MakanBacons Journal

[MakanBacon]

Journal Day 11

M1; 4 teaspoons oats, banana, milk, water, protein, almonds

M2; apple, cottage cheese, brown rice, potato, chicken, hummus

M3; Protein shake

M4; Thai, veges and chicken (Went out to dinneR)

M5; Almond milk asian pearl tea

M6; Lemon meringue pie and tiny bit of choc cake. :oops: :doh:

EXERCISE

10 mins on bike in morning

Walking for about 20 mins,

-otherwise was my 'rest' day i guess.

Comments: stomach feels flatter but need to stop cheting with random sweet meals/desserts. (mum had a dinner party and had make the most beautiful lemon meringue pie i've ever seen in my life).

[MakanBacon]

Journal Day 12

M1; tiny bit of lemon merigue pie, veges from last nights dinner (oooooops),

WORKOUT

M2; Protein Shake

M3; Chicken, salad (veges-potato/kumura/pumpkin), avocado, hummus, mesculin

M4; pb

M5; apple and yoghurt

M6; almonds

M7 CHicken, cottage cheese, hummus, salad (mesculin/carrot)

M7 yoghurt and mandarin

EXERCISE

30 min step class, 40 mins treadmill, 45 min pump class

Abs/stretches

Comments; ok so I shouldn't have had that lemon meringue pie for breakfast. :oops:

[jono]

nice work.. keep it up.

@ breakfast

[becbec]

The best time of day for you to have a cheat meal is in the morning as you're body is able to use the extra calories :wink:

[Pseudonym]

Or post-workout. I think a lemon meringue pie would make an excellent dessert after the PW protein shake.

[MakanBacon]

Thanks jono!

And yea..

Or post-workout. I think a lemon meringue pie would make an excellent dessert after the PW protein shake

hahha that's how i always get caught out with the sweet food cause i always eat it at the wrong time. Cause right after a workout i never feel like eating shit hahaha,

ok

Journal Day 13

M1; 4 teaspoons oats, water, banana, milk, almonds

M2; Protein Shake

M3; Chicken, salad (veges-potato/kumura/pumpkin), avocado, hummus, mesculin

M4; leftover chicken salad

M5; apple and tuna salad (mesculin/carrot/hummus/avocado/cucumber)

M6; rest of the tuna meal and a mandarin

M7 yoghurt

Exercise

Cardio

1 hour step class

20 mins martial arts style class

weights;

Leg press; 3 reps at 10kgs (or less>!) ...found out today that I haven't been doing the leg press properly cause I wasn't going right down (cheating) :oops: . so now i feel incredibly weak cause I can barely leg press 10 (if doing 10 reps three times) :shock:

Deadlift-10kgs plus bar X30

Monkey bar pullup X20

Squat bar press- X30

X20 pressups

Abs/stretches

Comments; my legs hurt! :?

[thatwaslight]

just wanted to say that everytime i see this journal title i crave bacon!! =P~

[MakanBacon]

just wanted to say that everytime i see this journal title i crave bacon!! =P~

HAHAHA! ooops sorry about that! lol.

ok

Journal Day 14

M1; almonds, bit of veges (random but i wasnt gonna eat anything and last nights dinner looked yum again so i tried a bit)

M2; Protein Shake

M3; banana, Tuna salad (veges-potato/kumura/pumpkin), avocado, hummus, mesculin

M4; leftover Tuna salad and apple

M5; Apple, yoghurt

M6; tiny bit of salad (was starving but only wanted something to fill my hunger pain before dinner)

M7; Chicken drumstick, cottage cheese, almonds, salad (mesculin/carrot/cucumber/avocado/tomato) hummus

Exercise

Cardio

45 min martial arts style cardio class

20 mins treadmill

Comments; have been trying to not eat so often (as in i used to eat/snack every hour or so) and now I try and wait 3 hours between each meal but its so so hard! so sometimes i just wait two hours (even that is a struggle sometimes)

[MakanBacon]

Journal Day 15

M1; almonds, 4 teaspoons oats, banana, protein, milk, water

WORKOUT

M2; Protein Shake

M3; chicken salad (veges-potato/kumura/pumpkin), avocado, hummus, mesculin

M4; leftover chicken salad and apple-(had apple an hour later)

M5; yoghurt

DANCE CLASS

M6; apple

M7; quarter of a salmon piece, cottage cheese, almonds, lettuce hummus

Exercise

Weights

deadlift (10kg plus bar) X30

monkey bar pull ups X20

Squat and bar push up X30

Pressups X12 (2 reps)

Leg press (10 kgs plus bars) i know it seems weak but its the leg press where you're sitting almost normally and it goes does and its like you're squatting. i'm AM ultra weak and its so painful and keeps my legs sore for days after!)

