i get brown rice sushi all the time from whole foods

6/18/2010 6:41:57 PM

Ah I see.. unfortunately I can't get it where I live.

On that note, they should make something in the middle. Sashimi is all protein (and fat). Sushi is a lot more carbs than protein.

How about Sushimi (or Sashi), with equal amounts of carbs and protein (or more protein)? I have Japanese stuff only 2-3 times a year, so perhaps something like that exists. (not with name, though!)

6/18/2010 6:50:54 PM

the shashimi plates i get always come with a bowl of sticky rice which i thought was better than regular long grain rice

but yes, most places will give you brown rice if you ask

6/18/2010 6:56:32 PM

EVERYBODY IN THIS SHOULD READ THIS!

http://www.ivillage.com/eat-dessert/4-b-168921

Here is a very interesting (and shocking for some!) excerpt to pique your interest:

Quote :

"A study from the Annals of Behavioral Medicine published in 2008, showed that people who made one small, permanent change in their daily habits (such as swapping out a can of soda for water) actually lost about four times more weight (and more than twice as much high-risk belly fat) than subjects who were adhering to dietary and exercise program guidelines. Research shows that realistic lifestyle changes only take about 21 days to become habit, so try adding in one small change at a time, every three weeks or so."

6/18/2010 6:58:23 PM

I don't like white rice at all, so I usually just get raw strips of fish if I go to a sushi place. it's an expensive unsatisfying meal unless you happen to find one of those rare buffets where the sushi is actually decent.

6/18/2010 7:51:25 PM

^^i agree with that 100%. thats how i lost my first 30ish lbs.


however that doesnt apply now :-/

6/18/2010 8:09:37 PM

I made tacos tonight. One of my favorite meals EVER!!!

chopped chicken doused with lime juice and adobo, browned in the skillet with olive oil
pico de gallo- roma tomatoes, onions, jalapenos, cilantro, chopped add some lime juice
100% whole wheat tortilla
avocado
cabbage with lime juice

so easy to make and soooo filling and nummers!!!

6/18/2010 8:21:48 PM

For those easily fooled/confused by nutritional claims on packaged foods:

http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/reading-food-labels-470201-synd

6/18/2010 8:24:20 PM

6:00 - oatmeal.

7:00 - two sausage & egg burritos, black coffee.

9:00 - 6oz yogurt, water.

11:00 - two small boneless skinless turkey breast, serving of black beans, baked apples, water.

1:00 - 6oz yogurt, water.

2:30 - one baked sweet potato, one boneless skinless chicken breast. (green magnitude & white flood w/ water)

back workout - a shit ton of water.

5:00 - two small eye of round steaks, three eggs, 8 oz skim milk.

7:00 - one avocado w/ a few tortilla chips.

8:30 - bowl of mixed vegetables (soy beans, mushrooms, black olives, tomatoes).

Will probably have some sort of snack before bed.

6/18/2010 8:48:01 PM

^^so true. I am glad I have type I diabetes for that very reason. I have to read all nutrition labels and their ingredients, for sure!

6/18/2010 8:51:43 PM

OEPII1, I know it doesn't help you out but you can get brown rice sushi at Harris Teeter. I haven't had it though, since I hate brown rice. My favorite sushi is just some good cuts of raw tuna with ginger, wasabi and soy sauce. I don't need rice or that other crap they heap on that removes some healthiness of the meal.

6/18/2010 9:33:23 PM

sushi means sticky vinegar rice

[Edited on June 18, 2010 at 9:52 PM. Reason : at least that is what some japanese people told me.]

6/18/2010 9:46:39 PM

today I spent an hour and a half at the gym... an hour of lifting and a half hour on the arch trainer

3x12x6 incline shoulder press (not 6 lbs, but the setting... I used to be on level 4)
3x12 squat and row
2x12x32.5, 1x12x37.5 tricep pull down
2x12x27.5, 1x12x32.5 dick curls (bicep curls)
3x12x40 lateral raise
3x8x155 squats ... should've done more but I get nervous with no spotter
3x12x40 leg curls
2x12x40, 1x12x50 leg extensions
3x15x10 incline sit-ups while pushing weight up
3x12 glute bridge on stability ball
3x12 jackknife crunches on stability ball


oh and then I made black bean burgers with cucumber salsa and chipotle ketchup

[Edited on June 18, 2010 at 9:55 PM. Reason : .]

6/18/2010 9:54:15 PM

^can you post your black bean burger recipe please?

