Romans5.8
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I'm just wanting to know if I'm on the right track, or what sort of things I'm looking for. I'm following a plan of eating every 2-3 hours and incorporating lots of fiber into my diet. Still 3 main meals, but snacking on high fiber veggies throughout the day.
So here's kind of what a day might look like. Like; for example, what I'm planning on eating tomorrow.
Breakfast:
Cup of coffee, 2 egg whites (scrambled on cast iron), a piece of fruit (apple or banana).
Morning 'warm up', short jog (10~20 mins)
Later, snack on some celery and broccoli (a piece or two of each)
Lunch:
about 8 41-50 size shrimp (80 calories), 'about' because I'll weigh them so it might be 7 or 9!. Boiled in a 'broth' I make with cider vinegar, water, and some seasonings (low sodium, no salt added, no pre-packaged seasoning mixes) Mixed into a salad with banana peppers, broccoli, spinach, kale, and lettuce. No dressing. (Plenty of flavor there!)
If I'm hungry, maybe another piece of celery. Usually the last half of my day is really busy though and it's hard to do!
Dinner:
Salmon (about 400 calories worth), a Caesar salad with just a small amount of caesar dressing, and some dark green veggies (Asparagus, maybe more broccoli).
Evening workout (2 hours at the gym; HIIT, or a 2 mile run, or some other HIIT at home; some days lighter workouts if I'm beginning to feel sore)
I didn't include portions because I haven't figured it all up yet to meet my daily calories (I'm doing my maintenance -1000 calories for a 2lb/week goal). But this is not some arbitrary calorie amount. I'm 284, 6'2". Figuring around 2,200 calories per day; though I'd like to be closer to 2,000 (2200 seems like a lot; is it a lot?)
Just wanting to make sure a meal plan like this isn't negating a lot of major nutrients or anything. Dinner is usually our biggest meal, but we always workout afterwards and eat dinner early. Just hard with my schedule to eat bigger meals earlier in the day, and cut back in the evening.
Thoughts?
John
So here's kind of what a day might look like. Like; for example, what I'm planning on eating tomorrow.
Breakfast:
Cup of coffee, 2 egg whites (scrambled on cast iron), a piece of fruit (apple or banana).
Morning 'warm up', short jog (10~20 mins)
Later, snack on some celery and broccoli (a piece or two of each)
Lunch:
about 8 41-50 size shrimp (80 calories), 'about' because I'll weigh them so it might be 7 or 9!. Boiled in a 'broth' I make with cider vinegar, water, and some seasonings (low sodium, no salt added, no pre-packaged seasoning mixes) Mixed into a salad with banana peppers, broccoli, spinach, kale, and lettuce. No dressing. (Plenty of flavor there!)
If I'm hungry, maybe another piece of celery. Usually the last half of my day is really busy though and it's hard to do!
Dinner:
Salmon (about 400 calories worth), a Caesar salad with just a small amount of caesar dressing, and some dark green veggies (Asparagus, maybe more broccoli).
Evening workout (2 hours at the gym; HIIT, or a 2 mile run, or some other HIIT at home; some days lighter workouts if I'm beginning to feel sore)
I didn't include portions because I haven't figured it all up yet to meet my daily calories (I'm doing my maintenance -1000 calories for a 2lb/week goal). But this is not some arbitrary calorie amount. I'm 284, 6'2". Figuring around 2,200 calories per day; though I'd like to be closer to 2,000 (2200 seems like a lot; is it a lot?)
Just wanting to make sure a meal plan like this isn't negating a lot of major nutrients or anything. Dinner is usually our biggest meal, but we always workout afterwards and eat dinner early. Just hard with my schedule to eat bigger meals earlier in the day, and cut back in the evening.
Thoughts?
John