Hey guys, here is some awesome advice from the lovely Taj Harris about the timing of your meals. Check it out. Since she suggests keeping a food diary, I'll be posting my entries here for the next week! See you tomorrow. XOXO, Karina
Are you currently working out hard but don't seem to see any significant results? Have you analyzed your meals - more importantly the time that you eat as well as how many times you eat? Timing is everything!
It may sound like a lot but you should be eating about 5 small meals per day. Yes, I said 5 small meals a day. Or if it helps, every 3 to 4 hours.
How many of you skip breakfast? Eat a light lunch and a big dinner? Or do you eat a big lunch and a light dinner? What exactly are you eating?
Take this challenge - grab a journal and write down for 1 week Monday to Monday the following:
1. Time you awake
2. Time you ate breakfast and what you had
3. Time you ate lunch and what you had
4. Your daily activities -- Do you walk to work, drive, sit all day, sit and stand, go to the gym?
5. Time you ate dinner and what you had.
6. Do you snack? What time and what snack?
7. What time did you go to sleep.
Many people mess up the weight loss equation for lack of eating. Your body is like a car, it needs fuel to run. You should be eating something within 1 hour of waking in the morning. Yes, your mother knew what she was talking about, breakfast is THE most important meal of the day. It gets the body going, it literally sets a tone for your metabolism.
Now how do you find the time to eat every three to four hours/five small meals per day? Consider this: a meal is anything that gives you FUEL / ENERGY. This includes liquids. So you could grab a protein shake during the day to help keep insulin levels normal along with your LDL levels. That's the good cholesterol. Staggering your meals can help curb cravings as well. Eating more frequently will fuel the body to give it that octane it needs to function.
Your body is like a fine car, therefore treat it like so, filler up, premium gas, check the oil, get a tune up, rotate and balance the tires, check the brakes and don't forget a good wash and wax!
Tune in next week for the next steps after your journal exercise.
Taj
It may sound like a lot but you should be eating about 5 small meals per day. Yes, I said 5 small meals a day. Or if it helps, every 3 to 4 hours.
How many of you skip breakfast? Eat a light lunch and a big dinner? Or do you eat a big lunch and a light dinner? What exactly are you eating?
Take this challenge - grab a journal and write down for 1 week Monday to Monday the following:
1. Time you awake
2. Time you ate breakfast and what you had
3. Time you ate lunch and what you had
4. Your daily activities -- Do you walk to work, drive, sit all day, sit and stand, go to the gym?
5. Time you ate dinner and what you had.
6. Do you snack? What time and what snack?
7. What time did you go to sleep.
Many people mess up the weight loss equation for lack of eating. Your body is like a car, it needs fuel to run. You should be eating something within 1 hour of waking in the morning. Yes, your mother knew what she was talking about, breakfast is THE most important meal of the day. It gets the body going, it literally sets a tone for your metabolism.
Now how do you find the time to eat every three to four hours/five small meals per day? Consider this: a meal is anything that gives you FUEL / ENERGY. This includes liquids. So you could grab a protein shake during the day to help keep insulin levels normal along with your LDL levels. That's the good cholesterol. Staggering your meals can help curb cravings as well. Eating more frequently will fuel the body to give it that octane it needs to function.
Your body is like a fine car, therefore treat it like so, filler up, premium gas, check the oil, get a tune up, rotate and balance the tires, check the brakes and don't forget a good wash and wax!
Tune in next week for the next steps after your journal exercise.
Taj
I would really love some advice on how many calories I should be eating. I have been getting such conflicting advice. I am getting frustrated by not seeing more movement on the scale and yet I have friends who are going the extreme route and only eating 800 calories, taking diet and water pills and are dropping weight like crazy. I KNOW that is not the healthy way to go and although it is tempting I won't do that. I lost my 55 pounds by hard work and dedication and healthy food. I try and eat 6 small meals a day and try to eat back at least half of my exercise calories. I could just really use some advice on calories and also ratios for fat, carbs and protein.
ReplyDeleteHey Jenn--I agree that the water pill route is not healthy. I am actually going to write about it. Let me see what info i can dig up for you, Ok?
ReplyDeletewould love to see more of your menus
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