BRIENMALONE's CalorieKing Blog
More Planning
Wednesday, March 5th 2008
I found a great article on night-time eating.The Resource
I've mentioned the "honest authority" Tom Venuto several times. He is a natural bodybuilder and prolific writer who has a reputation for having unbiased opinions and expertise. Whenever I have a question, I drop it in Google with "Tom Venuto" in quotes. Like magic, up pops an article that he has written that answers my questions with uncanny accuracy.
Tom on Calorie and Nutrient Timing
I was looki...
Sabotage - Why You Need To Plan Meals
Tuesday, March 4th 2008
Bad decisions... I'm looking back at myself last night and really wondering why I made the decision to eat pizza. (We brought home left-over pizza from the weekend outing.)My wife said it was "refrigerator cafe" tonight... I said, "No problem, we've got lots of stuff". I needed about 1000 calories to reach my 2500 for the day... so in the back of my mind, I thought: Okay - I need some calorie dense food. There were two slices of pizza sitting right up front.
Now he...
Burn the Fat...
Monday, March 3rd 2008
I need to remember how I lost the first 20 lbs. When I stopped doing cardio, it really threw me for a loop and you can see it in my numbers. When I do no cardio, I have a hard time sticking to my intake plan. When I do cardio 7 days in a row, I have a hard time eating enough food! (Now that is a problem you WANT to have!)The calorie slips last week stalled my progress a bit; but to be honest, being unable to stick to my net calorie targets did more damage to my morale than it did to my we...
(Day Off)
Sunday, March 2nd 2008
I decided to "Turn off the machine" today. No blog... No food tracking... No limitations. I didn't do this because I "deserved it" (I haven't exactly been on-track and food shouldn't be used as a reward). I needed a "reset".It is simply too hard to keep calories low without cardio...
Tomorrow, I will go over the plan again.
Target Analysis
Saturday, March 1st 2008
Cardio vs Weight TrainingMuch to my amazement I remained at the same weight this week - 231.5. I'm amazed because according to my charts I was 2183 calories OVER BUDGET!
Here is my chart for last week. The red line shows my calorie goals.
Yeah - oops. A big part of the difficulty came from failing to do cardio. When I do cardio, I can eat 2500 calories a day. That is a LOT of food. Without the cardio, I've got to reduce calories drastically to hit my 1850 net for the da...