3 reps of 10.

Rowing machine (5mins)

Abs & stretches

45min step class

2 hour dance class

Comments; got a real major chocolate craving today. went and got a packet of those extra sugar free lolly thingies . but i ate the whole packet in the space of a few hours :doh: ...sooooooo. lets just say my stomach and bowels are hating me right about now. :x :shock: :pfft:

[MakanBacon]

Journal Day 16

M1; almonds, banana

WORKOUT

M2; Protein Shake

M3; chicken salad(lettuce, carrot, cucumber, avocado, hummus)

M4;apple and yoghurt

M5; satay chicken salad (peanuts (yum), capsicum, cucumber, carrot,)

M6; leftover satay salad (without the chicken as i'd eaten it all)

M7; prawns/fish/tuna with cottage cheese, hummus, avocado, lettuce.

Exercise

20mins teadmill

10mins crosstrainer

20mins treadmill

30 mins pump class

abs/stretches

Comments;

wasn't feeling as hungry today!

legs still hurt. not looking forward to leg workout tomorrow! trying to build up my fitness on the treadmill so i don't seem so unfit the next time I go running with my boyfriend!

[MakanBacon]

Journal Day 17

M1; almonds, oats, banana, milk water, protein

WORKOUT

M2; Protein Shake

M3 apple

M3; chicken salad(lettuce, carrot, cucumber, hummus)

M4;apple

M5; yoghurt

M6; salmon, cottage cheese, greens, hummus, almonds

might have had 4 cadbury favourites here...

M7; yoghurt and cashew butter

M8 almonds and vita wheat crackers (at 1 in the morn-was super hungry!)

Exercise

deadlifts 15kgs-X30

Monkey bar pull ups X20

Squad bar press X30

Pressups X24 (12 and 2 reps)

legs;

Leg presss 10kgs -10 and 3 reps (put on a bit of extra weight on 3rd rep)

10 Mins rowing machine

20mins teadmill

15mins crosstrainer

15mins treadmill

Abs/stretches

Comments; was hungry very often today!!

Comments;

[runveerun]

I'm a choco-holic too and I have found eating sludge seems to stop me eating or attempting to eat chocolate or if I am desperate I have a weight watchers hot chocolate, the Jarrah ones are nice too and are 99% fat free.

SLUDGE: (sounds weird but is good!!!)

usual amount of protein powder, say 2 scoops- chocolate flavour is good!

mix with 4 teaspoons of peanut butter it will be like a doughy consistancy

add a teeny amount of water just enough to make it like cake batter

Stir in some frozen blueberries

eat

this is low/no carb, high protein and only good fats! All good! :grin:

[MakanBacon]

I'm a choco-holic too and I have found eating sludge seems to stop me eating or attempting to eat chocolate or if I am desperate I have a weight watchers hot chocolate, the Jarrah ones are nice too and are 99% fat free.

SLUDGE :grin:

thanks so much for this! im gonna go get some of that weight watchers hot choc sometime this week haha. and i made the sludge. had to use vanilla slm protein. it tasted ok. but i had to use cashew butter not peanut butter. would prob taste a bit nicer with peanut so will try that next time! but i did end up having choc yesterday and so have to get back on track this week!

Journal Day 18

M1; almonds, oats, banana, milk water, protein

Mini almond magnum

WORKOUT

M2; Cottage cheese, x1 egg omelette with tuna and hummus

M3 vita wheat crackers and rest of omelette.

M3; apple

M4;spoonful of cashew butter

M5; Almonds

M6; Chicken and cottage cheese with salad (lettuce, carrot, cucumber)

M7; fudge/21st cake/brownie slices

Exercise

45 min step class and 20 mins treadmill

abs stretches

Comments; I thought today was a bad day-but not compared to sunday! (see journal below)..help. need to get back on track. this always happens after 2 weeks of being good!

