induction menu! help.

[chunk!]

i was trying to brainstorm an induction menu for next week.
let me know how this sounds!

[ BREAKFAST ]
3 slices bacon

[ LUNCH ]
1/2 can tyson premium chunk chicken breast
- 2 tbsp kraft real mayonnaise
- 1 tbsp dill weed, dried
3 slices oven roasted turkey
- 1 oz mild cheddar cheese

[ MID DAY SNACKS ]
1 cup spinach, 1/6 head iceberg lettuce
2 tbsp kraft bacon ranch dressing

[ DINNER ]
3 slices oven roasted turkey
- 1 oz mild cheddar cheese


i know the breakfast is kind of skimpy, but i'm always in a hurry so i don't have time to get out a pan and scramble eggs or something. also, i intentionally made dinner tiny because i frequently don't get home until after 7 and don't like to eat late. additionally, i am trying to get the majority of my food in early so i have a chance to work some of it off... let me know what you think! should i add something? subtract something? is this waaay offbase? i thought about adding red meat of some kind but that throws the distribution WAY off in one way or another... and this is plenty of food for me - i don't think it's appropriate to overeat [um can we say gluttonous] to get extra protein in so if you can think of anything to replace to make my distribution closer to 60/35/5 like it should be, let me know!

[according to thedailyplate.com, this is about 56% fat, 36% protein and 8% carbs.]

[kate58]

Re: induction menu! help.

56% fat is not enough, you should be getting at least 65%, more is NOT a bad thing. On induction quite often more than 70% of my calories were from fat and I'll occasionally hit that still.

You need to spread your veg out more over the day and the majority of your carbs should come from veg. You could try making a crustless quiche or something, with mushrooms, peppers, broccoli or spinach in it, and keeping that in the fridge to have a slice for breakfast.

Given that you are eating so little veg and your carbs are still coming in at 8%, when they should be about 5%, I'm wondering about some of your other food. If the oven roast turkey is deli meat rather than home cooked, check that it doesn't contain sugars.

I know you say you are eating enough, but it doesn't look like it to me. I don't know what the calorie content is, but you should be eating up to your BMI daily, or at least on average over several days.

Eating enough is not gluttony, it's simply about providing adequate nutrition for your body. Starving your body is a very unhealthy way to either live or to lose weight.


The other thing is that it doesn't matter AT ALL when you eat, eat when you are hungry and eat to appetite.

[Porcelain]

Re: induction menu! help.

I agree with everything Kate said. I have trouble with breakfast myself and I made the quiche in muffin tins and they are very portable. Also, it doesn't take much to have veggies with breakfast. You can chop up a cucumber the night before and put it in a baggie. Jicama is a good veggie and half it's carbs are fiber. It has a crunch like a crisp pear or an apple.

I had trouble adding more fat/calories too and I started having some manufacturing cream (it is the heaviest cream out there, I just started a thread on it) and that ups my fat and calories. You are going to need that energy, especially if you are exercising.