So, as is my habit these days, I was checking out my dietary patterns and have noticed something peculiar.
As alluded in a previous post, I am not eating very many carbs - and this is not intentional. I love carbs! This needs to be fixed, but I want to do it right.
I love dinner. I cook it myself just about every night and love sitting down with someone to enjoy a good meal. However, I'm thinking this is a problem.
In order to "save" calories for my lovely dinners (they only average 600 calories, including dessert and/or alcoholic beverage), I only eat about 150 calories for breakfast and 400 for lunch.
Take today's menus, for example:
I started the day with egg whites, turkey ham and Laughing Cow cheese: 148 calories, 1 carb, 6 fat grams, 22 protein grams.
Lunch is 3 ounces of turkey ham, a half-inch slice of fresh pineapple and celery: 137 calories, 13 carbs, 5 fat grams, 15 protein grams. This is, admittedly, a lighter lunch than usual (grocery issues ... no bread in the house), but at the same time, it isn't that far off.
Add a couple slices of bread and you'll have what I would normally eat. (Adding bread will make the meals stats: 393 calories, 60 carbs, 10 fat grams, 22 protein grams.)
Now that I am adding an afternoon workout, I wonder if this will work. Carbs provide the energy needed for an adequate workout. Today, sans bread, is clearly a day of missing carbs. However, should I take a meal like this and use it as dinner instead? I usually eat at 7 p.m. and really have no need for carbs that late in the days. Should I eat a larger lunch and a lighter dinner? Something in me thinks I should!
Usually, I use leftovers from dinner for lunch. However, my thought is to eat the "left over" amount for dinner and save more for lunch.
I'll be honest, that really bums me out. Lunch is usually spent at my desk in the library, alone, with headsets in to listen to music while studying (or blogging).
I still enjoy food and have had a blast learning new ways to cook that were delicious AND healthy. I LOVE sharing those new recipes with others and am saddened at the thought of cooking new foods for myself alone.
Can someone offer a solution that will make it so I can still enjoy my dinners with others?
I would say that since you're not going to be burning 1500 calories in one workout that you shouldn't be too concerned with loading up on carbs. Make yourself a protein shake for lunch and work it!
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