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Mental PR and Thoughts on Scale Weight

1/30/2015

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Hey guys! Sorry for being a couple days late on my weekly blog post! I’ve had a lot of thoughts going through my head.

Guess what? I have hit a mental personal record of NOT weighing myself for over a month! Yes, it has been 40 days since I’ve weighed myself. This is huge for me because for the majority of my life, I’ve weighed myself every single day. I took the advice of my coach and decided to ditch that unit of measurement completely for now. I’m in multiple fitness “communities” – on facebook and instagram primarily – and have noticed a HUGE difference of scale weights, body fat percentages, heights, etc. of tons of different women who share that
information about themselves as well as photos. I’ve noticed that the body type I ultimately want to have (for my height) is what I would have previously considered a high scale weight.

I know not to compare myself to others, but I do find it pretty awesome to discover photos of women with physiques I admire and also see their weight/height posted. It’s more tangible evidence of the fact that muscle weighs more and takes up less space than fat. Pretty cool. Every day I’m getting a little less crazy about this stuff. After all, we are more than a shell.

- C

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Macro Hacks: Tips and Tricks of Flexible Dieting (Part I)

1/25/2015

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Hey guys! For some reason, my blog hosting was down for a few days so here's a late post for ya! More videos like this soon to come! <3
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Enjoying Food: Dark Chocolate Protein Cheesecake

1/17/2015

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THESE ARE SO HOT RIGHT NOW. In fact, I've tried tons of protein cheesecake recipes in the past few months. Some were winners and some were losers to be honest, but I believe I've found my favorite recipe and ratios of ingredients that do not sacrifice macros or flavor. The awesome thing about this recipe is you can really play around with it. If you want to add more protein, add more whey; if you want more fiber, add more cocoa powder. Also, you can totally be a rebel and eat it for breakfast if you want--it's got about the same macros as a veggie egg white omelet, believe it or not! Pretty crazy but true!

DARK CHOCOLATE PROTEIN CHEESECAKE
154 kcal -- 24P / 11C / 1.5F (for 1/8 of cake)
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Ingredients:
- 2 scoop whey (I used optimum nutrition isolate in chocolate)
- 454g plain nonfat greek yogurt
- 2 large eggs
- 46g liquid egg whites
- 1 package (40g) sugar free fat free chocolate jello pudding mix
- 2 packages (448g) Fat free cream cheese
- 30g dark chocolate cocoa powder
- stevia to taste

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Put all ingredients in mixing bowl and mix until completely smooth (I used kitchen aid mixer for this)
3. Place mixture in glass pie dish/pan and then into oven.
3. Let it bake for about 45-min to an hour. Check on it frequently (maybe every 5-10 mins towards the end) and you can tell it is done when you stick a toothpick in the middle and it's not gooey/comes out pretty clean.
4. Take out of oven and let cool for an hour or so.
5. Let refrigerate over night.

Enjoy and have fun with it! I love having it with ice cream, whip cream, chocolate syrup, and strawberries… but it's also great completely by itself! <3
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IIFYM Full Day of Eating #1

1/14/2015

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Warning, it's a little ridiculous… but we had fun! Enjoy! :P
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New Year, New Goals

1/7/2015

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Happy new year friends! I haven't been posting a lot lately due to tons of traveling, being super sick and holiday craziness but I am back in action with the macro experiment and excited to get more V-Logs, songs, and other fun stuff up here in the next week or so!

I've been getting a few people recently asking me about the "status" of the experiment and want to make sure I'm clear about it. I'll be doing a video log about it soon too, but I am no longer doing a slow reverse diet. My initial purpose of the macro experiment was to document my reverse diet to see if it worked ...and it did! I increased my calories by more than 700 in 3 months without any weight/fat gain. All of my stats, results, and even a DIY "how-to" guide is up in the Metab Rehab section so that you can do it too! I will continue to update the blog with helpful information and fun stuff all about macros, of course.

Right now, my macros are staying pretty static as I am doing a lean bulk with the guidance of my coach Jose (Alpha Training Protocols). My goals now are to gain muscle and increase strength. Having a coach has been awesome and has helped me get over my fear of weight gain and the scale going up which an inevitable side effect of gaining significant muscle mass. :)

I've got another flight to catch in a bit so I'm going to end this post… for now! Stay tuned for another V-Log coming soon! Much love!

- C
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