Health knowledge made personal
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I've given this a lot of thought and here are the things I've considered:
So here's my plan going forward: 7amprotein drink 10ambreakfast 1pmlunch 4:30pmsnack 8pmdinner 11pm protein drink LOL! If you have been paying attention to my eating you'll realize that this isn't different. It's exactly the same as what I've been doing all along. The only change is actually the 11pm snack is now going to be a protein drink instead of a food snack, but that's not really different because I'd do a hot chai tea as my late night snack half the time anyway. But I'm going to make a few changes within this schedule. Each meal will follow the Nut's plan of:
Breakfast has traditionally been yogurt w/ fruit or Fiber One twigs. Since I eat breakfast at my desk at 10am, this is convenient and easy. But I'll have to make a change to the above profile at least for now. Lunch and Dinner will be pretty much the same as what I've always been eating except I'll have to figure out how to add a whole grain starch with each meal. My afternoon snack will be, as always, a balance of protein and carbs and will be something filling enough to hold me over until dinner. And I'll end my day with another protein drink (probably protein hot chai tea, of course). Calories?? I really don't know where my calories are going to end up per day. I'll know more how things pan out tomorrow after I try it for the first time and going forward in the next few weeks as I experiment with different meal ideas. My goal is to stick with a similar range that I'm at right now (1200-ish) but with 150g protein I might need to bump it up a bit. I don't want to go with super low carbs simply because I need them for exercise and general good health. Looking back at my log I seem to average about 100-120g healthy carbs per day, so that seems like a good range to stick with for now. And because I know myself and my rebellious nature, I'll continue to take weekends off of planning and tracking. If I'm too strict with a food plan (any food plan) and I don't have a couple off days thrown in, I know that I'll start feeling confined and restricted and go off on a binge. So to avoid that, I know I need to give myself permission to NOT count calories. It's not that I go hog wild and eat everything in sight -- the rule is "eat normally and make healthy choices." So I'll use this as a way to balance the strictness during the week. So there you have it. I'll keep you posted on how it goes. ~Pam  |
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