Journal Day 19

M1; almonds, oats, banana, milk water, protein

WORKOUT

M2; chicked kebab (on stick) and a chicken drumstick. Salad (lettuce, cucumber, avocado, carrot), cos cos salad, little rice dish thing, pumpkin/kumura/potato, fruit; pineapple/apple/pear/grapes/marshmellows (was a fruit platter) -at my cousines bday thingy. (one white choc)

M3 more fruit/marshmellows, SLUDGE

M3; almonds and crackers (vita wheat)

M4; Mince balls with cottage cheese and hummus and salad (lettuce, carrot, cucumber, avocado)

M5; mini almond magnum

M6; X6 squiggle biscuits and 4 squares of organic dark choc-at 10.30pm! holy shit. :evil: :shifty: :shock:

Exercise

deadlifts 15kgs-X30

Monkey bar pull ups X20

Squad bar press X30

Pressups X24 (12 and 2 reps)

legs;

Leg presss 10kgs -10 and 3 reps (put on a bit of extra weight on 3rd rep)

10 Mins rowing machine

20mins teadmill

30 min step class

20 mins treadmill

Abs/stretches

Comments; I didn't even want to write up this weekends journals but I thought I might as well. I know it was shit. i have uncontrollable eating when it comes to choc. Even sludge didnt save me :doh:

But this week is going to be a good week cause I have a dance gig on sat night wearing a tiny outfit and no way do I want to look fat in that! :s

But I did go for a run for an hour as soon as I woke up this morning so hopefully that did SOME damage control on the squiggles and icecream ??...prob not. damage is prob already done :x

[Draft]

I know how you feel, I used to blow out all the time.

The two things that have helped me the most are having no shit food around the flat, so even when I have a craving there is only sludge to satisfy and budgeting for a cheat every now and again (mmm liquorice) to get it out of my system.

If you really want sludge to hit your sweet tooth add a bit of Splenda (or other artificial sweetener) I have that as my last meal of the day and find it feels like I've just had desert.

[rose]

Hey MB, I don't know if this will help you, but it might...

(This extract is from this article)

Lesson #4: Food Is Only Fuel & All Eating Is Emotional

Fundamentally, food is fuel. The only other reasons we eat is for socializing and for emotional reasons. This probably ruffles feathers, but I am basically saying that all eating is emotional, especially overeating and unhealthy eating.

It is also nearly impossible to divorce the emotional aspect from eating and make it simply a re-fueling process. If it was, we’d all eat nutritionally perfect gruel and be perfectly happy with it. Getting to an elite level of body comp and staying there requires wrapping your head around the FACT that the reason you reach for the bag of Doritos, or the cheesecake, or the Aero bar is emotional eating.

Lesson #5: Eating Will Always Be Emotional… Learn To Use That

I don’t think we ever completely get past the emotional aspects of eating. But the people who are most successful at attaining elite body comp are the ones who get past it, and learn to look at food purely as fuel.

Decadent foods like pizza or ice cream become special occasions, kind of like the rest of the world might treat an expensive bottle of champagne. They are things to be savored and enjoyed rarely, not as a staple.

Think about this: a person who indulges in booze every day is called an alcoholic. Someone who indulges in junk food every day is called… your average North American.

Lesson #6: Fat Loss Is Easy, It’s Your Brain That’s Getting In The Way

This will pi$$ a lot of people off, but fat loss is actually pretty easy. It’s way, WAY easier than muscle gain. It’s not always pleasant, it’s pretty much always socially uncomfortable, and it forces you to go against the grain of your friends, coworkers and family. But when we break it down to a pure physiological process, fat loss is easy.

It’s all the mental stuff tied up in eating that make it pretty much impossible for most of the world. It’s the emotions around eating, the addiction to the taste and the feeling of food, the bonding that comes from sharing food with others, and the sense of belonging that comes from “going with the flow”. Most people fail not because they don’t have the right diet plan, not because they don’t have access to the right food, and not because they don’t know or understand exactly what they need to do. All the physiological elements are in place, and they work. Most people fail because they don’t consider the psychological aspect of the diet.

Food, particularly sugar and refined carbohydrates, is addictive. The cravings can be emotionally crippling. Hunger is a feeling completely foreign to westerners and we can’t handle it; it breaks us as brutally as being physically beaten.

