[quote]MoveThis wrote:
Giterdone, you’re right about the diet stuff. I really do need to get my diet sorted out. I’ve read TOO much friggin information and I’m overloaded. Eat this, don’t eat that. Every meal has to have a protien + a carb; DON’T eat proteins and starches together. Eat before 6:00. Eat every three hours. Eat 6 times a day. Eat 3 times a day. AIYEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Like, do I really need to freaking eat 6 times a day? I mean, can’t I just drink a shake here and there throughout the day and then eat a huge-ass-mo-fo dinner? I only ask that because I am virtually NOT hungry all day. I eat anyway because it’s breakfast time or lunch time or whatever, but for whatever reason, no matter what I eat, I start getting hungry around 4:00 or 5:00 in the afternoon. Could I feasibly save all of my calories / macros up for that meal and just chow down?
On a “good” day I:
Wake up.
Drink a glass of water.
Drink a glass of juiced kale, celery, lettuce and lemon.
Eat a breakfast that usually consists of one of these things: a shake, some fruit + a protien, a yogurt.
Eat lunch that consists of a protien + a veg or a protien + a carb.
Workout
Eat dinner that consists of protien, veg and starch.
Shower.
Go to sleep.
But sometimes, I wake up, don’t make my juice, don’t eat breakfast, eat a Greek Salad for lunch and then eat dinner.
I’ll get it sorted out, I know. I don’t meant to whine. I’m looking into the New Rules book suggested above and might try that to see if that works for me. I wish someone would just make, like, food cubes, for days when I don’t feel like eating!
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Food is kind of like training. If it is too friggin complicated it won’t get done. Don’t get overwhelmed by the minutia.
People will argue over the details, but your good day looked pretty good. Just watch the sugar (like those little yogourts) and starches.
On a “bad” day as long as you are not loading up late at night because you are starving, it is not a disaster. I would recommend getting something in the morning even if it is just a protein shake with some olive oil or a couple of hard-boiled eggs. That would be the “break fast” part. And the closer you can get the big-ass meal to the start of the day, the better.
The easiest place to start when losing weight is portion control (eat the same but less), then modify what you eat (take out the crap), then you get into nutrient timing (when you eat) and other stuff.
I think you should be training 5-6 times a week. Not balls-to-the-wall (I don’t even know what that phrase means) every session but consistently training.
The “New Rules” book is good. I bought it last year for my Mom (she just turned 70) and she has been rockin’ it. I’m so proud