Shugga 2005

[shugga]

Will do! NONE of them are REMOTELY healthy/low fat/low cal/low NOTHING.

4:30 AM
60 min cardio
I think I have ADHD or something. I skipped around-machine to machine. Couldn't take more than 20 min on any one particular piece of equip.

6 AM
One big ass cup o' coffee w/ 2 Splenda. Bleck!

7AM
6 egg whites & 1 whole egg

Not going to do any weights today-going back in around 7 PM for cardio and will work strictly on glutes. Waiting patiently for Yohimburn to get here today.

 

[Miss24k]

Why are you doing some much cardio? Do you do 1 an hour of cardio every morning? You're 10 weeks out right? Let the diet do most of the work right now.

 

[shugga]

10 wks give or take a few days. I was actually told to do more cardio by a friend who competes. I am pretty strictly following what she and her husband planned out for me. They saw I was holding on to quite a bit of bf and recommended it to me. I hate to say this, but my diet alone just wasn't doing enough. My metabolism is horrible. They've been keeping track of my progress for 2 years, and helped my husband for his first few shows. I trust them w/ this completely. I think the 3 of them (2 friends & husb) know my body as well as I do. Once I hit 30 and now almost 35, I have a terrible time losing in certain areas. I am struggling with this slightly as I don't want to peak too soon. I am on a coffee high right now, so I should probably shut my cake hole. Forgot to add something to log:

Woke up in the middle of the night and needed to eat. Was soooo freakin hungry. Had:
12 AM:
3 whole wheat Ritz crackers
1/4 c Special K w/ no milk

Went back to bed w/ a big smile!

 

[Miss24k]

Do they have a particluar diet for you?

I'm not trying to be rude or anything but you may be plateau-ing (is that even a word) because your diet isn't as tight as you think it is, from what I see you're basicly only eating protein, no carbs until hmm 12 am which are processed and then going back to bed.

Am I missing something?

 

[jenscats5]

10 wks give or take a few days. I was actually told to do more cardio by a friend who competes. I am pretty strictly following what she and her husband planned out for me. They saw I was holding on to quite a bit of bf and recommended it to me. I hate to say this, but my diet alone just wasn't doing enough. My metabolism is horrible. They've been keeping track of my progress for 2 years, and helped my husband for his first few shows. I trust them w/ this completely. I think the 3 of them (2 friends & husb) know my body as well as I do. Once I hit 30 and now almost 35, I have a terrible time losing in certain areas. I am struggling with this slightly as I don't want to peak too soon. I am on a coffee high right now, so I should probably shut my cake hole. Forgot to add something to log:

Woke up in the middle of the night and needed to eat. Was soooo freakin hungry. Had:
12 AM:
3 whole wheat Ritz crackers
1/4 c Special K w/ no milk

Went back to bed w/ a big smile!

While I've never done a contest or prepped, etc.... I can't see why this meal is a good choice at that time of nite..... Too many carbs and no protein. You need protein + fat before bed to prevent catabolism....

A better choice if you woke up & had to eat would have been some 1% fat cottage cheese & some sliced almonds....


As for your Nawlins recipes -- post 'em & then I can suggest replacements to "healthy" them up.....

 

[Miss24k]

A better choice if you woke up & had to eat would have been some 1% fat cottage cheese & some sliced almonds....

Or my favorite, a tbsp of natty peanut butter hmmmm peanut butter

 

[shugga]

Yes, I think it's a word, and yes, they are helping me w/ my diet, but yesterday-and a few days last week I had a pretty hard time eating like i need to. I have a hard time w/ carbs-my main source of carbs comes from oatmeal (which I haven't eaten in a week), oatmeal pancakes, and a baked potato around 3. I have had a VERY hard time sticking to what they lined out for me, and attempted to fine tune it too meet my "needs". I got to where I was taking in way too many carbs and couldn't lose the bloat. I limit it now to the above foods (occasionally brown rice). My problem is making the time to cook for myself when I have 5 in the family. My kids won't touch what I eat, therefore I cook a meal for the kids, one for the husband, and time permitting, one for myself. I try to make all meals ahead of time (cook 3-5 days worth of meals each Sunday). I do take in mostly protein-need to cut the bars out next week or so. They told me to take in 200 g of pro a day. I barely make it. Others have said not to have that much! Whaddaya think?

 

[Miss24k]

Yes, I think it's a word, and yes, they are helping me w/ my diet, but yesterday-and a few days last week I had a pretty hard time eating like i need to. I have a hard time w/ carbs-my main source of carbs comes from oatmeal (which I haven't eaten in a week), oatmeal pancakes, and a baked potato around 3. I have had a VERY hard time sticking to what they lined out for me, and attempted to fine tune it too meet my "needs". I got to where I was taking in way too many carbs and couldn't lose the bloat. I limit it now to the above foods (occasionally brown rice). My problem is making the time to cook for myself when I have 5 in the family. My kids won't touch what I eat, therefore I cook a meal for the kids, one for the husband, and time permitting, one for myself. I try to make all meals ahead of time (cook 3-5 days worth of meals each Sunday). I do take in mostly protein-need to cut the bars out next week or so. They told me to take in 200 g of pro a day. I barely make it. Others have said not to have that much! Whaddaya think?

What is your weight again? I'm pretty forgetful the last few days, sorry

 

[shugga]

First...I don't normally wake up and eat. If I do wake up, I try to have a bottle of water.
My weight gain has really been over the last year. I decided to train for this and started going much heavier w/ weights, added more protein, creatine, and did a few "cycles". I went from a pretty normal 115-120 to 135-140 in a year. My bf went up for a bit, but is back down. I gained a tremendous amount of muscle.

 

[Miss24k]

Ok yea 200g of protein is ok, that gives you 1.4g per pound that you weigh.