Update: My macros got dropped today to 60 carbs on off days! This just got real!

Well I am finally feeling better from my cold that I had and going to start playing catch up both here and on videos. I have a stuffed Poblano recipe video that I will get edited today.

I decided that today I am going to do a day of eating for you. It is my rest day and I am only getting 80 carbs. I am going to fill this out as the day goes on to help me get through the day and slow my eating down by typing it up during each meal getting my stomach fuller faster, its a mental game today! Going to be drinking a crap load of tea and water to fill me up.

Starting off with breakfast. I have been craving some peanut butter and jelly lately so I was thinking of putting together a PB&J frittata but couldn’t get my concoction to fit into the macros today after I had already put the rest of the day together. I know this goes against IIFYM because you are supposed to be able to make what ever you want fit if you can but I like to plan the day out in advance so that I do screw up and get stuck with like 1 carb no fat and 50 protein at the end of the day. So I ate what I planned and I am not disappointed. I was hoping to find a way to cut the carbs down in the morning but you’ll see why that was tough.

Breakfast(38c/12f/38p):

So I finally got around to making a new batch of the Sticky Fingers Scones that I bought last trip to World Market. This package was Raspberry White Chocolate and they were amazing. This is why I could not move the carbs I was craving one of these bad boys. You get a good size scone for 27c/3.5f/3p and they are so moist and delicious! Next flavor I have is chocolate chip and I am looking forward to those one I am out of these.  I ate this as I was getting the ingredients of my frittata ready. For the frittata I went with spinach, mushroom, green onion and the last time I was at Trader Joe’s I found bacon ends and pieces that were 0c/3f/3p for 7g, not much but with all that fat it really melted the flavor into everything, then mixed in some fat-free and whipped cream cheeses. I am eating this as I type this out and it is amazing! I topped it with a little Walden’s Farms maple syrup to play well with the bacon pieces. As you’ll see as I post other posts through the day to keep me occupied I have been on a frittata kick and have some pretty good combos worked up. So here is the recipe and ingredients of the frittata this morning. Stay tuned for the rest of the day!

Frittata(11c/7f/35p):

244g(1cup) Lana’s egg whites

22g Whipped Cream Cheese

14g Fat Free Cream Cheese

42g Spinach

7g Bacon ends and pieces

75g Mushrooms

15g green onion

What I do is heat a pan on medium heat and spray with Pam. Once the pan is warmed up I toss in the bacon to render down some of the fat and get it cooked a bit. I the picked it up with a fork and cut it into small pieces so that I got it throughout the whole frittata. I tossed int he green onions and mushrooms and then once they got a little soft I tossed in the spinach to wilt a bit. Once that looked good I added the cream cheeses and left them melt throughout the mixture. Once that looked to be spread around, its ok to have some not to melted you get these pockets of awesomeness when you are eating and just get a little chunk of cream cheese, I lowered the heat to low-mid heat and added the egg whites to cook just a bit. Once it was like the consistency of an egg soup I placed the whole pan under the broiler and let it cook for 3-4 minutes until it had a nice browned top and the edges were a little crisp. Once this one done I put on the oven mitt, DON’T FORGET THIS YOU WILL BE SORRY, and pull it out. Run your spatula around the sides and it should just slide right out of the pan. There is your breakfast! Bon appetite!

Bacon, Mushroom, Spinach, Green Onion, and Cream Cheese Frittata.

Bacon, Mushroom, Spinach, Green Onion, and Cream Cheese Frittata. Topped with syrup.

11am update and mid-morning meal(7c/3f/35p):

So about 10 minutes ago I got my message from my macro coach that things are changing for the week since I didn’t lose anything this past week. So carbs on lifting days got dropped to 155 and on off days all the way down to 60 carbs. Time to put in the tough work and modified todays meal. Unfortunately I read this after I had already made my mid-morning meal of asparagus, butter lettuce, tuna, and a Carb Master yogurt. There really isn’t much to say about this meal it was plain and simple just heated up some grilled asparagus and put it on top of the lettuce and then dropped the can of tuna and used some mustard for flavor. For a little sweetness I had a Carb Master Yogurt I found at Fred Meyer but any Krogers will have them. I had a caramel spice cake flavor to kill that sweet tooth. The macros of these are 4c/1.5f/9p which is a God send today to get me through. Time to drink about a gallon of water and tea to fill the stomach. Time to get out of the house for a bit to do something other than think about eating my next meal which is basically tuna and lettuce. Dinner also got changed from stuffer Poblanos to a chicken frittata. See you guys in a couple hours. I will continue to post other recipes and meals today to get caught up.

Tuna, asparagus, and butter lettuce salad with a yogurt.

Back from the mall and lunch(5c/3f/34p):

After eating my last meal I headed to the mall to pick up some tea and while I was there I also ended up stopping at a store called Oil and Vinegar and picked up some grape seed oil to help me hit my fats now that I am low on carbs and they had some great infusions. I also picked up a rub that I am going to use on dinner and will let you know more about it then and a habanero hot sauce. I also picked up a peppermill and some pink peppercorns. I made some modifications to dinner and my afternoon snack so that I can use some of the grape seed oil with my dinner frittata and now I can get back to using my nice stainless steel cookware! Still trying to decide on the garlic or the jalepeno infusion. So now that I am home let talk lunch. As you know I had to make some sacrifices to this meal so it was 1 can of tuna, 44g of butter lettuce with mustard and pepper for flavor. After that I had another yogurt for some sweetness. Its slightly holding me over but I am ready for dinner soon. I am going to start to push through with the help of some of the new teas that I picked up. I am fighting through this!

Dinner Time(6c/18f/67p):
As much I would like to have waited a little longer to eat this meal there was no way my stomach was going to let me. So it was time to put together my frittata. I combined some chicken that I rubbed in some Zulu Africa Mix spices from Oil and Vinegar (http://bellevuesquare.oilandvinegarusa.com/herbs-spices/dried-herbs/zulu-africa-mix-70g-2-47oz.html) cooked it for about 5 minutes, added 44g of whipped cream cheese, added 1/2TBSP of jalepeno grape seed oil, then added 244g of egg whites and cooked a bit on the stove top. I ground some pink peppercorn mix and salt on top and placed it under the broiler for 4 minutes but could have gone a little longer to really get a nice crisp on the bottom and sides but what can I say I was hungry! I have to say that this was the best tasting frittata that I have made yet with all of the flavors, but of coarse I would have loved more! With this as my introduction to pink peppercorns, the smokey flavor of the chicken, and the first experience with grape seed oil I have a lot of great meals in my future. One more meal and I am making Frotein! Gotta get that high volume meal before cardio and abs to hopefully give me something to power through because my legs are shot today and I have hockey tomorrow night then start the cardio grind right back up on Tuesday!

If I had cooked it a bit longer it would have stayed together coming out of the pan better.

Here is the seasoning behind the frittata that I used on the chicken.

Dessert Time(5c/6f/55p):
Finally a meal with some volume! I made some Frotein with True Nutrition Calcium Caseinate Cookie Dough flavor, Splenda, Xanthum Gum, 2 cups of almond milk and ice. Tossed everything in the KitchenAid then blended the ice and mixed it in with the rest. I mixed in some WF caramel and chocolate for a little more flavor. In all I think I did ok today on these low macros. Off to the gym to hit cardio and abs. My legs are so wiped out that I will be doing my cardio on the treadmill instead of the stairs today. Hope you all got something out of me telling you about how I got through this poverty day. Have a great week!