Laura's first go at cutting - 2 month cut till christmas!

[laurasaur]

I'm so hungryyyyyy! I've already made my 3pm protein shake, chucked it in the freezer so it goes icecreamy... must not drink till at least 2.30pm haha

[teamfatboy]

Been there, done that...get so impatient I can't even wait for however long it takes to walk to the water cooler, just make it with whatever's left in the drink bottle on my desk.

But a good shake is a thing of beauty =P~

[laurasaur]

yeah i only held out till 2pm sigh.

now 3.44pm and my head is fuzzy from lack of carbys and im hungry again!! haha. need to go food shopping for some fish after work at 5 that should take my mind off it.

[laurasaur]

So perfect eating again yesterday (day 3) and now its day 4 i get some nuts mmm yummy. I had the weirdest dream last night that i ate a HUGE moro gold that was like 2 joined together, and it was 540 calories and I was really worried. I also started eating my partners one and then tried to hide it. Hahah. So weird, considering I have never had one before

Scales this morning 66.1 yay.. feeling better about myself already lol.

[Varven]

What quantities are you consuming... looking forward to numbers being posted too

Do you spend your day in a sit-down job? .... I am glued to my desk 12 hours a day invariably and F#$G hard to get myself to eat properly... protein shakes are easy way out... but trying to do my best as well to skip having 4 shakes a day and go for whole meals.

[laurasaur]

What quantities are you consuming... looking forward to numbers being posted too

Do you spend your day in a sit-down job? .... I am glued to my desk 12 hours a day invariably and F#$G hard to get myself to eat properly... protein shakes are easy way out... but trying to do my best as well to skip having 4 shakes a day and go for whole meals.

yeah im a programmer so glued to screen 8 hours a day. I find it f**king hard to not overeat, I just want to constantly eat at my desk.

Diet for today:

2 eggs + chicken 80g

Protein shake + 1/4 cup cashews

150g chicken + 1 tsp pb

Protein shake + 1/4 cup cashews

175g salmon + salad

protein brownie made with protein + 1tsp pb

[Varven]

Holy @$# thats not a lot of calories at all - No wonder you wanna eat !

well i dont know your bw or bf%.

Hmm wouldnt be a bad idea to chuck something like some psyllium husk fibre into those shakes.... with such little carbs and only one salad a day.

[laurasaur]

Holy @$# thats not a lot of calories at all - No wonder you wanna eat !

well i dont know your bw or bf%.

Hmm wouldnt be a bad idea to chuck something like some psyllium husk fibre into those shakes.... with such little carbs and only one salad a day.

BF: 26.3% and BW: 66.1kg as at this morning

This is way more calories than the previous 3 days! Which were the same diet as today except no nuts/pb and more chicken/asparagus.

Yeah I probably should pick some up can you get it from the supermarket?

[laurasaur]

Thought I might chuck all my posts I do on bb.com on here now

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Today is my yum yum day. So far I have had:

M1: 2 eggs with 1.5 slices of chicken bacon

M2: Protein shake with 1/4 cup of cashews

M3: Chicken with 1tsp peanut butter

still to come

M4: Protein shake with 1/4 cup of cashews

M5: 175g salmon + salad

M6: Protein brownie made with 1 scoop pp and 1tsp peanut butter.

Scales were 66.1kg this morning which is heaps down from when I weighed in on Monday morning at 69.7kg. But such is the way on low carb eh. Bring on Biceps/Triceps tomorrow and boring diet. Todays diet is actually awesome and I am really looking forward to my next protein shake and nuts

Laura x

[Varven]

Not sure, easier to order it off the net. worth it.

less you like your poop hole clogged up tighter than a nuns happy place.

BTW at dinner start considering some red meat.. yeah I know it has a wew bit ofsaturated fat, but did you know saturated fat does actually promote muscle growth.. so don't avoid it completely...

Im sure you can find studies on how a wee bit of sat fat promotes muscle gain

[laurasaur]

Not sure, easier to order it off the net. worth it.

less you like your poop hole clogged up tighter than a nuns happy place.

BTW at dinner start considering some red meat.. yeah I know it has a wew bit ofsaturated fat, but did you know saturated fat does actually promote muscle growth.. so don't avoid it completely...

