Ok, so here goes. I'm starting this thread to try to stay on track and welcome any feedback or suggestions

I def. don't have a problem being motivated to go to the gym or anything, that is actually my favorite time of the day. I make myself take an off day every week though. Most of you have seen my workout routine in other posts, but I will be changing it up today with more compound movements as recommended.

My problem is food. I usually don't eat enough and I know that I need to eat more.

Here is what I have had so far today:

8:15am - Oatmeal with a little whey protien mixed in and a banana, glass of soy milk (cant drink regular milk)
10:00am - mixed fruit and light yogurt
12:00pm - 4oz chicken breast, salad (no dressing)
2:00pm - can of tuna w hummus, about 10 almonds

Plan on cooking some mahi mahi and steamed veggies when I get home around 4:30. will split it up and eat half then and the other half as my last meal (after PWO shake, before bed)

Thanks for reading.

Welcome and we're here if you need us

Since you drink soy milk, I'd suggest making this - Soy Milk Smoothie - great for the summer months and quite healthy too.

looks good. I'll have to try that. thanks!

Yesterdays workout:
Squats - smith machine 1x12 increase weight, 1x10 increase weight, 1x8
Stiff legged Deadlifts 1x12 increase weight, 1x10 increase weight, 1x8
Bench Press 1x12 increase weight, 1x10 increase weight, 1x8
Pullups (I think i could do only 3 )
Walking Lunges 4x12
Back extensions 4x12
Leg raises 4x12
20 mins on the bike - random hill setting

Eaten so far today:
8:15am - 1 cup Kashi GoLean cereal + 1 cup soy milk
10:00am - dozen almonds

the rest of what I ate yesterday:

12:00pm - 2 slices whole wheat bread, 3 slices deli turkey, romaine lettuce, tomatoes, onions, mustard with a few baby carrots
2:00pm - 3oz grilled chicken breast, small salad
4:00pm - 3oz grilled chicken breast, steamed mixed veggies
8:00pm - PWO protien shake
9:00pm - 1/2 cup cottage cheese, few almonds

did 30 mins elliptical and 15 min stair master yesterday.

So far today,
8:15 - 2 boiled eggs (whites only), 2 slices turkey bacon (is that bad?)
going to eat a cup of Kashi GoLean with 1 cup soy milk in fresh blueberries in a few.

FitDay for yesterday shows:

grams cals %total
Total: 1442
Fat: 36 323 24%
Sat: 9 82 6%
Poly: 8 69 5%
Mono: 13 117 9%
Carbs: 123 356 26%
Fiber: 34 0 0%
Protein: 167 668 50%
Alcohol: 0 0 0%

need more carbs i guess

here are some pretty current pics.

First of all, welcome. Second, your diet looks great to me And ur pics are great too. How long have you worked out? What are your fitness goals?

Thanks!
Well, I've always been active... playing soccer and such growing up, but college life got the best of me... then I was working 2 jobs and found no time to workout but plenty of time for fast food! I really got back into it almost a year ago.

I really just want to live a healthier lifestyle.. my main concern is staying on a healthy diet.. once I stay grounded with it for a while, i'll be good to go. Eating enough is a problem for me.. more than eating bad foods, so that's why I'm tracking it.

just want to tone up. i don't pay much if any attention to the scale so dont have a goal weight, just tone a little more and keep it that way.

Oh, I'm a girl who knows all about fast food That's the habit I'm currently trying to break. I like to browse others journals to get ideas of what I should be eating...lol.

Healthier lifestyle sounds like a good goal to me. Looks like you are on the right track. =)

Thanks again!
Once you cut out fast food for long enough, you don't want it anymore. The smell of it can make me sick anymore. Except for Taco Cabana. That's my weakness and my weekly cheat meal usually comes from there or Studio Movie Grill.

Not eating as much today.

10:00am - cereal, milk, blueberrys (as mentioned previously)
12:30pm - Tuna sandwich - i can tuna mixed with hummus (i saw that idea on here somehwere but cant remember who posted it, but thank you! i am addicted now) on whole wheat bread with romaine lettuce
2:00pm - 1 cup dannon light and fit yogurt (plain) with granola and a banana.

Did't lay anything out to cook tonight, so I have no idea what I'll have. May have to stop at the store on the way home.

btw - I drink nothing but water and I drink about a gallon a day (give or take)

Finished yesterday off with 4 oz chicken breast and mixed veggies around 5, PWO shake, and 1/2 cup cottage cheese before bed.

FitDay shows:
1827 total cals
Fat - 24%
Carbs - 31%
Protien - 45%

Yesterday's workout:
Squats 1x12, 1x10, 1x8
Deadlifts 1x12, 1x10, 1x8
Lunges 4x12
Push ups 5x8 - thats all i could do due to a bad wrist
lat pull down 1x12, 1x10, 1x8
tricep press down 1x12, 1x10, 1x8
trunk twists 3x20
weighted crunches 3x25
20 min stationary bike

So far today - 1 wheat waffle, no syrup, with mixed berries. 1/2 cup plain nonfat yogurt


a little tired this morning, but feel great.

Wow. I'm.....highly impressed! That's awesome!!! You are doing great work!!! Keep it up!!!

Thanks!!!


I've been taking Women's one-a- day multivitamin everyday. Does anyone suggest anything else? or is this ok?

Those vitamins probably work just fine. I personally take Centrum Chewables for Adults. They taste like Flinestone Vitamins.