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rocky_road
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I might as well put all of my questions into one easy-to-access thread.
Today's question to you lovely ladies is this: How much protein do I need at every meal, and should I necessarily need to have protein at every single meal?
I prepare for my midmorning snack on weekdays (meal #2) the night before, and I need to start planning for the whole day (I did this tonight). My goal is to lose weight without sacrificing muscle (tone up).
I've decided that my muscular gains are not as important to me as losing fat, right now. I'd like to drop 5-8 pounds of pure fat. My estimated weight of fat from my caliper body testing was 24 pounds, so is this loss reasonable? Of course it seems to be impossible to drop 100% fat when losing weight, and I don't care what the number on the scale says, but ultimately I'd like to lose those fat pounds from my body....whether my dieting and lifting gradually, or by losing weight first and then gaining muscle size.
I am 5'5" and 1/2 and now about 138 pounds in the morning (I gained those 4 pounds back!)
My estimated from calipers, body fat percent is 17.2.
...Enough backround, back to my question. This is the diet I have planned for tomorrow:
1.) oatmeal w/ soy protein, small tupperware container of fruit from cut-up fruit salad
2.) cut up veggies, 2 pieces tofu with little sauce
3.) school chicken salad plus extra chicken, milk
4.) black eyed peas that need eaten, ???
5.) family dinner, substitute things if needed
Notice I really want to add protein to Meal number 4, but is it necessary? I was thinking of what I could add and found myself like looking up what tastes good with this---and I thought to myself: Am I being rediculous? Is this sustainable?
I need your input...do you guys stress out about having protein at each meal, and do i need to? According to FreeTrainers.com, with my goal of losing weight, a huge chunk of my calories should be from Carbohydrates anyway, with protein less than I had anticipated.
My mind tells me that I need to eat protein consistently, as if I'll lose it or something. Like it just burns right away and you always need it in your system or something
... especially since I've heard things like that your body only digests so much protein at a time (therefore you can't make up missed protein!) Lol. Am I being so rediculous?
Today's question to you lovely ladies is this: How much protein do I need at every meal, and should I necessarily need to have protein at every single meal?
I prepare for my midmorning snack on weekdays (meal #2) the night before, and I need to start planning for the whole day (I did this tonight). My goal is to lose weight without sacrificing muscle (tone up).
I've decided that my muscular gains are not as important to me as losing fat, right now. I'd like to drop 5-8 pounds of pure fat. My estimated weight of fat from my caliper body testing was 24 pounds, so is this loss reasonable? Of course it seems to be impossible to drop 100% fat when losing weight, and I don't care what the number on the scale says, but ultimately I'd like to lose those fat pounds from my body....whether my dieting and lifting gradually, or by losing weight first and then gaining muscle size.
I am 5'5" and 1/2 and now about 138 pounds in the morning (I gained those 4 pounds back!)
My estimated from calipers, body fat percent is 17.2.
...Enough backround, back to my question. This is the diet I have planned for tomorrow:
1.) oatmeal w/ soy protein, small tupperware container of fruit from cut-up fruit salad
2.) cut up veggies, 2 pieces tofu with little sauce
3.) school chicken salad plus extra chicken, milk
4.) black eyed peas that need eaten, ???
5.) family dinner, substitute things if needed
Notice I really want to add protein to Meal number 4, but is it necessary? I was thinking of what I could add and found myself like looking up what tastes good with this---and I thought to myself: Am I being rediculous? Is this sustainable?
I need your input...do you guys stress out about having protein at each meal, and do i need to? According to FreeTrainers.com, with my goal of losing weight, a huge chunk of my calories should be from Carbohydrates anyway, with protein less than I had anticipated.
My mind tells me that I need to eat protein consistently, as if I'll lose it or something. Like it just burns right away and you always need it in your system or something
... especially since I've heard things like that your body only digests so much protein at a time (therefore you can't make up missed protein!) Lol. Am I being so rediculous?
