Posts by kitten_killa

Too many dieting/maintaining girls in here. Bring on the bulkers

Breakfast: 4 Scrambled eggs, WW english muffin with butter, half a HUGE orange, 500ml skim milk.

Snack: Banana

Lunch: Pastrami on ww bread, large spinach salad with strawberries, feta cheese and 1/4 cup nuts/dried fruits. 500ml skim milk.

Snack: 1 cup rice pilaf(apricots, almonds and spices)

Supper: Sheppard's pie and romaine salad with ranch and Parmesan.

Snack: grapes/honeydew/canteloupe/pineapple with plain yogurt and PC soy crunch cereal.

Snack: a whole bag of shrimp fries. Was not planning on eating these, but my sister gave them to me and I couldn't resist.

Snack: Steel cut oats with cashew butter, almonds and milk.

Snack: 2 celery stalks with peanut butter, half a bell pepper with hummus.

Bedtime: 1 cup of cottage cheese.

Yup, I'm a night eater. 5 of 10 feedings after supper

Thanks for all the replies. Those links are great and I'm practising my form with a broomstick while I build up the confidence to hit the gym/wait for my book to arrive.

Can't wait to start taking in 4000 cals a day. I have a appetite mutated by some too strict dieting in the past, so even taking in 4000 clean calories shouldn't be hard for me. I've just got to remember to keep hitting the gym, unless I want to gain 20 lbs of fat per month

Wow, thanks guys! Four recommendations for starting strength.

I read all that I could on the "search inside me" on the amazon page plus the whole kethnaab thread and it seems to make a lot of sense(even though part of me just wanted to fool arouind with the easy machines)

I like the idea of drinking calories/protein, as I have just sorted out several overeating problems(though you wouldn't guess it by my weight) and wouldn't want to get in the habit again and not be able to break it if the working out thing doesn't pan out.

The only problem now is learning how to do it properly(and in public) without anyone to instruct me. My prospective workout buddy who's been working out for a while likes to just do whatever he feels like each day, and is generally a know-it-all, so I don't think I could convince him that this is the right way for me. The training staff my College (I get a free gym membership because I'm a student) would most likely want to see me jump on one of the many safe bet machines/gizmos and stay out of their way, so it looks like I may have to fly solo. Would it be a total waste of time to do the bench press on a machine that wouldn't require a spotter? Any other tips on how to get started? Maybe I'm being a wimp, but it's gonna be hard as hell for a toothpick to just walk in there and start flailing around akwardly with barbells trying to perfect a technique while everyone else is at least pretending they know what they are doing ;) Thanks again.

Just curious, how do you keep your sodium so low? I get that amount every day just in whole wheat breads. Plus, I'm a huge fan of cottage cheese at almost 500 mg per serving...etc......

Yes, pitas make great pizzas. Just had one tonight, actually. Another favourite of mine is garlic hummus, mustard, alfafa sprouts and a frozen seafood mix(shrimp, calamari rings, baby clams, etc...)