Somebody inboxed me today asking me if I eat meat…Hmmnn…I don’t know about you, but if someone doesn’t even take the time to check out my blog even just a little bit, then I’m certainly not about to take time writing back, especially when there are piles of other great people out there with real questions that I’d love to try and answer. By the way, have any of you had the chance yet to read Denise Minger’s interview on the N.A.I.A site? I love how this girl writes, and her journey towards her nutrition is similar to my own, though she scores higher than me on the raw foods front, (something I will change as of NOW!)…I’ve decided that starting tomorrow, I will be changing up my diet a little bit to reflect where I am in my training, which is now only 2 – 3 hours of yoga, and my 5 days/week training in the gym. I’m in the best shape of my life, at about 10-11% BF, and my first event won’t be until June 16th, the SAF Summer Spectacular show in Gatineau, so it’s time to give it a rest, and just enjoy the wonderful, fresh fruits and vegetables that are so plentiful here in India, as well as experiment more with the pulses and non-gluten grains that are everywhere! I’ll make sure I stay on point by taking weekly progress pix to send off to my coach, but other than that, I want to get off the diet train for a month so that come mid-April I’m ready to buckle down and dial in. One of the dangers of dieting for too long, even if your eating plenty of calories, is that you get bored after a while and lose your drive. When you need to be 100% on, you can’t switch gears. So, if you’re in good standing, and you have healthy eating habits anyway, taking a break and just going with your intuition can be a great idea in the off-season.
But for today, I stuck with the old game plan, which was a low carb day coupled with a heavy day training biceps and triceps at the gym, (I won’t do yoga until 8:30 tonight so I can try to get some work done and take a nap)…This is what my menu looked like:
Meal 1: 2 fried eggs with 3 slices of bacon and a big mug of coffee with some cream, 1 chocolate wafer
Gym: trained biceps and triceps
Meal 2: Protein Shake made with ice, milk, and frozen figs
Meal 3: 3 small pork sausages, 1 Tablespoon sauce, 1 fuji apple, 1 cup asian slaw salad, coffee with cream
Meal 4: 3 oz salmon, 1/4 cup white lentil ragout, 1/3 c sauteed spinach
Bikram Yoga
Meal 5: 5 oz chicken salad
Meal 6: 2 egg omelette w cheese