Im sure you can find studies on how a wee bit of sat fat promotes muscle gain

lol ok ill have a look later on. along with new hdd and keyboard REMEMBER (sorry mental note to myself) yeah I know, but the thing is I don't eat red meat

[laurasaur]

Man yesterday was good. I was quite full after my salmon I only ate 150g too cos I couldnt do the whole 175.

Back on no carb today, had my 2 morning protein shakes (cookies n cream), I had the best one ever after the gym, blended with water then chucked in 3 ice cubes, turned out huge, frothy, and in the words of my brother, "this tastes like something you would get at mccafe or starbucks". I was stoked it was awesome. Now I really want a proper blender at work because my one made at work in a shaker with water didnt compare at all

[laurasaur]

BB.com update

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Last night I made brownies!! Of the full fat, full calorie, caramel filled goodness kind. And I didn't eat any. Infact I didn't even lick the bowl. My flatmates crowned them officially the best brownies ever though, which made it harder not to eat any haha.

But I had my protein brownie to enjoy hehe. Which to be honest was terrible, I think I cooked it in a bowl waay too shallow and wide so it turned out like a rock after only 30secs in the microwave but hey I still ate it.

Low carb today, Oh goody. On top of that work Christmas party tonight at one of the best buffet restaurants in Auckland, oh joy. My goal: Eat only fish and salad. That's right, completely skip my favourite bit.. desert :'( ... man.. I think I'm gonna cry.. But I know I can do it. I just have to stay strong!!!

Workout am:

Skullcrushers: 4x10x16.5kg

Parallel Dips: 15

Bicep Curls: 4x10x18.5kg

Parallel Dips: 15

Reverse Grip Tricep Pulldowns: 4x10x12kg

Parallel Dips: 15

Curls: 2x10x20kg (was meant to do some other biceps here but couldnt wait for machine :s

Parallel Dips: 15

Diet Today:

M1: Protein shake - best one of my life, ON Cookies n Cream with water and ice in the blender, creamy goodness

M2: Protein shake

M3: 175g chicken with 10 spears of asparagus (twice my allowance, why???)

M4: Protein shake

M5: Work dinner. Fish and salad only. Eat slowwwwly so no one notices, he heh

Weekend will also be interesting because I am travelling so will be hard to stick to diet but I am confident I can make it work.

[Varven]

Are those bicep curls 18.5kg dumbells ?? you're strong !!

I've found using a table spoon of extra virgin olive oil on something like a salad helps me tremendously with recovery, feeling of fullness and more fired up. Highly reccomend it...

[laurasaur]

Are those bicep curls 18.5kg dumbells ?? you're strong !!

I've found using a table spoon of extra virgin olive oil on something like a salad helps me tremendously with recovery, feeling of fullness and more fired up. Highly reccomend it...

Lol I wish. I can curl 35kg bb thats max for 5 reps or so.

[laurasaur]

Well i haven't stood on the scales for ages but I can feel that I am getting trimmer.

Weekend was amazing, I can't believe I ate so well the entire time, through a work dinner and going away with my husband who eats like a pig.

Buffet dinner on Friday was amazing. I went up 3 times, the first time had 2 little pieces of hot smoked salmon and a few green leaves... then some white fish, then a tiny bit of baked salmon. Had no carbs but probably a bit too much fat. Anyway that was all done and dusted and I avoided desert and had some black coffee.

Weekend was good had to go out of town but packed my chicken for lunch and had all my protein shakes while out and about

Saturday:

M1: Protein shake

M2: Protein shake

M3: Chicken + asparagus

M4: Protein shake

M5: White fish that was battered in an egg and some green.

Missed my 6th meal but had a good sleep. No workout.

Sunday was good but I realised how you could never do such a crazy diet if you had to go out an about all the time!

M1: Protein + Nuts

Workout - back

M2: Protein + nuts

M3: Chicken breast with some oil for fat and a bit of a light salad

M4: Protein + nuts

M5:Should have been salmon but I tried cooking this fillet of fish that was revolting... I don't know what went wrong so had 80g of that and then some asparagus and a heaped teaspoon of peanut butter instead... much better

[laurasaur]

Day 8 - One whole week of cleaning eating complete, world record for laurasaur yeeea

I call this workout my puke workout cos I have to stop about 4 or 5 times within it to stop myself from blacking out/puking. It doesnt help the gym is like 30 degrees and reeks of all the sweaty people filling it at 4.30pm... I didn't realise that was such a busy time there :S

Quads:

Squats 4 x 10 x 60kg

DB Walking lunges 1 x 10 x 10kg each hand

Leg press 4 x 10 x 88kg

DB Walking lunges 1 x 10 x 10kg each hand

BB Stiff leg deadlifts 4 x 10 x 40kg

DB Walking lunges 1 x 10 x 10kg each hand

BB Reverse lunges 4 x 10 x 32.5kg

DB Walking lunges 1 x 10 x 10kg each hand

Diet today has been a bit backwards because I slept in but still 100% what I want.

