Had a glass of wine for the first time in a long time.. Felt good to accompany a steak with a good cab sauv. again.. Wow.. 250 cals in a good-sized glass!
Was a cheat meal for sure.. Didn't cut any of the fat off the steak, I had mushrooms sauteed in butter.. Was awesome..
I was looking at cottage cheese for RFL diet meals, as it says 1-3 servings per day of dairy is recommended..
1% and 2% cottage cheese isn't going to cut it, though..
Too many carbs..
1% m.f. cottage cheese has 17g carbs in the 42g of protein I need per meal..
There IS dry curd cottage cheese (4g carbs in 42g protein), but it is REALLY dry.. I'd have to have it in salads..
There IS dry curd cottage cheese (4g carbs in 42g protein), but it is REALLY dry.. I'd have to have it in salads..
The dry cottage cheese I've tried spoils very quickly so don't try to keep a lot on hand in the fridge. I believe you can freeze it though. It was also much blander than regular cottage cheese so be prepared to add some kind of spice or flavoring.
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I've seen a couple of recipes for home-made ice low-fat low-carb high P ice cream that use cc and protein powder. .. if not mistaken there's sugar free jello involved. Since we don't have sf jello here and am allergic to dairy (even goat's dairy) I never bothered remembering all of the details... will be looking it up today for ya!
I've seen a couple of recipes for home-made ice low-fat low-carb high P ice cream that use cc and protein powder. .. if not mistaken there's sugar free jello involved. Since we don't have sf jello here and am allergic to dairy (even goat's dairy) I never bothered remembering all of the details... will be looking it up today for ya!
OK, I wasn't quite sure what HiP ice cream was, but now I get it.
These are a couple of the versions (not necessarily low-fat or even ice cream)
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My version is 1% Fat CC, half scoop of your favorite choc protein powder, some choc extract, unsweetened cocoa (about a tbsp) -- and pb if you can budget the cals at that point. Mix -- YUM. It totally gets rid of any sour taste. If not, add splenda.
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I mix sugar free pudding in my blended 1% f CC and a taste of vanilla. sweetner of choice to taste.
Blend it all up and put back in the container.... yum.
last week was banana, this week chocolate.
.... off to check out the Walden Farms chocolate syrup.....
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Now adding some s/f f/f pudding mix powder is an idea....that may help "smooth out" the flavor.
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I dump cottage cheese (~1c), 2 scoops vanilla protein powder, 200g strawberries, 1/2c whole milk, artificial sweetener as needed, into my blender and blitz until creamy, adding water to thin if needed (usu I use frozen sb's, so it's needed). THEN, I dump this yumminess (you could drink it like this as a thick shake) into my ice cream maker, and 25 minutes later I have smooth, thick, creamy strawberry ice cream--I can't tell the difference between it and the regular I make for my family. Makes 2 BIG servings, or 3 regular sized ones.
So basically: cottage cheese (draining it is a good idea), flavoured protein powder skim milk (or even water), sf jello or sf pudding mix , fruit (if you want) and then either let it stiffen (for pudding/jello) or get very cold (w/o the pudding /jello)
These are all variations to smoothen out the cc and make it more palatable.. or you can just go on a Quark hunt, which is smooth to begin with & drain the liquids to remove the acidity.
Was pleasantly surprised to have gone down 2.5 lbs, especially after the "refeed" yesterday..
Seems like only yesterday I was freaking over being stalled at 211.. LOL
SQUATS
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BENCH PRESS
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I weighed those little gripper thingies to hold the plates on the bar, and sure enough 4 of them weigh about 2 lbs, so I'll use them to progress (gripper thingies, two 2.5 lbs plates, gripper thingies, etc)..
BENT OVER ROWS
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BALL CRUNCHES
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I suspected I was coming up too much on these, so I concentrated on just coming up enough to look straight up rather than 45 degrees.. That killed, so I'll try to keep that up.. No way I could do 60 of those..
kfisher asked me to post my deads, and see why I'm straining my lower back..
Now, let me just say that I'm 6'3", and as a result have to bend over quite a bit more to get into position, and so my back is almost at a 90 degree angle rather than a 45 you'd get with a shorter person..
Note this page from Starting Strength..
Both people are in the correct starting position, according to Rip..
One is 6'5"..
My shoulders are back as far as I can get them, and my lower back is arched as far as I can manage, and tight.. Abs are flexed..
Also note that yes, I know I should have paused at the bottom more, and not "bounced" it..
OH PRESS
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I can see looking at this video that I'm leaning too far back again, and that's killing my back..
You're not getting the bar overhead properly on your OHP. It should end up over your shoulders not out in front.
Check Rip's videos here for what I mean: http://startingstrength.wikia.com/wiki/Press_Videos
Your DL looks loosey-goosey to me but I can't articulate what I'm seeing just now.
on the deadlift video what I notice is how your back really rounds on the first lift off. Then on subsequent ones I think so too. Why do you not bend your knees more since you are so tall?
BTW: You are slimming down quite nicely.
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