scouter99 transformed

I feel like my body is changing on a daily basis now!  I love this new plan of mine and can’t wait to start fitting into some of the clothes sitting in the GIANT rubbermaid tote in my bedroom (that I am SOOOOO not gonna have to give away).  Feeling extra motivated today!  Last night we worked Back and Abs.  I also did about 30 minutes of light cardio.  I think I am finally getting over the sickness hump…. so it should only be a few more days and then I’ll be back at it FULL TILT!  Have a great day everyone!

MEAL FOOD CAL FAT CARB PROT
Wednesday 10/28
Breakfast Thomas’ Light Wheat English Muffin and PB 290 17 30 12
Coffee with Cream 60 6 1 1
Snack Cottage cheese 202 4.4 8.2 31

Lunch 2 slices ezekiel bread and 4 oz chicken breast with 1 tbsp light honey mustard 305.4 5.52 33.5 29

Snack Ice cream (work taste test) 280 14 38 2
Coffee with Cream 60 6 1 1
Dinner Eggs (1 whole, 3 whites), 2.3 oz chicken, 2 tbsp black beans, broccoli and salsa 300 7 17 35

Snack After Workout Casein shake w/ milk and PB 280 9 19.5 35.5

TOTAL 1777.4 68.92 148.2 146.5
Allowance 1800 60 135 180
30% 30% 40%
OVER or (UNDER) PLAN (22.60) 8.92 13.20 (33.50)

I went to the doc yesterday because I needed some serious narcotic cough medicine and left with a diagnosis of bronchitis.  He gave me a neb treatment in the office and scrips for an inhaler, antibiotic and narcotic cough syrup.  BEAUTIFUL STUFF!  I feel better already!  I even went to workout after my appointment (hey, albuterol gives you a nice little energy high).  I did chest and light cardio.  It felt good to be back in the gym after a week off.  I took it easy because of the lung/chest issues but no way was I taking another day off!!  Here are my food stats as well (another GREAT DAY!!).

MEAL FOOD CAL FAT CARB PROT

Breakfast Whole Wheat Flax Tortilla with 2 whole eggs, 2 whites and salsa 326 16.5 16 28
Coffee with Cream 60 6 1 1
Snack Whole Wheat Light English Muffin and 4 oz deli turkey breast 200 4 28 21
Apple (medium) 95 0 25 0
Lunch Protein shake with milk 208 0 15 33
Coffee with Cream 60 6 1 1
Snack mozzerella and roasted garlic Chicken sausage and green beans 150 5 4 17
4 squares Ghirardelli chocolate 242 12 15 2

Dinner 5 oz Chicken Breast 138 3.13 0 26.25
Broccoli and salad w/ low fat balsamic 62 3 7 2.5
2 TBSP BBQ sauce 70 0 17 0
TOTAL 1611 55.63 129 131.75
Allowance 1800 60 135 180
30% 30% 40%
OVER or (UNDER) PLAN (189.00) (4.37) (6.00) (48.25)

Ok- I am finally sick of my breakfast!!  This is the 9th day in a row of eating it and today I almost couldn’t stomach it.  I had to break it up into 2 meals (before my drive into work and after I got here).  But I go it down.  It’s so easy and quick, though!  I’ll have to figure out something else to change it up.  I’m liking the repetitiveness of this, surprisingly enough.  I’m sure that’s mainly because I’m STILL sick and really have no energy to think much less cook.  PLUS- it is month end at work, and that equals HELL!  Anyway- I did not eat nearly enough yesterday and contrary to what many people think, there definitely is a such thing as too few calories.  I want to keep my muscle, TYVM.  I’ll try to eat a little more today.  Oh- and tonight we are back to lifting and it is chest night.  Chad came up with a new plan and I’m excited to try it.  I haven’t really lifted since I started this low calorie thing- so it should be interesting. Between being sick, eating a lot less, and that dreaded time of the month tonight should be a real gut check.  Beautiful (and I really mean that!).  I miss my little gym-ie poo.