M1: Protein shake ON cookies N cream

M2: 175g chicken

M3: Protein shake EAS 100% choc with 1 shot cold espresso

Workout

M4: Protein shake ON cookies N cream

M5: 175g fish + asparagus

M6: Protein shake if still hungry

Shoulders tomorrow, bring it on!!

[teamfatboy]

Yep, 4:30pm is the national hour of "OMG my bikini shrunk during the winter, what will I do now" panic....good on you for going hard-out despite the heat and the smell :pale:

[laurasaur]

Yep, 4:30pm is the national hour of "OMG my bikini shrunk during the winter, what will I do now" panic....good on you for going hard-out despite the heat and the smell :pale:

lolol

scale of doom: 65.3kg.. weee!!

[biggurl27]

Yeah all of my bikinis have shrunk! 65.3kgs awesome Laura!!

[TheGus]

Be careful having so many shakes a day. I try to limit it to 2-3 shakes max, the rest of your protein should be from meat/egg. Remember digesting meat burns lots of calories too! :grin:

[laurasaur]

Yeah all of my bikinis have shrunk! 65.3kgs awesome Laura!!

Haha yeah mine too I just want new ones!!

Thanks, was pretty stoked!!

Be careful having so many shakes a day. I try to limit it to 2-3 shakes max, the rest of your protein should be from meat/egg. Remember digesting meat burns lots of calories too! :grin:

Yeah I know its far from ideal but hey its keeping me on this crazy diet. Although I have never gone through so much pp haha!! Ideally mine is limited to 3 as well. I love them though!! Its getting to be a bit of an addiction especially when blended with ice and coffee, omg frappacino baby!!

[laurasaur]

Post from BB.com ...

Scale of doom this morning - 65.3kg yay! Definate downwards trend. When I get past 64 I will be so happy (and maintain it of course) havent been there for years

At the gym this morning I was seeing definite progress I am starting to be able to see some definition in my biceps when I am doing shoulders, always a good sign and verrrrrrrrry slight definition in legs (which of course is where most of my fat is).

Today:

M1: Protein shake ON Cookies N Cream

M2: Protein shake EAS 100% Whey Chocolate w/Espresso and Ice

Workout

M3: 175g chicken asian spices and 5 asparagus

M4: EAS 100% Protein

M5: 175g fresh fish and 5 asparagus

M6: Protein shake (try out one of my sample sachets)

Workout: (Shoulders)

BB Shoulder Press 4 x 10 x 18.5kg

DB Side Lateral raises 1 x 10 x 4kg

DB Front raises 4 x 10 x 4kg

DB Side Lateral raises 1 x 10 x 4kg

BB Upright rows 4 x 10 x 18.5kg

DB Side Lateral raises 1 x 10 x 4kg

DB Bent over reverse raises 4 x 10 x 3kg (weak lol)

DB Side Lateral raises 1 x 10 x 4kg

All in all a pretty good workout I felt. Leggies are dying from yesterday yaaaay!! Tomorrow may be a rest day if I know I can get to the gym in the weekend otherwise I will have to do chest. But hopefully resties

[Varven]

Im dead set against weighing yourself more than once every 2 weeks.

It only destroys your mental make up.

When you're cutting you start worrying over idiotic things.... like when the scales are up 1 kg....

big deal 1 kg = 2 glasses of water and a full bladder will already have you up 1kg.... but it's usually enough to stress you out...

So don't get too hung up on that scale! Though I dare say an accurate way to check your bf% would be a good thing, if costs dont prohibit it.

[biggurl27]

Easily fixed Varven, Laura just needs to do a big dump, take a piss and not drink fluids prior to weigh in :pfft: Just jokes, yep I agree calipers or measuring yourself with a tape measure each week is better :grin: