Hey I need help losing a few pounds. I'm 5'11 and weigh about 155. I would like to be 150 conistently. I aviod desserts and I eat two meals with a day, with a snack for lunch and a snack at night. Does anyone have a reccomdations?
Hey I need help losing a few pounds. I'm 5'11 and weigh about 155. I would like to be 150 conistently. I aviod desserts and I eat two meals with a day, with a snack for lunch and a snack at night. Does anyone have a reccomdations?
Are you serious?? If you are a serious runner you will realize that you probably are NOT eating enough on two meals a day and two snacks. You're not being very realistic... being too thin will get you NOWHERE FAST!
Breakfast Coffee
orange
two pieces of toast
med. size bowl of cereal
Lunch none
snack bag of chips or cheese/crackers from vending
dinner Subway footlong roastbeef/cheese/tom/lett/onion
small bag of chips
Chunky Vegetable Beef soup
three cans of diet pepsi
That's what I ate today and I run about 70 miles a week.
Two meals a day is more than enough for some, not enough for others. Probably depends on size, metabolism, and energy output.
Many top runners eat for little during the day before training and make it up easily at dinner time.
There's no rule saying you need to eat three big meals a day. Eat when you're hungry and try not to stuff yourself and you shouldn't have to worry about losing weight.
you have several alternatives: run more...eat less...run less...eat more...dude your not overweight, 2 meals a day does not cut it for someone who is running decent mileage.
To lose weight you can do it like this :
(and still have the same energy to run fast plus not feeling hungry all the time)
Three meals every day and two snacks (nuts/fruits etc). Helps you keep the blood sugar level stabile.
Go for the low (or sometimes moderate) glycemic index (GI) foods. Combine this with proteins (chicken, egg-white etc) and mono/polysaturated fats (about 2/3 of that monosat.).
Avoid heavy meals (especially with high GI) after the last run of the day.
Drink at least 3 litres of water every day - preferably 30 minutes before or after a meal.
Stay away from sports drinks right after workouts. It makes your blood sugar jump in a period where you are burning more calories and your metabolism can benefit from the workout.
Do not combine high GI foods (like sugary stuff/pasta etc) with fats (why too much fast food makes people gain weight)
Be especially careful to make the first meal of the day a low GI meal. This will make cravings much less during the rest of the day.
Eat until you feel full. No need to count calories.
Marius
Well said, Marius. Moral of the story avoid simple carbs (except before runs) and saturated fats. Simple carbs are starchs and sugars. These foods digest way too quickly for your stomach to register that you are full. When it comes to carbs, stick to whole wheat products (bread & pasta).
Avoid saturate fats as they wreak havoc on your metabolism. These are mainly found in high fat dairy products and fatty meats. Get your fats from fish, vegetable oils, nuts, or best of all avacados (guacamole).