Andrea's Journal

[atherjen]

I agree cooking food ahead defintly helps. and then just grab what you need for the days your on the go to not risk putting yourself in sticky situ's with no good food on hand.
I also carry some protein powder in a shaker cup with me everywheres I go, just in case I need something fast to tie me over.. or else those lil easy open cans of flavoured tunas(stinks but does the job)

 

[Jenny]

Originally posted by atherjen
I also carry some protein powder in a shaker cup with me everywheres I go, just in case I need something fast to tie me over..

That's what I do too I never leave the house without it

 

[ncgirl21]

What kind of protein powder to ya'll use? I bought some but it was soooo nasty . Do you measure your chicken before you cook it or after you cook it? Where can I find the scale to measure it with? Sorry, I know I've got a ton of questions, but I'm trying to do this right finally!!


*** For all you peanut butter adicts--- they make something called Peanut Wonder. I bought 3 jars today. I've haven't tried it yet, but I'll let ya know.

http://www.peanutwonder.com/product.htm

 

[shortstuff]

It is ok, I measure prior to cooking but that means I know what I am eating after it cooks, so if I write that I ate 4oz chicken that means it was 5oz prior to cooking. Meats tend to lose 1oz when cooking due to water and the meat condensing. My fav proteihn is Nectar by Syntrax any flavor kicks butt!!!!

 

[atherjen]

right now I use Allmax's Isoflex whey(for an isolate) in chocolate. I jsut finished Nutrabolics Isobolic whey(casein/egg blend) in chocolate. both I love!!

I measure my chicken before I cook it. You can buy scales , lil food ones, at Walmart or any department store, real cheap too. dont need anything fancy!
and dont worry about all the questions girl!
(you have mail btw! )

hmmm Im not so sure about those ingredients in that peanut wonder... sounds good tho.. low sugar...

 

[atherjen]

Originally posted by shortstuff
My fav proteihn is Nectar by Syntrax any flavor kicks butt!!!!

I had some of the Caribean kind earlier!

 

[shortstuff]

Yeah I am waiting to get paid so I can get a protein powder I like, don't ever go cheap on protein cause the cheap stuff tastes NASTY!!!!

 

[Stacey]

Yep Agree with SS!!

I love Nectar Kiwi Strawberry--AWESOME!

 

[ncgirl21]

Do you use milk or water in them?

 

[atherjen]

I use water in ALL mine.
crushed ice w/water in the blender or just a shaker cup if I dont have a blender around.

 

[Stacey]

Nope--just water!! I put it in the shaker cup in the mornings and add water to it when I get to work Taste great!!!

 

[ncgirl21]

Does GNC carry these brands?

 

[atherjen]

yuppers GNC should carry them for sure. If not you can purchase them online for better deals usually anyways!

 

[ncgirl21]

Morning everyone! I'm going to start posting my meals as well and maybe with some help I can tweak my diet.

Wednesday:

6 minutes eliptical (running super late for work)

Breakfast:
1/4 cup oatmeal (dry) with 1 tbs. SF syrup and cinnamon
1/2 cup egg whites, 1 whole egg, 2 mushrooms, 1 slice FF cheese

Snack:
Apple

Cardio- 25 minutes on eliptical/ 6 minutes on the bicycle

Lunch:
Salad (lettuce, canned chicken, tomatoe)
No Dressing

Snack:
Raw veggies (cauliflower, broccoli, zucchini, celery)
2 tbs. Lite Done Right, 3 cheese ranch

Don't know about dinner yet. I've got school tonight so it will be about 8:30 before I get to eat.

I'm going to get some protein shakes when I get paid Friday, one of the kinds that ya'll listed.

I'll monitor what I eat Monday thru Saturday, but leave Sunday's open because I usually eat out on that day. I'm also going to be cooking up a lot of food on Sunday for the week.

As far as workouts go- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday afternoons I'll be doing cardio for 30 minutes. Tuesday's and Thursdays I'll do weights for 30 minutes and then on Thursday nights I'll go to a power sculpting class for 1 hour. Saturdays and Sundays I'll do either Tae Bo/ or Pilates (that's hoping I get it for Valentines Day). I'll also do 8 min. abs and buns on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and alternate between walking a mile on my treadmill and eliptical on Tuesday and Thursday mornings.

