Nutrition Plan Day One

So I got my nutrition plan from my gym yesterday afternoon. The counsellor read it through with me, asked if I had any questions and off I went to the grocery store. I also picked up a bottle of whey protein to use in the protein shakes.

The nutrition plan consists of 3 days of meals, that I am to rotate. There are 5 meals per day. The idea being to keep my metabolism working to use energy. Prior to this, I ate sporadically through the day. Most days my first meal was around 1pm. Apparently that way of eating is bad, because your body will store every bit of energy you put in, because it doesn't know when the next round of energy will be put in.

The 5 meals are small and around 400 calories each, give or take. The emphasis seems to be on protein; low or zero fat, almost no carbs (except oatmeal and sweet potatoes). One thing I forgot to ask was what beverages I can have. Likely the answer will be water, but I will confirm next time I see her. Prior to this nutrition plan I almost never drank pop or carbonated beverages of any kind (maybe once or twice a year). I don't drink alcohol, I never drink milk (it bugs my stomach). Mostly I drink watered-down juices, water and water with a low calorie (no more than 10 per 500ml) flavoured sweetener. I also like tea, green tea and coffee. My coffee consumption has greatly reduced since I quit smoking, now I might have one or two a week in the morning. Most often now I drink green tea in the morning.    

I am to follow this plan for three weeks, then go back in for likely another menu plan, to change up things a bit. It is a bit tough to follow, I do feel hungry at times, but as I just quit smoking only a short time ago, my will-power is still very strong so I feel I will be able to stay the course.

Today I also went for a boxing class. The class was an hour long and most of it consisted of conditioning exercises. I plan on attending every Friday now, as part of my weekly routine.

So right now, my exercise schedule is:

Monday: 1hr personal training session

Tuesdays: 1hr cardio

Wednesday: 1hr personal training session

Thursdays: 1hr cardio

Friday: 1hr boxing

Saturday: 1hr cardio/weights

Sunday: 1hr cardio/weights

I will probably NOT go to the gym occasionally, likely on a weekend here and there. Sometimes as we all know, life gets super busy and schedules and routines have to be flexible and adjust to needs.

While my goal is to lose my belly fat, I know that there will be other benefits along the way to reaching this goal. My overall health will improve, my eating habits will improve, my energy will increase, my ability to sleep will improve, concentration will improve and more.

As always, I will post my progress here. I do plan to post another photo, at least once there is some noticeable improvements to my belly fat.

Until then, don't sweat the small stuff!