TT Eric diet log 2014

[TT Eric]

Oh nice! Thanks Ted! I didn't knew we should split cardio!

So since I did 75 min (37.5min), I will go from 40min twice, so 40 min before breakfast and 40 min right after training, no shake in between.

Eric

[TT Eric]

Week #11, I'm at 194.8lbs, so I've lost 0.6lbs. Got on the scale today cause tomorrow I won't have access to my regular scale. Yesterday's fat free day helped a little but not enough. Like I said previously I will diminish overall fat consumption and will keep Saturdays 'open' for last minute fat-free days.

Will post the diet soon.

I'll do 40min cardio x2 everyday.

Eric

[TT Eric]

The diet I will keep till the end when not doing fat free days:

Meal #1 : 3 pastured eggs* + whey + fibers

Meal #2 : Whey + fibers + either 1 egg* or 50g avocado or 1/2T of EVOO

Meal #3: 200g red meat + vegetables

Meal #4: Whey + fibers + either 1 egg* or 50g avocado or .5T of EVOO (No fat when PWO)

Meal #5: Chicken + vegetables

Meal #6: Whey + fibers + either 1 egg* or 50g avocado or 1/2T of EVOO

I cook the meat and chicken into 1-1.5T of coconut oil.

*Eggs are from my farmer, they are bigger then regular large grocery eggs, instead of the usual 50-60g, they are 60-75g.

I drink about 5L of water everyday, might have 2T of organic lemon juice in water. I noticed since I take caffeine that I drink less water, I usually go near 6L per day in summer normally.

Caffeine before cardio and before training.

Training is 5x per week, because strength is substantially going down since sick, I changed my routine but kept the same exercises, same volume, reps are between 6-10 in average excepts a few odds sets, legs is 8-20.

I went from hurting myself trying to keep the same weights and reps to a more 'safer', slower, lower weights but pin point training, near failure. I have no need to go crazy hard on my training when dieting, the goal is to keep muscle and not building some, this is for when not on a diet. Still I train much harder then a 'normal' member in a GL.

Eric

[Praetorian]

Week #11, I'm at 194.8lbs, so I've lost 0.6lbs. Got on the scale today cause tomorrow I won't have access to my regular scale. Yesterday's fat free day helped a little but not enough. Like I said previously I will diminish overall fat consumption and will keep Saturdays 'open' for last minute fat-free days.

Will post the diet soon.

I'll do 40min cardio x2 everyday.




Eric

Add in fat free days and stay consistent. As an example start with one fat free day followed by two regular days and repeat(for the entire week). Then if you stall go one fat free day followed by one regular day and repeat. Then go two fat free days followed by one regular day etc. You don't leave saturday open you follow a consistent plan. Saturday is normally the day to have a cheat meal. Also do not reduce fat in your regular days leave it the same...use the fat free days to reduce overall calories. Its a mistake to reduce calories on regular days and then use fat free days as well...next thing you know you are eating 500 calories every day...not good.

P

[TT Eric]

I stand corrected once again!

Thank you Ted for your patience and help/direction, I really appreciate. I will do that, Wednesday and Saturday of this week will be fat free days and will see from there.

The principal reason I wanted to cut some fat on the regular diet is because those who are not allergic to nuts gets 1T of PB with their shakes, so only 7-8g of fat vs the 1T of EVOO which is closer to 15g, don't you think I'm having to much fat with those shakes ?

BTW sometimes I'm having 1T of EVOO, but most of the time I prefer having 50g of avocado + 1 egg, which is also around 15G of fat, seems healthier and taste better then just plain EVOO, is that ok ?

Thanks again.

Eric

[Praetorian]

That's fine...you can do 1.5 Tbsp nut butter to make things more consistent.

P

[TT Eric]

I always diet in summer because I enjoy doing cardio with the sun and beautiful nature, but it's a double edge sword cause every year I miss the RIBFEST we have in Ottawa, I have 1KM of BBQing ribs and chicken basically from my home to my gym, almost everyone in town have their plates, it smell ribs everywhere, even in my building's elevator and EVERY year all I can do is walk through this when I do my cardio and go to the gym and SMELL/BREATH it as much as I can, because it's all I can have.

It's also a festive time, lots of birthdays, so I cook a lot of food and desserts for other people, I always have to keep in mind while I prepare the food: ''Don't even lick your fingers'' LOL

And it's also the time my farmer comes up with fresh organic strawberries (and soon raspberries and blueberries), I prepare them, remove the stalks and freeze them for September, without enjoying them fresh!

I bet it's the same for you Ted since you prepare for the Nationals, unless you still can have some carbs because you are leaning better then me.

I hope it will be worth a few extra points on the scale tomorrow!

Eric

[Praetorian]

I have my cheat meal once per week so I dont miss out on much...it lasts for a couple hours and after that im happy to diet again.

P

[TT Eric]

A couple of hours ? Maybe I'm missing something.

My cheat meal, is done pretty fast, I do not have a huge stomach, usually 15-20min. I have to choose wisely cause there is not much room there, even if I plan to eat many things, I end-up eating very little, like a cup of rice with chicken and a chocolate bar and I'm full, or the other day I've cooked chocolate chips cookies and was able to eat 8-9, nothing else could get in...

My cheat meal is my 5th meal of the day and even though it's not 'excessive' I cannot take my 6th meal of the day (the shake). If I try to shove more food, I end-up with stomach pain and will have a hard time sleeping.

When Steve says he ate 3 x 12'' at subways and 6 cookies, I'm like WTF, one 12'' and I would be done until the next day lol. I use to eat a lot when I was 20, like my usual lunch was a whole chicken and 1kg of yogurt, but not anymore. I think eating clean all year round killed my capacity to eat a lot.

What I was trying to say, is sometime, I will need to plan a diet not in June to finally have some of those looking good ribs. I do not eat ribs on cheat day since it's too much fat and not enough carbs to be my re-feed meal.

Eric

[TT Eric]

Week #12, I am at 191.4lbs, so a freaking nice loss of 3.4lbs, very surprising (and welcomed), even more since yesterday I was at 193.4lbs.

One thing I've noticed, it's the second time I drink a diet root beer (no aspartame) since the diet started and every time I drink a diet soda, I notice that my weight bumps up for at least 1lb for about 2 days, then it clears out, pretty much like if I drink a salty bone broth. Both of them I will avoid now while on diet. The diet soda thing is really rare even off season anyway, I stay away from those drink usually, only have one on rare occasion.

Since it went well this week, I'll keep the diet the same (2 no fat days) and 80min cardio, hoping for the best.

Still 8 weeks and 16.4lbs to go. An average of 2.05lbs per week! Sounds doable! I'm enthusiastic about this!

Eric