mattie o's anabolic diet log

[mattie o]

so i may as well log this whole deal.

i have done this diet before, and there was thread i hung out on that i dug up when i decided to do this again...since i dont feel like typing the whole schpeel again, here is my post from the other thread:

wow! WOW! it has been damn near a year since ive been in here...i just re read this whole thread.

A LOT has happened in the past year! wow, i have learned a ton. god my posts were annoying.

so i am doing a CDK again. as you can see by my avitar, i did do a bodybuilding competition (onebreath, i think i saw a post from a long time ago where you asked if i had ever considered it), and it was a great experience. nothing like 13 weeks of pure unbridled torture the competition was March 27th, i began my prep Jan 2.

altho i didnt really come in here much anymore, i did continue to carb cycle, altho between the months of my last post on here and January, the whole program was less than honorable...i was always doing SOMETHING, but perhaps not always doing it RIGHT...ie, no cardio at all...taking the whole WEEK of christmas off of any sort of program...ya know.

but whatev. the competition did wonders for me, i made some REALLY good habits during that time, and now am excited to do the ol CKD again - CORRECTLY - and enjoy some recomp im also trying some other new things, if you poke around in the womens section, im sure youll see.

good times, good times.

so: after re reading my posts in this thread, here is what happened last time:

-low carb monday thru friday, eat a bunch of shit and probably drink a few drinks saturday and sunday
-lift 3x per week, one day for upper, one day for lower, one depletion work out, little to no cardio.

aaaaaaaand heres whats gonna happen this time:

-low carb monday thru satruday, CARB UP sunday (maybe occasionally saturday evening)

-5 days of lifting - monday back, tues chest, wed legs, thurs abs, fri arms/shoulders. (this is what ive been doing since jan, works well for me)

-1 hour of cardio every single day, in the morning on an empty stomach. remember i said i made some good habits during contest prep? this is one of them. may as well keep doing it, im used to it, and its a total mindfuck if i miss one of my am cardio sessions...plus, i got pretty friggin lean for the show, and am still only at 13% right now, and ill be damned if any unescessary fat is gonna come back on my body.

-cleaner eating: sometimes, during the low carb phase before, there were processed meats, ect..but im gonna just stick to cleaner more natural foods this time around. i have learned to love all natural pb as much as i love skippy. also, the booze: for one reason or another the thought of hard liquor GAGS me (not a bad thing) and i noticed in alot of my old posts...well, moonshine, mai thais, margaritas...ya. not happening this time. i might - MAYBE - have a glass of red wine once in a while.

-supps: going to try some new things. still researching. right now im taking the EC stack again (only becuase i have the appetite of a lumberjack), CLA, Chromium, Flax, and a Multi.

so there you have it kids. a new and improved mattie o, back in action! im gonna do this diet for a while. am i bulking or cutting? not sure yet. will i do another show? probably, it was really fun. did i feel that last time i did this diet, it worked, despite my hedonistic ways? sure. but im really looking forward to this time, see what happens when i do it 110%! plus, im in the best shape ive ever been in to start with, thanks to Novice Womens Heavyweight, so im excited to see what happens.

that oughtta sum it up.

 

[mattie o]

day(s) 1 and 2: starting weight 135.6. pant size: 2, body fat: 13.3 %...i have no other measurements (biceps, thighs, etc.) i might want to procure some for maximum logging.

day 1: was Thurs May 6th, and I woke up with a "new zest for life" feeling, having finally made a decision about my upcoming bodybuilding competition...i said right after my first one that i was going to do another one, but as i went along, i realized my heart wasnt in it 110%. thus begins a nice long recomp via the anabolic diet. im planning my first refeed for next Sunday...which is not the specified 12 day low carb phase, but 10 days. i think itll be ok.

maaaaan, am i happy to be back on low carb! i missed it...and having eaten rocks and grass (seemed like) for almost 5 months, everything tastes like a DREAM. first thing i noticed: its harder to keep a nice caloric deficit (if thats what your going for) when low carbin'. i got into the habit of eating 5 or 6 small meals a day, and i didnt do that before when i low carbed, since one nice fatty low carb meal would keep me full longer...so i ate 3x per day. ish. so yesterday i racked up oh, say, 2200 calories. 16 carbs. felt full, satisfied, but not bloated. did i feel guilty eating that many cals? yep. i may have just been excited and ate a couple tablespoons extra butter because "i can now." haha...ill get over it.

i may as well log my workouts in here too....so yesterday i did one hour on the elliptical, and i did about 30 minutes of abs on my lunch break. they are sore today. as you read above, i made abs a "day", which is ok...yes, i know they are made in the kitchen. but i never did abs before, and im not doing anything else thursday afternoons, so...ab day.

so im gonna try and keep it in the 1800-1950 range. im hoping it wont take that long for me to get into ketosis, as i was only having 75-100g carbs per day prior, plus the am fasted cardio helps. i look forward to peeing on those little sticks again also, i have toxic breath when im in ketosis (right scott29?) so thats always a good sign.

