Tweak's Buff n Tough Quest for the 2008 Northstar!

[Tweak]

Originally Posted by T-Cake

Just a thought (and someone correct me if I'm wrong), but consuming more than 50% of your calories in protein is going to help your body simply expel the excess 7%. Basically, the body can only do so much with the protein you're eating since you are female and a natural athlete -- so you're best off using those calories to balance out your diet rather than go overkill on protein, does that make sense?

Consider (tonight or tomorrow) adding 1-2 tsp of olive oil somewhere in your food prep and decreasing a protein source by 1/2 to 1oz to swap out some of those protein calories for some additional fats. See how that swings your numbers.

I was trying out new protein powders I got. lol Sorry. I'll be better tomorrow.

I got a Vanilla Caramel flavored PM Protein from GNC that has 40g protein. It tastes pretty dang good, actually! I also bought Lean Dessert--Fresh Cinnamon Roll flavor.

I ate tuna, orange roughy, and snapper today. Asparagus, raspberries, and protein powder.

Originally Posted by jenscats5

OK 4 months......is this a NPC show? I forget.....and they have new posing rules that you may want to look into....have you looked into getting a suit yet?

Yup, it's an NPC show. I emailed Christine (the MN rep) and asked questions about eligibility and posing, etc. Looking at suits already but won't order til September.

[jenscats5]

Originally Posted by Tweak

Yup, it's an NPC show. I emailed Christine (the MN rep) and asked questions about eligibility and posing, etc. Looking at suits already but won't order til September.

Too late.......you need to pick a designer & start talks now so you can book your slot......waiting till September is too long...... Passion Fruit designs has a new $199 suit you may want to consider & Berns is awesome to work with.

[Tweak]

Originally Posted by jenscats5

Too late.......you need to pick a designer & start talks now so you can book your slot......waiting till September is too long...... Passion Fruit designs has a new $199 suit you may want to consider & Berns is awesome to work with.

Sounds like a lot of people in MN use Cherry Bomb.

I was looking at:
Etsy :: saleyla :: Raspberry Velvet Figure Competition Suit- 2 pieces

and

Figure Competition Products


Who is Passion Fruit? Can you PM me about all this stuff? lol

[ILIEKFUDE]

Man, 20 somethin posts of reading to find 1 workout. Ms popular! Post up some weights, im always curious to see what the ladies are throwin around on here.
Keep it up Tweak, gluk with the new goals.

[Tweak]

Originally Posted by ILIEKFUDE

Man, 20 somethin posts of reading to find 1 workout. Ms popular! Post up some weights, im always curious to see what the ladies are throwin around on here.
Keep it up Tweak, gluk with the new goals.

LOL

Go to my old log to find that. I have tonight off.

[Tweak]

Originally Posted by T-Cake

Just a thought (and someone correct me if I'm wrong), but consuming more than 50% of your calories in protein is going to help your body simply expel the excess 7%. Basically, the body can only do so much with the protein you're eating since you are female and a natural athlete -- so you're best off using those calories to balance out your diet rather than go overkill on protein, does that make sense?

Consider (tonight or tomorrow) adding 1-2 tsp of olive oil somewhere in your food prep and decreasing a protein source by 1/2 to 1oz to swap out some of those protein calories for some additional fats. See how that swings your numbers.

Food for today:

M1-- Protein shake, raspberries

M2-- Tuna, 1 cup asparagus

M3-- 1 snapper fillet, 1 cup asparagus

M4- Protein shake, raspberries

M5-- 1 snapper fillet, 1 cup veggies, 1 tbsp olive oil per T Cake's request

M6-- 1 cup pinto beans just cuz they sounded delicious


Today was a little messed up cuz it was an expected half day and I decided to buy that protein whey.

SO:

Total: 1662
Fat: 34 310 21%
Sat: 6 55 4%
Poly: 8 71 5%
Mono: 13 116 8%
Carbs: 166 394 27%
Fiber: 67 0 0%
Protein: 186 745 51%

[Mrs Croft]

Originally Posted by T-Cake

I'm in, obviously.

Hey, that mroning cario you mentioned... the 60 minutes... I don't think you should be doing that just yet. I built the cardio in to your circuit and superset days already. Only the days it says "cardio only" was I thinking you'd do 45 to 60 min. session now.

I think it's too early for you to do 2 a days, IMO. I don't want you to burn out, which is why I think this schedule is good for the 1st 6 weeks.

Anyone want to chime in on this? I'm thinking 2 hrs a day (an hour a.m. and an hour or more p.m.) is too much this far out. What do you gals think?

well firstly IN!!!

as to the cardio...well I am doing it back to front this time. I am doing the 2 hrs a day now while I still have the extra carbs in my diet and the energy to do it. I want to drop the bulk of my BF early so I have more time at the end to tighten. Also keep in mind with this I have two boys under 4yrs..so last year when I upped the cardio at the end..I didn't have the energy for it and my mood wasn't all that great..not fair on kids or hubby. I will NOT be doing 3-4 hrs cardio a day further on..I don't think increasing cardio as things stick is the only way to go..I will be fine tuning the diet more..plan is to pull BACK on cardio towards the end to allow the muscle to fill out...

anyway that is MY plan..we are all different

[runlikeagurl]

AWESOME JOB ON THE TRI.......I knew you could do it.....(((((HUGS)))))

[Tweak]

Originally Posted by Mrs Croft

well firstly IN!!!

as to the cardio...well I am doing it back to front this time. I am doing the 2 hrs a day now while I still have the extra carbs in my diet and the energy to do it. I want to drop the bulk of my BF early so I have more time at the end to tighten. Also keep in mind with this I have two boys under 4yrs..so last year when I upped the cardio at the end..I didn't have the energy for it and my mood wasn't all that great..not fair on kids or hubby. I will NOT be doing 3-4 hrs cardio a day further on..I don't think increasing cardio as things stick is the only way to go..I will be fine tuning the diet more..plan is to pull BACK on cardio towards the end to allow the muscle to fill out...

anyway that is MY plan..we are all different

Holllllllllllllly cardio. 3-4 hours a day? Good God, woman! You're a beast!

So maybe I won't end up doing 2-a-days till my last 8 weeks. Hmmm, that's not a bad thing. I can get in one day a week. I'm fine once I'm UP, it's just the UP part that's hard to attain for me. I'm so bad at waking up early. lol

[*Bunny*]

Originally Posted by T-Cake

Consider (tonight or tomorrow) adding 1-2 tsp of olive oil somewhere in your food prep and decreasing a protein source by 1/2 to 1oz to swap out some of those protein calories for some additional fats. See how that swings your numbers.

What do you think of flax oil in lieu of EVOO?

[jenscats5]

Originally Posted by *Bunny*

What do you think of flax oil in lieu of EVOO?

Other than the horrid taste?

[*Bunny*]

Originally Posted by jenscats5

Other than the horrid taste?

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!

[Scarlett]

AHHHHHHHHH, I'M INNNNNNNNNNNNNNN.

AND ITTY BITTY PIPPI IS JOINING ME...

[Tweak]

OMG her eyes are so beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!