Posted by: Shorinjiryumike
A perfect breakfast for a 150 # hard trainer? - 09/09/08 11:31 PM
The "zone" diet
30% protein, 40% carbs and 30% fat at each meal five times a day.
That's an over simplification. The main idea behind it is to control your body at a hormonal level. I have heard and seen really good results with it. It is a little confusing at first trying to understand what a block of carb is but once you get the hang of it it is easy. Meals are constructed out of blocks of protein, carb and fat.
Example breakfast for a perfectly balanced hard training 150 pound male.
5 Block meal
Fruit Shake:
1 Cup milk
2/3 Cup frozen strawberry
1 good sized banana
4 oz of deli turkey
15 Almonds/Cashews
or 5 macadamia nuts.
This is a perfectly balanced meal. It contains 5 blocks of carb comprised of the milk( also a protein) the banana and the strawberries. It contains 5 blocks of protein from the milk and the deli meat and the fifteen nuts are the five blocks of fat.
Exactly what your body needs to run for the next 4 - 6 hours.
This individuals meals would consist of 19 blocks each of fat, carb and protein per day broken into 5 at breakfast 5 at lunch 3 at afternoon snack 4 at dinner and 2 at eve snack.
In a perfect world no bread,pasta,rice or other high glycemic foods.
Any thoughts?
30% protein, 40% carbs and 30% fat at each meal five times a day.
That's an over simplification. The main idea behind it is to control your body at a hormonal level. I have heard and seen really good results with it. It is a little confusing at first trying to understand what a block of carb is but once you get the hang of it it is easy. Meals are constructed out of blocks of protein, carb and fat.
Example breakfast for a perfectly balanced hard training 150 pound male.
5 Block meal
Fruit Shake:
1 Cup milk
2/3 Cup frozen strawberry
1 good sized banana
4 oz of deli turkey
15 Almonds/Cashews
or 5 macadamia nuts.
This is a perfectly balanced meal. It contains 5 blocks of carb comprised of the milk( also a protein) the banana and the strawberries. It contains 5 blocks of protein from the milk and the deli meat and the fifteen nuts are the five blocks of fat.
Exactly what your body needs to run for the next 4 - 6 hours.
This individuals meals would consist of 19 blocks each of fat, carb and protein per day broken into 5 at breakfast 5 at lunch 3 at afternoon snack 4 at dinner and 2 at eve snack.
In a perfect world no bread,pasta,rice or other high glycemic foods.
Any thoughts?