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[Trojan]

Hi there, Trojan. Just poking my head in.

If you are looking for more fat, you should hunt up the recipe for the Liquid Fat Bomb on the recipe page. Heaven. And you can toss protein powder in, too, if you want to make it a Fat AND Protein Bomb.

Oh..that sounds sinfully yum-o. I'll have to look for it and thanks!

[Trojan]

Well yesterday was not my strongest day folks. Maybe I exercised too much because I COULDN'T keep my hunger at bay. I ramped up my fat and everything. Truth be told, I ate too much protein again..

Today's meals

Breakfast:

85 grams protein
Kale/spinach
pat of butter
EVOO
Coffee/Water
4 almonds and 2 brazil nuts

Lunch:

Spinach
50 grams of protein
avacado
EVOO
Mustard

WATER/Fizzy water

Dinner:

Spinach
avacado
snap peas
Water


Snacks will be snap peas/cukes or some spinach in EVOO


Today's workout

1 mile walk in the AM

Gym workout
10 min W/Up

30-40 min of heavy weight lifting
15 min sprint intervals

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[Trojan]

Morning all~

I was SO tired yesterday. What made matters worse is that it's a crazy time at work, planning out travel for 5 people and board meetings. I also run a local music show..UGH! Made a point to get 8-9 hours of sleep which was achieved.

Today's meals

Making my breakfast the biggest protein number of the day and decreasing from then on.

Breakfast:

85 grams turkey/chicken
pat of butter
EVOO
Spinach/Kale mix
Coffee and water

Snacks are fresh snap peas, cukes and small amount of almonds. If I'm very low blood sugar, a spoonful of Tahini.

Lunch

Spinach/kale
50 grams turkey
mustard
EVOO
Water

Dinner

Spinach
20 grams chicken
EVOO

2 tablespoons of coconut oil before bed to keep me from waking up hungry.
Does that sound like too much Coco oil?

Workouts

Am 1 mile walk

PM Leg day

Lunges, Curls, Weighted Squats, glutes and then 10 min of interval run
1 hour of walking= 4 miles.

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[Sabine]

Have you taken that much coconut oil at once before? Some people have adverse digestive effects if they go right to a large amount, especially on its own.
And, wow, that seems like quite a drop in protein amounts from what you were having before. Are you balancing it out with more fat or vegetables? Can't tell the amounts from your list.

[Trojan]

Hi Sabine~

This is certainly alot of work! ha! I have taken alot of CO before and was fine, in fact my body loves it BUT It does make my Cholesterol increase quite a bit and not just the HDL. I love it though!

Yes, there is a HUGE decrease in protein which is why I'm SO hungry. I have been shoveling veggies down my throat like candy but it's not helping. I have also increased my fat but maybe I'm still off...I'm still very fearful of too much fat. I don't do dairy beyond my small pat of butter each morning so my choices are a bit more limited but that is no excuse.

Maybe increase my avocado intake? I shouldn't do more nuts due to Omega 6's and have to watch the CO due to cholesterol. What's a girl to do?


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[Sabine]

Bacon!

[Trojan]

Oh yeah...how did I ever forget bacon?!?!!?!?!!?!?

[Trojan]

Morning Primal-Land~

Missed my morning walk due to the desire to sleep an extra 2 hour. Can you blame me? Well, maybe you can. I'll make it up tonight during round two. Round one will be high intensity cardio like Tabata or something equally evil.

Eats!

Breakfast:


Broccali/kale
65 grams turkey
Pat of butter
some EVOO
Mustard

4 Macadamia nuts
Black Coffee/Water

Lunch:


Spinach/Kale
65 grams Turkey
EVOO
Mustard
Fizzy water/Water

Spoonful of Tahini for Copper

Snacks:

Sugar Snap Peas, Nuts, Cukes

Dinner:

Chicken
1/2 avocado
little EVOO

Dessert is sugar snap peas and two tablespoons of Coconut Oil.

I'm weird but cold coconut oil is like coconut magic shell to me.IN FACT:Magic Shell is made with coconut oil Did you know that?


This weekend will be busy. I'll be heading to SA to check on my DAD who recently had surgey. Booking bands for a huge music concert here in Austin, working on SXSW show and doing some combat fitness tomorrow. I also need to get to the shooting range soon!

What are your weekend plans?

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[Trojan]

Well yesterday didn't go quite as planned....


Food was fine but the workout just didn't happen. After days of 2-a day workouts, my body needed a complete rest day. I ended up calling it a night when the sun was still out. YIKES. Today I woke up VERY energized at dark-thirty.

Today I meet with my trainer to see how much fat/weight has been lost in nearly two weeks of primal/Ketosis. I'm hoping the BF% is around 19%. The scale can bite me as we all know it's evil mindset.

Have a spectacular day folks.

I'll update eats later.

Workout is 90 min of Combat Fitness...Tire flips, military crawls with 30lb sand bags and pull-ups. FUN!

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[PHaselow]

Hello There


Snack 1/2 serving protein powder-Vega One, 1 scoop greens powder mixed in water
5-8 almonds
Sugar free gum-yes I know this must go!


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If you are counting sugar free gum as a snack, you are too focused on your food! I would take time off from measuring and relax. Try to eat intuitively rather than making your meals a scientific calculation. Personally, the way you eat is too controlled. Have some fun! By that I don't mean eat crap, I mean don't count everything. 5'9" and 140lbs with all that muscle might not be realistic or healthy. I'd rather have a few extra percentage points of body fat than live with such control over what I ate. That is just me. My goal is to release my grip on food data (fat, calories, carbs, etc), not increase it.

I know that is a remnant of your body building days. I'm an eating disorder kid from the 1980s and I've got my own baggage.

If you want to avoid dairy, buy some grass fed ghee. The taste is wonderful despite the milk solids being gone.

Pure Indian Foods - A fifth-generation, family-owned ghee business since 1889.

You ask how you can radically change your eating to reach ketosis. You know how. It will just take some time to wrap your mind around the higher fat intake.

Congratulations on your journey. Part of your strength is how you can focus and control your intake and exercise like nobody else. That is also part of your curse! Look for balance. Meditate? Yoga? Massage?