[Draft]

Hmm I've heard talk about people being fat in the mind before but I found that quite interesting. Particularly the point "Hunger is a feeling completely foreign to westerners and we can’t handle it; it breaks us as brutally as being physically beaten"

I guess that means that people are more willing to put themselves through physical pain that deprive themselves of food. To an extent I can see that this is true. I have never had a problem with exercising or DOMS. But eating took me a while to sort out.

Oh, and two other tips I have used to avoid eating: Sugarfree chewing gum and, everythime I feeling like eating go for a quick walk (but not to the dairy!)

[MakanBacon]

im back! had a shit two weeks. still been exercising but been eating chocolate like a crazy woman! and there was just no point writing on here. but its a month till summer and about three or so months till dance photoshoots, and less than 6 months till my 21st so gotta get my act together. got measured yesterday and im 24% body fat . i want to get down to 18/19 eventually. current measurements as of tonight (i know its best to measure in morning but oh well il forget by then)

(please dont judge me I know im a bit curvy! ha but i do NOT want to embrace my stupid curves i want them gone!)

weight:53.7kgs (i think)

chest:33.5

waist:27.5

stomach:34.3 (breathing out 35.3-it is 9pm at night though ha)

hips:28 (measured just below stomach area)

thigh(biggest part):20.1

BF: 24%

am NOT gonna slack off after 20 days like last time.

also, am going cold turkey on choc. i just have to. its so depressing after ive eaten it that its not worth it!

ok thats all. wish me luck! will write my first entry at the end of the day tomorrow! have missed coming on here thats for sure!

[MakanBacon]

Journal day 1 (sigh)

M1; 3 teaspoons oats, banana, milk, peanuts

M2; apple and tiny bit of chicken

M3; up and go (vanilla)

M4; chicken salad (lettuce/carrot/avocado/cucumber/hummus)

M4; up and go (strawberry)-had them free at work today

M5; carrot sticks

M6; chicken, (veges, cottage cheese, hummus, lettuce, avocodo)

Exercise:

45 mins Martial arts style cardio class

20 mins x trainer

abs

stretches

Comments; Day one no choc/lollies done and dusted. argh.

[rose]

Day one no choc/lollies done and dusted. argh.

Hang in there Miss 8) You crave sweet because you eat sweet. Soon, you won't even miss it. Promise.

But. The U&G probably won't help cos it's loaded with sugar and other crap you may not be wanting...

Filtered Water, Breakfast Cereal (5%) (Wheat Maltodextrin, Chicory Inulin, Corn Syrup Solids, Maize Starch), Skim Milk Powder, Cane Sugar, Soy Protein, Sunflower Oil [contains antioxidant (vitamin E)], Fructose, Flavours, Minerals (Phosphates Of Calcium And Sodium), Food Acid (332), Vegetable Gums (460, 466, 407), Salt, Vitamins (C, Niacin, A, B12, B6, B2, B1, Folate).

Energy (kJ) 850 (Cal) 203

Protein (g) 9.0

Fat, total (g) 3.8

- Saturated fat (g) 0.5

- Trans fat (g) 0.0

- Polyunsaturated fat (g) 2.3

- Monounsaturated fat (g) 1.0

Carbohydrate, total (g) 31.0

- Sugars (g) 18.5

Dietary Fibre (g) 3.8

[MakanBacon]

Day one no choc/lollies done and dusted. argh.

Hang in there Miss 8) You crave sweet because you eat sweet. Soon, you won't even miss it. Promise.

But. The U&G probably won't help cos it's loaded with sugar and other crap you may not be wanting...

Hi Rose! thankyou and I really hope my cravings for it dissappears

and ooh yes, I better stop drinking those up and go's again. they just taste so good. and convenient while I'm at uni. but today I replaced my up and go 'drink' with a green tea? initially I found green tea disgusting but now I'm growing fond of it!

ok Journal day 2

*RUN*

M1; 3 teaspoons oats, banana, milk, peanuts

M2; pear

M3; 2 pieces of tofu and raw salmon sushi

M4; a bit of my chicken salad (chicken, lettuce, avo, tomato, cucumber, hummus)

M5; apple

*GYM*

M6; apple, 1/2 an orange, bit of mandarin

M7; lamb, veges (brocolli, peas, cauliflower,potato, pumpkin), mussels, crab meat salad, (we went out to this buffet place for dinner -i filled my whole plate up but only ate a quarter of it!). Also has a bowel of custard and stewed apples (ok so it may have had a bit of crumble on top).

