Monday, 20 July 2009

• I Dropped Over 15 Pounds in Weight

  Since the second week of June, I have cut my weight by over 15 lbs.  I did this with NO exercise.  During the first week of June I had an emergency appendectomy which prevented me from exercising for a month.  The weight loss was done on pure diet alone.  My diet consisted of:

  Breakfast:

  A protein shake every morning (1 cup 1% organic milk, 1 tablespoon of flaxseed oil, 1 tablespoon of amino acids, 1 scoop of protein powder, and 1 serving of mixed fruit which always included blueberries)

  Mid-Morning Snack:

  A serving of fruit

  Lunch:

  A serving of protein (turkey, chicken, or lean steak), a generous amount of vegetables, and a serving of brown rice that was cooked using my own spices (this eliminated all the sodium and other junk that is in pre-flavored rice).

  Mid-Afternoon Snack:

  A serving of fruit and dairy (yogurt, cottage cheese, or Polly-o string cheese)

  Dinner:

  A serving of protein (turkey, chicken, or lean steak) and a generous serving of vegetables

  So as you can see I kept away from carbs in the evening and kept a high protein diet to maintain as much lean muscle as possible while burning as much fat as possible.  The basic principle = eat less calories than I burn to create a calorie deficit and do it clean (as healthy as possible).  I did have ONE cheat day a week every Friday where I indulged whatever I wanted.  However, I do this through ordering in.  My apartment is 100% bare of any unhealthy food.

  I have just recently begun exercising again but won’t be back to a definite routine until a week and a half from now after I take the New York Bar Exam.

  I plan on cutting down maybe another 15 lbs or whenever I naturally stop losing weight from my current diet.  When my body fat gets low enough I will then do a clean bulk to add about 10 lbs of muscle.

  Edit: By the way, I failed to mention my current weight to put things into context: 199.4

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