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In regards to the Last Man Standing Challenge, I did enter it, but to be honest I don’t think my eating plan is eligible.
So what is my wacky diet?  I mentioned the intermittent fasting in a previous post, so here is how it went down the last 2 days.
Sunday I started breakfast with an egg-white veggie, tofu-sausage scramble. 
I usually eat this or blueberry protein pancakes.  It just depends on if I am feeling sweet or savory. 
Oh yeah, coffee too. 
I knew I had a birthday lunch to attend, so I didn’t have another meal until lunch at 12:30.  I ordered a salad with turkey strips and I had a side salad at the salad bar.  Yeah, I like salad.  I ate some french fries from my niece’s giant order and finished it with a cappuccino.  The eating was over around 2pm. 
Then my fast begins.  I only drank water the rest of the day and the next morning I had black coffee and more water.  I usually have lots of energy on my fasting days.  I started the day with sprints outside in the forest and 150 walking lunges.  It was my cardio day, but I will lift on fasting days if they happen to fall on those days.  I was on the road when my fast ended and I had brought some grilled turkey with me and baked granola with some almonds.  A couple hours later I ate some cottage cheese and a small pretzel (not the crunchy kind, the bakery variety they have in Austria). YUM. 
Meal number 3 was a protein shake and some whole wheat bread dipped in the yummiest olive oil in the world.  Ok, I had some more granola too.  Oh yeah, and a serving of edamame (soy beans) and some raw peppers and tomatoes. 
I am done for the day.  Is this typical?  Pretty much, except I will usually have more protein in the way of chicken or turkey. I don’t drink protein shakes in general.  They are emergency food for me.  I don’t eat pork or beef.  I do love fish, but only fresh and I live in the mountains, so I am limited to lake fish. 
I am fasting every 5 days right now, because I want to lose fat. When I am in maintenance I do it once a week. The days I am not fasting I typically eat the way I mentioned above with a couple more meals.  I don’t weigh and measure or count grams.  I am getting results with the way I am doing things and I feel like it is a lifestyle and not a diet.  I can eat bread, sneak in a few fries or chocolate and I can still end up with a deficit at the end of the week.  The eating plan is outlined at www.eatstopeat.com.  It works and the science is there to back it up.  Keep in mind, this is not a contest diet, I don’t want that kind of radical diet, but I would still like to steadily lose fat and enjoy the foods I love.
I love it and it is truly effortless for me.
I also have to mention I am full steam ahead on the Baby Got Back Challenge.  I took my before and YES I will post them as soon as I have one picture that shows progress to compare it to.
Next blog I will write about my butt blasting workouts.
 

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