Slacking on my blog! :(

So I've been totally slacking on my blog but its really hard with two jobs and going to the gym and meal prep. Anyways I'm going to give an overview of what has been going on with my fitness, I have not been slacking on that! :)

So like two weeks ago, I decided to try something different with my diet. It was something a friend of mine showed me. The first week was totally cutting carbs (carb depletion) only 20g of carbs a day. UGH just thinking about that week makes me squirm. So I mean I did it right, I feel like I lost fat, but the after affect of how I felt was horrible. I spent the whole week thinking about food, and I craved sweets like I never have in my life. I mean I'm guessing that was what it was supposed to do ween my body from sugar and what not. So the second week we got to more normal stuff, adding back in starches/carbs, thank the lord, but basically you had to follow a plan for each meal eat this, this and this. I guess this is just my review on this diet, for me that is way to much restriction, I mean not like how it sounds, I like to eat healthy but I like to eat healthy the way I like to. So after that week I decided to just let myself enjoy what I want if there was that such thing around, since at both my jobs they always have a bunch of free food. I didn't go out of control, or stuff or even binge which is key I was still very conscience of my choices, and my main meals were still healthy. I just want to say nothing happened I didn't gain weight, but I slowly lost the cravings and decided for myself to jump back on track and do my own meals how I use to. I have heard and read that in some instances its good to give your body a break, and I think it was just what I needed. I've been doing a lot of reading about eating and working out, and some friends have been giving me information. I was getting frustrated thinking I'm never going to reach my goals, but you can't think like that, give everything time and stick to what you feel/know is right. So I'm basically really just watching my macros and trying to stay in those limits, I'm eating for my body needs and me, not just one or the other. Balance is key to not go insane, to keep something up. Find what works for you, trial and error. Anyways I bounced back with some AWESOME recipes for the week, as follows and like always links to the recipes. :)

Breakfast Banana Split

YUM! OMG seriously this is my new favorite thing. Instead of posting the link I'm going to tell you how I made mine because mines a little better :)
Things you will need:
1 banana
1 strawberry
4 raspberries
5 blueberries
5 Chocolate and peanut butter chips
A little bit of ground up granola bar (mine was chocolaty peanut butter crunch Cliff Bar)
A little more then half a cup whole milk organic greek yogurt
2 Tbsp pb chocolate fit

So mix the pb chocolate fit and yogurt, cut the banana in half, long way, put in a dish and then add the yogurt in between, with the strawberry cut and sprinkle the rest of the ingredients!

So the next two I don't have pictures of but I will share the links and give you my thoughts.

Buffalo Chicken Pizza
I did my own changes to this since I don't like onions on my pizza I put tomatoes instead. Something like this is not great for meal prep because once reheated its not as tasty as freshly out of the oven.

Crack Chicken
I do believe this is the perfect name for this chicken. OMG it tastes so delightful. I used like half of an 8oz container of jalapeno cream cheese and one regular 8oz. But I mean try w.e. you like! Have fun with it. Oh and I also skipped the bacon, if you really want to use bacon go for turkey bacon!

So there's so much to say about my new diet lol. It's revamped totally. I'm going to keep using some of the information I used from the other diet I was doing. Instead of one high carb/cheat day I'm going to do two now, which will be on Wednesday and Saturday my two days off. I'm not going to go crazy. The first two meals of the day will be something healthier and I will be working out before I indulge. Like I said right now I'm keeping in mind what nutrients my body needs, and how I feel. I'm excited to see what the future has to hold with this new changes. I feel way better!

and DRUM ROLL....

My Results

Still and always will be a work in progress, but I haven't been this happy for awhile. I just want you to know everyone is different results will vary, some people can eat more or some people have to eat less. Listen to your body watch for results through pictures and how your clothes feel, and never lose hope.

So one more thing about my diet, that I had talked about in previous posts. I finally got my protein and BCAAs!

Grenade Hydra 6 Cookies and cream and BCAA Green apple. They really help with cravings since the flavors are amazing! Check out the website! Maybe try something out, they have other products also!

So this post is getting so long cutting to the last chase. The most important part WORK OUTS! I don't know if I had mentioned before that I was getting bored in the gym. I searched high and low to find some new routine to spice up my gym life, and I found a really great 8 week routine on pinterest. I'm going to share the first workout which on that page you can also find links to all the other days and other weeks.>> Workouts
I want to mention she has printable sheets for the workouts, the information sometimes is different from what she has written and the photos, I kind of do a combo of both. Like I said earlier just do what you feel is good! Another random thing I wanted to mention if you are having trouble with dieting, look up 21 day fix, I don't recommend buying the package because you can find all the information to do the program online, I do believe its a really good way to learn serving sizes and just basics in general, so deff. check that out!! Ok well I really thank you for taking the time to read all of this if you have! I hope you have an amazing day and never give up on your dreams!

About Me

Hey World,

Cut to the chase:

I'm Nicole
25 Years Old

I made this blog to show most my meal planning and fitness routines, but I plan to have a lot of random other stuff.

I'm about to run out the door to meet with a trainer that has been giving me guidance, today is our last session. I'm nervous to actually be on my own, but I have been making progress with little supervision as it is.

 Time to go will go in more depth later

So I started talking with my trainer in May 2016 where I started out at 162 pounds. When I said very little supervision (earlier) its because I would meet with him every two weeks in between this time. As of today I weigh 149 pounds.

I guess this would be a good time to explain how I got to this point. I want to be very clear, when people say it is 80% diet 20% gym its true. Not that I slack in the gym, but the diet or I like to refer to it as cleaning eating is the most important part. So I started off with cutting bread, pasta, chips, french fries anything like that, high carbs completely. At first I was still eating Multi-Grain Cheerios for breakfast, and flavored yogurt and granola, but by the guidance of my trainer that was cut. It was hard at first but I am confident with the meal plan that I have as of this week. My lunch and dinner will most likely change throughout these blog posts but my breakfast is something that took me forever to settle on and I will most likely continue with this breakfast for awhile with small tweaks when I get to the point of adding MUSCLE.


BREAKFAST
This is my usual breakfast. ( I had to add the pictures separate, because the first one is on my low carb day so I don't eat the bagel that day) I only eat half of the mini bagel on regular days. Pork seasoned with adobo seasoning, lightly fried in pan then cooked the rest in the oven, fried egg with coconut pam oil, and the snap peas came from a     frozen bag that I made in the microwave. **USUALLY** I would also be drinking a protein shake with my breakfast but at this time I cant afford it. I will feature the protein shake I use in a later post. I also take some vitamins in the morning which are:

Nature Made Multi For Her
Spring Valley Natural Potassium Gluconate and
Spring Valley Standardized Evening Primrose Oil

The Multi For Her, is the first multi vitamin I have tried so far, I'm aiming to look into a different one next time, this one lists soybean oil as an ingredient which my trainer has told me isn't the best to consume on the daily. I take the Potassium because with the help of MyFitnessPal App, I noticed that's one thing I don't get enough of throughout the day, IF you can get it through food it is always better! I take the Evening Primrose Oil because I had read it helps with hormonal acne, ( I struggle with acne) so I figured I would give it a try.

Ok so I wish I had time to write the rest but I have other things to do, on my way out to have my dad change the breaks on my car and oil change, I will try to add the rest of my meals tonight if not they will be posted for tomorrow!