at all times. As long as you can find water then you don’t have to eat the crap others eat and water is easy to find.
November 4, 2008 at 3:00 pm
Yes, protein powder is usually cheap but I usually don’t drink it unless it’s for a late night post workout snack/meal.
I go to school in Atlanta most days and the water quality there is absolutely dreadful. Our local drinking water supply there has been shut down a couple of times for extremely high levels of lead and other things. I bring my own 40oz per day but dont’ usually have much to spare for shakes.
Besides, I’m not a fan of consuming liquid cals because I usually get hungry very shortly after. Solid protein is my preference, and that is where the problem lies.