Here is what I ate today:
flaxball, tea, 1/2 tbsp cream
1 egg + 2 whites, 1 slice turkey bacon, peppers and jalepenos
1/2 oz cheddar
banana walnut flax muffin with 1/2 tbsp cream cheese
1/4 pear, string cheese
1/2 pear, 6 oz chicken, 3oz broccoli, 1.5oz zucchini, 1 tbsp ranch
almond flour cookie
1/4 pear, nutball
5oz tilapia, 3 oz brussel sprouts in 2gm butter
sample of mini cheesecake
mini cheesecake, 1cup coconut milk, 1 tbsp cocoa, stevia
Walked for about an hour. Cals right about 1900. Life is good :)
Awesome Jen!
ReplyDeleteSo this has been an interesting P3 in that I have required no steak days. I do not eat the baked goods like you do....I would love to don't get me wrong, I just haven't had time to bake them, and then in the past when I do, I don't have the control that you seem to. I laugh when I read what you eat. 1 flax ball!! ONE!!! are you kidding me, I can polish off half a recipe if there isn't hand cuffs around!
So I have been sticking to eating just paleo, (adjusted for atheletes) which means I eat bananas, apple sause or gels before work outs, they are now very intense so I sometimes eat yams afterwards to replenish glycogen or take in a recovery drink like Endurox4.
But here is my concern....the bf scale keeps going up!!!!! I finished p2 at 24% this morning it read 28%
This is very frustrating to me, in addition I have always had a 51% water content score and this whole P3 has been 52% that is one percent more of me that is watery! :-)
I think I will speak with my nutritionist and see, the only thing I can think is that I am eating too much fat...but that doesn't make sense,....fat doesn't make you fat! My macro ratio has been very zonish! meaning 34-33-33, my coach perfers 17f-58C-25P...but I have carb fear...hee hee, and obviously I am stable so I don't know. Should I up the carbs? lower the fat...stupid nuts are the end of me I swear. Race next week so I can't do anything TOO drastic, however in about 7 days I begin carb loading, and the race will see me have about 500grams of carbs that day. EGATS that's scary I could end up uber fat after my race.
Everything I have read, and we have discussed, tells us that home body fat scales give a general picture of where you are at. Their margin of error is huge and can vary widely from day to day. And it is worse for an athlete compared to the normal individual. You could get a 4% swing from day to day or even in the same day!!
ReplyDeleteIf you are eating correctly (honesty here), and you feel to have the energy to compete in a highly competitive way, then really what does it matter?
We know paleo people can eat low carb, be athletes with excellent body composition and low body fat levels. So the body can use fat as its main fuel source if you train it to. But the bottom line is you need to do what you feel is best for you. Does higher carb during training produce better results or does your higher fat? Maybe you will have times of year that you follow higher carb (race/training) and times of year you stick to your high fat (normal everyday life).
I would not freak out about the carb levels and gaining. This is race week, so do whatever you need to do to be in peak condition for your race. I imagine you would not feel good about being weak and have your race results suffer because you came home and your weight or bodyfat% on the scale was better ;)
And regarding the last sentence of your comment: that completely freaks me out that anyone who is training extensively and eating paleo style with low carbs could say they would end up fat because they fueled their workouts. I mean with the amount of calories you are expending shouldn't that be impossible? You are using the carbs immediately and burning them. They are not sticking around to make your butt and hips big :)
I can't thank you enough for talking to me the other day. It really helped out. Sort of put the fire under me to get through the mainentance...that's where I fell last time.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure you have it somewhere in all of your posts but will you tell me where you get your hcg? I think I'm going to go that route this time instead of going to my friend who is a dr. Don't want to bug him too much!
Once again, you look great! And are so inspiring to many. Keep up the great work!!! And I'll be calling again! BTW-I'm eating a TON in mainentance but mostly protein. I'm losing. Any suggestions? Really, I'm not complaining that I"m losing but I'm not stabilizing. Eat more???Serious, I don't know if I can! Thoughts?
molly-
ReplyDeleteI get my hcg thru pharmacyescrow.com.
Since you are in maintenance you need to eat maintenance style. Eat a high protein, higher fat, low carb style. You only need around 80-100 grams of protein. So eat about that much and then start adding fats like nuts, avocado, oil, cream cheese, heavy cream, butter, salad dressing etc. Then be sure to have at least 2 servings of fruit thru out the day. And don't forget the veggies. I am eating about 8-10 oz per day (i dont love veggies) and all of a sudden all my bathroom issues are gone:)
Jen
Jen, I called and dropped that woman a note - I'll let you know when I hear back!
ReplyDeleteDare we say it: stabilization? I think so!! Even if you do go up a bit with TOM, you'll come back down. You've been doing all the right things, your body WILL respond!
ReplyDeleteI hope you and helderheid work things out with the new clinic there in Utah- You'd be a great counselor!!
Jen, how do you make your flaxballs?
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