How does this all sound. I'm going to have to write it down on a chart so I remember what to do. I'm a dud!

 

[atherjen]

morning girl! You have MAIL! :bounce: (hope it worked this time anyways)
Have a great day!

 

[Jill]

If you shop at GNC, try 'GOURMET WHEY', by pvl. The raspberry, strawberry&banana, orange creamsicle, and chocolate are SUPER good mixed with water. Low carb, and they mix frothy too. If you dont like it, simply return it.

The Syntrax 'apple' flavor is great mixed with water. I did not like the cherry berry one though.

 

[Jill]

Will you be doing any weight training?

 

[ncgirl21]

UHHH, it won't let me edit my post so I can add my dinner from yesterday !!

Oh well!!

The rest of yesterday:

Dinner:
4 oz. salmon
1 can green beans

Snack:
Low Carb Chocolate Carmel Bar--- 109 calories (Sugar Free)
^ are these bad??

Today:
Breakfast:
1/4 cup oatmeal (dry)
1 cup egg whites
3 mushrooms
1 slice FF cheese

Snack:
Small Green Apple

Workout:
I'm going to do 3 sets of 12 reps of the following:
Wide Grip Lateral Pull Down
Bent over barbell row
one arm dumbell row
dumbbell curls
cable curls

All thanks to Atherjen- I'm a complete dope- I didn't even know what exercises to do- Thanks again Sweetie- your the best

*will do warmup and cooldown on eliptical (5 min. each)*

Lunch:
Salad with lettuce, 1/2 tomatoe, mushrooms, celery, broccoli, cauliflower, 1 can chicken, 2 tbs. lite 3 cheese ranch

Snack:
SF Choc. Carm Bar --last one, maybe I shouldn't buy more


Power Sculpting Class 5:30-6:30

Dinner:
Low Carb Tortilla http://www.latortillafactory.com/LC52037new.htm
Chicken Breast
1 slice FF cheese
mushrooms
1/2 tomatoe
lettuce or spinach leaves (whichever I have left)
1 can green beans

Hey Jill

I'll definatly look into those protein powders. I need to get a mixer because I won't have access to a blender at work. I'm doing weight training- all thanks to Atherjen

 

[Jill]

You dont even need a mixer with an isolate. i just use a shaker bottle!

 

[Stacey]

Hey Girl!

Yep me too-- I have a shaker bottle--just put protein in, add water, and shake it girl!

 

[ncgirl21]

Sounds easy enough- let's hope I don't screw it up .

I only got to do a 5 min. warm up before weights. Didn't have enough time for the cooldown. I'm sore though, but if feels good.

 

[atherjen]

Awesome hun! glad you enjoyed the workout! 5 mins warm up is plenty! and no need for a cooldown, just stretch it all out!
Ill get you back that email tonite with more on diet!

 

[ncgirl21]

I went to a power sculpting class last night from 5:30 to 6:30 and I was starving when I got home! Soooo, I ate my dinner and added 2 tsp. of lf cottage cheese to the tortilla and had some extra chicken. A little while later I was still so hungry, so I ate some more lf cottage cheese, fiber one, and peanut wonder mixed together. I think I need to add carbs in my later meal on the days when I do weights.

Today:

Breakfast:

1 cup egg whites, 2 mushrooms, 1 slice FF cheese

Snack:

1 cup LF cottage cheese, 1/2 cup fiber one

Workout: Cardio- probably stairclimber- 30 minutes

Lunch:

Low Carb tortilla w/ spinach leaves and 1 can (5 oz.) chicken

Snack:

Raw Veggies (celery, broccoli, cauliflower, zucchini)

Dinner:

????- probably--- salmon and green beans or tuna and green beans.

(I have a packet of salmon- can you grill that??)

I won't be able to post again until Monday unless I go to my mom's, but Saturday will usually be no carb, but considering that it's Valentines Day- I may have carbs with my last meal- but I'm going to try super duper hard not to.

