A Fit Geek

If you haven’t noticed I have not been posting my daily eatings anymore… this is not on purpose. I felt it was getting a bit redundant, and boring. So now I will be posting my results and a summary of the prior weeks challenges.

Now this last week I felt great. I also started to see a difference in the mirror! Now Friday night I ate a bit more then I had set in my goal of 2100… I ate about 2500 calories. And saturday I was due to eat 1900 but instead ate about 2400. So this weekend I was a bit ‘off’. With that said I still had to see my results, today I weighed in at 201 pounds and 9.8% body fat. Exactly 1 pound lost but the same body fat percentage then last week.

This following week I plan on keeping my same daily calorie goals (Monday: 2400, Tuesday: 2100, Wednesday: 2400, Thursday: 1900, Friday: 2100, Saturday: 1900, Sunday: 1900). Hopefully if I stick to these numbers I can lose another 1/2 body fat for next weeks weigh in.

Today is a High Calorie day, and I came into it with a plan. Eat most of my calories and Carbohydrates in the morning and tapper off into the night. For breakfast I ate a whole wheat english muffin with peanut butter and oatmeal with a scoop of protein, peanut butter and a banana. For lunch I ate 2 whole wheat turkey sandwiches. For Snacks I ate a bag of baby carrots. For pre-workout I made a protein shake with almond milk. Finally for dinner I am having 12 oz grilled chicken with a heaping serving of mixed steamed veggies. currently at a perfect 2350 calories! Just enough for another glass of almond milk.

Today is a low calorie day, and I feel great I must say! For breakfast I ate 2 whole wheat english muffins with peanut butter, lunch I ate a whole wheat turkey sandwich, 3 oz of almonds for snacks, a pre-workout protein shake and for dinner I am making a 3 egg omelet with about 6 servings of mixed steamed veggies (broccoli, carrots and cauliflower) =p with a touch of grated Parmesan cheese. I am sitting around 1900 calories which is good  measured under 10% BF this morning(9.8) single digits, hopefully forever now!

Today I awakened excited to weigh in my results… I woke up feeling bloated and was optimistic about my results, I got on the scale first thing and I weighed 202 pounds! Which was a good thing and meant I had lost 3 1/2 pounds this week. But then I proceeded to take my Body Fat measurement and it read a startling 11 1/2% needless to say I was very unhappy with this result. BUT all was not lost… see I did have chili the night before and I feel that it is the root cause of my bloating. So I went on with my day, did my normal 4 mile run before work, ate some oatmeal for breakfast a turkey sandwich on whole wheat kaiser roll for lunch. I had some almonds and a banana for snacks, a pre-workout protein shake with almond milk and a post-workout dinner which consisted of 4 whole wheat french toasts and peanut butter chocolate syrup/pudding(1 serving Peanut Butter, 1 diet swiss miss hot chocolate mix, 1/2 cup almond milk ~240 calories). So just before I did not feel bloated anymore, I decided to weigh myself again at night(something I never EVER EVER do) and the scale read 200.5 pounds I then had a sudden urge to take another Body Fat reading and it read exactly 10% body fat. With these readings I feel re-leaved… Now I know I mentioned I would consider increasing the daily calorie if I had lost over 2 pounds in 1 week BUT being that this is the first week and that I had gained additional bloat from the Carbohydrate Cycling, I am going to keep the same calorie goals going into this next weeks Calorie Cycle!

Today was is a lower calorie day, for breakfast I ate 2 whole wheat peanut butter sandwiches, lunch I had some sweet potato chips and a bag of baby carrots , Dinner for the big Giant’s game was some healthy turkey chili! I am sitting at 1500 calories. I am not hungry at all I may just go to bed. Tomorrow I will weigh in on my results for the first week of calorie cycling!

Day 6, lots o fun! awakened with a sweet snow shoveling exercise! Had some turkey sandwiches on whole wheat toast for breakfast, almonds for snacks, and delicious whole wheat pizza for dinner: 

P.S. I also had 3 glasses of red wine mixed with sangria tonight all for a total of 2086 calories.

Today was a 2100 calorie low calorie day, I did my normal Friday 45 minute pushup routine in the morning. I ate some whole wheat English muffins with peanut butter chocolate protein pudding for breakfast, lunch I ate a large salad with grilled chicken hummus black beans olives and a touch of Thai peanut dressing, cashews to snack on, and for dinner I made a 2 egg omelet and a large bowl of steamed mixed veggies with a little Rao’s Vodka sauce.

Today is my first “Lower” calorie day. I actually planned ahead my meals for today which I have not done in a long time. For breakfast I ate some oatmeal with peanut butter and a scoop of chocolate protein, for lunch I ate a salad with diced ham, diced turkey, walnuts and a hard boiled egg, for dinner I ate yesterdays leftover grilled chicken, eggplant and rao’s vodka sauce grilled that my fiance and I created together!

Today is a high calorie day with a high intensity leg/triceps workout. I started the day absolutely starving, after my morning heavy bag routine I ate breakfast. I ate a whole wheat bagel with peanut butter and a banana, for lunch I ate whole wheat french toast with more peanut butter =p! For snacks I ate some almonds and pineapple, a pre and post workout shake. I am undecided what I am having for dinner just yet. It is either going to be grilled chicken over a salad or some healthy eggplant Parmesan. I am currently at 1900 calories with 500 left for dinner!

Well today is proving difficult… I am sitting at my goal of 2100 calories already and it is 8:00 PM so no snacking left for me. Today I ate for breakfast a peanut butter sandwich on whole wheat bread with bananas, for lunch I ate a grilled chicken salad with tomatoes and black beans, for dinner I ate an omelet with a 3 cups of steamed veggies. I had some almonds and cashews for snacks. No protein shake today… ran out of protein, waiting on my order to come in from bodybuilding.com. I am not going to lie I am a bit hungry and I am a firm believer at not ever letting yourself be hungry, don’t get me wrong I am not starving. I just have to get my mind off food… and look forward to tomorrows high calorie day.