day 2: 134.6 lbs (woot) is going well, feel just fine, dont miss carbs one bit...i feel like this diet was made for me, i love it. had a couple eggs with cheese this morning, and some leftover taco meat i made with cheese, and am enjoying my creamy ass cup of coffee that i put heavy whipping cream in. my next "feeding" will be 4 oz of chicken + 1/2 cup of steamed broccoli with some butter on it. scrumptious morsels!

i bought a 0 carb whey protein...its not bad. works great for my protein pancakes. which, by the way, are better with real butter on them...you should have heard me moaning and groaning. ill probably have these for supper tonight, along with a bit more taco meat.

another hour on the elliptical this morning, and i literally sweat out damn near a whole pound. i plan to do arms and shouders on my lunch break...stay tuned.

so what do you guys think: smaller, more frequent meals work best on the AD? im kind of experimenting with this today...i feel like id be fine with eating only 3 or 4 times per day, but it seems like more little meals is best, to keep the ol fire burning?

also: what about caloric intake during the low carb phase? now, you may ask, well mattie, are you bulking or cutting here? the answer to that is, im not sure. bulking, i think. but i obviously want to keep the fat off (duh). so i feel like i should be a bit careful during the weekdays...thoughts? some think that the calorie deficit rules dont apply on low carb, since your body is burning a less efficient fuel....hmm.

 

[mattie o]

end of day 2: arms/shoulders was awesome...didnt feel all that strong, im guessing due to the lack of carbs.

appetite is still large...it feels better on low carbs, but im still hungry...so i got to thinking....maybe i need to eat. maybe i actually need a few more calories now, due to more muscle and much higher activity level. so, i ate. until i was full. not stuffed, satisfied.

well, this totalled up to 2600 calories. really? REALLY? i dont even feel like i ate that much at all today! so im a little distraught...grrr. that just seems like too much, i cant get my head around it! theres no way thats ok...right? right? and i was trying to cut little corners here and there, to make the calories a little less, and i never did that before on low carb... i just...ate. didnt eat any carbs. it worked...i didnt lose super fast after a while, probably due to alot of calories, but i was losing, and i sure as shit wasnt gaining. i remember having like, big huge rib eyes for dinner with slags of butter on it...thats WELL over 1000 calories right there...and that would be just dinner!!! plus, my activity level then was probably half what is it now, and i KNOW i have more muscle...so i dont know.

i think my plan for this first week re: calories is im going to eat when im hungry, get full, and just try to remain AWARE of the volume im eating...and after 7 days, depending on what my weight is, i will adjust accordingly. if ive lost a pound or 2, well shit, i really can eat more calories than i thought. if not, well...ill have to figure out how to cut the calories during the low carb phase and not suffer.

clearly the answer here is: ill have to experiment. grrrr, i hate that. because if it doesnt work out, ill feel like i lost a week. but its not going to do me a damn bit of good stressing about it.

hope everyone has a good weekend! ive got some lovely cardio planned for tomorrow morning, hehe...i think i may try my clenbuterol tomorrow. see if that doesnt blunt the appetite a bit.

i have a killer recipe for a couple kinds of low carb pizza that i really enjoy, i think ill make some of that this weekend. super easy, only a few carbs per slice. one of the things im missed the most!

 

[mattie o]

day 3: 133.4 this morning. i imagine this is the water weight one loses when one begins low carb.

after my morning cardio, i had breakfast...1090 calories worth of breakfast.

ya. thats a bit much. i know. the thing is, i havent been one bit hungry all day, so there ya go. i think im still just a bit excited.

in other news: clenbuterol, tried it for the first time today. took a third of a dropper today this morning (about 33 mcg). after a while i did get the shakes a little, nothing to major. i plan on taking that amount tomorrow, then perhaps increasing it to half a dropper the following day.

peed on ketostick...yay, im in! hehe, i know those sticks arent super accurate, but its still kinda fun. but i do have cat shit breath and im very dry...thats how i know im in fat burning mode...

 

[mattie o]

day 4: 134 lbs, negative reading on the ketostick...hmm. im thinking this is due to a couple sugar free peanut butter cups i had. i dont normally eat these.

ended up doing better on the calories yesterday, right around 2100. i think i need to just try and put the breaks on a bit...its like i was deprived for so long during contest prep, than now when i get to eat something i actually enjoy, i get REALLY excited, and things are still tasting EXTRA good.

the cool thing about low carb (this happens to me anyway) is that you get the "full" feeling faster...so i just eat a reasonable portion and wait 10 minutes or so, ill feel full. instead of eating the reasonable portion, and immedeately after the last bite think, holy shit that was good i want some more, and eat a second reasonable portion that i wasnt really hungry for anyway.

feels yucky tho, like i have an unhealthy relationship with food now. it was NOT like this before the competition...

