January 29, 2008
For a few of pals out there who emailed me to encourage me with my diet and told me to keep it up, Thanks!
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January 21, 2008
Bought some fresh strawberries this weekend so I concocted a new smoothie for myself. Great smoothie for your abs diet after a workout or as a meal substitute. You ca add oatmeal if you want more bulk:
4 strawberries (cut the tops off)
2 tbsp vanilla yogurt
1 tbsp Flax seed powder
1 scoop chocolate Whey powder
1 cup milk
10 ice cubes
Stick um all in the blender and blend it until it smooth or to the consistency you like. Makes almost three 8oz servings! Good stuff!
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January 21, 2008
It’s been a while since I’ve written about what I eat on a day to day basis. I’ll share my meals for the day right now since I’ve neglected this part for so long.
Meal 1: Homemade breakfast burrito
- 1 egg scrambled
- 1 tbsp salsa
- 2 tbsp shredded mexican style cheese
- 1/2 cup shredded white meat chicken
- 1 whole wheat tortilla wrap
Meal 2: 1 bowl of oatmeal, 1 cup of yogurt
Meal 3: Chicken sandwich
- 1/2 cup of shredded chicken
- 2 tbsp shredded cheese
- dijon mustard
- 2 slices of whole wheat bread
Meal 4: String cheese, 2 tsp peanut butter
Meal 5: Abs Diet Burger and 1 cup Chili
Meal 6: Abs Diet smoothie!
And of course, lots of water during the entire day! Very filling!
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January 21, 2008
I’ve been on the Abs Diet now for a few weeks and I really feel great. While I’m not sure if I’m losing a lot of weight, I do feel like the routine is making a difference. I’m eating better and I do my daily 20 minutes of workout. I alternate exercises at home and running so I get a balanced workout. I don’t want to hurt myself too badly.
In fact, the workouts I’ve just started on for the last 2 weeks are pretty killer by themselves. It does help that I run one day and rest and work on something else the next. I used to run daily and I found I lost lots of weight by doing that but it is really a work out to do daily. I might just start doing that again once I feel up to it.
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January 9, 2008
I’ve had some time to play with that Abs Diet smoothie recipe a bit and I think I’ve come up with a better one:
1 cup skim milk
2 tsp peanut butter
1/2 cup oatmeal (soak in water if you think this is too dry)
2 tbsp vanilla yogurt
1/2 of the chocolate whey (use the half of the supplied cup)
7-8 ice cubes
1 tspn flax seed/powder
Stick it in the blender, blend for 20 - 30 seconds and there ya go! One great smoothie for snack or breakfast. This version is just as filling if you soak the oatmeal a bit but has more flavor because I added more whey and less oatmeal. Tell me if you like it too!
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January 8, 2008
So yesterday, the girl friend and I went grocery shopping so I could start up on my Abs Diet meal plans and work out schedule. I went running in the early morning with my dog, who is just as out of shape as I am. We went for about 4 or 5 blocks then I decided to come home because she looked tired. When we got home she still wanted to run more! I guess I was the one who was tired!
Anyways, back to grocery shopping. Loading up on vegetables, fruits, some frozen fruit, yogurt and stuff for the blender to make smoothies, cold cuts, and other stuff for dinner recipes. My total bill came out to about $150 in groceries! I sure hope we eat it all! We need to look at different ads and start shopping smarter.
I also went out and bought a tub of GNC 100% chocolate whey powder for my smoothies. Last night I made my first smoothie, and man was it filling! Well, thats the idea right? The smoothie was very mild and I felt maybe it had too much oatmeal in it and maybe not enough flavor for me to really enjoy. Here’s the recipe I followed:
Abs Diet Smoothie Recipe
1 cup skim milk
2 tsp Peanut butter
2 tsp chocolate whey
2 tblsp non fat vanilla yogurt
3/4 cup oatmeal
6 ice cubes
I think I shouldn’t have cooked the oatmeal and instead just put it into the mixture and blended it. The smoothie was good and filling and perfect to take up one of your meals in your 6 to 8 meals a day plan. Next time I’ll try more whey and less oatmeal.
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January 7, 2008
After a few days of resting, I’m feeling a lot better and ready to get back on the bandwagon of diet and fitness.
Over the few days that I was out of commission, I read about my 6-8 meals a day routine and found that some refer to it as the Abs Diet. I read up on the Abs Diet and was amazed at how much information there is out there about it!
Turns out the Abs Diet tells you to eat 6-8 meals a day, just as I’m doing currently, in order to increase your metabolism. Then you slowly add work outs into your diet. I also learned of some very healthy ideas for some meals too. One of the things that I read was to start making smoothies as snacks for my inbetween meals. After reading that I decided to go pick up a blender. I picked up an Oster 16 speed blender but I haven’t tried it out yet. I’ll need to go to the grocery store to pick up some ingredients. I can’t wait to make my first smoothie.
Tonight I ate a great soup: Chicken soup with beans and spinach! Good stuff!
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January 3, 2008
Today’s lesson when it comes to diet and exercise is: Listen to your body!
I’ve been eating my 8 meals a day and slowly adding exercise and weights to my routine. I cannot stress how important sleep is! In the last week, I haven’t been getting to bed as early as I’d like to and that has really been detrimental to my health.
Tonight my body is telling me to get some sleep. So after I write this out I’m going to hit the hay. Sleep allows your body to release growth hormone and let your muscles heal. It’s also good for you in more than those ways but I’m no doctor. Get at least 8 hours of sleep and things will be better for your health!
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January 3, 2008
Last night I prepared a lot of food to take to work so I can eat every 2-3 hours. What did I prepare? I made 2 ham wraps with yellow mustard and some parmesean cheese, cut them into four pieces. Grabbed a container and put some pork and beans in there. This had me set for the day until I got home. I think I need to eat more though. Staying on schedule and eating while I work has been a challenge.
I find that I need to set alarms in order to eat on time or as a reminder to eat on time. Hopefully this will give you some ideas for your own meals. Getting my metabolism up to speed again is going fine.
7am - Frosted Mini Wheats, Cheerios in a bowl with skim milk
9am - 1st ham wrap
11am - Subway 6 inch turkey sub, lettuce, onions, olives, 3 jalepenos, dijon mustard, vinegar. Lay’s Baked Chips, diet soda
1pm - pork and beans
3pm - 2nd ham wrap
5pm - Hamburger in a wrap
7pm - Yogurt and granola
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January 3, 2008
So I didn’t run today so instead I did some weight lifting. I don’t have a huge set of weights to life, I have two adjustable 20 lbs. dumbells. I originally had it set to 30 lbs. each but have opted for now to lift just 20lbs each arm.
I did 3 sets of 10 curls, squats and shoulder shrugs. I then did some exercises to work out my abs and get my heart rate up a bit. Did this for 20 minutes today and then hit the showers. It was a good work out. I can already feel the burn in my legs, arms and shoulders. Tomorrow I hope to do my 20 minute walk/run. We’ll see how I do.
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