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Old 01-12-2004, 09:01 AM   #91
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wtf

Weighed myself this morning, right after the no carb day, expecting i'd see at least a couple lb decrease from water weight. Instead, i gained another .5lb... WTF?

I think i might change my cycle to High Carb/No Carb/Low Carb/No Carb, instead of No Carb/Low Carb/High Carb.



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Old 01-13-2004, 12:25 AM   #92
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Meals for 1/12: Low Carb Day

Meal 1: can of tuna, 2 T. light saff mayo, 20g whey
Meal 2: apple, 8.5oz chicken, 1.5 cups brown rice, 3 T. salsa
Meal 3: apple, 7oz chicken, 1.5 cups brown rice, 3 T. salsa
Meal 4: apple, 8oz chicken, 1.5 cups brown rice, 3 T. salsa
Meal 5: 6.5oz chicken
Meal 6: 60g whey, 1 T. natty PB

Totals:
Cals - 3387
Fat - 63
Carbs - 274
Protein - 414

No veggies (whats new?)... and i was a little sporadic with the fish oil today. Forgot it with a couple meals. I need to stop slacking here... already gone way too long without veggies. Very unhealthy. I'm gonna grab some cucumbers tomorrow... theyll be easier to eat then steaming up some frozen broccoli every few hours.



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Old 01-13-2004, 12:29 AM   #93
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Alright... the high carb days still have me confused.

According to the carb cycling article, you should eat carbs until satisfied. I'm a horrible judge of that, so i figured id just give myself a moderate increase from the low carb day - 3 meals w/ 1.5 cups of rice on the low day vs. 4 meals of 2 cups rice on the high day. Well, since my weight doesnt seem to be decreasing (and stupidly i didnt take any measurements before i started), im going to start limiting my high carb days to 4 meals of 1.5 cups brown rice, instead of 2 cups. It'll only decrease my total carbs by about 90g, but it should make a difference.



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Old 01-14-2004, 01:38 AM   #94
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Meals for 1/13: High Carb Day

Meal 1: 1.5 cups brown rice, 5.5oz chicken, 3 T. salsa
Meal 2: apple, 6oz chicken, 1.5 cups brown rice, 3 T. salsa
Meal 3: apple, 60g whey, 1.5 cups brown rice, 3 T. salsa
Meal 4: apple, 6oz chicken, 1.5 cups brown rice, 3 T. salsa
Meal 5: 60g whey, 1 T. natty PB
Meal 6: 60g whey, 1 T. natty PB

Totals:
Cals - 3453
Fat - 59
Carbs - 338
Protein - 387

Apart from the usual screwups, today wasnt bad. First day trying a 'lower' high carb day. Anxious to see what the weight will be in 6 days.



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Old 01-14-2004, 05:29 AM   #95
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Old 01-14-2004, 11:04 AM   #96
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Salsa does not count as a veggie


Actually... thanks. Reminded me i was supposed to pick up some cucumber today.



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Old 01-15-2004, 12:28 AM   #97
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Meals for 1/14: No carb day

Meal 1: 6oz chicken
Meal 2: 60g whey, 1 T. natty PB
Meal 3: 5oz chicken, 20g whey
Meal 4: 8.5oz chicken
Meal 5: 60g whey
Meal 6: 60g whey, 1 T. natty PB

Totals:
Cals - 2183
Fat - 54
Carbs - 26
Protein - 397

Eh.

Bought some cucumbers today... but got paranoid about the carbs. I know theyre fibrous... but ALL the carbs arent fiber. Maybe i should just eat the veggies on my carb days?



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Old 01-15-2004, 11:13 PM   #98
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Meals for 1/15: Low Carb Day

Meal 1: 1.5 cups brown rice, can of tuna, 20g whey, 3 T. salsa, apple
Meal 2: 1.5 cups brown rice, 60g whey, 3 T. salsa, apple, 5oz cucumber
Meal 3: 1.5 cups brown rice, can of tuna, 20g whey, 3 T. salsa, apple, 1 T. natty PB
Meal 4: 60g whey
Meal 5: 60g whey, 1 T. natty PB

Totals:
Cals - 2894
Fat - 49
Carbs - 271
Protein - 350

Today was alright - i even managed to get a veggie in, for once.

