What a Clean Diet Does....A Progress Report!

[Daisy_Girl]

Fish Oil capsules - but not regularly. I took them a couple times a week. Not a big fan of them, but I have never taken them consistantly to see if they offer benefits.

Fat sources were typically almonds, PB, 1 egg yoke and olive oil.

 

[poopmonkey]

Fixed it now, look about right? 1300 calories a day? Whooa!

 

[Daisy_Girl]

1300 sounds about right - give or take. Remember, I didn't limit veggies at all. This was also my "base diet" - some days I ate a little more if I needed to. It is likely I ate closer to 1500 a day on a regular basis.

AND, I was NOT worried about muscle loss. Way back in the beggining of this post I said that muscle loss was NOT a concern. I know my body pretty well and I knew I wouldn't lose THAT much muscle anyway and all in all, I only lost a couple pounds of muscle. I also said if I did it over again, I would change some things. But, I was trying to lose the most weight in the least amount of time.

I have spent the last couple months adding muscle - I am now about 10-12 lbs heavier than the pictures, but I have added almost 10lbs muscle and only 1-2 lbs fat. My diet is in the toilet, but whatever. Finally, I am starting to balance out my upper/lower body!

 

[superqt4u2nv]

Bump... this is such a great thread it should a sticky!

 

[poopmonkey]

Daisy,
can you give me more info about your cardio? How long was each session, how fast did you go, do you know how many calories you burned in each session? Any info you can give would help, even though I know it can be a very individualistic thing.

 

[Daisy_Girl]

My cardio was a little crazy....but like I've said, at this point, I wasn't afraid of a little muscle loss.

I did cardio 5-6x a week (mostly 6x) for 60 min AM and *sometimes* 30-45min in the evening. The evening cardio was only 1-3x a week, it was something I threw in there if my diet hadn't been great during the week. Lifted 3x a week.

Cardio was mostly machines - Precor Elliptical, Running (tread or outside), StepMill. Intensity was as hards as I could work for that time....so for 60 min I went as hard I could stand.

Calorie-wise, I don't know. I never pay atention to the machines, since they are so inaccurate. But I would guesstimate about 650-750 calories in an hour. Of course, as I lost weight, this number went down...since calorie burn is higher for the heavier people and lower for the lighter. And machines don't take into account muscle mass and/or afterburn effects.

 

[chewyxrage]

^

 

[fitistic chick]

Good work Daisy! I have no idea what my problem is. I have just lost my "gym drive". It is sooo hard to get back into the groove.
I am trying to loose the 10lbs I gained over 5 months (we built a house...got way off track) Anyone think it is a bad thing for me to ditch the weights and focus on cardio only for now? I will pick the weights back up when I get rid of this FAT!?

 

[Daisy_Girl]

Fat comes off through diet. Muscle is built through diet. Diet is very very important. Calorie surplus=fat gain, calorie deficit=fat loss. Clean diet=fat loss, so-so diet=not a lot.

Weights will help get rid of the fat faster than cardio.... muscle is very metabolically active...it burns many calories. Cardio also eats msucle (especially on a calorie deficit), so too much cardio and no weights equals not good news for fat loss.

Clean diet, moderate amount cardio and heavy lifting = happy tight woman

 

[Lady Viking]

Bump... this is such a great thread it should a sticky!

I agree. Incredible work! And so inspirational.