25-12-2011, 03:00
After reading over Beth's program on the network54 site, I've decided to add some protein to my plan, since it's sorely lacking in my program and in my life. I love meat, but I might as well be a vegetarian for the amount I actually consume.
I used this site to calculate how much protein I should be eating every day.
http://exercise.about.com/cs/nutrition/a/protein_2.htm
I'm around 115lbs and don't exercise much, so it will be around 40g a day.
I'll be purchasing protein powder very soon and probably make it into a daily chocolate milk drink
I'll also be playing around with the days spent in each phase, because I definitely messed that bit up. For now it's looking like:
Days 28-6 (Menstrual Phase)
Days 6-15 (Follicular Phase)
Days 15-28 (Luteal Phase)
Yes, I know that means a lot less PM, but I'm starting to think I might be estrogen dominant rather than the other way around. I guess I'm still playing around with it after all. If that's the case, 500 mg of PM will be just fine for now, and I'll decide later if I actually need to increase again, but only after at least 2 months into the program so I can assess what's really happening.
I used this site to calculate how much protein I should be eating every day.
http://exercise.about.com/cs/nutrition/a/protein_2.htm
I'm around 115lbs and don't exercise much, so it will be around 40g a day.
I'll be purchasing protein powder very soon and probably make it into a daily chocolate milk drink
I'll also be playing around with the days spent in each phase, because I definitely messed that bit up. For now it's looking like:
Days 28-6 (Menstrual Phase)
Days 6-15 (Follicular Phase)
Days 15-28 (Luteal Phase)
Yes, I know that means a lot less PM, but I'm starting to think I might be estrogen dominant rather than the other way around. I guess I'm still playing around with it after all. If that's the case, 500 mg of PM will be just fine for now, and I'll decide later if I actually need to increase again, but only after at least 2 months into the program so I can assess what's really happening.