Eating clean in New York... possible?

[Katia7]

Hi aggies! My goal is fat loss. My stats: 5'0, about 112-115 lb. Not sure on the body fat either, I'm a size 3, but would like to fit into a 1 comfortably.

By the way.. your abs are amazing!

 

[aggies1ut]

Thanks for the compliment. Have you read the stickies at the top of the diet/nutrition forum? I know that you are allergic/have many food intolerances, but your diet is unbalanced and you lack efas. I think reading those stickies will help you a lot.

 

[Katia7]

Yup I read them See.. I was "suppose to" have a salad with chicken and EFAs at that last meal, damn NY... I was out and couldn't get to food. I really need to figure out how to stick to my plan.

 

[aggies1ut]

Um well an apple isn't a meal....and rye flakes and yogurt? Where's the protein?

 

[Katia7]

yeah I need to add something to the apple, but no idea what.. need something I can carry around with me (no shakes). Yogurt has protein and rye flakes have 5g... that meal comes to 11g of protein

 

[Katia7]

Cardio 50 min elliptical... my legs are sooooo sore from yesterday, barely made it through cardio.

Diet
10:30
1/3c rye flakes (measured dry)
1/2c goats yogurt
vanilla extract
1 capsule lecithin

3:00
3oz chicken (raw)
1/2c rice
broccoli, succhini, red pepper
sourcrout
2T soy sauce

4:30
apple
BBQ sauce (sugar free)
3oz chicken (raw)
nuts (10)
2 rye cracker
1 piece of dried pineapple

6:30
3oz chicken (raw)
BBQ sauce (sugar free)
nuts (10)
1/4c barley
1 cookie thing
1/2c goats yogurt

Total: cals:1200 P:83g C:154g F:32g Fiber:26g

I'm a little bloated today... so that sugar free BBQ sauce might have to go.. can't think of anything else that would cause it.

 

[Katia7]

Workout
Back and Biseps
Pull downs:
45x15(2)
45x12

Seated Rows:
30x12 (2)
30x13

Seated Rows (differet grip):
35x12
35x10
35x8

DB Curls:
10x12
10x9
10x6

Hammer Curls:
10x9(2)
10x8

Cardio 50 min elliptical

 

[Katia7]

Jan 31, 2005
Diet
9:00
1/3c rye flakes (measured dry)
1/2c goats yogurt
vanilla extract
lecithin

3:00
3oz chicken (raw)
1/2c rice
broccoli
2T soy sauce
2c salad
2T French
apple

6:00
3oz chicken (raw)
1capsule fish oil
sourcrout

9:00
3oz chicken (raw)
pickle

 

[Katia7]

Not sure why this is, but I felt soooo nauseouse this morning (like I'm about to faint) and I feel very tired. Leg days usually make me feel that way, but I worked legs on Suturday. I called my Dr and she said to drink some tea with sugar.. SUGAR???? Could it be that I actually NEED some sugar in my diet?
I'm thinking of just eating everything in moderating and just counting calories, unless there's an obviouse reason why I felt this way this morning.

 

[Katia7]

2/2/05
Workout
Chest, shoulders, triceps
machine incline chest press
30x15 (2)
30x12

machine chest press
30x15 (3)

machine flies
20x15 (2)
25x8

machine shoulder press
10x12 (2)
10x10

machine lateral raises
20x12 (3)

cable tricep pulldowns
30x15 (2)
30x13

overhead triceps extensions
15x15
15x11
15x9

Cardio 40 min elliptical

 

[Egoatdoor]

Hi aggies! My goal is fat loss. My stats: 5'0, about 112-115 lb. Not sure on the body fat either, I'm a size 3, but would like to fit into a 1 comfortably.

1200 calories a day. 50, 75 grams of protein a day. Six days a week of cardio. Walking to and from in the city (MORE CARDIOVASCULAR ACTIVITY). I think this is a ticket to burning muscle much more so than fat. The body needs a minimum amount of fat to function ( especially in women) and if it is being starved like this, it will retain and even INCREASE its fat stores to protect itself and burn muscle for energy. You may lose weight on the scale, but it will be muscle and you will still be in a size 3 at 105 pounds.

I find it hard to believe that as an active person, you are "fat" at 115 pounds.

You could be 110 pounds with lean muscle and fit into a size 1 a year from now. But right now, I think your focus, your nutrition and your training program are all wrong.

I am being blunt and to the point. I am not intending this to be mean.

 

[Katia7]

I dont' always eat 1200 cals.. I have higher and lower days. Basicly I decided not to worry so much about the diet and just to focus on workouts for now. There are days where I just can't fit more then 1000 cals in (goes back to my digestive problems) and there are days where I eat up to 2000 cals. Over all I think it evens out because some of my clothes are a little big on me.

I'm not "fat" at 115 lb, but I do have some body fat that needs to go and I would like to fit into my old clothes (size 1).

And don't worry about being blunt I love it when people are blunt and streight to the point .

 

[Katia7]

2/03/05
Cardio: 50 min elliptical

2/04/05
Cardio: 50 min elliptical

2/05/05
No workout, but spent all day at Ikea (walked A LOT).

2/06/05
Planned rest day... need to get A LOT of things done!

 

[Katia7]

02/07/05
Workout: None.. no time today what so ever.

Diet:
M1
1/3c vanilla almond cereal
3Tbs goat's yogurt
Had no food in the house what so ever.

M2
apple

M3
Subway wrap (turkey, veggies, tomatoe, honey dejon)

M4
Cream of broccoli soup +2 crackers I asked for veggie soup, but the guy at Suways was a dumb ass, couldn't even get the soups right (I shoul've checked what he gave me... lesson learned), took him forever to figure out that a wrap is suppose to be wrapped up, not just whole bunch of turkey and veggies splattered on a tortila.
1/2 Pumpernickel linseed bread
1/2T almond butter
2T dried fruit spread

 

[Egoatdoor]

I dont' always eat 1200 cals.. I have higher and lower days. Basicly I decided not to worry so much about the diet and just to focus on workouts for now. There are days where I just can't fit more then 1000 cals in (goes back to my digestive problems) and there are days where I eat up to 2000 cals. Over all I think it evens out because some of my clothes are a little big on me.

I'm not "fat" at 115 lb, but I do have some body fat that needs to go and I would like to fit into my old clothes (size 1).

And don't worry about being blunt I love it when people are blunt and streight to the point .

OK, but 6 days a week of cardio and 3 days of weights is again a ticket for burning muscle, especially when combined long term with a low calorie diet. I would like to see more focus placed on weights and the intensity of the weight training and less cardio.