Sage's MOSTLY Cutting Diet & Training Journal - Critiques Welcome!

[sage63]

WEDNESDAY:

Workout: Lower Body + Abs

kneeling single-leg
plate-loaded hamstring curls:
45x12 / 45x12 / 45x12

single-leg leg extensions:
40x12 / 40x12 /40x12

Stiff-leg Deadlifts:
65x12 / 65x12 / 65x12

Plie Squats on Smith Machine: (not counting wt of bar)
60x12 / 60x12 / 60x12

Walking Lunges w/ DBs: (two 12lb dbs x 20 steps per set)
12x20 steps / 12x20 / 12x20

Light standing calf raises: (coming off calf/shin injury)
60x15 / 60x15 / 60x15

Abs:
Seated Leg Tucks: bwx25 / bwx25 / bwx25
Swiss Ball FM Cable Crunches: 15x15 / 15x15 / 15x15
Swiss Ball FM Cable Twisting Crunches: 15x15 / 15x15 / 15x15

PWO Shake: 16oz Gatorade w/ 1 scoop Designer Whey French Vanilla

[sage63]

WEDNESDAY MEALS:

M#1 (7:00)
1 c Cooked Oatmeal
1/2 C Cottage Cheese
1 Tbsp Nat PB
1 Splenda pkg

M#2 (10:15) PWO
16oz Gatorade Kiwi Strawberry
1 scoop Designer Whey French Vanilla
Ice Cubes
(This was actually good!)

M#3 (12:30)
SaraLee -3 slices lean turkey breast, 2 slices lean ham
Carbdown Flatout Wrap
Spinach and grated carrots
Sugar snap peas & grape tomatoes
1 c Lite 85 SF/NF Yogurt
Sliced Strawberries

M#4 (3:30)
1 3oz package no-drain salmon
1 tsp worchestershire sauce
1 c 3-bean salad (see recipe in recipe forum)
1/2 c 1% cottage cheese w/ 1 sf jello mixed in

M#5 (5:30)
(ate at church so made the best choices I could)
1.5 c pinto beans w/ jalapenos and purple onion
plate of lettuce, tomatoes, chopped egg (tried to collect mostly whites with the spoon!)
Poured the pintos over the salad instead of dressing. Not too terrible.
No Dessert!! [img]/forum/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

M#6 (9:30)
1/2 c. 1% Cottage Cheese
1 Tbsp Nat PB
1 splenda pkg
SF Jello

[Syddles]

Nice leg and ab workout, Sage. [img]/forum/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

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Hey Syd - I guess it is fine. I've not had any others to compare it too. I first bought a small can at Vitamin World and then I ordered a 2 lb jar from DPS. It was as cheap as the small can! I'd like to try somebody's brand of Choc. mint but am afraid to buy a large 5 lb jug and that is all I can find!! I'd hate to waste that much $ if I hated it. I figured vanilla is versital enough to do different things with. I mixed it into my gatorade PWO today and it was very good! (The best it has tasted to me yet!) I think it is something I'll have to develop a taste for period. My DH has loved it from the git-go.

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I don't know if there are 2 lb tubs of Optimum Nutriiton's chocolate mint... personally all I've been able to find are 5 lbs, as well. [img]/forum/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img] Chocolate Mint is good, but I got rather tired of it quick. I'm curious about the new cookies and cream. [img]/forum/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Fitness Labs makes wicked good vanilla flavours; Natural Vanilla and Vanilla Cream. They rock. [img]/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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PWO Shake: 16oz Gatorade w/ 1 scoop Designer Whey French Vanilla

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I loved the taste of Gatorade in the PWO shake. I always used Gatorade Frost (Glacier Freeze) mixed with the Chocolate Mint. Mmm!

[sage63]

My running partner always drinks Glacier Freeze....I'll have to try that one sometime!

[sage63]

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M#6 (9:30)
1/2 c. 1% Cottage Cheese
1 Tbsp Nat PB
1 splenda pkg


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This was SOOOOOO good!!! Like a yummy dessert. I want two bowls! Had to eat some SF Jello to get my mind off of it. [img]/forum/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[Syddles]

Did you mix it all together?

[sage63]

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Did you mix it all together?

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Yes!!! It was very yummy! I have't eaten PB in so long til you guys got me back on it. It is dangerous stuff! I could have licked the bowl! [img]/forum/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

[Syddles]

Hehe.... Natty peanut butter rocks. [img]/forum/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Venom likes mixing up cottage cheese with oatmeal. Now that is good. [img]/forum/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

[sage63]

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Hehe.... Natty peanut butter rocks. [img]/forum/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Venom likes mixing up cottage cheese with oatmeal. Now that is good. [img]/forum/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

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Yeah, I caught that and tried it. I like that too! [img]/forum/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] I like to mix all three for breakfast - oatmeal/cc/nat pb/+ 1 splenda. Yum! Could this work for my last meal also? Or do I need to leave the oats out? That is what I wanted to eat but wasn't sure so I didn't add them this time.

[Syddles]

I'd leave the oats out; you seem to be doing fine without them. I know one woman who eats them before sleep, but she does cardio right before bed.