6/18/2010 10:51:48 PM

[Edited on June 18, 2010 at 11:04 PM. Reason : i was wrong]

6/18/2010 11:02:09 PM

I made mine with quinoa instead of brown rice and they turned out great.. I also didn't have any pecans, yellow onion, or green onion. They were still yummmayyyy

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/healthy-recipes/NU00301

Honestly punchy, you should consider buying that book. It's great for the type of diet I need for IR.. probably good for you too

[Edited on June 18, 2010 at 11:02 PM. Reason : ^ nope I hardly ever make things out of a box]

[Edited on June 18, 2010 at 11:07 PM. Reason : ps punchy - using quinoa will cut down on the carbs and up the protein]

6/18/2010 11:02:17 PM

I ate almost 3000 calories today, keeping sugar and carbs under wraps

over 200g of protein

and 16 glasses of water, mainly because I ran for an hour tonight

6/19/2010 12:03:42 AM

i cheated

whats funny is my cals are not bad (actually pretty on point) , but macros...not so much

damn you alcohol.

6/19/2010 12:29:30 AM

Broke into the 169 range again this morning.... Probably because the last two days have been very calorie restricted and then i want on a 40 minute jog last night

6/19/2010 8:04:07 AM

bulking on beers :-D.

missed you x 2 cody/joie

6/19/2010 8:12:18 AM

^pm sent


CHECK IN



and cody




i feel really good about this week and ive made some definite progress.
however i also feel its not much progress and have decided to add more cardio, i almost completely stopped it (as requested by several people) almost and now think that wasn't a good idea.
i feel like i've gained muscle (yay!) but i have lost very little, if any, fat :-/.

i also would like to add that the first picture i took for this challenge is a bad baseline pic.
i'm CERTAIN that i look a little more cut now than in that pic but i can't seem to get it to show in pics.

oh well....

with that being said im about to either A. run to the gym and play around with some weights or B. run to the grocery store and pick up some turkey bacon to cook when i get back


[Edited on June 19, 2010 at 9:11 AM. Reason : -->

6/19/2010 9:09:42 AM

so in addition to:

Quote :

"i'm down an inch on my hips and 1.75 inches on my waist"

down 3.2 pounds this week

6/19/2010 9:29:08 AM

how are you guys losing so much weight in a week? is it really possible to burn that much fat or is it muscle/water loss also? I've had a 15-1700 calorie day every day this week and weight lifted and haven't seemed to budge at all.

6/19/2010 10:02:27 AM

^i'm in the same boat. holding strong at 139-145 (depending on water retention).

what are your stats? (i'm sorry if youve already posted them, but i dont feel like going through the last 32 pages lol)

6/19/2010 10:14:31 AM

170lb, 6ft.... I'm guessing around 18% bodyfat but I haven't had it properly tested. I have been eating less than 2000 calories a day for the past two weeks minus a cheat day last saturday, weight lifting 5 days a week and running 2.8 miles once a week.

[Edited on June 19, 2010 at 10:25 AM. Reason : ]

6/19/2010 10:18:30 AM

PM sent

6/19/2010 10:25:32 AM

Quote :

"how are you guys losing so much weight in a week? is it really possible to burn that much fat or is it muscle/water loss also? I've had a 15-1700 calorie day every day this week and weight lifted and haven't seemed to budge at all."

your glycogen stores will get depleted slightly when you start dieting, especially if you are being active every day. If you do a ketogenic diet, your body will dump almost all of its glycogen stores. I dropped 10 pounds the first week on a ketogenic diet, but probably only a pound of that was fat. the majority of it is water and glycogen, and I will gain that 9 pounds back when I introduce carbs back in after my weight training sessions.

6/19/2010 12:19:38 PM

is there a way to supplement glycogen?

6/19/2010 12:51:54 PM

After 2 weeks of working out traps, shoulders, biceps, triceps, forearms, legs, and abs... I feel good

6/19/2010 12:58:00 PM

its noon here in houston and here is what my day looks like already









AH i fucking LOVE cycling! this activity also includes a 30min run & 300m swim

i still have to do insanity later today

nap time

6/19/2010 1:02:03 PM

i did a 6+ mile this morning (posted in the running thread). galloway style. i actually really liked it and didn't feel like death at the end. next week is 8 miles. i like the galloway schedule better than my TNT schedule (as far as mileage). plus i love the walk/run. 1 min run 1 min walk is a little too much walking for me so i'm going to get an interval timer and do like 3:1 or something. i dunno. either way i felt good about myself for doing over 6 miles. i honestly felt like i could have run MORE than 6 (which is obviously good since i'm running a 1/2 marathon in sept!). plus its weird because you can still walk/run as fast as you can just straight run. i don't really understand how it works but, whatever. i'm down. felt better on my shins too although one is starting to bruise a little

anyways, while on the target website i found a picture of what i would like my body to look like, please.
new goal - look like this:

6/19/2010 1:56:04 PM

totally just beasted taebo and my shoulder feels great!