Didnt have time for a 6th meal, though. Total cals were still decent. Ran out of chicken - again.

I realized something else today - i've been cycling my days incorrectly. I've been going No/Low/High, instead of the recommended No/High/Low. I'm thinking that this may have been why my progress has been inconsistent at best. Over the next several days im thinking of getting back into a proper cycle by following this schedule: High/No/No/High/Low/No/...

Any comments? Suggestions? Should i bother switching to No/High/Low, or does it not make much of a difference?



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Old 01-16-2004, 04:40 AM   #99
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Monolith diet looks good yestarday! keep eating those veggies if you can!

as for switching the rotation to high/low/no I think that you might find some changes(good ones) in doing so. try it that way for a while instead of what you were doing.



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Old 01-16-2004, 08:07 AM   #100
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Monolith diet looks good yestarday! keep eating those veggies if you can!

as for switching the rotation to high/low/no I think that you might find some changes(good ones) in doing so. try it that way for a while instead of what you were doing.
Alright, i'll give it a try. Two no carb days in a row starting tomorrow to keep from stacking too many carb days together.

Veggies are alright, but theyre so annoying... cooked veggies dont last long in the fridge, and uncooked veggies dont last long period. Is that benefiber/metamucil ok to use as a replacement for veggies? Or just supplemental?



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smart plan

hmm is there any other veggie that you like? how about making a strifry.. say chicken and broccoli, mushrooms, onions, peppers, cooked in a lil olive oil. sound tasty?
theres not real replacment for veggies, its best to get them in if you gain.



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Old 01-17-2004, 01:20 AM   #102
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I like just about every veggie - its just its a pain to cook them so often. Im having troulbe enough with the chicken... i go through about 8lbs every 3 days. :/

The chicken stirfry sounds pretty good, but that olive oil would mess with with the diet. Per TP's article on CC, i can't add anything during the cooking process.



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Old 01-17-2004, 01:24 AM   #103
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Meals for 1/16: High carb day

Meal 1: err...

Yeah, so, i kind of lost track of my meals today. In fact, i lost track so badly, i think i had five carb meals instead of 4...

Cals are probably around 4000, as i think i got 7 meals in today. Eating like that makes me look forward to the consecutive no carb days starting tomorrow.

I hate making mistakes like this, its a sign im not taking this seriously enough. I need to keep it a priority.

These mistakes will be my 'cheats'. One a month, perhaps. But no more.



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I like just about every veggie - its just its a pain to cook them so often. Im having troulbe enough with the chicken... i go through about 8lbs every 3 days. :/

The chicken stirfry sounds pretty good, but that olive oil would mess with with the diet. Per TP's article on CC, i can't add anything during the cooking process.

cook it in calorie free, non-stick cooking spray

I cook my veggies like everything else. Steam them and then throw them in atuperware in the fridge. take them out, heat them up if I want, and eat them the rest of the week.

Why so much chicken? why not switch up and eat some tuna or red meat or other fish. just to get different types of proteins



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cook it in calorie free, non-stick cooking spray

I cook my veggies like everything else. Steam them and then throw them in atuperware in the fridge. take them out, heat them up if I want, and eat them the rest of the week.

Why so much chicken? why not switch up and eat some tuna or red meat or other fish. just to get different types of proteins
i eat a good amount of tuna, too... had 3 cans yesterday. :/ usually have a good amount of whey every day, too.

i suppose it is a bit limited, though. i havent had any red meat in a while... probably about a month.



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cook it in calorie free, non-stick cooking spray

I cook my veggies like everything else. Steam them and then throw them in atuperware in the fridge. take them out, heat them up if I want, and eat them the rest of the week.
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yes, easy as that!
also, just drizzle some olive oil over the stiryfry after for some added flavour, even adding some Mrs Dash spices is great!
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i eat a good amount of tuna, too... had 3 cans yesterday. :/ usually have a good amount of whey every day, too.

i suppose it is a bit limited, though. i havent had any red meat in a while... probably about a month.

i eat red meat at the least once a week.



