Thread: Soy and Whey Diet Plan (CONTINUED)

Well I was mostly using 10 lbs & that wasn't enough to really feel the burn, i think I need to get 15's or 20's. I definitely do need a different resistance band & I really do suck at pushups... I've had to do most of them on my knees "girl pushups" & only managed to do about 5 pushups the real way. Do you have the chocolate milk as your recovery drink or did you buy the actual recovery drink? I'll have to recalculate to see how many calories I should be eatting a day, I've been just making it at 1200 calories (since I really doubt I'm burning 600 calories from p90x when I can't do most of it yet lol) but I am going over on carbs when I set it at 50/30/20 I just need to have more egg whites & tuna with snacks I think. I've been working overnight shift this week & have to do overnight shift wed nite & thurs nite but then I have a week off so I can get back to a normal schedule which will give me more time to plan out better meal ideas & figure out different protein options.

It's weird that it takes a lot for me to feel the burn in my arms, I think its from going back to the gym & building a slight muscle there. But I'm going to keep trying until I feel the burn during the workout. The back of my shoulders & my abs are a little sore today though so it's obviously working at least a little bit.

Oh yeah I meant to ask you how much of each type of protein you are putting in your shakes? I'm worried I'll have to much of one type & have problems. I know you don't use whey, but I do like the whey protein, I'm going to get egg & rice.. not sure about the hemp yet... & I don't think I like the soy powder so I'm going to keep using soy milk. But if I use skim milk with some of the shakes thats considered whey protein isn't it? I'm afraid I'll be having too much whey protein or 1 of the other protein powders.

What did you think of plyometrics? I'm sure you burnt a good 600 on that one yesterday! I was burning at least 400 when I started out and you're doing more than me. Oh, Amazon is selling the Reebok HRM with the chest strap for really cheap right now ... about $30.

You don't have to worry about having too much whey protein. Some use as much as 0.88g of whey per pound which is a lot more than you can eat, hehe! And skim milk is fine too if you have the carbs. Only the soy protein needs to be limited. I have one scoop of soy protein with rice and hemp in one shake and a scoop of egg and rice in the other shake.

The rice doesn't taste too great unless you get one of the expensive flavored ones. The egg is awesome though. You can add that to both shakes which I will probably do eventually. I just have all these other protein powders that I need to use up first, hehe.

Don't forget cottage cheese. It has a slow release protein in it which makes it a perfect after-dinner snack. I combine it with an egg protein drink (just a half cup of water shaken with a scoop of egg protein so it's not too filling). Egg protein seems pretty safe too if you can fit them into your micronutrients.

You can have too much protein in general. Just be mindful that these micronutrients are temporary and don't stay on it for longer than 16 weeks total. If you go beyond 4 weeks, see about carb cycling which is also in the book I sent you.

Plyo was hard... at first in the beginning of the video I was like wow this isn't too bad I can totally do this, but then some of the moves I was like yeah right I can't get off the ground for this. but it wasn't too bad & I know with time it'll get easier. I did the arms today & I used 5lbs most of the time. I guess with the first dvd I need heavier weights or maybe today I needed less weight because I was a bit sore. But 5lbs was heavy enough, I think for some of the exercises I'm going to increase to 10lbs. I did order rice protein in chocolate & egg protein in vanilla today so they should be arriving soon.

All of my officers at work are getting ready for their PT test thats coming up. So they have all been eatting healthier & everything like that. Well in the fridge tonight I saw a Detour whey protein bar. So I was looking at the website for the detour bars & they have all different types, some are meant for running, core workouts, etc. I'm thinking of maybe getting a few of those too. I never tried that brand before, but they look pretty good.

Yoga X is tomorrow for both of us and that one definitely does burn! If it starts to become impossible, pop in X Stretch because all the yoga stretches are in there too with less impossible poses.

During recovery week, instead of doing 2 sets of Yoga X, I'll swap one of them for Cardio X and X Stretch so I can get both a calorie burn and a good stretch. Just don't tell Sandy, hehe.

I never tried any of the protein bars. Let me know how well they fit into the plan. I hope it helps bring your calories up!

I still get sore these days. This phase really has my back and shoulders in knots ... Tiger Balm is highly recommended and works a lot better than Icy Hot and Bengay. I'm using it right now for my back and shoulders.

Is there any way that someone could email me the original article? I am planning to start this tomorrow and just want to have a reference. My email address is krissy.icegmail.com Thank you so much. I look forward to being able to post my own successes here! Good luck to all of you!

The information is on the first page of this post but I can send you the article too.