Maureen
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Can you switch between the Vegan menu & Regular menu? Those cheesecake bites & the rice sound pretty good!
You can choose any meal from either plan, but if you want to make any exchanges, you need to use the vegan exchange list for the vegan meal plan and the non-vegan exchange list for the nonvegan plan
SO, I was making the soup and put the blender in the pot. MY cauliflower went flying all over the kitchen! My pups were happy. lol
I’ll have to figure out a better way to blend it.Then I told my husband to add some turkey to his soup. Later he said turkey and rice soup is good. I’m like what rice? Cauliflower. haha
Just thought I’d share some humor today.Love the humor lol.. Happy to see you here.
Hi!
1. How do you measure frozen food when in a time crunch of not being able to wait for it to thaw?
You can just weigh them. if you roast them you will lose some water and they will prob weigh less or if you steam them they will prob retain more water etc.2. I have the nw pre workout and burn. Can I take both in a day and what would the timing be for that ?
Yes. Take train prior to strength and you can take burn when you need that extra push.
Is the whole exercise a drop set or just the last set?
The drop is for each set.
-For the record I’m starting at 305lbs and 6”0-
(Questions for the admins)I am doing all the workouts, all the cardio, and following the correct meal plan but I find myself getting hungry faster.
Should I bump up servings by a few ounces or should I stick to the preset plan for my body type?
Thank you in advanced!
#nwburnbuild23 #buffpastryI would say yes because it sounds like you need more. I’m not sure how much to increase. I would suggest bump one meal up and see how you feel and make sure you are consistent with that if you feel comfortable doing that. hope that helps.
I apologise if this has been addressed…. can someone please explain the optional condiments and how/when/if we can have them and do they impact the meals as they are written? I hope that makes sense… Basically I’m making my BLT on meal plan too, and would love to have some pickles with that lol
YOu can use those when you feel they would add some good flavor or where you see fit to use them. THE PICKLE addition sounds amazing
If you already had a good idea of how many calories you were eating, then choose the meal plan that fits close to where you were. You aren’t in a deficit yet. Get through the entire week, if you are starving then bump the meal plan up.
I’m thinking I made a mistake meal planning this week. I’m on Meal Plan 3 and for each of the 5 meals, there are 2 options. Simply asked, can I do Option 1 for Meal 1 then Option 2 for Meal 2? I believe the answer is “no” now that I’m starting to understand the program.
All of the options are interchangeable. The macros are different for the post workout options v. the other regular meal options
Dumb? question…when doing the training, do we do all the sets of each exercise in full before moving on to the next exercise or move through alternating each exercise (unless a drop set etc) until all sets are completed??
Never a dumb question. Yes, unless you see it’s a superset or dropset or another combo.
Dumb? question…when doing the training, do we do all the sets of each exercise in full before moving on to the next exercise or move through alternating each exercise (unless a drop set etc) until all sets are completed??
Never a dumb question. Yes, unless you see it’s a superset or dropset or another combo.
Wide Grip Pulldown 2 sets 5-8 warmup?
That’s it?
Milissa
Looks like it but I will double check.
I’m so used to warm up sets being higher reps. I find it odd the reps are only in the 5-8 range. What is the weight expectation, are we using very light weight.
Just wondering, I’m used to seeing more of a progressive load for warms ups, see below:
12 reps
10 reps
8 reps
6 repsDefinitely do a lighter weight in those warm up sets to get the blood moving into those areas. Im sure the reps are fine
Hi! Quick question, I have found I workout better when I do cardio before weight training (I know that is not the recommended order but it works well for me). Can that cardio session serve as my “warm up” instead of the prescribed warm up exercises for the weight training portion? I typically go right into weight training immediately following my cardio session so I always feel warmed up and ready to go.
Thank you!
Thats probably ok. I would do some of the speicific ones for upper body and already tight and problematic areas. the warm up exercises will benefit you more than just doing the treadmill for example.
What is the difference of doing a “standing rack press” opposed to a regular barbell press without rack
If you want the video, you will notice there is a pause where she rests the bar back down before lifting it again.
And 1 c marshmallows? One moderator put thet in a forum question response
Yes.
Should you stop eating at a certain time before going to bed for the night?
I don’t think it’s super necessary. Digestion might disrupt your sleep A bit but I don’t want you to skip meals either.
I mentioned in my tofu post that the serving was huge- perhaps due to quinoa dry, not cooked. However, it says to weigh all veggies cooked and I didn’t cook the carrots because I made the whole meal raw. Is that ok?
Secondly, I started to prepare women’s meal plan 3 , meal 1- option 2 and noticed that the cooked onions and peppers weighed almost half of them when raw. So to clarify we only measure cooked? That’s difficult when you think you need 50g of onions but it’s really quite less- I feel like all of my meals will be off.
Dont stress about the vegetables. If you want to cook them one time, cook them, raw, eat it raw. It’s all good. Things like rice, pasta etc need to be weighed cooked because they grow lol
I tried the vegan quinoa meal. The serving is so large- almost 500g total! I couldn’t eat it all, probably ate half, then was starving one hour later. I mixed everything- the quinoa, edamame, carrots… like a bowl, then divided the combined. So did I do something wrong?
I had assumed to weigh the quinoa dry like cereal, but now I wonder.
Quinoa grows lol. Weigh it cooked.
What about unsweetened coconut milk?
If the cals are low as well.
I am not into the sample meal either, dinner roll, Cheerios, almond milk, rice cakes are not for me. I want to stick to unprocessed foods like I would normally do. I would like to see a simple meal one: lean protein 4 oz, starch 4 oz, 1/2 fruit, 1/2 oz fat. As I am checking the macros I am not getting the meal totals which is frustrating. I haven’t listened to the FB live video, hoping it was addressed there.
You can just pick whatever you want with the exchange list and use the LP,F,SC etc that is identified next to each meal. YOu can eat what you want.
For the S’Mores Protein Pancakes recipe, we’re supposed to top it with mini marshmallows – yummy! How many would be appropriate? I don’t want to overdo it of course. Thanks!
The entire recipe calls for 1 cup of mini marshmallows.
CORRECTION:
3 egg whites should read 3 cups of egg whites
marshmallows should read 1 cup mini marshmallows.CORRECTION:
3 egg whites should read 3 cups of egg whites
marshmallows should read 1 cup mini marshmallows.CORRECTION:
3 egg whites should read 3 cups of egg whites
marshmallows should read 1 cup mini marshmallows.Question For the barbell bench step ups and Bulgarian split squats, do we do:
Right leg step ups (8-10 reps) followed directly by right leg Bulgarian squaTs ?
OR…. Do we do both legs of bench step ups then both legs of Bulgarian split squats ?My though is all one leg first but wanted to check
I would usually just do both legs of the step ups and then transition to the split squats
