My personal trainer has taught me the importance of having protein and carbs in every meal. Protein, so our bodies can create new muscle and carbs for energy to get us through to the next meal.
We focus on eating 5 "snacks" or small meals and 1 larger meal or dinner a day.
Eating this often keeps our metabolism up and it has taught me to not focus so much on the quantity of food, but trust that I really don't need "seconds" because I'll be eating in 2-3 hours anyway. This has helped me get my portions under control.
Currently my goals is to have I am having 160 calorie small meals and 300 calorie large meals. My proteins/carbs for the small meals are 16 grams each and for the large meals is 30 grams each. ( My target numbers will increase as I create more muscle:o)
Here are some protein packed snacks to help keep things interesting
Greek Yogurt sweetened with Truvia, and mixed with a 1/8th cup of granola and 1/8th cup of blueberries:
Yoplait single serve container 6 oz of plain nonfat greek yogurt: 10 carbs, 14 protein, 100 cal.
1/8 c. Melaleuca Fiber Wise Cinnamon Clusters Cereal: 4.5 carbs 26.5 cal
1/8 c. bluberries 1.6 carbs 9 cal
Truvia in granular form single serve packets of stevia a calorie free plant derived sweetner.
I just put a little more than an 1/8th cup of each cereal and blueberries to get the calories up to 160.
I've run out of time this morning, I'll add to the list later. But don't forget to check out Georgia's great list of ideas on her blog:
