JuJuBee's Training and Nutrition Log

[jujubee]

Okay so, we only have one more holiday to go. So far, I have been pretty successful in maintaining my body weight and body fat %. My lowest weight this year is 149.5. I saw that a few months ago before the holidays started, now I am hovering around 153. I think a lot of it is water weight. On the days that I splurged, I always tried to eat really clean the next day. Of course with Christmas Eve dinner and two Christmas dinners, I spent two days feasting!!! I am really geared though for the figure competition this year. I don't know which one or ones I will be participating in, but I am soo excited and I know that it is more nutrition than it is the working out at this stage in the game. Today I have a good mindset. Everytime I go to put something in my mouth, I ask myself if there is any benefit to this food? Is this what is going to get me to my goal? So far today I have had the following:
7:30AM Can of tuna fish with a serving of low fat ranch dressing and dill relish.
10:30AM Muscle Milk 330 cal, 32 pro
2:00PM Muscle Milk 220+? cal, 35 pro
2:30PM Apple and 10 almonds
5:00PM I am commiting to 4oz ground turkey with a small salad
8:00PM I will be having 4oz ground turkey with a larger salad

I did biceps and shoulders yesterday (12/26) and 55 minutes of cardio split up into two sessions (30 min and 25 min). I also had a really good ab workout, I tried some knew exercises. I realized that it is better to do those on a mat as opposed to the hard floor, which I did yesterday. I couldn't figure out why my forearms had bruises on them, but then I realized it was from doing ab planks and walking my arms into a pushup position, then back down. Today I did chest, tris and calves. I will be returning to the gym later this evening to do about 50 minutes of cardio. Since I am writing it down, I figure I have to do it for sure!! I will let you know whether I stuck to it or not! ;D

[jujubee]

Okay so I did pretty much stick to the 4th and 5th meal as planned. 4th meal I had ground turkey with dill relish and baked beans (drained out the sauce so that there wasn't as much sugar). Last meal, I didn't realize I didn't have any salad mix so I had the same as my 4th meal. I think I had some nuts in there, I can't remember...I have to start writing it down right away! As for going back to the gym, I DID go, but I only did 30 minutes because it was closing. I went back today and did 30 minutes of interval training on the treadmill - 4.0 walking / 5-5.7 jogging pace(I hate running so I have to ease myself into this - I need to incorporate sprinting soon!) Then I did a feeder workout for shoulders/biceps/legs and did some abs. I had my five meals.
1) 3/4 cup egg white / 4 oz ground turkey / 12 almonds
2) Can of tuna, ranch dressing, dill relish / 1 slice of low carb bread (9 carbs) / 10 almonds
3) Grilled turkey sandwich - I ate out so I am not sure about the nutritional breakdown, but it was served with spectacular looking french fries and I didn't touch ANY of them!
4) 2 scoops of pro powder / half serving of mixed nuts
5) 3 7/8 oz sweet potato, 2/3 cup peas, 5 oz ground turkey, small orange bell pepper

[stee310]

Great Job Jules! One thing I lack is innovation in the kitchen regarding nutritious meals. I will definitely try some of these ideas. Thanks

[jujubee]

Thanks Scott! I try to mix it up. I am just glad that I am able to eat the ground turkey again. That was a stable in my diet for so long and after about 3 months, I just couldn't eat another ounce! Now I look forward to it. Variety is the key to not getting of what you're eating, I learned that the hard way. As for today....I got on the scale and I am at 151.5, was at 152 yesterday.
Meals
1) 2oz ground turkey, 2oz lean beef, 1 cup egg whites / low carb whole wheat wrap
2) Muscle Milk with an extra scoop of protein powder
3) 5oz ground turkey with 1/3 cup baked beans
4) 5oz ground turkey with 1/3 cup baked beans / sugar-free jello
5) 5oz ground turkey with baked beans/peas/3 3/8 oz sweet potato/one small bell pepper
- So funny that I wrote about the importance of variety and how I got of the ground turkey, especially since I had it for 4 out of 5 meals! Okay, I promise that I one of my meals will be tuna fish tomorrow!
As for the workout, I did back today which is always a challenge for me. For awhile, I could never seem to get my form down to get the max benefit of my workouts, but Brian helped me with my form and it has made all the difference.

[jujubee]

I know I haven't logged my meals/training in the last couple days, but I am back on track. I did splurge a little on New Years Eve, but it was very minimal. With the expection of some pumpkin dip and animal crackers, some turkey pepperoni which I might add is 70% less fat than regular pepperoni but still loaded with sodium, a reasonable tasting of chili cheese dip and a couple small handfuls of cheddar popcorn. It sounds like I had a lot, but I was conservative on my portions and I mostly stuck to veggies - love the bell peppers! I did not touch any of the desserts - there were muddy buddies, choco covered pretzels, choco chip cookies, homemade fudge, which I know is awesome because I made it - . I sent the pumpkin dip and pretzels home with the person that brought them and sadly we threw away the rest of the cookies and fudge. As I was tossing it out, I thought of the Scrubs episode where Doctor Celso was out of control with his eating and was caught eating a chocolate cake out of the garbage which he threw out earlier - . Don't worry everyone, that won't be me.

My weight is dropping again. My body feels like an incinerator these past couple of days; it seems to burn up my food within an hour of consuming it. Today I had 4.5 oz turkey with peas, kidney beans and sweet potator mixed in, then a Muscle Milk shake with an extra scoop of protein powder, can of tuna with a little relish and a serving of mayo, coffee with cream and 3 Splenda, Lean Muscle shake, 6oz grilled salmon and salad with a vinegarette dressing. I did Back today along with a bunch of feeder workouts. No cardio today. Tomorrow I am JUST doing cardio and giving my body a break with the strength training which is hard for me, but I have to be careful not to overtrain. Monday it is Legs. So that's that....I will check in tomorrow. ;D

[jujubee]

Today I have had 3 meals so far and went to the gym. I did just cardio. 33min on the treadmill 4.2 - 4.4 MPH, 7min on Jacob's Ladder, 15min on recumbent bike. Meals:
1) 4oz ground turkey with 3/4 cup egg whites, 1/2 cup oatmeal
2) Muscle Milk shake with extra scoop protein powder
3) Salad with can of tuna (with serving of mayo) and a low carb wrap

Meal 4 will be another shake, probably 2 scoops of whey pro powder mixed with water and a 1/2 serving of almonds
Meal 5 will be 5oz ground turkey and salad