6/19/2010 2:41:59 PM

25 minute elliptical

3x10x65 lateral pull-down
3x10x60 chest press
3x10x5 dumbbell jack
3x8x160 leg press
3x8x160 alternate leg press
3x8x160 alternate leg press (I don't really know what to say here...it looks like a calf raise kinda because it is working my calves with the leg press machine but also the other muscles this machine talks about)
3x10x55 dead lift
3x10x60 seated row
3x10x45 squats (I squatted with just the bar. This was very difficult for me, I am embarrassed by how little weight I was squatting. )

6/19/2010 2:49:29 PM

Give free weights a chance! They help your stabilizing muscles .

6/19/2010 2:50:02 PM

some of it is free weights.

I had to get up the nerve to do the squats today. I am kind of scared of those. I will get better.

6/19/2010 2:51:14 PM

Oh, good!

6/19/2010 2:53:00 PM

Quote :

"3x10x45 squats (I squatted with just the bar. This was very difficult for me, I am embarrassed by how little weight I was squatting."

In my opinion, the empty bar is less embarrassing than when you add a 5lb plate to either side. Then it seems to really accentuate how little you're lifting

6/19/2010 2:55:09 PM

I knew i picked a winner with eli. (no creeper). I think i called it on page 2.


punch:
3x10x65 shoulder press : that sounds outstanding for a female just starting.

[Edited on June 19, 2010 at 3:00 PM. Reason : yawn]

6/19/2010 2:58:55 PM

oops...wrong name! Google search. It is the lateral pull-down and I was pulling behind my head...

sorry, I was all excited that I was impressive for a minute but alas I accidentally lied.

lateral pull-down 3x10x65 It was difficult none the less.

My shoulder press is only 3x10x50

6/19/2010 3:10:47 PM

^^I just hope porcha's shoulder is still hurting him so I can catch up.

6/19/2010 3:36:57 PM

weights before cardio

6/19/2010 3:57:07 PM

Quote :

"how are you guys losing so much weight in a week? is it really possible to burn that much fat or is it muscle/water loss also? I've had a 15-1700 calorie day every day this week and weight lifted and haven't seemed to budge at all."

I have gone down to a 1300 calorie a day diet, which i started just this week. i am losing inches as well as pounds, so i'm thinking that mine isn't just water weight, but i'm actually burning that much fat (and i'm gaining muscle too - i think)

6/19/2010 4:11:33 PM

I have been having diabetic lows (way too much insulin in my system and not enough carbs to be used) lately and I am thinking because I have been WAY more active. I need to figure out this balance. I want lower sugars but they are turning into desperate situations sometimes. I often hate doing the job that my pancreas is supposed to do!

6/19/2010 4:32:55 PM

Quote :

"is there a way to supplement glycogen?"

glycogen is just how your body stores carbs. You can eat something high in glucose (dextrose) immediately after a workout to replenish your muscle stores, but you can't do that if you're on a ketogenic diet.

6/19/2010 4:37:50 PM

I did p90x again today. Freaking love it. Pylometrics killed me the other day but it gives me the good sore feeling that makes me want to do it again

I haven't eaten much today except water, 1/4 banana, 3 eggs and 4 slices of low fat bacon. Now I'm having a large iced coffee. Dinner is sushi with my dad and bro.

6/19/2010 4:57:38 PM

did a 6 hour certification today for a new kettlebell class we'll be launching in July - didn't really stop moving/using the KB the entire time

tried some olympic lifts after that, but I was shot


6 hours of work = free pass to eat whatever, right?

haha...headin' to torero's for some fajitas

6/19/2010 5:18:35 PM

Kettle balls are an awesome workout. I would think after 6 hours you definitely deserve some fajitas.

6/19/2010 5:24:41 PM

agreed. damn.

6/19/2010 5:31:10 PM

^

6/19/2010 5:31:57 PM

^^

6/19/2010 5:33:22 PM