36Tango
07-21-2010, 04:33 PM
I have had several PM me about the foods that I have been eating to lose a bit of weight. I am no dietician, so take it for what it is worth. It may very well be all wrong, but what the hell.
6 meals a day of approxoimately 40 carbs and 20-30 protein and about 300-400 calories. I usually start the morning with a protein shake mix with a banana in it at about 5:00 (about an hour before I work out. I usually follow that with a protein bar. I like Pure Protein, Detour, Muscle Milk, and some Met RX bars. I try to keep it low in sugars. I eat alot of salmon and tuna salad sandwiches. You can buy single helping packs that make it quick and easy. Sara Lee whole wheat bread gives some carbs and the thinner slices keeps the calories lower. I have been told that white bread is the devil in disguise.
On Sunday nights, i will slice up a bunch of fresh bell peppers of different colors, onions, mushrooms, etc. I also will do up a bunch of chicken breasts or steak and slice them up. I will also keep some skim milk mozzerella cheese on hand. I will use this throughout the week to make omlettes (with egg beater southwestern flavor), roll them up into Flatout wheat flatbread, or I will use no carb/no calorie BBQ sauce and make pizzas using the same flatbread. Another favorite is 8 jalepenos, stuffed with a chunk of venison, some mozerrella, seasoning salt, and a half a strip of bacon (350 for about 45 minutes). If I am out and about, beef jerky is a great place to get protein, but you gotta watch out for the salt. I always eat before going to bed so that my body does not go into starvation mode to where it wants to store energy. That is the reason for the 6 meals. I eat at about 5:00, 8:00, noon, 3:00, 6:00, and then 9:00. Rarely am I hungry. I also try to drink alot of water.
Another key is to eat low "Glycemic Index" food, or basically food that will keep you satisfied longer, and not give you short lived "sugar highs".
On Saturday, I always loosen up a bit and pretty much eat what I want, but I really watch the portion size.
I don't think that this would help without some kind of a workout. I'm told that you really burn it up by working some muscles and then eating right for them to rebuild. I weight train at least two mornings a week, and then for cardio, I kickbox for 45 minutes three times a week. You get what you put into the kickboxing. I go hard and am drenched at the end. I like it alot better than jogging/treadmills/stairclimbers. That bag kicks my ass every time. The stronger that I get, the harder I try to go.
This sounds pretty regimented, but it is really not that bad. It drives my wife a bit nuts, but I was doing that well before I starting up with this.
6 meals a day of approxoimately 40 carbs and 20-30 protein and about 300-400 calories. I usually start the morning with a protein shake mix with a banana in it at about 5:00 (about an hour before I work out. I usually follow that with a protein bar. I like Pure Protein, Detour, Muscle Milk, and some Met RX bars. I try to keep it low in sugars. I eat alot of salmon and tuna salad sandwiches. You can buy single helping packs that make it quick and easy. Sara Lee whole wheat bread gives some carbs and the thinner slices keeps the calories lower. I have been told that white bread is the devil in disguise.
On Sunday nights, i will slice up a bunch of fresh bell peppers of different colors, onions, mushrooms, etc. I also will do up a bunch of chicken breasts or steak and slice them up. I will also keep some skim milk mozzerella cheese on hand. I will use this throughout the week to make omlettes (with egg beater southwestern flavor), roll them up into Flatout wheat flatbread, or I will use no carb/no calorie BBQ sauce and make pizzas using the same flatbread. Another favorite is 8 jalepenos, stuffed with a chunk of venison, some mozerrella, seasoning salt, and a half a strip of bacon (350 for about 45 minutes). If I am out and about, beef jerky is a great place to get protein, but you gotta watch out for the salt. I always eat before going to bed so that my body does not go into starvation mode to where it wants to store energy. That is the reason for the 6 meals. I eat at about 5:00, 8:00, noon, 3:00, 6:00, and then 9:00. Rarely am I hungry. I also try to drink alot of water.
Another key is to eat low "Glycemic Index" food, or basically food that will keep you satisfied longer, and not give you short lived "sugar highs".
On Saturday, I always loosen up a bit and pretty much eat what I want, but I really watch the portion size.
I don't think that this would help without some kind of a workout. I'm told that you really burn it up by working some muscles and then eating right for them to rebuild. I weight train at least two mornings a week, and then for cardio, I kickbox for 45 minutes three times a week. You get what you put into the kickboxing. I go hard and am drenched at the end. I like it alot better than jogging/treadmills/stairclimbers. That bag kicks my ass every time. The stronger that I get, the harder I try to go.
This sounds pretty regimented, but it is really not that bad. It drives my wife a bit nuts, but I was doing that well before I starting up with this.