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Another suggestion based on your posted diet...
It's great you're already eating multiple small meals a day. Whenever you eat a carb, always have some protein with it. This keeps your blood sugar/insulin on a more even keel, enabling you to have more energy and burn fat better. Your muscles need regular small feedings of protein.
If you need to eat something pre-workout, stick with a less highly processed carb than eng muffin w/jam, maybe some oatmeal instead. A higher glycemic carb is ok immediately post-workout, because the resulting insulin spike helps push more nutrients into the muscles (provided you're also giving your body nutrients as in a protein shake or something). But don't overdo the high GI carbs. At other times they just send your blood sugar on a roller-coaster. Extreme fluctuations in blood sugar encourage your body to store fat.
Check out the glycemic index of different carbs. The lower glycemic ones (like oatmeal, brown rice, sweet potato) take longer to digest (feel full longer) and don't send your blood sugar as high (which eventually causes it to drop really low). I also agree with Gladiola who said you need more healthy fats. Healthy fats do all sorts of wonderful things for your body, and actually help your body to burn fat.
It's great you're already eating multiple small meals a day. Whenever you eat a carb, always have some protein with it. This keeps your blood sugar/insulin on a more even keel, enabling you to have more energy and burn fat better. Your muscles need regular small feedings of protein.
If you need to eat something pre-workout, stick with a less highly processed carb than eng muffin w/jam, maybe some oatmeal instead. A higher glycemic carb is ok immediately post-workout, because the resulting insulin spike helps push more nutrients into the muscles (provided you're also giving your body nutrients as in a protein shake or something). But don't overdo the high GI carbs. At other times they just send your blood sugar on a roller-coaster. Extreme fluctuations in blood sugar encourage your body to store fat.
Check out the glycemic index of different carbs. The lower glycemic ones (like oatmeal, brown rice, sweet potato) take longer to digest (feel full longer) and don't send your blood sugar as high (which eventually causes it to drop really low). I also agree with Gladiola who said you need more healthy fats. Healthy fats do all sorts of wonderful things for your body, and actually help your body to burn fat.
