Amk's diet down

[Amkey]

I have tailored my diet to 1500 calories. I lowered my carbs to 100 grams and my fat to 30 grams which is close to no saturated fat just all unfats. I uped my protein by quite a bit. I will be doing this for 3 weeks and then a week off and then on again. I will be steadily watching measurements and weight. I plan on getting as lean as I can and when I am happy I will then start uping my calories slowly and work on building more muscle. I will be keeping track of how I feel on this plan. I will also log my cheats which are scheduled now! I also knew I would be tired on this diet so I have added another hour of sleep tp my plan. I will be in ned by 9:30 now instead of 10:30. I have cut my meals back to 5 a day to make it a little easier to get into bed and give me a little time to rest.
Amk


Starting Tuesday 5/27
Weight: 164.5 lbs
Waist: 35"

[Amkey]

Tuesday 5/27 - First day of Diet

I started the new diet today and feel pretty good about it. I am eating quite a bit less than I have been but the only time I felt actually hungry was somewhere around 11:00 p.m. Going to sleep by 9:30 didn't quite happen last night. I tossed and turned and not really sure why. I feel quite rested this morning though. I was starving when I got up and immediatly ate my breakfast. I didn't have really any urges except for candy which I am sure I will get over when I don't have any for a while. I uped my cardio to 35 minutes yesterday and it pretty much wore me out. I am doing cardio a minumum of 35 minutes and will up it as I go. Monday was a legday so maybe thats why cardio seemed a little more difficult. I am going to use Wednesday as a rest day because I have softball practice tonight. OH I added 4 grams of fiber to each meal and man I can so tell the difference. I don't really feel hungry at all.
Amk

[Amkey]

Wednesday 5.28.03

Okay today went well. I still didn't feel hungry really. I was able to add in some more protein. Getting to bed by 9:30 is so not happening. I had practice until 8:30 and then had to come home and eat dinner and cook lunch for tomorrow. I had about 4 hours between meals and that makes me very hungry. I felt like i could eat the whole house. I will try my best not to do that anymore. Getting all my meals is going to be very hard on the weekends. I have to figure out how to do it. No cheats yet so thats good. I have 35 minutes of cardio tonight.

[Amkey]

Thursday 5/29/03

Well today I did pretty good. I decided to let myself have 3 Jolly Ranchers. I ate my meals like I was supposed to and didnt really feel that hungry just had sugar cravings. I am starting to feel the tiredness. I haven't been to bed before 10 at all this week, Not as I planned. I got in some new furniture that I had to put together so I bribed a friend with some beer to help. I drank 4 so I guess you can say I cheated. I NIBBLED and I mean nibbled on a little piece of bread while cooking dinner. nothing much to worry about I dont think. I didnt work out Wed or Thurs but I am going Friday and Sunday. I am also going to incorporate my cardio in on my lift days to see if I notice any difference in anything.

by the way I am scared to death that I am doing more harm than good to loose fat by not eating enough. Does anyone have comments about my 1500 calories. I am weighing in at 164 and I workout pretty hard and heavy.

[fengalon]

Are you still doing your new routine while on this diet, Amkey? I noticed you haven't updated your Week 2 journal yet.

[adriana]

i haven't been around in awhile but i found your new journal fascinating.

i think that you might be just right on the threshold of *okay* calories, provided each one of the 1500 calories is a good one. from everything that i have read in the past few months the only real way to get rid of fat is to cut back on calories and workout hard. there just isn't any other way around it. just keep making sure that the macrobalance is good, good, good.

one thing though that i would would be really careful with, and it's something that i'm going to start to deal with again these coming days, is not getting to obsessive about the whole thing. don't let it take over your entire life to the point where you become a slave to the numbers.

i'm coming off a pretty bad illness right now and i desperately need to get back into weight loss/fat loss mode again so i'll be following your progress and results to help keep me inspired and motivated

are you tracking all of this at fitday.com?

good luck,
adriana

PS -- i completely forgot this point: have you thought about cycling the calories to include *high* and *low* days during the week? i found that to be super helpful in the past; i could get in a bit more calories on say leg days (which always put me into hungry-mode) and i could cut back a bit on the less strenuous days. you could consider a 1400-1600 cycle, or 1300-1700, or whatever....... it's a bit more flexible in my opinion.