Sunday, January 27, 2013

It's tough to get fat off of leafy greens?

Leafy vegetables are the way to go when you are trying to cut calories. You won't get fat eating your typical lettuce, cabbage, spinach mix. Make a homemade dressing made from olive oil, lemon juice, and pepper to taste. Your wallet will thank me! But yeah, running everyday and doing resistance training seems like a lot of activity. Your body is kicking into hunger mode because of lack of glycogen stores in your liver. If you insist on maintaining this level of athletic activity, you will have to eat some sort of carbohydrate during the day. My top choices are quinoa and lentils, but brown/wild rice and beans are easier on the budget typically. Drink a glass or two of chocolate milk immediately after your weight training (if lactose intolerant, either get the lactaid pills, or get a lactose-free protein powder and mix it with almond milk). I suggest eating oats in the morning for breakfast, and eat a second serving of complex carbohydrates for post-workout dinner.

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