Originally posted by hikerchick
On a no carb day each meal will be protein and fat (10-15 g) with as many green veggies as I want.
i would stick to 1-1.5 cups veggies or 2c letuce/
Low carb day: same protein, fat, and green veggies. carbs will be from the carb list. Total carbs will be 130 (my bodyweight) divided into 5 or 6 meals.
No. Only have carbs in 3 meals. Preferably meal 1, and pre and post workout. Not necessity-just preferably
So you will have 3 meals with 40g carbs PLUS small piece of fruit at each. (1/2 apple, 1/2 c blueberries...)
High carb day: same protein, fat, and green veggies. Carbs will be from the carb list in unlimited (within reason
) amounts
Yes. Eat carbs at 4 meals til you are full. Be sure they are approved carbs. And don't forget the fruit at each meal aswell
My questions:
1. To keep my sanity I'm going to add avocado, walnuts and almonds to my fat sources. I guess this isn't really a question, just letting you know.
I would try to limit the nuts, esp on no carb days as they contain small amounts of carbs.
2. On a budget right now so won't be doing the fish oil caps right away. Will definitely do it later.
Budget? Fish oil caps are $4 for a bottle of 100 at 1fast400.com
3. Can I have salad dressing as a
fat source? Newmans own for example. I could go with a different dressing if necessary.
Newmans Own is good choice if you were to have dressing. Cesear, Blasmic Vinegrette are my faves. Howver you still need EFAS......flax or fish caps
4. I usually eat my Fiber One with soymilk. How are you guys eating it? Right out of the box? 1/2 a cup of soymilk has 8 carbs, 3 protein, 1 fat.
Ditch the soymilk. SUGAR. BAD. I have my Fiber one dry or with a bit of water with blueberries mixed in. Sounds gross, but the blueberries make a diff.
5. Does tofu work into this plan? I eat a fake scrambled eggs meal that's made with tofu and some seasonings and veggies. All of the carbs come from the veggies. I eat poultry and seafood but have this once in awhile for protein variety.
No more than once a week.
6. How about sugar free syrup? 1 T. has 4 calories (1 g of carb). I guess I'd only have it on my carb days. I like it in my oatmeal sometimes.
Its full of glycerin. Can't you use sweetner instead? If not, then use sparingly on high carb day only/
I'm trying to think of ways that I could maintain this eating plan over the long term. Feeling deprived just makes me want to binge. I want to do it, I just want to make sure that it's something I can stick with. So I'm thinking I can add these personal little tweaks to make it something I can stick with, yet still get great results. Am I pushing it a little too far?
Nope. That is the point-to find something you can stick with or else you will be wasting your time. Other than the nuts and syrup, I don't think the above things will kill you. If it will help you stay on track by all means go for it, but listen to my suggestions
Also, if your progress does slow- we can remove the dressing ect..
See that wasnt so bad
If I don't end up posting the next couple of days that will be why. I will eat as well as I can, although it was hard to get anything down today. May end up resting my bod, seems like that is what it may need right now.
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Is this low carb day? 
