Sticking with it
3 weeks in and we've already run into a little bump called life. (There's a recipe in this journal entry)
Dear Dumbbell Diary,
There is no shortage in distractions. This month’s schedule has been absolutely bananas…hence why I have not been very good with posts lately. I was visiting my grandfather last weekend, and let me tell you…if I didn’t prepare my protein shakes and bring my little blender, I would be hurting for protein.
What I ate
My current cut
Sticking with it
Shake Recipe
What I ate
Gramps is very kind and offered to take me out to eat for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. And we went out to eat for Saturday breakfast, dinner, and then lunch again the next day. None of these places were particularly macro friendly.
Not to mention, one of his dear friends is not allowed to eat the majority of fats due to a condition. But one of the foods she can eat is olive oil! Since butter was out of the question, I offered to make focaccia bread for her and teach him how to make it so he could make it for her.
Long story short, we ended up making four loaves of focaccia, two of which went to his friend, and the others he kept. He gave me a half, which I gave to my boyfriend. But you best believe he was making sure I taste tested the bread with him (spoiler! It was delightful.)
I did try to stick with foods that were already in my meal plan (potatoes, eggs, veg, chicken, lean red meat). What it really looked like was greasy breakfast potatoes, fries, beef street tacos, re-fried beans was the closest veg I got, bacon, and eggs, and a Rueben sandwich. It was all super high in fats.
The only thing I finished eating were the beef street tacos (and the side of chips and salsa) and the breakfast of eggs, bacon and potatoes split between 2 days. It was so much food! I was so full the next day that I couldn’t finish my Rueben and fries lunch. So much fat. So much grease. I’ve been breaking out all week.
My current cut
In short, I’ve been given a meal plan by my coach (you da bes!). My current cut has been 50.5 g of fat, 125.32 g of carbs, and 162.7g of protein, which equates out to 1620 calories for the day.
I am still getting in roughly a gallon of water in a day and I got my creatine in the mail last week, so I’ve also been back on that.
I’m keeping a pretty good streak with taking my vitamins, and I’d like to keep it that way!
Sticking with it
Although the weekend was rough to stumble through, I have one more week until check in! This is going to be a nice push to see where I can improve and if anything needs to change.
I also feel like my coach has helped me crack the code for getting my delts absolutely WRECKED!!!! I have the hardest time with shoulder presses/Arnold presses, and she makes them HEAVYYYY. (Head over to my Instagram and you’ll see who she is. I won’t disclose her identity, program or meal plans here as I don’t want to share her plans for free.)
Just because I fell off for the weekend doesn’t mean I throw out the plan. I have it still, so why not still use it!? I don’t need to think about what I need to do, I can just do it. One more week! It’s not that long!
Due to the sake of balance…I am also going to add 15 minutes of LISS at the end of all of my workouts (my idea, not Coach’s) to help offset all the saturated fat that was consumed on the weekend.
Shake Recipe
This has probably been my favorite thing that I’ve had from this cut so far! I call it a peanut butter and jelly protein shake!
1 T almond butter
1/2 c frozen berry medley
2 T PBfit powder
1.5 scoops of Gold Standard whey (I use the chocolate one)
Cold water for consistency
Git your protein in, get those shoulders sore this week, and git! after! it!
*Progress pics coming next week!*