Simple Metabolism Boosting Advice

This was good and it seems all the old diet info is confirmed as being in error and the new knowledge is going to help all of us lose unwanted weight, get leaner and healthier.

OK, so give me some examples. I usually eat oatmeal with cinnamon, V8 juice and herb tea for breakfast, though sometimes I add a soft boiled egg or two. I often have a peanut butter snack mid-morning, some romaine lettuce, black beans and salsa plus a spoon of nut butter or apple sauce with cinnamon for lunch, some carrot sticks and celery in the afternoon and some kind of meat like chicken, a steamed veggie like broccoli or asparagus and maybe a little bit of brown rice for my last meal. I vary the foods, naturally, but this is a normal kind of diet day for me. Is this mirroring my metabolism? If not, how would I tweak it?

Oh, and I make myself a post-workout smoothie with low-fat, plain kefir,no-fat plain yoghurt, no-fat ricotta, raspberries, strawberries and some cocoa powder. This smoothie seems to fit the bill. It stops my post-workout shaking and quells hunger pains. It is high in protein, anti oxidants and fiber (from the berries).

The diet day I mentioned above is simply a sample day. I vary the foods I eat, lately relying on more vegetable protein sources and my meat consumption is WAY down.

What about combining carbs and fat? Alot of people say its a good thing because fat helps reduce insulin levels yet ive read somewere where u say its its a bad thing, because the insulin causes the fat to be stored. Which is right :( ?

That sounds good, but it would help to have sample breakfasts with an idea of the quantity of food

Making breakfast the largest meal of the day would cause a problem to retired guys like me, whose morning workout is soon after a light b-fast. Lunch is haeavy, dinner lighter than lunch but heavier than breakfast. Which leads to the Q, is it better to do a workout (like my morning do), before or after eating something? The evening is different, i.e. lighter workout generally (brisk walk), followed by food (dinner). Have I got it all wrong and mixed up, or does the body having got used to it mean it’s ok?

My Grandma used to say: “Eat your breakfast all by yourself, share your lunch with a friend, and give your dinner to your enemy!” I am from Europe, and I have always been eating this way… Every time I tried it the American way (with dinner being the main meal of the day), I start gaining weight!

That makes perfect sence! Thanks for the insighful information….

Hi Joel- When I eat a high carb breakfast, I get the shakes. I assume this is a blood sugar problem due to fasting from dinner to breakfast. What do you usually have for breakfast?

Originally Posted By SeleneJust want to say that the phenomenon of eating dinner late is not an American thing – most Europeans eat dinner MUCH later than most Americans. Also – for me, although I do eat a healthy, balanced breakfast that includes complex carbohydrates along with protein and fruit, I have to be careful not to overdo it. If I eat too much at breakfast, I find it a set-up to eat too much throughout the day. So yes, eat a healthy meal first thing, but it’s not carte blanche to overeat.

Too great points. Many Europeans each very late.

Your second point is me to a T. If I eat bad in the morning, or even just a lot of good, I cannot get full all day. I eat a decent size and healthy content breakfast, but I have to watch it very closely. This is why I eat the same thing each day.

What about those that workout late? I workout around 9:30-10:00pm (that’s start time). Most information you read is geared around people that workout in the afternoon.

Thanks Joel.
since few years when i’ve red about glucose tolerance I planned my diet style as:
Breakfast —> bread with simple carbs ( eg, dates , honey, fruits )
Lunch —-> Compound carbs. ( eg, pasta, rice, potatoes or bread) with protien.
Dinner —> Veggies and proteins.
with the calories nearly the same in both breakfast and lunch, but lower at dinner. I also take 2 small snacks between meals ( fruits or nuts ).
Do u think if I mirror the lunch and the breakfast it will be more beneficial?
Thanks in advance
Dr. MadLily
Urologist , FEBU.

Joel – any specific suggestions for night shift workers?

Joel!! Ive been doing this very thing and Ive dropped about 21lbs. Ive been eating 5 times a day instead if 3 but I have been tapering off the carb intake as the day goes by, I works like a charm! When I started dieting again after a long layoff, I strarted doing the low carb days followed by a carb up days and although it worked, it was a Pain in the neck to follow and I noticed that when I stopped eating that way, my weight would come back….. FAST! Now that I stagger the carbs throughout the day, Ive had non of the rebound weight gain and it’s a lot easier to do…PERIOD. My meal plan looks like this!
Meal 1 – Protein + Starchy Carb
Meal 2 – Protein + Starchy Carb
Meal 3 – Protein + Starchy Carb + Fibrous Carb
Meal 4 – Protein + Fibrous Carb
Meal 5 – Protein + Fibrous Carb

Even Though Im eating Carbs throughout the day, My carb intake is still low but it beats not having any at all!

Joel, You ROCK!!

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I also forgot to mention that I increase my carb intake on the weekends!

I am so glad you said this because I pretty much eat this way 90% of the time naturally, but am going to try for 100%.

That’s fine and I’ve heard it before. But I’m just not that hungry in the AM. It’s hard to eat a large breakfast if you wouldn’t enjoy it. I’m just not a morning person!