I am going to start adding recipes to my blog every so often.  I get some great ones from different friends.  Hopefully you can use them in your meal planning for whatever shows or off season you are in.

“Fried” Chicken

Cook Time: 25 minutes

Total Time: 25 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 1/4 pounds chicken breasts, cut into four pieces
• 2 egg whites
• 2 cups crushed cornflakes
• 2 tsp paprika
• 2 tsp dried mixed herbs

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

Place egg whites in a shallow bowl, and crushed cornflake crumbs, paprika and mixed herbs in another shallow bowl. Dip chicken into egg whites, then into cornflake crumbs.

Place dipped chicken on a baking tray coated with nonstick cooking spray. Cook for 20-25 minutes, turning the chicken halfway through.

Serves 4

Per Serving: Calories 207, Calories from Fat 17, Total Fat 1.9g (sat 0.5g), Cholesterol 82mg, Sodium 269mg, Carbohydrate 12.3g, Fiber 0.4g, Protein 35.3g

Sloppy Turkey Joes (Low Carb and Gluten Free)

Ingredients:

1.5 lbs of ground turkey

1 cup of beef broth

1/2 cup sugar free ketchup

2 garlic cloves, minced

2 Tbsp of worchestershire sauce

2 Tbsp of sugar substitute

1.5 Tbsp of red wine vinegar

Black pepper, to taste

Mix all of the ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Let simmer until the sauce has thickened slightly. Meanwhile, brown the ground turkey in a skillet and cook through. Once cooked through, add the sauce to the ground turkey and incorporate.

Net Carb Count*:

Low Carb Sloppy Turkey Joes:  15 net carbs (entire recipe)

*Note carb counts are estimated based on the products I used. Check nutrition labels for accurate carb counts.

 

Well it is another day another week. Getting my mind right and getting my training turned up to get myself on stage.
So I took a picture of my breakfast. Call it funny, but people have asked me what I eat for breakfast. I will post up my routines this afternoon. Diet will not be posted. Also will start using my blog as a place to help me continue my quest to get on stage and everyday things.

Well the last few weeks have been crazy. Between me being at work and our dear friend and her boyfriend staying with us for a week Trish and I’s lives have been hectic already.

In two weeks we move into our new apartment (first time both our names have been on the lease) and I’m starting to hit high gear for my contest prep. Plus Trish has started her biggest loser challenge. I will keep everyone posted on how that is going.

Contest prep has been a little easier than I believed it would be just from the fact that Trish has been really supportive and so have my co-workers. They don’t mind me stopping what I am doing every 2.5 hours and eating a meal.

Meals have been scaled back to 6 a day at 2.5 hour intervals and the carbs are almost non existent. I get them for breakfast and that’s about it. Like I say to everyone that is just how my life will be lived from here on out. Just to give a little insight into my diet it is basically egg whites, chicken and turkey for protein with oats, brown rice Adams as my choice for carbs. I get carbs my 1st three meals and then no more throughout the rest of the day.

Cardio has been a pain in the arse, but as always I just power through it and don’t think about it. Though I have begun to read more articles that are saying shorter (10-15 minutes) more intense sessions are actually better for fat loss. You would do 3 cardio sessions a day at that allotted time frame. Wondering if it really works. Not going to try it this time around, but maybe this off-season and next contest prep.
I know I get in extra cardio with all the walking I do at work so I might include walking the stairs if I can to help get in another session during the day. Every little thing helps.

And that includes sleep so I will go to bed and try not to have dreams of ice cream.

Well after a minor misstep and shooting for a show in July I decided with my mentor to do a show later in the year.  Well Monday will be the start of my contest diet.  It will be tough, but nothing that is worth doing is easy at all.  I will post up different recipes that i use during my diet.  Can’t be eating baked chicken all the time.  Gotta have a little seasoning to make the food better.  Hope everyone is had a good time this weekend.

Well it is Thursday and time for another posting to my blog. By now I’ve rambled about a lot of things that really weren’t bodybuilding related and that will continue just not today.

Today I am going to begin the long and painful process of putting together me off season and precontest recipe book. I will post photos and recipes here on the blog as I try to put together different things that are good for a bodybuilder’s diet, but also good for the normal Joe or Jane in the gym.

Hope everyone has a great day.

Well today was my birthday and as many of you know since I am dieting I only get one cheat meal a week if my trainer thinks I have done well that week.  Well tonight I had a great cheat meal dinner.  As always it was Italian, but I opted for manicotti instead of my usual angel hair pasta in meat sauce.  A change of pace is always nice.  I did work today (gotta make up for the 6 months i was unemployed and could not pay all the bills)

Tomorrow is a new day and one step closer to my show.  So I have to hit cardio extra hard to burn off the bread I had.  Peace and good night.