[Went for a twenty min walk after this meal thank goodness]

Exercise:

Hour run and stretches (in morning)

Deadlift 19kgs (x30)

Bar bell squats (x15-each 'side/arm')

Pushups (x20)

monkey bar pull ups (x10 rest and another 10)

Repeat.

-Rowing machine. x3 500m sprints

abs,

stretches

Comments: Pretty good day, Day 2 no choc/lollies

A bit concerned about the amount of stomach fat I have to lose but hopefully I'll stay on track with my eating this time around.

[MakanBacon]

Journal day 3

*RUN*

M1; 3 teaspoons oats, banana, milk, peanuts

M2; green tea

M3; 1/2 orange

M4; chicken salad (lettuce, tomato hummus, avocado, carrot), apple

M5; bit more of chicken salad

M6; lamb mince, cottage cheese salad-( avocado, lettuce, carrot, alfalfa)

*RUN*

Exercise:

-Hour run and abs&stretches (in morning)

-Hour run in the evening (Dance class was cancelled so me and dance mates went for a run instead)

Comments:green tea helped curb my hunger which was awesome , Day 3 no choc/lollies

I feel SO much fitter from all the runs I've been doing!

[Draft]

I love green tea. I probably have around 5-6 cups a day.

One thing to watch is that pure green tea tends to have more caffeine than a cup of coffee so take that into account if drinking alot (and you want to sleep).

Good on you though, looks like you're doing awesome so far. Keep it up!

[MakanBacon]

I love green tea. I probably have around 5-6 cups a day.

One thing to watch is that pure green tea tends to have more caffeine than a cup of coffee so take that into account if drinking alot (and you want to sleep).

Good on you though, looks like you're doing awesome so far. Keep it up!

hey nicko! thanks for your support! ha i'm gonna try so so hard to stay on track! and with little comments like yours it makes it that much easier :D

Journal Day 4

M1; 3 teaspoons oats, banana, milk, peanuts, cashews

*GYM*

M2; Muesli, fruit(apple/orange/pineapple/banana/kiwifruit-mixture), lite yoghurt, trim milk. 1/2 caramel slice

M3; carrot sticks , bite of bfs one square meal, bite of chicken

M4; 1/2 apple

M5; egg curry thing, beans, cottage cheese, hummus, tomato

*SWIM*

Exercise:

Deadlift 19kgs (x30)

Bar bell squats (x15-each 'side/arm')

Pushups (x20)

monkey bar pull ups (x10 rest and another 10)

Repeat.

-Rowing machine. x3 500m sprints

abs,

stretches

Went swimming for an hour which was AMAZING! so much fun!

Comments: good day-i know caramel slice isn't good but it was only a tiny piece

[MakanBacon]

Journal day 5

*RUN*

M1; 3 teaspoons oats, banana, milk, peanuts

M2; pear and green tea

M3;chicken and salad (lettuce, carrot, hummus avocado), 1/4 orange

M4;some carrot sticks and apple

M5; cashews, almonds, dates

M6; egg curry, lamb, beans, cottage cheese, hummus, avocado, cashews

M7; green tea and 4 sugar free/low gi/carb free lollies ( about 20 cal each apparently)

Exercise:

Hour run and stretches (in morning)

Comments:

just want this time next week to hurry along so i can see some more progress haha. oh and went out shopping with the girls tonight and when they all went to nandos to get the choc mousse i didn't get anything! yay! and opted for the green tea when they were all getting chai lattes and frappes. (but then i DID get those sugar/carb free lollies)

[becbec]

Journal day 5

M1; 3 teaspoons oats, banana, milk, peanuts

M2; pear and green tea

M4;some carrot sticks and apple

M5; cashews, almonds, dates

M6; egg curry, lamb, beans, cottage cheese, hummus, avocado, cashews

M7; green tea and 4 sugar free/low gi/carb free lollies ( about 20 cal each apparently)

(but then i DID get those sugar/carb free lollies)

My first thoughts are you need more protein in your diet. Do you have any protein powder? Add this to your milk or oats

You need protein in every meal so a handfull of almonds for m2 would be better, and same goes for m4.

I'd cut the dates out on m5 unless it's pre workout as they're LOADED with sugar. Also are the cashews and peanuts you're eating salted or just roasted? Too much salt = water retention.

Watch out for the sugar free lollies, even just a few make my gut gurgle :oops: