Talk me down from a terrible nutrition plan! page

[fatisyummy]

I'm healthy. I've been eating mostly paleo for a little over a year now. When I say mostly, my exceptions are butter and cream and sometimes cheese when I'm eating out. It's a darn clean diet based around meats and veggies. My main problem is that I probably eat too many calories to meet the goals I have of becoming very lean (fitness model lean is what I shoot for, but as you'll see below, probably don't have the drive/willpower/whatever you want to call it to achieve).

I started working with a trainer who has a lot of fitness/bikini competition experience. She recommended working with her nutrition guy who recommended the plan I've pasted below. She is always urging me to drop fats and add carbs. I am hesitant to do this, but I'm not getting the results I want with my current diet. I know that the plan below would make me grumpy, tired, and downright miserable. I wonder if I should just give up my goals of leanness altogether, because if this is really what it takes to achieve that, I'll never get there!


WAKE UP: Drink an Advocare Spark energy drink and Coreplex

TRAIN/CARDIO: Do 30 minutes of any non weight baring cardio in the 65% max heart rate zone three days. Two other days do #20, #26 or #27

MEAL ONE: Eat 4 egg whites with 1 slice of Rudi’s gluten free bread with for pump of spray butter. If you lft in the a.m. then drop brad and eat 2 Tbsp of cream of rice

MEAL TWO: Eat 3 oz of tuna with 1/3 cup of diced avocado mixed with 1 heaping Tbsp of salsa

SNACK: Eat 2 cups of raw green, yellow or white veggies dipped in a mixed of 1 Tbsp of Olive oil and balsamic and a plain rice cake

MEAL THREE: Eat a 2 cup Romaine or spinach lettuce salad with 1/2 cup of diced red, green and yellow peppers, 3 cherry tomatoes, 3 baby carrots with balsamic vinegar as vinegar. Shoulder and back days add 4 hard boiled egg whites

DRINK: Spark and eat 3 strawberries of medium size

TRAIN/CARDIO: Three days do 20 minute outdoor bleacher or stair run followed by 10, 40 yard sprints. Two days do 20 minutes on the step mill utilizing different strides and speeds then run a 1/2 mile at 4% incline. One night i want a class or boot camp

MEAL FOUR: Eat 4 oz of chicken with 1 oz of flank with 2/3 cup of brown rice and glutamine. If you train in the a.m then make the rice 1/3 cup

MEAL FIVE: Eat another 3 oz of tuna with 10 banana pepper rings or jalapeños

SNACK: Drink a 30 gram low carb low fat protein shake of your choice or eat 6 egg whites and take Advocares Night Time Recovery

Order the advocare products at www advocare.com/110918110
TAKE DAILY (for now)

• Take Coreplex

• Take 400 mgs of Vitamin E

• Drink a minimum of 2.0 gallons of water daily

• Whole, organic, or fresh foods are better than frozen, frozen is better than canned

• 7 to 9 hours of sleep per night and 8 to 10 on the weekends if at all possible

• Take a recommended dose of Milk Thistle daily for next four weeks,.

[jimhensen]

lol, you don't need a low fat diet to get skinny, you just need to eat less calories. These people have no idea WTF they are talking about. Don't listen to them and just eat a bit less of the stuff you eat now.

And WTF is advocare? Does this nutritionist hold stock in the company? Why are they pushing garbage energy drinks and stuff on you. That diet is retarded and those drinks are unnecessary. How stupid.

And what is milk thistle and why should you take vitamin e? And why should you drink 2 gallons of water a day. This is straight bro science.

[not on the rug]

i definitely wouldn't stop eating paleo. i mean, spray butter? wtf is that shit?

you might have to manipulate your calories a little bit, calorie cycle, add some carbs, carb cycle, play with IFing, etc. have you tried any of that stuff yet?

we also have no idea what you look like, your height, weight, bodyfat, etc. as well as your current diet plan and fitness routine. so it's pretty hard to give any advice really. other than DON'T EAT SPRAY BUTTER

[primalrob]

that doesn't seem all that terrible, except for the fact that it's so specific it seems like it would be easy to stress out about it. by and large, the foods seem pretty whole and primal friendly. it does seem like someone is trying to sell specific supplements, but those are probably more optional.
this may not look like the average primal meal plan because the low fat nature of it, but it's doable. i think it probably will help with fat loss just because it's likely going to be a lot lower in calories. but, if you want that fitness model look, you've probably got to be hungry most of the time.

it's possible to get really lean on a primal diet, but that's not necessarily the main goal. reaching homeostasis is going to involve your body holding on to some body fat.

[stoney56]

Why does EVERYONE have to sell some shit? What happened to good old advice?

[Leida]

It is a very standard nutritional plan for a cutting diet; it is probably putting you into the 20-30% fat and 1 to 1.5 g protein per lb of body weight; the rest are carbs. All you have to do is swap bread for tubers, beans or rice/quinoa, and you are good to go.

As a female you can't get to the fitness model level without dropping fat levels down for the sake of having adequate proteins. Unless you are young and super-lucky genetically. I have no idea what Coreplex is.

I just started to do 1.5 g protein, 20-30% fat, and 60 g carbs, with one overfeeding day a week (some plans wants you to over-feed, some do not; I am starting with those that do want you to overfeed!). I can tell you that with high low fat protein, 1300-1500 cals day is not hard, particularly when foods are plain. On workdays I have an equivalent of 24 egg whites from egg cartons. I find it far better than having a breakfast of 1 tbsp of coconut oil and a tiny piece of ribs with a sprig of spinach for supper....

The only difference is that I lift 4x a week, and do 1 or 2 days of intense cardio and walk the rest.

[fatisyummy]

Yeah, I was kinda miffed at the supplement aspect of it too.

Yes, I have experimented with meal timing (IFing), primal carbs like tubers, etc.

I don't consider egg whites to be whole foods, by any stretch of the imagination. I can't bring myself to eat egg whites because I feel like it's so wasteful. I buy lovely eggs from a local farm and would hate to throw the yolks away. I also can't imagine the carton egg whites to be healthier than those eggs. But I guess I'm not going for health if I want to get that lean. I have the same trouble with lean cuts of meat; I buy bulk from a local farm, so I have lots of grass fed beef, but it isn't super lean.

This diet plugs in at something like 1000 calories/day with intense cardio training. I am 5'3, 130lb, ~20% BF.

I think I just need to try eating less of what I currently do. I'm not sure why I am struggling with that so much. I get hungry during the day and tell myself it's ok to eat a little more, I'll just try not to have such a big dinner. But then that never happens. I currently eat ~1600-1800 calories/day and I definitely don't lose there.

Maybe I just need to suck it up. I hate being hungry.

[not on the rug]

maybe just clean it up a bit, try some calorie cycling and keep tabs on yourself. if 1600-1800 is your maintenance, then you can alternate days of 1600-1800 with days of 1300-1400 and you will lose some weight. throw in some strength training and little HIT cardio and a daily 1hr walk and those last couple of pesky lbs will fall right off.

[Kelmar]

Remember that figure competitors (female ones) don't stay competition lean all year round, they can't, it's not sustainable. you already know that following that plan is going to make your grumpy and feel crappy then why do it? Keep eating primally, for health, but tailor a plan that keeps your body and your mind fit. Looking like a figure competitor is not going to make you happy if you feel so crappy that you can't go out and enjoy it.

[not on the rug]

Remember that figure competitors (female ones) don't stay competition lean all year round, they can't, it's not sustainable.

exactly this. it's not sustainable or healthy to be that lean year round. those people only look like that for competitions and competitions only