 

[mattie o]

day 5: ugh.

well, i ended up having a little carb up yesterday afternoon. do i feel like i deserved it? nope. was it emotional eating? partly. i ended up in tears stressing about my weird eating habits ive developed, as yesterday morning, once again, i blew my wad on my first meal, to the tune of about 1300 calories. but i think i may have cured my appetite problem. i ate so much in such a short period of time yesterday (i wont even say what and how much, its gross) that ive never been so full in my life. and now this morning, i dont have that "ok, how many more minutes until my next meal??" feeling. i just feel...normal. like maybe in a bit, ill have a bite to eat, and thatll be that.

anyway, im rambling. its all good. 3rd day on clen today, the only thing i notice really is the little shakies. this may be helping with my appetite as well.

a couple things im going to focus on this week: im going to ditch the fake sugars, dude. i really do think they just make you crave it more. perhaps a bit of liquid splenda in my coffee, or a sugar free jello here and there...but thats all. also the peanut butter intake could be lowered a bit.

 

[RottenWillow]

day 5: ugh.

well, i ended up having a little carb up yesterday afternoon.

Mattie, it's my understanding that The Anabolic Diet will not return optimal results if do not go totally carb free the first 12 days. Totally carb free isn't for everyone though.

You should be eating just meats (without sauces or condiments) and green veggies. Even ANPB will have about 4 carbs per tablespoon so that would not be allowed either. It needs to be 100% Paleo diet for 12 days straight. Then carb crazy, strict Paleo in cycles. Very few people can do a proper Paleo though. You might want to reconsider. This is pretty demanding.

 

[mattie o]

Mattie, it's my understanding that The Anabolic Diet will not return optimal results if do not go totally carb free the first 12 days. Totally carb free isn't for everyone though.

You should be eating just meats (without sauces or condiments) and green veggies. Even ANPB will have about 4 carbs per tablespoon so that would not be allowed either. It needs to be 100% Paleo diet for 12 days straight. Then carb crazy, strict Paleo in cycles. Very few people can do a proper Paleo though. You might want to reconsider. This is pretty demanding.

i do know about the 12 days...and yes, the wheels sorta fell off my whole program here. thats why im starting over, as i want to do it right

no reconsidering here im very excited about this diet. i just had alot of "crap" going on last week, and didnt quite start out right. no biggie, ill just get back on the horse!

edit: so i was just doing some reading up on the paleo diet...one webisite had a list of "encouraged foods"...meats (of the lean variety, on the AD fatty meats are best), and nuts and seeds...then it goes on to say that eggs should be limited to 6 per week, and oils should be used in moderation, no more than 4 tbsp per day...now, most of the reading ive done about the anabolic diet says that during the low carb phase, eggs should be a staple food..? not to mention fats such as oils. also, im seeing fruit on the paleo diet???!

 

[scott29]

Mattice, it's my understanding that The Anabolic Diet will not return optimal results if do not go totally carb free the first 12 days. Totally carb free isn't for everyone though.

You should be eating just meats (without sauces or condiments) and green veggies. Even ANPB will have about 4 cairbs per tablespoon so that would not be allowed either. It needs to be 100% Paleo diet for 12 days straight. Then carb crazy, strict Paleo in cycles. Very few people can do a proper Paleo though. You might want to reconsider. This is pretty demanding.[/QUOT

Willow, way off, anabolic diet has absolutely nothing to do with the paleo diet (caveman).. two different diets entirely

 

[RottenWillow]

Mattice, it's my understanding that The Anabolic Diet will not return optimal results if do not go totally carb free the first 12 days. Totally carb free isn't for everyone though.

You should be eating just meats (without sauces or condiments) and green veggies. Even ANPB will have about 4 cairbs per tablespoon so that would not be allowed either. It needs to be 100% Paleo diet for 12 days straight. Then carb crazy, strict Paleo in cycles. Very few people can do a proper Paleo though. You might want to reconsider. This is pretty demanding.[/QUOT

Willow, way off, anabolic diet has absolutely nothing to do with the paleo diet (caveman).. two different diets entirely

The initial 12 day cycle, then each recurring carb free 5 day cycle are in fact quite similar to the Paleo diet. The difference in the cycles cited and the Paleo diet is that the carb free Anabolic diet cycles are even more restrictive as they do not allow even fruits, which are allowed in the Paleo diet.

 

[RottenWillow]

i do know about the 12 days...and yes, the wheels sorta fell off my whole program here. thats why im starting over, as i want to do it right

no reconsidering here im very excited about this diet. i just had alot of "crap" going on last week, and didnt quite start out right. no biggie, ill just get back on the horse!

Rock on sister! Good attitude.

 

[mattie o]

Rock on sister! Good attitude.

thanks pal...truth be told, im really struggling. i dont think its the diet tho, i think its me...its like i have no "stick-to-it-iveness" left! its really frustrating...i feel weak. and bloated.

good news is, my cardio and lifts have stayed constant and hard and heavy. i havent missed any sessions. but, i need to get my head straight about what i put in my mouth.

anyhoo, i didnt mean for this to turn into a big pity party thread.

so im going to do the 12 days again, and well see how that goes. actually, itll be 13 days, as i like to carb up on sundays.

weight was 137.6 today...ugh. same as yesterday morning. i thought id at least lose a bit of water weight after yesterday. calories yesterday were right around 2000, thats better.

 

[Roxy722]

Hang in there girl! You have inspired and motivated me on more then one occassion over the last couple of months so if I can return that, even a little bit, let me know!! You can do it!

 

[footdoc]

I'm 9 days into the anabolic diet and my workouts have totally gone in the gutter. I can feel the lack of glycogen in my muscles. I just have no reserves. This Friday will be the end of my 12 days in hell so I will carb up sat and sun. I am following your diet closely.

 

[mattie o]

Hang in there girl! You have inspired and motivated me on more then one occassion over the last couple of months so if I can return that, even a little bit, let me know!! You can do it!

thanks roxy! it makes my day to hear than i inspired and motivated you! thats so cool!

(thats what im feeling like now, its only 1240 and ive already eaten all the food i packed for the day...i work until 5, and then plan to lift.)

 

[mattie o]

I'm 9 days into the anabolic diet and my workouts have totally gone in the gutter. I can feel the lack of glycogen in my muscles. I just have no reserves. This Friday will be the end of my 12 days in hell so I will carb up sat and sun. I am following your diet closely.

ya, workouts take a dive at first. are you male or female? what kinds of things have you been eating so far? calories?

 

[footdoc]

ya, workouts take a dive at first. are you male or female? what kinds of things have you been eating so far? calories?

I'm eating very similar to you but more because I'm a guy. I usually skip breakfast then eat meat and salad for lunch....half a peanut butter sandwich before workout....then protein shake after workout. For dinner I will make something like eggs and bacon or just drink another shake. Almonds throughout the day for snack

 

[mattie o]

I'm eating very similar to you but more because I'm a guy. I usually skip breakfast then eat meat and salad for lunch....half a peanut butter sandwich before workout....then protein shake after workout. For dinner I will make something like eggs and bacon or just drink another shake. Almonds throughout the day for snack

peanut butter sandwich....???

 

[footdoc]

peanut butter sandwich....???

Jesus! I have to have a little bread. Do I cut out bread 100%?

 

[mattie o]

Jesus! I have to have a little bread. Do I cut out bread 100%?

yes! what else are you eating? haha

 

[footdoc]

yes! what else are you eating? haha

thats about it as far as diet....I know I'm in ketosis i can taste it and smell it. So what do you want me to put my peanut butter on?

 

[mattie o]

thats about it as far as diet....I know I'm in ketosis i can taste it and smell it. So what do you want me to put my peanut butter on?

Well, not bread! Lol...either just eat it with a spoon or ditch it all together. My suggestion would be to do some google searches on the anabolic diet and check out the food list for the low carb phase of this diet...in a nutshell, its fatty meats, whole eggs, green veg, cheese, olive oil...etc...

 

[mattie o]

(yesterday) day 6: 137.6. Am cardio, one hour. Worked arms/shoulders in the afternoon, had a great lift. still quite veiny, which i enjoy. i ate just over 3000 calories yesterday. yep. didnt feel too full.


(today) day 7: weight: 136.6...now, this is an interesting weight, as it is 1 pound less than yesterday morning. hmm. thoughts?

peed on a ketostick this morning...i hate those friggin things. it was just BARELY a trace. whatever. scott said my breath smelled like ass, which is a good sign that im in ketosis. and i plan to stay there damnit! well, for 10 more days, anyway.

just had a lovely whey protein biscuit (1 scoop 0 carb whey, .5 tbsp heavy cream, microwave for 30 sec) with butter for breakfast, which went nicely with my cup of coffee with a bit of heavy cream.

now, do i still feel hungry? yep. but im going to try not to eat the entire contents of my lunchbox. altho i feel like i could, and not be full. gonna try, AGAIN, to keep things around 2000 calories. brought some celery to munch on today, and i have half a cucumber...those might help.

leg day today peeps! also, i slept in this morning...i set my alarm to get up for morning cardio, but, in the spirit of "listening to my body", i went back to sleep, and i plan to do my hour of cardio on my lunch break. no biggie. i actually feel rested.

clen: i am not at half a dropper. for a good few hours i have fumble fingers...that shit gives me the jimmies! not to bad tho, yesterday i noticed a sliiiiiight headache, but just enough to sorta annoy me. no biggie.

 

[mattie o]

day 7 update: things are better today. i have managed to keep the calories lower, right now (330pm) im around 1500, and im feeling full! its a nice feeling...i even have some of my lunch left. (taco meat with cheese, too, my fave!)

the bastards i work with ordered pizza today because one of they guys is retiring...i get so tired of peoples comments when i dont stuff my face with shit. dont worry about what i am or am not eating, fatty. shut it. but i digress...i ate the tops off a couple peices of pizza. tasty! yes, i remember i said i was going to cut down on the proccessed meats. actually, come to think of it, thats the only proccessed meat ive had this whole time. not bad.

i feel bloated, im guessing from the higher salt intake...i hate that. somewhere deep in my subconcious bloated=fat.

heres what i ate today:

-protein biscuit (see above for contents), 2 tbsp boursin cheese with celery sticks, coffee with 1/2 tbsp heavy cream, splash of liquid splenda.
-2 cups romaine with 4 oz chicken, 2 tbsp kens caesar dressing, 1/4 cup mozz cheese, 1/2 tbsp butter (mmm, that was a good salad!)
-the tops of 2 peices of combination pizza...kinda wish i hadnt done this, as its hard to track it in my calorie counter. but it really filled me up.

tonight i will have:

-3 eggs scrambled with 1/2 cup cheddar and 1/2 cup spinach. might even have room for a nip of anpb. i thought about doing a couple protein pancakes (damn those things) but i think real food is best. plus, i gotta ween myself off those effing pancakes. did better on the sugar alcohols/ arti sweets today, only had that splash of splenda. well, and i guess whey protein is fake-ish. anyway, the day should come out to about 1921 calories, 17 carbs...with a ratio of 65/31/4. perfect! 150g protien...

side note: i got some walden farms stuff. the ranch dressing is gross, the chocolate sauce is pretty good, and the pancake syrup tastes just like the real thing, to me. (if your not familiar with walden farms, google it.)

cardio still has not been done today...i hate missing a morning sesh. im going to do an hour on the treadmill here in a few. im going to bed EARLY tonight. i meant to last night, but dang it, the biggest loser was on...i love that show.

here is legs:

lunges up and back the basketball court (3 sets, 32 reps per set...ouch) w/90 lbs...thats the most i can get up over my head. still heavy tho, especially that many reps. i owe my awesome legs to these. yes, i love my legs.
squats, 3 sets of 10 (done at the end of each set of lunges....PUKE)
straight leg deads, 3 sets of 10, 135 lbs
calf raises, really friggin heavy, 3 sets of failure
leg press, with as many 45s on each side where i can do about 8 reps. 3 sets.

dun dun DUUUUUUUUN....LEEEG DAAAAAAAAY! i get anxious.

one more thing...the past few afternoons ive sorta hit a wall...like right now i feel like i could take a nap. not a good thing for freakin leg day! eh, a little cardio might perk me up.

 

[mattie o]

Day 8: 135.4 this morning! Yay! If I could get to 130 and stay there, that would be great.

i absolutely CRUSHED my legs last night. SO awesome. im surprised i can even walk today. yesterdays calories ended up at around 2550...yes, more than the 2000 i had mentioned. but leg day makes me so hungry. plus, down 1.2 lbs.

ive had the BEST lifts this week! even in a slightly weakened state due to low carbs, i have absolutely killed it. going to do abs today, and chest tomorrow.

heres the thing: if i feel really depleted on sunday, i may eat some carbs for 12 hours or so. shit, i feel depleted now. so well see how it goes. i usually only do cardio on the weekends, but sunday i might hit arms/back again a little bit. well see.

breakfast: 6 oz tilapia with a tbsp mayo, 1/2 tbsp butter, lemon juice
1/2 cup cucumber slices with 1tbsp kens caesar
protein biscuit with 3/4 tbsp butter
next will be: spinach salad (2 cups baby spinach), 4 oz chicken breast, 2 tbsp caesar, 1/4 cup mozz cheese

and then: 4 oz ground beef with 1/4 cup cheddar, celery sticks with boursin cheese.

woot!

 

[mattie o]

day 9: 133.4 lbs. woop woop!

calories yesterday came to 2600 or so...mayby my "maintenance" calories are higher than i thought! yay

im upping the clen again today, half a dropper this morning, and around 2, another quarter of a dropper.

am cardio was good, did an hour on the treadmill. scotty was working nights and he stopped by on his way home to say hi...he said he can really tell a difference in my legs in the past week or so. i do feel my gams are my best feature condition wise. yay!

stay tuned for chest day.

 

[mattie o]

day 10: weight is the same today, 133.4 lbs. tried to get some rest today, as i feel like my body is tired...but i was wide awake at 6am! haha...didnt do am cardio, but plan to do an hour outdoors later this afternoon. its actually nice today!

chest day was great, im sore. good, good.

made the mistake of taking my usual dose of clen this morning and following it with a REALLY strong cup of coffee...woah. cracked out!

cals so far today are 1873, 19 carbs...hmm. still blowin my wad kinda early, but i feel full and probably wont eat again until way later.

 

[mattie o]

update of day 10 (saturday): didnt end up doing cardio, as i really did feel like i needed to rest. had around 2400 cals, couple glasses of wine...it was my stepdaughters bachelorette party.

day 11: weight 135.8 lbs...im guessing this 2 lb gain is due to a: wine and b: i had a lot of salty things on saturday. actually, when i first weighed in the morning i was 136.5, then after my morning cardio, i was 135.8. bloated.

carbed up from 11am to 9pm...kept it pretty clean, low fat, had a few "treats" here and there. took a massive nap, and literally sweated ALL DAY. no joke, i could not cool off...air conditioning was on, fans goin, i was so thermogenic i was just a puddle of sweat! awesome.

day 12: 138.8 lbs....ya know, thats not as bad as i thought! i ate ALOT yesterday...and only a couple pound gain. i thought for sure i was going to be over 140...but i was pleased with that. i dont feel really super bloated today, just a bit. i think i did well. i feel strong, had a great walk/jog this morning (did some hills...ow, my shins!) and am looking forward to a back workout this afternoon.