MEAL FOOD CAL FAT CARB PROT

Breakfast Whole Wheat Flax Tortilla with 2 whole eggs, 2 whites and salsa 326 16.5 16 28
Coffee with Cream 43 4 1 1
Snack

Lunch 3.5 oz chicken breast with 1tsp low fat honey mustard on WW Flax pita 142 3 8 24
Apple (medium) 95 0 25 0
Snack Thomas’ Multi Grain Light English Muffin 100 1 24 5
Justin’s Organic Cinnamon Peanut Butter 180 15 8 7
Whey protein shake with milk 195 1.5 15 32
Banana (medium) 105 0 27 1

Dinner 1 whole egg, 3 whites, 2 oz deli turkey 169 6.2 2 26

TOTAL 1355 47.2 126 124
Allowance 1800 60 135 180
30% 30% 40%
OVER or (UNDER) PLAN (445.00) (12.80) (9.00) (56.00)

Well- the bad news is I am one sick puppy.  I did manage to workout on Sunday, but had to way dial down the intensity.  I think I have the worse cold in the history of all the colds I have ever had.  The good news, I ate right on track and did not let the weekend change a thing!  

DOWN 2 LBS!  Best news of all!  

If you are dying to see the full post with food and everything for the weekend then comment and I’ll oblige.  Otherwise- here are the summary stats for the week- I’d like to reverse that carb and protein number, otherse, calories and fat were under goal!! That’s great!  (in parenthesis means under goal and not in parens means over- the only number I’d rather not see in parens would be protein):

CAL FAT CARB PROT
(544.00) (37.57) 208.40 (281.35)

Another day down…. facing the weekend which are traditionally very hard for me… but not this time!  Bad cold going on here, though.  Today’s workout is going to be tough but I gotta do something.  Coming off a planned week’s break and I am itching to get something done.

MEAL FOOD CAL FAT CARB PROT

Breakfast Whole Wheat Flax Tortilla with 2 whole eggs, 2 whites and salsa 326 16.5 16 28
Coffee with Cream 36 3 1 1
Snack Cottage Cheese and apple 180 2 24 16

Lunch Whole wheat flax pita with 5 oz deli turkey and veggies 194 3.4 14 31

Snack Whey protein shake with milk 195 1.5 15 32

Dinner Subway Low Fat Buffalo Chicken 370 7 46 26

Snack Chicken, Blackbeans and Tomatoes 200 2 10 10
Baked Tostitos 240 6 44 4
1/2 Fudge Snickers 125 6 16 2
TOTAL 1866 47.4 186 150
Allowance 1800 60 135 180
30% 30% 40%
OVER or (UNDER) PLAN 66.00 (12.60) 51.00 (30.00)

On a roll here!  Things can only get better!  Day 4 down!  I haven’t worked out at all since last Saturday.  I purposely took this week off because it has been months and months since I’ve had a good rest and let me tell ya, if I wasn’t sick (cold and cough) and had cut my calories by almost 800 a day it would have been a TOUGH week to get through.  Not working out is like hell to me.  Even though I don’t really feel better I am dying to get back in the gym.  Maybe tonight or for sure tomorrow.  I can’t wait!

MEAL FOOD CAL FAT CARB PROT

Breakfast Whole Wheat Flax Tortilla with 2 whole eggs, 2 whites and salsa 326 16.5 16 28
Coffee with Cream 36 3 1 1
Snack 2% Cottage Cheese 1/2 cup 101 2.2 4.1 15.5

Lunch Wendy’s Large Chili 285 9 29 21

Snack Homemade Egg Salad (with Dijonnaise) on Ezekiel bread, 1 slice 222 10.5 15 16
Guiltless Gourmet Spicy Black Bean Chips 70 1.5 12 1.5
Dinner Tilapia, Green Beans 210 17 2 25
Salad with Light Sundried tomato dressing and 1 tbsp almonds 125 10 7.5 2.5
Snack 1/2 hot dog 65 6 0.5 2.5