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i eat red meat at the least once a week.
i tend to get on "kicks"... like if i have chicken, chicken is ALL ill have for days. if i have meat, meat is ALL ill have for days.

i think i have some sort of obsessive disorder



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Old 01-18-2004, 10:50 AM   #109
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Meals for 1/17: No carb day

Meal 1: 7oz chicken
Meal 2: 60g whey
Meal 3: 6.5oz chicken, 20g whey, 1 T. natty PB
Meal 4: 60g whey
Meal 5: 9.5oz chicken, 1 T. natty PB

Totals:
Cals - 2014
Fat - 52
Carbs - 20
Protein - 361

No meal 6. No fiber. The usual. Tomorrow will be another no carb day, then monday will be a high carb day.



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Old 01-18-2004, 11:29 PM   #110
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Meals for 1/18: No Carb Day

Meal 1: 6oz chicken, 20g whey
Meal 2: 60g whey
Meal 3: 5.5oz chicken, 20g whey, 1 T. natty PB
Meal 4: 4.5oz chicken, 20g whey
Meal 5: 8oz chicken
Meal 6: 60g whey, 1 T. natty PB

Totals:
Cals - 2280
Fat - 57
Carbs - 24
Protein - 414

No fiber. Need more variation in protein.



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Old 01-20-2004, 08:58 PM   #111
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Meals for 1/19: High Carb Day

Meal 1: 8oz chicken, 1.5 cups rice, 3 T. salsa
Meal 2: 8.5oz chicken, 1.5 cups rice, 3 T. salsa, apple
Meal 3: 60g whey
Meal 4: 8.5oz chicken, 1.5 cups brown rice, 3 T. salsa, apple
Meal 5: 6.5oz chicken, 1.5 cups brown rice, 3 T. salsa, apple

Totals:
Cals - 3258
Fat - 46
Carbs - 320
Protein - 370

More of the same. blablabla.



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I had jury duty today... ugh. Hours and hours of waiting around for nothing. Missed a meal, which sucked. Sat there doing nothing thinking to myself "I NEED TO EAT!" One of the guards was like "dont worry, we get a lunch break from 1 to 2." This was at 8 am... LOL. I was pissed.



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Old 01-21-2004, 09:52 AM   #113
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Meals for 1/20: Low carb day

More of the same... can't post exactly what i ate because fitday is slow as hell. Had a big gap between meals 1 and 2, though, because of jury duty.



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Meals for 1/21: No carb day

Meal 1: 60g whey
Meal 2: can of tuna, 2 T. light saff mayo, 20g whey
Meal 3: 60g whey
Meal 4: can of tuna, 2 T. light saff mayo, 20g whey
Meal 5: 60g whey
Meal 6: 6.5oz chicken
Meal 7: 60g whey

Totals:
Cals - 2382
Fat - 56
Carbs - 36
Protein - 442

Satisfied. Im still being stubborn (or lazy?) about my fiber. I really dont want to eat any green veggies on my no carb days... because there are still carbs in that stuff. Its not all taken care of by the fiber.

Bleh.

Im really looking forward to the high carb day tomorrow... mmmm....



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you REALLY need some green veggies in there. somehow some way!
are you having any fats (fish oil caps) with all that whey protein?
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you REALLY need some green veggies in there. somehow some way!
are you having any fats (fish oil caps) with all that whey protein?
Yeah, im adding 5g fish oil with meals i dont have another added source of fat.

Whats the benefit of veggies, anyway? I dont actually know why i need to take them... just that everyone always tells me to.



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Ok, Im glad to hear your adding in those fish oil caps!

as for veggies, well they contain many essential vitamins/nutrients that our bodys require on a daily basis for optimal health and bodily functions, as well as help to fight off cancer.. and their full of fiber (to keep things running smoothly.. lol)
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