things i ate on the carb up (not that it matters really, but is fun to list them):

whole wheat english muffin
cold cereal w/ skim milk (alot!)
fat free ice cream
fat free brownies
mac n cheese (i make this with out the milk or butter so it has little fat)
low fat cookies
pita bread with hummus
pretzels
a pastry (yes, i had a little treat!)

i didnt feel like total crap like i used to when i had filthy carb ups. i was just sleepy and really sweaty

back to low carbin today, of course...actually was looking forward to it. still trying to get those cals a bit lower....i have a good feeling this week will be better mentally

 

[mattie o]

day 12 (cont'd): good news: im not hungry! yay! things are getting better in this area.

back workout:

pulldowns 8x10
seated rows 5x10
one arm rows 5x10 (each arm)
hanging negs..only 2x10..these werent working out. no matter how well i strap up, my forearms totally BLOW up on these. excruciating.
lower back extension 5x10

it was a good workout...but ive been having trouble lately doing back...my delts, bis and forearms seem to get a major pump, really painful, and they give out before anything...very frustrating. yes, i have good form, etc. im using straps on various exercises, but the help is minimal. i never had this problem until i did my epistane/dermacrine cycle. hmm.

but, scott says my back continues to get more ripped, so ill just keep on keepin on

food today:

m1: cup of coffee, 1 tbsp heavy cream, 1 scoop vpx zero carb whey, 1 tbsp butter

m2: 4 oz. 93/7 ground beef, 1/4 cup cheddar cheese, 1/2 cup raw green pepper slices, 1 tbsp kens caesar for dippin'

m3: 4 oz chicken, 1/4 cup cheddar cheese

and tonight:

m4: cauliflower mashed potatoes, asparagus sauteed in soy sauce, evoo and garlic, ground turkey with green peppers/jalapenos, 1/4 cup cheddar cheese, small protein pancake with a bit of anpb, butter, and sf maple syrup.

totals (assuming i stick to my dinner plan, which i WILL): 1857 cals - 62f/35p/3c...not to shabby! leaves a bit of wiggle room too. i did good today! only 14 carbs.

 

[mattie o]

day 13: 139 lbs. wtf? i can only imagine that this is due to 4 days worth of food (including my carb up, which was ALOT of food) still in my gut, as theres been no "movement" since friday. so. magenesium citrate ahoy.

good news: my lats are sore, and i was in ketosis this morning already! did an hour of gnarly cardio this morning...about to enjoy a protein biscuit and a cup of coffee.

did really well on my calories yesterday! thats why i was sad when i saw 139 this morning

 

[mattie o]

yo yo, day 14: 136.6 lbs. pooped my brains out yesterday...also felt like i lost a bit of water. good, good. felt pretty lean this morning, could actually see a couple veins in my pelvic region yay!

yesterdays calories were 1960, 18 carbs. this is good! i think my weird post-competition eating disorder is coming to an end. i feel like im getting back to regualr life finally.

yesterdays grub:

m1: protein biscuit with 1 tbsp of smart balance butter (switched to this to help keep the cals down...tastes like butter to me, and it seems relatively healthy, omega 3's, all natural, blah blah. 0 carbs, and its help keep the cals down.), 1 cup coffee with 1/2 tbsp heavy cream

m2: 4 oz. ground turkey, 1/4 cup cheddar cheese, protein biscuit with 1 tbsp smart balance

m3: 6 oz. tilapia with 1/2 tbsp smart balance, 1/2 tbsp real butter

m4: 2 cups lettuce with kens caesar, 1/2 cup cheddar cheese, 2 small protein pancakes (made with whole eggs) with 2 tbsp anbp and smart balance butter, walden farms pancake syrup

little treat: 2 tbsp whipped cream cheese with 1/2 tbsp anpb, and a dash of peanut butter flavored sf sweetener

hmmm...looking back at this, i eat alot of whey. is that such a bad thing tho? i wonder if people suggest eating "whole" foods over whey just becuase it keeps you fuller longer than whey does...hmm. also, beleive it or not, im doing better at keeping the artificial sweets lower. could be better tho. well, thats why i keep a log, keeps me honest!

did legs yesterday:
step backs on the smith machine, followed immediately by 10 squats: 4x10
leg extension machine, 7 sets of 10 reps + 10 pulses (puke)
straight leg deads: 3x10
calf raises: 3x10-12
hammy machine: 3 sets of 10 reps + 10 pulses.

i felt really tired, but it ended up being a good lift. i got it done in about 45 minutes.

i probably should be updating this log at night, so i can enter everything that happened during that day (food/exercise, etc) instead of the next morning talking about what i did yesterday. probably would be easier to follow. buuuuut...its easiest for me to do it when i get to work in the morning.

so heres one: libido. i lost mine. i think due to being relatively lean, plus low carb diets can be hard on the ol sex drive, PLUS, im so tired at night! this is a problem, as i am a married-ass woman and as we know, lovin is an important part of marriage! or at least scott and i think so. poor guy so if anyone has encountered this...any maybe you know of some sort of, i dont know, herbal supplement or something that helps (or hell, not herbal) let me know!

