diet help

[Sassy69]

Congrats on the 129. It sounds like you are really on schedule. The only thing I would be careful of at 19 weeks out is losing too much too fast because once you get really lean its hard to maintain that for more than a few weeks while you are coming into show date. And your body / mind / attitude might burn out too soon. You might lay out a progress schedule for smooth bf & weight loss until your date so you can track that youa re going at a good speed.

 

[musclegirl28]

Thanks for your help Sassy! And good luck to you on your upcoming show! (Know that you have a canuck rooting for you up here!! ;-) Yeah, I can deal with the boredom of my meals... but I know that at some point, my weight loss will taper off... thus far, I've been losing 2-3 pounds a week. Once I plateau, what should I then do with my diet? I checked out www.fitday.com (thank you guys for suggesting it!) and it told me the basics of my percentages... it looks somthing like this - 38% protein, 34% carb and 28% fat. I've also calculated that I expend more calories than I do take them in.

I'll stick to your advice and switch over to those veggies you listed above... I'm a little wary about the corn and peas. This diet was actually given to me, but I never really enquired about why I was eating what.

When do you think I should change my diet again?

 

[Daisy_Girl]

What I like about Sassy's pre-contest diet is that is it NOT restricted. SHe eats a variety of foods (albeit, only CLEAN foods). WHat you see so many people doing is eating 2 kinds of food and that is it. Sassy does a nice job of keeping variety in there. I think that helps with boredom and minimizes the feeling of deprivation.

If you start to plateau, then you can change several things.

workout timing
exercise choices
workout intensity
workout length
change intervals of HIIT
change set/rep amounts
food choices
food amounts
food timing
more carb ups
less carb ups
change food ratios
drink more water
change supplements
get more sleep
reduce stress

The list is endless. What you have to do, is pick 1-2 things to change. Try that for a couple weeks. See what happens.

Usually, when someone plateaus on diet, they need to change their food intake or choices. When you plateau on workout, you need to change your intensity and/or choice of exercise.