Recent content by XZIllR8

For leg cramps at night, just get up and press your foot flat on the floor. Works every time for me. Also, cramps can be a sign of magnesium deficiency. Try starting with 400 mg of magnesium (without calcium). ;)

Boiled eggs and a protein shake sister!

Wow, that totally makes sense! I will only do 2 cheats a week. And I won't feel guilty about them either! LOL I will add the protein shake and a little more meat and add another scoop of protein to my morning shake and see how much protein that will add for me. Does anyone have any...

What kind of protein do you add to your snacks?

My fat intake is around 50. My "cheat meals" might be fast food chicken strips (NO dipping sauce or gravy) with green beans (maybe a scoop of mashed potatoes), or beef fajitas with a little chips and salsa, or chinese food (no rice). For breakfast on the weekend, I will occassionally have...

Sounds good. This may seem like a dumb question, but how do I add another 25 grams of protein a day? If I'm already eating a chicken breast, egg, or lean burger patty for each meal, what can I add to bump up my grams? During the week I do my cardio before lunch (since unfortunately I don't...

My calorie intake typically ranges from 1200-1450. During the week it is normally 1200-1350. On the weekends it is normally 1350-1500 (because I've cheated). On the days that I have cheated, it has never been more than 1600. No matter what, I always strive to eat at least 100 grams of...

I use Fitday everyday. I'm sorry, I misunderstood what you meant by an exact menu. I'm trying to transfer a week of my menu from Fitday.com, but I'm having a hard time. I transferred to a word doc but the word doc is too big to upload on here. If anyone has any suggestions on how to transfer...

Here is a quote from an earlier post I did: " ...Here is a sample menu: Breakfast (7 am): morning shake (including 1 T psyllium husks, 26 g protein powder, 1 tsp lime juice, 3/4 C strawberries, 1oz unsweetened cranberry juice, probiotic powder, 1 pkt of Stevia, 1/2 tsp cinnamon). Morning...

Update: I have appreciated all your advice and suggestions. Since then I have gone to 3x/wk of weights and I have increased the intensity of my weight training. Should it really be this hard to lose fat? Agh! I've read that if you burn 3500 calories a week in excess of the amount of calories...

The flaxseeds are toasted and ground. I put them in my morning smoothie to help regulate my hormones and to keep myself "regular" :)

Basically, the fats are coming from the flaxseed oil, flaxeseeds, eggs, and meats I'm eating. Flaxseed oil is obviously where most of the fat is coming from. If I take out the flaxseed oil, my percentage will go from 42% fat to 26% fat. If I keep just 1/2 Tbsp of FSO, it takes my percentage...

I will cut out the Flax Seed Oil in my morning shake then. That should help. For some reason though, the percentage naturally climbs up to that for my fat when I enter my meat in. I don't eat fatty stuff, so I'm not sure how to cut it down anymore than leaving out the FSO in the morn. I've...

I have been following my diet since the end of June. I lost 15 lbs from the plan. Last month I lost an inch but no weight. I'm not quite sure what that means. Over the last month to month and a half, my weight loss has been slowing and I'm just trying to narrow down what the cause may be. I...

How do you add more calories to your diet? Especially since I'm not hungry from what I'm already eating. Any suggestions on how to add 500 more cals to my diet?