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SUPER-FIT Nutrition Tips | ||
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Hey Everyone, Here is how I and many other "Success Stories" have maximized our nutrition plans and got the most results in the quickest amount of time. Nutrition Tip: The trick with the nutrition part of any fitness program is finding foods that satisfy a couple of different criteria. First and foremost you have to like the food. I know many other programs tell you what to eat, but they tell you to eat stuff that tastes a bit more like cardboard than actual food. For me and many other successful MDB folks, finding foods we like to eat is number 1. The second criteria, is finding foods that don't pack in a ton of calories. This is pretty obvious. Carrots not cupcakes....duh! However, there is really no specification of what makes up a food that is "low" in calories. Since i like to eat, and I don't like to be hungry, think of "low calorie" foods as a ratio of: CALORIES/"WEIGHT" OF FOOD Of course, I don't actually calculate this for the food I eat, I just like to imagine, "How much of this food will fill me up?" If each serving is 300 calories, and it takes 4 servings of this food to fill me up...then it's no good, since that only makes one meal. However, take low fat cottage cheese for example, 1 cup of low fat cottage cheese will keep me feeling full for at least 3-4 hours. That happens to be about 160-200 calories (depending on the brand). That is pretty low! That means I can throw on 2 peaches (35 calories each) and 1 piece of toast (80-100) calories and I feel like I've eaten enough to hibernate for a winter! Plus the total calories are about 365-400! Then, if I eat 4 more meals that day of 350-400 calories, that's only 1750-2000 calories. Actually, I really only eat the cup of low fat (2%) cottage cheese and EITHER 1 serving of fruit (40-100 calories, depending on the fruit) OR 1-2 pieces of toast for breakfast. It turns out that when I eat the whole meal I described in the first scenario, I feel like I've eaten a brick! So really, my breakfast is only about 200-220 calories. That leaves 1700 left (for me) for the rest of the day. The point I'm trying to make is, the criteria for the "Success Foods" are: 1. Foods you like to eat. 2. Foods that fill you up 3. Foods that and are low in calories If you eat foods with these 3 criteria 80% of the time, along with your workout routine, there is no question that you will be a success. Next time we'll talk about which foods actually satisfy these criteria and how you can find them. Stay SUPER-FIT Buck | ||
