My carb-protein ratio crept up again to 0.97 :( My average steps have increased from the beginning of the program to more than 8,000 on average from about 5,500 at start of program. I find that I need at least 1400 calories a day. 1300 just does not seem sufficient – I am a lot hungrier than normal.
I am revising my goal down to 150 lbs. Of course, I will celebrate when I get down below 160 lbs – but will keep it going after that.
Many people ask me what I eat – here’s what I ate yesterday, for example: (I have put in 2 bugs in the table below – can you spot them?)
From this week, I can eat cereals (like Kashi Go Lean which has 9g of protein per serving) and crackers (like Wasa or ok-mok). Cereals are packed with carbs, so they need to be paired with fat and protein. Greek Yogurt + Cereal + nuts is an example of what I could start having. I still can’t exceed a total of 200 calories from grains and cereals. My club has a whole wheat cheese pizza that I am planning to try this week.
I get my orthotics (custom made) and new shoes (either Asics or Brooke since I am nearly flat footed) later this week and then I can attempt running again. Can’t wait for that! Let’s move on to the tip of the week…
Meal planning and preparation
I find that I need to spend more time planning my shopping and daily meals, given the large amount of things I can eat. Many of you can eat just about anything – so you probably should invest even more time.
Planning takes quite some thought but pays off handsomely at the end. All of us workers get quite hungry by the time we get home, so it’s a good idea to plan to have a snack at 4pm or so. Try adding 2 snacks + a meal into what you need to carry to work everyday.
I used to go shopping nearly every other day – now it is down to twice a week. I hope to plan sufficiently ahead and bring it down to once a week mainly to save time and my sanity.
I pack my meals (sometime my wife helps me) every night for the next day. I could optimize on this as well, since some snacks are not perishable, I could plan some snacks and prepare them (includes weighing everything) and labeling them ahead of time.
Could someone who is not on a real diet trying meal-planning/prep for a week and tell me if they lose weight or save time, just by doing this?
Good Luck!
No comments:
Post a Comment