speaking of doin it (haha) scott and i are going to the beach this weekend. trying to decide when to do a depletion workout: i work till 5 on friday, so if we did it after, that would put us at the beach around 730 or 8, which blows if you paid 150 for a nice hotel room. we could do it at lunch on friday, but i know its best to begin your carb up relatively soon after the depletion workout, so that would begin the carb up around 2 or 3 in the afternoon, meaning id have to stop around that same time saturday (sucks to stop mid day). i guess a 36 hour carb up wouldnt kill me, but id rather not. i toyed with the notion of doing the depletion workout saturday morning at the hotels fitness center, but who wants to do that when theyre on a mini-break? (well, me probably. haha) so well see.

my first 2 weeks of clen are almost up...not sure if ill continue it. im thinking about saving it for when im REALLY cutting and trying to get shredded someday...right now, i think im sorta trying to just get to 130, maybe even 128, and stay there...might save the clen for when i start to really lower my calories.

 

[mattie o]

day 15: 137 lbs. what the fuck dude. im gonna set my scale on fire. then i get to the gym, and weigh on that one, and it says 135.5. im frustrated and miserable this morning. my upper body and lower body look great, and my midsection looks like shit. to me anyway.

arms yesterday: 5 sets of the following:
lateral raises
dumbell militaries
tricep pulldowns
kick backs
21's
reverse curls.

calories yesterday were 2057, 19 carbs.

so i weigh about 3 lbs more than i did last week before my carb up. theres no way i gained 3 lbs of muscle in a week, so that just leaves one other thing. im pissed off and discouraged. any thoughts would be appreciated.

 

[trex74]

day 15: 137 lbs. what the fuck dude. im gonna set my scale on fire. then i get to the gym, and weigh on that one, and it says 135.5. im frustrated and miserable this morning. my upper body and lower body look great, and my midsection looks like shit. to me anyway.

arms yesterday: 5 sets of the following:
lateral raises
dumbell militaries
tricep pulldowns
kick backs
21's
reverse curls.

calories yesterday were 2057, 19 carbs.

so i weigh about 3 lbs more than i did last week before my carb up. theres no way i gained 3 lbs of muscle in a week, so that just leaves one other thing. im pissed off and discouraged. any thoughts would be appreciated.

Ummm, don't weigh yourself everyday? You will go crazy from it. Guaranteed.
Also, scales can really vary. Mechanical scales are more inaccurate than digital, but even digital ones vary.
Hang in there, you're doing such a great job!!!!!!Tomorrow is another day

 

[mattie o]

Ummm, don't weigh yourself everyday? You will go crazy from it. Guaranteed.
Also, scales can really vary. Mechanical scales are more inaccurate than digital, but even digital ones vary.
Hang in there, you're doing such a great job!!!!!!Tomorrow is another day

i am totally crazy from it! and i always advise my friends/family that are trying to lose weight, dont weigh every day! and here i am, a SLAVE to the scale.

a thought: as we all know, i did a cycle of epistane/dermacrine that ended a few weeks ago...does the body continue to be in a state of growth after the cycle is over?

trex, thanks for your kind words

 

[RottenWillow]

Ummm, don't weigh yourself everyday? You will go crazy from it. Guaranteed.

Absolutely. I'd say 2x monthly is plenty. Too many variables influence it. Hormone levels, sodium levels, fluid intake, gut content...

 

[RottenWillow]

day 13: 139 lbs. wtf? i can only imagine that this is due to 4 days worth of food (including my carb up, which was ALOT of food) still in my gut, as theres been no "movement" since friday. so. magenesium citrate ahoy.

good news: my lats are sore, and i was in ketosis this morning already! did an hour of gnarly cardio this morning...about to enjoy a protein biscuit and a cup of coffee.

did really well on my calories yesterday! thats why i was sad when i saw 139 this morning

Mattie you didn't have a movement for 4 days? Do you count your insoluble fiber intake, and if so how much are you getting daily? Also, how much water? The insoluble kind is the sort you need to help your gut move bulk through. Four days is at least twice as long as it should be taking to move meals through you.

 

[footdoc]

Wow! mag citrate is pretty harsh to get things moving. I guess you wanted to "guarantee" yourself some movement. I've been following your log. I beg you have lost more fat than you think you have. Also when someone is already at a low percentage of fat like yourself the losses will be slower. I would say to not trust the scale right now.

 

[mattie o]

Mattie you didn't have a movement for 4 days? Do you count your insoluble fiber intake, and if so how much are you getting daily? Also, how much water? The insoluble kind is the sort you need to help your gut move bulk through. Four days is at least twice as long as it should be taking to move meals through you.

ya, this has been an ongoing problem for 3 years or so now, no matter what type of diet i do. its weird: before i "turned over a new leaf" in june of 07 and started really focusing on being healthy, changing my eating habits, exercising, and so on, i drank A LOT and ate horribly...and pooped all the time. as soon as i started taking better care of myself, it stopped. ive been to several doctors, tried literally everything, and even had a colonoscopy...the consensus is always that i have "chronic constipation." lame.

fiber tends to just turn to cement in my gut if i get too much of it. sigh...it sucks. i think thats why i weigh soooo much more after a carb up, because all that food didnt uh, go anywhere. gross. but i deal with it, i guess.

