JuliaL or anyone else who knows about BFFM
I have been doing this for 3 weeks now and am having a hard time with scheduling meals and workouts. I want to eat my carbs on either side of my workout and usually have apple or some kind of fruit on one side and oatmeal on the other or a whole grain pita with meat etc. Anyway, My workout is generally 1-1 1/2 hours, and if I eat too close before the workout I get side aches with running (usually do that first) but if I wait too long to work out after I eat then I am running into my next meal! How did you get the scheduling thing figured out.
I typically get up at 4am to work then wait until about 6:30-7 to eat my first meal and I am wondering if I should be eating something right away when I get up? This 5-6 meals a day thing is seriously freaking me out! The nutritionist that I am working with keeps telling me I am being too anal and I know that is a tendancy of mine, to go overboard, but I also am a realist and realize that something like this needs to be planned. Planning for 5 meals a day is a real doozy too! Do you think that yogurt with a scoop of protein powder (plain yogurt) is a good "meal"?
March 20th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
PurpleS……I feel you.
I’ve been doing this – I do 4 meals. (I tend to think the 6 is for men)
I eat about 7:00AM – oatmeal and protein – usually egg whites and 1 whole egg – coffee.
I don’t begin workout til around 8:30ish – and mine too is hour and half…….I rush home from the gym – and have my 2nd meal – oatmeal……egg whites….grapefruit (this hits about 11:00) So, this is the longest span during the day – 4 hours.
My next meal is at 2:00PM – 4 oz grilled salmon, 3/4 cup brown rice, 6 oz green beans.
My next meal is at 5:00PM – 3 oz grilled chicken, 1 cp broccoli, 2 cps lettuce, 3 tbsp low cal vinagrette dressing
I’m not hungry at all. And the scale is slowing moving down……
I’m anal….I weigh and measure everything…….and I usually obsses about it all…..but, when I first began I didn’t plan only 4 meals – I just realized at the end of the day – that is what I had…I wasn’t hungry and it worked. I guess I could have eaten again around 7:30PM – but, I go to bed around 9….and I’m just not hungry – so I didn’t force the food.
Fitday says:
Cal – 1458
Fat – 42.2 – (26%)
Carbs – 153.5 (41%)
Prot – 121.6 (34%)
As far as the yogurt with the protein powder – give it a shot – your body may like it. It may just work for you. If it doesn’t you can stop. But, I think you would need to give it a least a week to see if there is a change…….when I first began this – I was scared to death of eating that oatmeal…..I felt like I was cheating and this can’t be good…..but, it is okay.
Hope this helps.
March 20th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
To tell you the truth, Christa, I’ve never tried to time certain foods around my workouts. I just make sure that I never workout on an empty stomach.
Planning is tricky with 5 meals a day, but remember, a meal can be very simple. Your yogurt and protein powder meal sounds fine to me.
I also weigh and measure almost everything – still. I’ve always had portion control issues, so I just have to do that.
I think you are being a little too rigid about it. If, for example, you don’t need to eat before a workout (but make sure you’re not working out on an empty stomach) and you just wait to eat your next meal, that’s ok. I know you have had problems in the past with not eating enough, so you just need to make sure you’re getting enough food, even if you don’t eat one of your planned meals.
Hang in there! Sounds like you’re doing great!