All right, I am back! I wasn't seeing a whole lot of commentary on the bottoms of these blogs, so going with that I decided not to knock myself out putting a blog up daily. However, I have not stopped keeping track of everything myself, except that I have slacked off on writing down every bite of food I take in. The first month was spent "getting to know" my foods a little better, calorie count, protein and carbohydrate contribution, etc. After that part was done, I pretty much tried to stick to the same type of diet throughout, varying only here and there. Spinach remains a mainstay, and I have created an egg white and spinach souffle that is absolutely terrific. The only problem is the spinach is of course cooked. To offset that problem, I also do a fruit juice/spinach shake in the morning and a water/spinach/vinegar/olive oil shake in the evening--it's sort of like a spinach salad, only already digested for you! Just kidding. I know that sounds gross, but it really isn't bad. And if, like me, you have braces on your teeth it is even that much better. There is NO toothpicking afterward.
Today I am posting photos I took on the last day of my fourth week. On the evening of these photos, taken last Sunday, I had eight weeks to go in my program, but I am liking this routine so much I may add on another 4 weeks and make it a 16 week program. The workout is becoming very drastic, and I have started sticking to one major body part in the morning, then doing the second one in the evening, when possible. I will also throw in six or eight more quick sets of the first body part in the evening if I can, making a total of 20 sets or so a day of, say, chest.
I have stalled out around 205 pounds now, but as I am still losing body fat I am not going to panic. I had gained enough muscle during my building phase that I questioned the feasibility of my goal of 185 pounds, so I think as I go I'm going to have to re-think. 6 % body fat is my main goal anyway, regardless of what my weight ends up at.
The main thing: Keep on working out!
Wow braces! I lost weight every time time they tightened my wires! :)
ReplyDeleteI should have kept them on, maybe I'd still be thinner! :-D
The spinach shakes are very good and for me spinach has taken the place of lettuce. It is funny how many people turn their nose up at spinach, I know I used to until I had fresh! Fresh is the best. I am so glad you posted this even though surprisingly you didn't get comments...I'm glad it was here for me when I needed to read these things to encourage myself!:)