Do you think it would be good to have two days as no carb- Wednesdays and Saturdays, and then the rest as moderate? Sunday is usually high because I don't record what I eat that day.

 

[atherjen]

Hey girl did you get my email I sent again last nite?

and dont worry about the food last nite, if your hungry , eat! and you ate the right things!

wheres those oaties at breakfast missy!!?
and that afternoon snack needs some protein. when are you getting the whey protein. that would go perfect in there! add some brown rice or something at dinner too, not enough carbs for the day and yes eat that salmon!! grilling it is great. try and get a bit more healthy fats in there today too, k.

If you want to make wednesday no carb thats fine too. Its up to you, defintly saturday though and again sunday its "your day"
and I agree, move those carbs around your weight lifting! youll defintly feel much better and not soo pooped!
are you following the workout schedule for this week that I outlined? or fresh with it next week?

Have a great day hun, and Happy early Valentines Day!!

 

[ncgirl21]

atherjen- Morning Sweetie- you got mail too!!

I'm out of oatmeal, I'm going grocery shopping tonight so I'll stock up on that, chicken, veggies and-------???? Any suggestions?

I'm getting my protein shakes today too when I get paid. I'm so excited!! I figure, if everything goes right, I should loose 12 pounds by Travis' birthday which is the 29th of next month. That's loosing 2 lbs. per week. I'm going to try super hard!! Next month maybe I had better cut out my Sunday cheats??

Oh, I'm going to get some dandelion root and a shaker and meat scale too!!

I'm working out still this week- but I'm starting Monday with the plan you gave me

 

[atherjen]

and you have mail again girl! hehe

hmm groceries, lets see: depending what you like....
chicken breasts
salmon
tuna
any fish(lol)
low fat cottage cheese
eggs
natural peanut butter
extra virgin olive oil
all fiberous veggies...(what you like)
old fashioned oatmeal
brown rice
bastami rice
Fiber 1 cereal or All Bran
sweet potatoes/yams
beans/legumes
splenda(sweetner)
sugar free jello
salsa
Mrs Dash seasonings
Pam cooking spray
vanilla extract
cocoa
fresh herbs, spices
garlic/onion powder
strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, apples, pears, grapefruit
light cream(10%mf) for coffeeif you drink it

If I think of anything else Ill let you know. lol

we'll stick to that diet plan for 4 weeks girl and then depending on our progress we can make adjustments then! no worries!
Have a great day

 

[ncgirl21]

What do I use the vanilla extract and the cocoa for? Do you mean like Nesquick or what?

 

[atherjen]

you can put the vanilla in your oats if you wanted, and the cocoa is good in a lil coffee with sweetner, kinda like a mocoha treat! or you can take a couple table spoons and add in a couple packs of splenda and hot water to make "hot chocolate" its actualy not bad, I like it!

 

[ncgirl21]

Sounds Yummy!!

 

[ncgirl21]

Morning!!

Tuesday, February 4th

Cardio- The Firm Cardio Blaster (30 min.)

Breakfast: 3/4 cup egg whites
6 egg whites
mushrooms/peppers
1/2 cup LF cottage cheese

Cardio- eliptical- 20- 30 minutes

Lunch: 4 oz. chicken (got a food scale )
lots of veggies (salad)

Snack: Protein Shake (120 calories, 21 grams protein)

Dinner: salmon (5-6 oz.)
green beans & broccoli- lots of 'em!!


Snack: 1/2 cup LF cottage cheese, 1 T. peanut butter

*maybe 1 mile walk on treadmill after dinner*

I precooked all my chicken and veggies yesterday for the week.

My weight days are M, W, & F- also carb days. Tues, Thur, and Saturday I'm going to try to stay low/no carb.

Monday- back/ biceps
Wednesday- Legs
Friday- chest/shoulders/triceps

I'm going to aim for morning cardio 6x per week and also on Tuesdays and Thursday. Saturday afternoon I will probably do a long cardio session.

Comments welcome and appreciated