TOTAL 1440 75.7 87.1 113
Allowance 1800 60 135 180
30% 30% 40%
OVER or (UNDER) PLAN (360.00) 15.70 (47.90) (67.00)

I am on a freaken roll!!  So far so good this week!  My friend anissa3 sent me a website to check out and according to this I should be eating 2462 calories a day to maintain.  I put in that I am moderately active though in reality I am probably between Moderate and highly active (my workouts qualify for highly active but my job is as sendentary as they come).  I figured I was right around 2500 so that’s cool.  That means, with this plan I should lose about 1.5 lbs a week if I am eating around 1800 cals.  Cool.  Here are the stats (look down at the over/under for the day to see where I fall).  Oh- and my tracking spreadsheet rocks the house!!  Way better than the online trackers, IMO!

PS: if you feel the need to make suggestions to my food choices have at it.  I take everything and consider it…. always looking to learn and improve.

MEAL FOOD CAL FAT CARB PROT

Breakfast Whole Wheat Flax Tortilla with 2 whole eggs, 2 whites and salsa 326 16.5 16 28
Banana (medium) 105 0 27 1
Snack 2% Cottage Cheese 1/2 cup 101 2.2 4.1 15.5

Lunch 1/2 sandwich- Panera Bread, Turkey, Veggies, Mustard 400 10 40 40
very small scoop of apple crisp 150 3 27 3
Snack Almonds (14) 80 7 3 3
Apple (medium) 95 0 25 0
Dinner Chicken breast w/ mushrooms and asparagus 230 5 7.5 41
Salad with Light Balsamic Vinaigrette and Orange Cranberry Almondine 80 6 6 1
Snack Salsa - 1/2 cup 40 0 8 0
Baked Tostitos Scoops (14 chips) 120 3 22 2
TOTAL 1727 52.7 185.6 134.5
Allowance 1800 60 135 180
30% 30% 40%
OVER or (UNDER) PLAN (73.00) (7.30) 50.60 (45.50)

Ok- I can’t figure out how to put all this info on here and have it look nice and lined up, like it does in my spreadsheet.  So I’m just gonna put it on here.  The top line says what the various numbers mean, in order… you’ll just have to extrapolate on your own.  Summary- a successful day!!!  And NO- I don’t make my own salsa.  I have 3 children and a full time job.  I buy my salsa from a local company that does make it locally so to me that is pretty close.  

MEAL FOOD CAL FAT CARB PROT
Tuesday 10/20/09
Breakfast Whole Wheat Flax Tortilla with 2 whole eggs, 2 whites and salsa 326 16.5 16 28

Snack Coffee with Cream 36 3 1 1
Cottage Cheese and apple 180 2 24 16
Lunch Kashi Golean Crunch bar 180 5 30 9
5 oz Chicken Breast 138 3.13 0 26.25
Snack Skim Milk 110 0 16 11
ON Whey Protein 120 1 3 24
Dinner Salmon 242 12 41
Asparagus (cup) 27 0.2 5.2 2.9
Salad w/ 2 TBSP Newman’s light honey must 70 4 7 0
Salsa - 1/2 cup 40 0 8 0
Baked Tostitos Scoops (14 chips) 120 3 22 2
Snack Banana (medium) 105 0 27 1

TOTAL 1694 49.83 159.2 162.15
Allowance 1800 60 135 180
30% 30% 40%
OVER or (UNDER) PLAN (106.00) (10.17) 24.20 (17.85)

I have been coming here for the last 2 weeks now to write a post about how much I currently dislike hate my body.  I keep starting and then erasing because I really really don’t want to be one of THOSE people who just bitches and whines about something that supposedly is completely within my control to, well, control.  But I just can’t get over this and then it occurred to me, that I can still post about these horrible feelings I have toward my perfectly good, extremely functional body under the guise of asking a rhetorical question.  That being- how the heck do you pull off bitching without sounding like a whiney baby?

Ok- now that I’ve asked the question… here is my bitch.

