Tim's Cutting Journal

[SNPiccolo5]

I really haven't lost much fat as I've been trying to work on gaining muscle. The thing is, I'm 5'4" and ~125 lbs, which isn't heavy at all, at least I don't think so, but I don't have the lowest bf%.

For excercise I mainly jog- I figure it's better than doing nothing. I'm going to try to do push-ups, pull-ups, crunches, and other weightless excercises, but whenever I'm about to do that I decide to go jogging as it burns more calories lol! Also- it's really easy to cheat during the summer, I'd say my diet's been on about 80-90% of the time, but these last weeks before school starts I'm really starting to get things more in order- as I won't have time to worry about diet when school starts, so I need to get it together now.

This brings a good question. Would doing 3 sets of push-ups, pull-ups, and crunches before I run be OK?

The other thing is I practice violin at least 2 hours every day so that sucks up a lot of time, but if I want to play proffessionaly in an orchestra then that's what I have to do, and I love it too... so you can't argue with that!

-Tim

[rrouleau]

125 lbs no thats not heavy at all. If i were you i would be trying to pack on the muscle.......when your cutting its hard to gain muscle. Then i would cut after a good clean bulking routine. Thats what i would do but it your more worring about losin the lil extra BF then keep cutting those carbs lil bit by little bit. If that is not working then maybe switch around your cardio routine. Hope this helps some!

Ohh yeah also about doing push-ups and pull-ups and crunchs before a run, I dont see any harm in that.

[SNPiccolo5]

The look I guess I want is the lean muscular look. I don't want to be huge by any means, just have good muscle definition. I think if I worked on building some muscle, though, then that would make burning the fat all the more easier.

I'm not showing the calories of what I eat- but I basically try to make every meal around 300 calories, except for pre/post workout. I've also been looking into the workout day v. non-workout day type models, and figure if I eat more on "weight" days, then I can eat less on cardio/non-workout days and gain muscle slowly while still cutting out fat. I think I'll do some push-ups and crunches today...

Thanks for reading my journal by the way!

-Tim

[SNPiccolo5]

August 28th, 2004

Meal 1
1.5 c. 8 Grain Cereal (has 6 grams fiber and 23 total carbs)
1 c. Organic Skim Milk

WORKOUT: Did 2 miles jogging HIIT

Meal 2
1 orange
1 apple
1 Tb. Flax seed meal
1/2 c. cottage cheese
All this makes a smoothie

Meal 3
3/4 c. brown rice
Half a chicken breast
2 Tb. Leaan Chin sweet and sour sauce
Some steamed broccoli (got to get at least 1 serving of these veggies in a day!)

Meal 4
1/2 c. oatmeal
1/3 c. cottage cheese
1/2 c. raspberries (these surprisingly have TONS of fiber!)

This is an EDIT of what I posted earlier- changed my mind.

Meal 5
2 eggs
2 egg whites

COMMENTS: None really- posting the diet a day ahead of time really helps... The pizza is VERY tasty- I add chopped tomatoes sometimes and know the crust it good since I can pronounce all the ingredients (lol!) and at least half its carbs are fiber. Any suggestions on changing anything?

-Tim

[SNPiccolo5]

Some more comments...

Lol! I think I'm getting better at the resisting cravings thing... I went to a party tonight- I had some gummy worms (not a lot though), 1 doughnut hole, some bread, watermelon, and about 8 strawberries. It sounds like a lot, but really wasn't too bad- I didn't have any of the pizza either- next time I'm trying to just eat ahead of time (I did this time) and not eat any bad food at the party. One of the games we played inloved heavy sprinting though- so I don't feel sooooo bad, but still. I got to keep on top of my diet!

-Tim

[SNPiccolo5]

Auguest 29th, 2004

Meal 1
1 2/3 c. 8 grain cereal
2/3 c. organic skim milk

Meal 2
1 orange
1 apple
1 Tb. flaxseed meal
1/2 c. cottage cheese

Meal 3
1/2 whole wheat pizza crust, purchased at Whole Foods
1/4 c. tomato sauce
1 oz. mozz. cheese
1/4 chicken breast
1/2 green pepper

This makes a pizza. It's really tasty and the crust has TONS of fiber!

Meal 4
1/2 chicken breast with 1/2 cup brown rice and 1-2 Tb. sweet 'n sour sauce
1 grilled green pepper
broccoli
1/18 pan chocolate oatmeal bars

Meal 5
2 eggs
2 egg whites

COMMENTS: Any ideas or suggestions? I'm trying to make sure I'm getting enough veggies. Tomorrow's diet looks like it's loaded with them- I'll let everyone know how it goes!

-Tim

[SNPiccolo5]

August 30th, 2004

Meal 1
1 c. 8 grain cereal
skim milk
1/16 pan (it's a 9x13 pan) cornmeal oatmeal bars

Meal 2
1 orange
1 apple
1 Tb. flaxseed meal
1/2 c. cottage cheese

Meal 3
1/2 c. oatmeal
1/3 c. cottage cheese
cinnamon
vanilla extract
some splenda

Meal 4
1 tomato
1 grilled green pepper
1/2 grilled chicken breast
1/2 c. brown rice

Meal 5
3 whole eggs

-Tim

[SNPiccolo5]

OK- I had my cheat meal yesterday- during a party, but I think I did pretty well over-all. For example, I had pizza and brownies- but after that I didn't have anything, while everyone yes continued to snack away... And we were swimming too- so we were quite active. Before that we all played tennis- so I think I found a good compromise for eating.

I'll keep on track for today- here's the plan.

August 31st, 2004

Meal 1
1/8th pan cornmeal oatmeal bars (home-made- they're clean, I promise)

Meal 2
I'm going out for lunch- but I'l pick something clean. Every place has salads at least.

Meal 3
1/2 cup oatmeal
1/3 cup cottage cheese
cinnamon
vanilla extract
1 Tb. flaxseed meal

Meal 4
1/2 chicken breast
1 tomato
some broccoli
1/2 c. brown rice


Meal 5
3 whole eggs

-Tim

[SNPiccolo5]

September 1st, 2004

Meal 1
1.5 c. 8-grain cereal
2/3 c. milk

Meal 2
1 orange
1 apple
1 Tb. flaxseed meal
1/2 c. cottage cheese

Meal 3
1 whole wheat tortilla
1 yellow pepper
1/2 chicken breast
1 oz. mozz. cheese
salsa

Meal 4
1/2 chicken breast
green beans
1 tomato

Meal 5
3 eggs

-Tim