Day 5

Woke up: 116.6 lbs

Today, I actually got 6 hours of sleep and again, woke up before my boyfriend’s alarm. We went to the gym to complete our “fasted” cardio. Since we’ve been getting a little under 6 hours of sleep recently, we decided to take the cardio lightly and just cycled for 30 minutes. I took my allotted whey and water with me and completed my exercise. I have been watching Ted Talks as well as documentaries during these steady state cardio sessions, so time tends to fly by. Currently, I’m watching The Bleeding Edge. It’s devastating how medical devices have caused such horrific consequences to these poor women. I still have about 30 minutes left so I’ll have to save my comments for another time!

Meal 1

20g of Whey with water

My post cardio meal was the usual breakfast except I had to rush and get ready for work. So again, my boyfriend prepped my breakfast for me and packed it for me to go. Since my job is about 30 minutes away, I ate my food on the go. Took a few bites before I realized I didn’t take a picture!

Meal 2

7.5mL of EggBeaters

1 piece of whole wheat toast

1/2 cup of baby spinach

I didn’t have any baby spinach left, so I just went with what I had. Also, I completely forgot to grab almonds, so I’m short on fats. It’s quite alright, people. We improvise! Consistency is key, remember that.

Oddly enough, I wasn’t very hungry when it was time for meal 3, so I had my all time favorite protein bar – Oatmega Chocolate Mint. Delicious! One of the many reasons why I always buy this brand is that it fits my macros perfectly! The fat, the carbs and the protein! Although this doesn’t have or count as veggies, it does have a sufficient amount of fiber, so it’s a win-win all around.

Meal 3

1 Oatmega Chocolate Mint Protein bar

This bar held me over until minutes before I was leaving work. I got extremely hungry so I ate the prepped meal I had. I had a feeling I would get hungry especially after just eating a protein bar, so I ate the following:

Meal 4

1 oz turkey sausage

1 oz chicken breast

3 oz of raw bell peppers

40g of cooked white rice

About an hour and some change later, it was lifting time! Quick sets of exercises and a few supersets later, it was time for meal 6. Ah, for meal 5 I had the whey and intra carb workout.

Meal 5

20g of strawberry Whey protein

13g of Gatorade Lemonade Powder

No picture of the shake – nothing to see there. Honestly, it was a little hard to drink this especially since I ate meal 4 a little over an hour prior to working out.

Once I got home and showered, I had my sixth meal.

Meal 6

3 oz of chicken

2 oz of broccoli

3 oz of cucumber

1 oz of sweet potato

20 almonds

The almonds were consumed about an hour later because I totally forgot to have them. So, I bought a little pack of almonds from the vending machine.

And finally, to wrap up today — Casein mud! Literally, the dessert I long for every day.

Meal 7

20g Vanilla Casein

1 tbsp peanut butter

Can’t wait for tomorrow’s lifting session! Stiff leg deadlifts are always fun. 😊