Dec 31 - Day 1 CNS
& Prep
Started the morning like any other, water bottle in hand and
a hot cup of coffee beside me. I was mulling over plans for Jan 2 when I would
officially begin CNS (www.carbnitesolution.com) and prep for my first show this season. As the morning progressed I started to get
way too excited about starting this new venture and before I knew it I had
decided to start prep today! I really didn’t need to “prep” for this prep or go
out and purchase items, although that didn’t stop me from doing a tiny stock up
;) After having meal 1 we finally headed out to the gym. I had an amazingly
intense shoulder pumping workout. It felt great to get in that last workout of
the year and to have hit it so hard.
Once home the craziness of the evening started, trying to
get in my PWO and cook the kids dinner. One of the great things about this prep
is that most of the foods I fix for them I can eat too. This prep is going to
be so different from my previous preps.
Today’s
meals looked like this:
1. Ham steak, 2 whole eggs, goat cheese, coffee
2. Protein shake with banana
3. Chicken breast in butter and topped with garlic
white cheddar cheese
4. Leg of lamb, dulce de leche coffee (omg! 1tbs
dulce de leche, 2tbs heavy whipping cream mmmwah!)
5. Bedtime snack of sugar free jell-o
I know it
doesn’t read like a lot of food but it was very satisfying/filling and oh so
delicious! I’m drooling thinking about tomorrow!
In the midst
of all of this my hairstylist friend and client walked me through the process
of back tinting my hair. I was over the bleach blonde, it wasn’t me and I
didn’t feel very confident as a blonde. I’ve always had far more confidence
with darker hair, plus it really highlights my eyes, not to mention darker hair
is far easier to maintain. I have to say the process of back tinting is just as
laborous as the process of bleaching.
The end result though is nothing short of perfection! I managed to
achieve the exact shade I was wanting and spent pennies (ok I spent more than
pennies but compared to what this would have cost in a salon it was pennies).
It is the ultimate in rich, warm chestnutty chocolate brown. When my 10yo
daughter saw it she fell instantly in love and has asked that I dye her hair
the same color. So looks like she and I will be taking a trip to Sally’s
tomorrow where I try to convince her she really wants fuchsia rather than
brown. I went from bland to bam!
So to wrap
up day 1, it’s been fun and I’ve had plenty of energy. I hear the energy lag
usually hits around day 3-5 depending on when your body starts to transition
from burning carbs for energy to burning fat for energy. Oh for those that
don’t know what CNS is, it’s a form of keto dieting except that every 5-7 days
you do a carb refeed. I am still doing IF (intermittent fasting) along with CNS
as they work very well together. Excited to see what the new year brings! Happy
New Year to all, good bye to 2012 and hello to 2013 J
Jan 1 2013 –
Day 2 –
I hardly
slept last night, ugh. I blame the coffee I drank late in the evening so I could stay up until midnight to
kiss my husband. 13 yrs of NYE kisses and the only time we have missed one is
when he has been deployed. So 5 hours of restless sleep, waking several times,
and some very odd dreams left me feeling a wee tad tired most of the day.
I have been
truly enjoying college football this year. This is the first season in many
years we have had cable and I could actually watch my team (South Caroline
Gamecocks). Today they played in the Outback Bowl, which wasn’t the best bowl
but hey it’s still a bowl game ;) Now I always have Nate’s chili and chips and
a beer during football games, it’s kind of our tradition. You can imagine
weekends when both of our teams are playing (he watches NFL) that is a lot of
chili and chips eating going on lol Since I am doing CNS I knew I wouldn’t be
able to have the beans in the chili or our regular chips either but I had a
plan! I scooped out my serving of chili (which had about 4gr of carbs from the
cheese & tomatoes) before he added the beans and I baked up some La
Tortilla Factory 3gr carb tortilla’s for my chips. I didn’t miss skipping the
beer since I really don’t drink much anyways. The chili was awesome, as usual
but I have to say those tortillas make crappy chips and it’s probably due to
the high fiber content. I had planned to eat about 16gr of carbs just in this
meal and ended up only having around 8-10, so I can’t complain really and I was
truly full and satisfied.
After the
game it was gym time and my favorite day, hammies! I had an amazing session and
boy did my hammies feel the burn. I had some issues getting up and down the
stairs after getting home LOL of course working legs makes me VERY hungry and
yesterday was no exception. I ended up taking a mini nap at 730, woke up at 8
and by 9 I had a growly tummy. I’m also lazy and really didn’t want to get out
of bed to make something to eat, whatevs I got up anyways. Once I had some food
in my belly I was able to fall back to sleep and slept nearly 12 hours!
So today’s
meals went like this:
1. Coffee with heavy whipping cream (nomz!)
2. Chili with low carb chips
3. PWO shake with banana
4. 2 thin cut porkchops topped with pepperoni &
garlic white cheddar cheese
5. ½ of a prosciutto wrapped porkchop from the kids
dinner, 1 lrg protein pancake, 1 cup sugar free jell-o.
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OMG Doesn't this look amazing? Yea it really was!
Day 2 wrap
up – energy was lacking due to lack of sleep but nothing that kept me from my
training or cooking for the kids. Probably didn’t eat enough because frankly I
just didn’t feel hungry until that last meal, I’m sure I will make up for it
tomorrow.
Jan 2 – Day
3
Oh hi lack
of energy. Not sure if you are diet related or AF/shark week related. Possibly
it's a combination of both, so I am taking a rest day to recover. I’ve been
pretty thirsty today too so chug chug chug goes the water! My first meal was so
filling I still haven’t eaten anymore today, which I am sure will be made up
later this evening which is just fine by me.
Interesting
enough I decided to get up and dye my daughters hair, during the process I
started to feel normal energy levels emerging.
When she was done I decided to do some grooming of myself and then
hopped in the shower, BOOM, energy back! Came down and cooked the kids a
delicious dinner and then made my own. I half considered going on to the gym
but honestly 6pm is one of the worst times of the evening to go workout in our
tiny gym and even more sure during the January influx. Kind of excited to see
how I feel tomorrow, I hear day 4-5 is when the energy slump really happens.
She is gorgeous no matter what :D
1. Spinach & egg omelet made with 6 egg whites,
2 whole eggs, spinach, white mushrooms, goat cheese, and cheddar cheese. Coffee
with a splash of hwc.
2. 2 prosciutto wrapped pork chops, green salad
with bell pepper & tomatoes, homemade dressing with olive oil, apple cider
vinegar, Dijon mustard and a sprinkle of sea salt. It was so yummy!! See my
crappy iphone pic for food porn visual ;)
3. 1 cup of 4% cottage cheese, ½ scoop of Big Bitch
Formula cake batter flavor protein, a sprinkle of chocolate almond frosting
creations = one very very happy mouth. I had a spoonful of natural pb on the
side too, mmmmm! I wasn’t sure if I would be able to fit pb into this ULC plan
but today I was so very low on carbs I had plenty of wiggle room J
4. Grilled chicken thigh
Day 3 in
short, started the day low on energy, decided to make it a rest day, gained
energy during the evening, was fully satisfied with my meals and drank a ton of water. Oh and
finally started that blog to put all of this nonsense on!
(note to self, word docs do not c&p well to blogger, oi!)
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