I carry all my fat in the mid section of my body.  No matter how much I transform the rest of me… this part of me stays fat!  I have gone down in clothing sizes, my muscle has become visible to the naked eye in my arms and legs, but still, I house rolls of blubber around my middle.  Now- I know this is largly a problem of diet.  I just can’t seem to get it right and frankly- it is making me want to give myself a fat-ectomy with a very sharp knife and call it good.  

I am super motivated when it comes to working out.  Hell- if that’s all it took I’d be one rock hard mofo… I just really hate that it is this hard for me to lose my stomach fat.  I am really trying hard with diet and am logging my food… but I am so hungry all the time!!  I just can’t eat less than about 2200 calories without feeling like I am digesting myself from the inside out.  I have determined that one of my migraine triggers is letting myself get too hungry or going too long without food.  This poses a problem bigger than my mid-section.  I live in terror of migraines so therefore, I try to make sure I always control THAT trigger (there are others I haven’t figured out)!  But that means, then, that dieting in the traditional sense doesn’t work for me…. I simply can’t just tough out the hunger… plus… I don’t know what my wiggle room is on this so therefore if I start to feel shakey, weak, stomach pangy- I rush to eat something just in case!!

I pack my food every day.  I make sure to eat every 2-3 hours (honestly I can rarely make it to 2 hours without being ravenous) and really focus on portion sizes (so I’m not eating 6 king size meals, a problem for me in the past).  I am trying to limit starchy carbs and focus on lean protein and lots of veggies.  What am I missing here?  How the hell can I pull this off?  I have put on so much muscle at this point that carrying around extra fat is making me look huge… and not in a good way.  

So- what that whiney?  If you feel I need an ass kicking- give it to me.  If you have any helpful tips on how I can overcome this extreme hunger problem- I’m all ears.   I simply cannot focus on anything else right now.  This body hatred is beating me down.

I was nosing around bb.com one day and found out that you can join Team Scivation at the Scivation website and they will create a meal plan and workout for you for free.  It is "customized" to your body and goals and stuff- and even though I did have to answer a somewhat lengthy questionnaire I would imagine this is not all the customized to me since they have never met me OR talked to me in person (ie. I bet a lot of people get this same diet plan).  Regardless of that, I decided to send in for it to see what they offer me, it is free afterall (well- they do recommend quite a few Scivation supps in order to really reap all the benefits- but if I don’t buy them then it really is free!).  I got my plan last week and finally sat down last night to review it.  It consists of a meal plan and exercise plan.  Since I feel I am doing just fine in the exercise area of my life, I am not really interested in that part of it.

The meal plan has me intrigued though.  I have been struggling these last few weeks with my body and the excess fat I carry.  I really want to do something about this and figure why not give their meal plan a try and see what happens.  The one thing I worry about is that because of how hard I work out and how much muscle I have, that this is too low in calories and carbs for me…. but I guess the only way to really know is to give it a try- right?

So here is my plan.  2010 calories a day broken down into 6 meals, 35 grams carbs and 15 grams fat each meal for a total of 210g and 90g respectively.  I am allowed 2 servings of fruit and 3-6 servings of veggies for 220 calories total to be broken down any way I see fit.  I can add 1/2 cup oatmeal or 4 oz sweet potato or 2/3 cup rice to my post workout meal for a total of 120 calories.  That’s it.  Oh- and I’m allowed one carb/cheat meal per week.

I am a total carb addict.  I crave carbs all the time.  I am really hoping that almost completely eliminating grain based and starchy carbs from my diet will really help me kick those cravings.  We will see!  All I know is that when I weighed myself yesterday it was up 5lbs.  Yes, I have been bulking these last few months so that is likely mostly muscle.  I took thigh, hip and waist measurements as well and all were the same, except my waist which was down .25 inches.  So while I keep telling myself this means it is mostly muscle- I can’t get past the number of the scale.  Never have been and I suspect I will always struggle with the fricken scale.

So Team Scivation’s CHA diet- here I come!!