The ladies that review the information with you as you leave the PHA exam mentioned something about eating 5 smaller meals per day.
Does anyone do this? If so, what are your meals and portions.
Right now, I skip breakfast and eat hearty portions of lunch and dinner.
Some people do....a good diet for men is the South Beach Diet because of the snacks and lots of food.
Seriously, don’t skip ^any^ meals, you become a slave to your hypthalamus if you do (you’ll pig-outat your next meal).
I’ve been on a 4 meal diet for the last few months for the same reasons as you.
High fiber cereal w/ milk in the morning (0630)
Fruit and breakfast bar (1100)
Normal lunch (1330) - usually leftovers and moderately heavy on carbs
- Brisk 30-minute walk after work -
Normal Dinner (1900) - heavy on protein.
I’m down about 10 pounds in the last month
Eat a little breakfast, even just some peanut butter crackers with a cup of coffee at work. Take the kids for a walk, even if in a wagon or stroller. Be the one to pick up the toys at bedtime, so your wife can fold a load of laundry or finish wiping the kitchen counters. Take your time in trying to lose the weight; focus on the direction, not the speed of losing weight. Try to give up refined sugars (candy) as much as possible, and eat nothing after dinner time on weeknights. No bed snacking. It takes some effort but a little progress will help to motivate you. When you fall off or hit a plateau, have faith in yourself and get back on the program. You will also be setting a great example for your children’s future health.
I am not as good about it now as I should be, but for the years during which the kids were growing up and living with me, I was very active, and it seems to have rubbed off on them, as they both work out regularly (21 and 24).
GOOD LUCK
This is probably the healthy way to eat... I did this for about one year around 15 years ago. It was too much trouble/work. My eating regimen is worse than your's (I'm good at doling out the advise - but not following it), in that I skip breakfast and lunch and eat one huge dinner at the end of the day. Worst thing for you. I make up for it (sort of) with copious amounts of exercise. The 5 small meals a day makes sense (keeps your metabolism running at a higher level so that you'll effectively burn more calories) - but it takes work... I'll have to look at that again.