 

[mattie o]

Wow! mag citrate is pretty harsh to get things moving. I guess you wanted to "guarantee" yourself some movement. I've been following your log. I beg you have lost more fat than you think you have. Also when someone is already at a low percentage of fat like yourself the losses will be slower. I would say to not trust the scale right now.

thanks man! ya, i havent weighed in a few days. im liking that. i may not for a couple weeks.

 

[mattie o]

day 19: seven billion lbs. seriously, i dont know. im constipated and bloated, i did a 48 hr carb up as an experiment. not a fan. on friday tho, scott and i had a great depletion workout...ugh.

to be really honest, im not doing this whole thing as strictly as i set out to. i know, i know. how do i know if its really working if im not doing it right? i havent "cheated" per se, just things like...maybe i ate too many calories one day, or maybe i had some wine. nothing too major, but it bugs me. slightly dissappointed in myself. im my own worst critic, and somewhat of a perfectionist. and ocd a little. so when i dont do things exactly right, i get pissed off at myself. why dont i just do it perfectly all the time then, you ask? well, because its dieting and its hard sometimes.

i keep on keepin on tho, as i said, i dont feel ive totally fucked things up so far, just havent done this as tightly as i would have liked.

so midway thru my carb up, saturday morning, having eaten A LOT of carbs friday afternoon, i looked pretty darn good. tight and full. this pleased me. we went to the beach over the weekend, and i brought 3 pairs of size 2 pants...all 3 fit me all weekend, altho i was bloated. see, i rarely wear jeans or regular pants on a daily basis, i usually wear workout clothes because im always headed to the gym at some point, why change clothes a bunch of times per day? so the jeans/khakis/ect are a good test on the weekends. plus, it feels good to get dressed and feel pretty. during the week im perpetually sweaty and spandex-clad.

over all, things are ok. definately wont be doing a 48 hour carb up again, even if i did work hard enough to earn or need one. its just too much. going to cut the calories waaay down this week, and see what happens.

my 2 weeks of clen was up on friday, so im taking 2 weeks off of it.

gonna stick to alot of liquids today...i feel like ass from 2 days of carbs. i dont feel like eating, thats for sure!

 

[mattie o]

day 20: 143.4 lbs...daaah! hehe, its ok...still bloated from the weekend, and to be honest, i dont feel or look 143.4 lbs...maybe...just maybe...im putting on a little muscle! well see.

remember yesterday when i said i was just having mostly liquids? well, i think im onto something there. during the day, i had alot of tea with coconut oil (gag) broth, a protein shake...lots of water...it actually went ok. then when i got home from work, i had a couple eggs with butter, a chicken caesar salad, and some veggies...very clean and good! and i was satisfied, and my calories were quite low for the whole day.

i hang out on another forum website, www.lowcarber.org, and ive seen some threads about intermittant fasting, where people have like a 4 hour window that they eat, and just sorta fast for the rest of the day, and theyve had great success with this. now, this seems to go against the whole "eat every few hours to keep the metabolism going" so i dont know. im gonna do some reading up on it. but it might be a good way for me to easily cut my calories...i know in my heart of hearts that upwards of 2800 calories a day is too much if i want to ditch this last bit of fat. plus, in the evenings when i get home from work is when i really enjoy my grub...im busy at work anyway and always have to just scarf shit down.

so well see. just trying to be consistent and stick to the plan here, and working on making it a lifestyle and not stressing about it.

back day yesterday:
pulldowns, 5x10
seated rows, 5x10 - these were effing heavy!
one arm rows, 3x10 each arm
DEAD LIFTS, 5x10 (owwwww, these were really heavy too! my thighs are black and blue from my knuckles rubbing down them)
lower back extensions w/ 35 lb plate, 3x10
uh...i did one more thing, but im not sure how to explain it...its on the cable crossover machine, but you grab the handles with the opposite hand, make like an X above your head, and then pull down and out...get it? kind of a nice finishing exercise for back, kinda hits the rear delts a bit as well.

also did cardio after work, which i loathe, because at the end of the work day, i just wanna go home. but i got thru it, for some reason my calves and shins BLEW up when i hopped on the treadmill, im thinking this is a residual effect of the clen, scott said the same thing happened to him. so i did 20 min treadmill, 20 min eliptical, and 20 minutes stepper. ugh.

didnt quite make it to the gym this am either, but i felt sooooo tired this morning, like my body was screaming at me to get a bit more sleep. so i did. today is leg day, so i may only do 30 minutes of cardio later on

hows everyone doin? i see that theres been lots of views on my thread here, anyone else doin this diet? (and if so, i hope your doing better than me, lol)

 

[deestar]

I'm not, but I enjoy following your progress. Your writin style keeps me coming back for more.

 

[mattie o]

hey everyone - as youve probably noticed, i havent been posting in a while. i waaaay overtrained and had to take a break from most everything...but im still around stay tuned.

 

[Roxy722]

Hang in there! I wondered what happened to ya!