Good morning all! Day 4 here of my journey on my first cycle.
My morning started off awesome. Decided to take Vinyasa 2 at my families yoga studio (heated to 90 and 70% humidity) needed a good sweat session, showed up to class and there was no teacher, so I had to guide class for the first 15 min till my sister showed up (let's just say it was comical). It was fun. Got a good sweat out of it. I really love a good balance class with sweat dripping from the body, releases so much tension from my muscles and preps me for better lift sessions. This is how I look after my flow classes, after hiit (which is tomorrow morning) I am dripping, you burn 1100 calories in an hour, it's intense and I love it.
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I am training tonight. Training with a friend from work who is a little power house! She and I push each other in ways I love! I am super excited daily to get into the gym.
I have a couple questions, is it normal to bloat in first week on var? I noticed I am holding water? I am also attaching a picture of my meals for the day time and curious what you all think. In my past I have always done high protein low carb (mostly from veggies), but I am introducing sweet potato's and quinoa. I have hashimoto's and cannot eat gluten at all (I get throwing up sick) have been GF for 3 years. So I am very cautious of what I can eat. It keeps my diet clean though, I am on 2 different thyroid medications 3x a day. It's crazy.
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Green smoothie: 1 scoop whey protein, 3 cups of spinach and a little mango for flavor
Egg delights: 1 egg yolk and the rest egg whites with spinach, onion and kale (I make these in big batches and have in my fridge ready for snacks)
Meal 1: 3 oz salmon, sweet potato about 3 oz, and some turkey (ran out of broc)
Meal 2: 3 oz of Alaska (I am Alaskan) cod, broc, sweet potato 3oz, and a tablespoon of organic salsa
Snacks: Quest Protein bar, Banana and 1/4 avocado
Dinner will be similar to meal 1 or 2
Does anyone have any input? I am worried I am not eating enough or eating too much. I truly want to add muscle, but still cut at the same time.
I really APPRECIATE everyone's help and input. Happy Tuesday!
Dani