So Why The Masochist Thing.........

Stacy is my personal trainer. She is also a female body builder who is training to compete professionally this year. I'm taller than she is, but I believe she could break me in two. With her pinky fingers. I was so sore for the first week and a half that I almost couldn't walk down stairs. That is how she got the name.

My training is something like this: lift weights three days a week and do cardio for three days a week. The eating is completely different than I have ever done. 5-6 meals a day, smaller ones, but more filling because of WHAT I'm eating. I know that this has been the go-to plan for people for a while (I even read about it), but I had no idea how much different it was actually going to be compared to my regular eating habits. Breakfast is lots of eggs with a cup of whole grain oatmeal. A snack mid-morning (or before the workout), lunch for right now is a sandwich with 6 ounces of lean meat on whole wheat bread, another snack mid-afternoon, then a "normal" dinner. As long as normal is healthy protein/carb/veggie, and then another snack before bed. That is a LOT more food than I would normally have ever eaten, and it suprises me that I'm starting to get hungry in between the snacks and meals. Stacy said that might happen as the workouts progress.