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Post by alvaro on Jun 17, 2014 7:37:13 GMT -7
The most important meal of the day, what are some of your favorite/best high-protein breakfasts for dieting and maintaining weight? I've been doing eggs lately (lots of eggs), both hard-boiled and poached with some variety of fruit (apples, grapefruit, strawberries). Every now and then I'll do a small bowl of Kashi Heart to Heart cereal with almond milk, but I need new ideas and more variety!
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Post by Mike Anderson on Jun 21, 2014 14:30:11 GMT -7
Well, I'm not sure that I agree that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, so you'll probably be disappointed in my answer to your question about breakfast. I often workout in the morning before eating anything...I might nibble on a protein or other bar during a hangboard or campus workout. There was actually a pretty strong movement about a decade ago to "train hungry", and some research supported the idea, but it seems to be out of fashion now.
In the morning, when I'm dieting, I generally try to fast for a couple hours after I wake up because I don't usually have strong hunger pangs then, and I typically eat a pretty big dinner, so I'm not hungry right away in the morning. When I eat, I'll have one of these: apple, some carrots, grapefruit. If I've trained (strength or power workout), then I'll have a protein bar. I try to stay away from high glycemic index foods in the morning because if I go there, I'll be craving them all day.
All that said, I think diet is extremely personal, and you have to figure out what works for you. Once you've found something that works, you'll probably want to stick to it. For me personally, I tend to "snowball" throughout the day...the more I eat, the more I want to eat, and the more I will eat. Therefore, for ME, it works best to hold off on eating as long as possible in the morning, only eat very small snacks through the day, then eat a bigger dinner, which probably covers 2/3rds - 3/4's of my calories for the day.
This is different when I'm climbing though. When I'm climbing, I eat a bar during my warmup, then have a bar after each "go", and eat parts of a protein bar throughout the day. I usually have an apple at the end of the climbing day, then a relatively good-sized dinner.
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