Even though it has only been a couple of days since starting LiveFit, it’s been great so far. Phase one, which consists of four weeks, is all about building muscle. There’s no cardio in this phase, and there’s a ton of eating. I’m still working on getting in all of my meals, which wasn’t the case yesterday because I woke up pretty late. Since classes start today, my days will be longer, and I won’t have any excuses not to get all six meals in every day!
Phase one of LiveFit has a pretty standard bodybuilding diet:
Meal 1: egg whites, starch, veggies
Meal 2: protein, veggies
Meal 3: protein, starch, veggies
Meal 4: protein, veggies
Meal 5: protein, starch, veggies
Meal 6: egg whites, veggies
PWO: protein shake, 1/2 banana
I’ll be following this template for the most part, with a few tiny adjustments here and there. Now that I’m looking at my meals from yesterday, it doesn’t look all that different from what I usually post for WIAW. I guess I’m just focusing on upping my protein intake and making sure I don’t skip any meals. I’ll stop babbling now, so we can move on to yesterday’s eats!
Meal 1: 1/2 cup egg whites, 1 organic cage-free egg, 1/2 oats with 1 tbsp of flax meal, stevia, and cinnamon
PWO/meal 2 (these are technically supposed to be separate, but I considered them the same yesterday 
): RTN protein with unsweetened almond milk
Meal 3: 5 oz extra lean ground turkey, 2 slices Ezekiel toast, sautéed spinach
Meal 4: 5 oz extra lean ground turkey with lots of HOT sauce, 3/4 cup cooked barley, roasted broccoli
I cooked the barley using my new BABY rice cooker that I got for Christmas. I had to put my shaker next to it, so you can see how small it really is. How cute is that?!
Meal 5: my usual “Pad Thai” made with 5 oz turkey, onion, and a boatload of broccoli slaw
One way I’ve stayed on track with eating every three hours is by setting my alarm. It sounds crazy, but I definitely would’ve forgotten to eat a few times if my alarm didn’t go off! Whatever works, right?! 
Grow, muscles, grow!
I’m off to hit the gym for some back and biceps. Eat clean, train dirty!!!
Question of the day:
Do you like condiments with your food?
I love condiments! When I saw that I was out of ketchup AND salsa this morning, I immediately became unexcited to eat breakfast. I had to make a trip to Trader Joe’s last night to get both of these items for this morning’s eggs! 100x better!
I love condiments! I’m a huge fan of interesting (or classic) mustards. I am always buying new salsa, relish, etc flavors that catch my eye. I got a homemade natural ketchup in a jar from TJMaxx recently and can’t wait to try it, once I finish my current jar of zucchini relish (local!)
Your “Pad Thai” looks awesome. I’ve seen a lot of bloggers try LiveFit but I enjoy cardio and also wouldn’t want to feel like I was supposed to eat a certain food group when I wanted to eat another, so I’ve never joined. However I’m excited to see how it works for you!
Mmmm I love salsa! I’m addicted to Trader Joe’s salsa authentica. I’ve never heard of zucchini relish, but it sounds delicious!!! I rarely crave certain foods when I’m alone and studying (which is like 99% of my life), so this is perfect for me right now since I want to gain a little bit of muscle! I wouldn’t do LiveFit either if I enjoyed cardio! I love that you do what works for you
Keep at it girl!
That is a good way to look at it! I love to snack when I study too.
The pad thai looks good! I love the veggies, meat and peanuts!
Thanks! I feel like peanut sauce with anything is just AWESOME.
I love condiments. I use salsa & mustard every.single.day!! Looks like your doing GREAT w/ following the meal plan too girl.
Have you ever had eggs with salsa? I feel like that’s something I wouldn’t like, but I love it!!
i use to love them but not so much since i did the Paleo Diet lol. the baby cooker is so small, so cute
The horror! I couldn’t eat half the foods I eat without condiments hahaha. I’m a weird one.
Now that I see that salsa is considered a condiment then YES. Ps — I took your advice and talked to my doc. at the gym this morning. She was unbelievably nice. DUH. You were so right.
It seems like everyone (including myself) is a huge salsa fan. It’s so good! That’s great news!! Now it won’t be so awkward when you take that class with her!
Your meals are so lovely and clean! I always have healthy, clean lunches and dinners, but I need to start snacking more on veggies and clean proteins instead of chocolate
Love the look of that pad thai, do you have a recipe somewhere? broccoli slaw is the best thing ever!
But chocolate is so good…
I haven’t posted an official recipe of that pad thai because I kind of just eyeball everything I throw into the pan. First, I cook up about 4-5 oz of ground turkey in 1 tsp of coconut oil and then add some chopped sweet onion. When that’s almost done cooking, I throw some broccoli slaw into the pan. Then I add liquid aminos (or soy sauce), minced garlic, 1 tbsp of peanut butter, and 1 tbsp of water (or another tsp of coconut oil). Once it’s all covered in peanut butter, I throw in some red pepper flakes. Boom, it takes less than 5 minutes to make! It’s even better with an egg thrown in there. Let me know if you decide to try it!
That’s actually similar to how I make my peanut stir-fry! I sautee my veggies with soy sauce and garlic, then I mix peanut flour with water until it’s nice and runny, pour it over the whole mixture and cook it until it thickens up!
Very similar! Just talking about it makes my mouth water..yummm.
Food without condiments is no fun! I swear sometimes I just eat certain food so I can eat condiments….. #sorryimnotsorry
Wow, I am so impressed how much veggies are included in the LiveFit Diet!
SO DO I. I seriously wouldn’t eat some of the things I eat if ketchup didn’t exist. Condiments are a wonderful thing. The veggies are optional, but you’re allowed to have unlimited veggies at every meal if you want!