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Originally Posted by Monchy36
I guess it's wrong... so then I should get that protein shake after workout... now what's wrong with that plate? Eggs, tuna, peanut butter and bread...  enlight me better... after all my main goal is eliminate my extra belly... not loose weight... In a tight schedule what's the best way to fuel myself the right way...  |
Think of it like this, your body is machine and your food is the fuel. When do you burn the most fuel, when you're parked in the garage, sitting at idle or when your gunning it down the road. You use the most fuel when you're active especially working out so THAT"S WHEN YOU NEED THE FUEL. Now, unlike your car the fuel you don't use isn't stored in the gas tank. it's stored as fat, the food you ate last night doesn't do anything for your workout as it takes roughly 2.5 hours to digest I well proportioned meal. Now seeing that it takes about 2.5 hours to digest a meal you should eat something roughly that time before your workout but it may not be practical for you so I would drink the shake on my way to the gym, the shake should consist of whey protein and a high GI carb such as dextrose or maltidextrose and nothing else. The reason is that there is a 20 min window of opportunity right after your workout when your muscles want fuel. A high GI carb and a protein will get it into your system faster so it will be there when it's most important. Also a high GI carb will digest quicker so you will get some energy from it for your workout. You should then have your next meal which should be a good protein source and starch carb,
Now as far as your meal last night, I'm not sure of the portion size but I can see two protein sources, some healthy fat and CARBS. What good are those carbs going to do before you go to bed? Now I don't have the nutrition labels for your choices in front of me but from the looks of it, not only is it a bad time to eat bread (carbs) it also appears to be a poor choice in bread, if you want you can post the nutrition label and I'll show you why. I'm also fairly sure it will have a sugar content to it and just for general info eating a sugar and a fat together almost guarantees fat storage. If you also had your protein shake it's a lot of protein for one meal.
Later day meals should be where you tapper off your carbs because you will not burn them in which case they get stored, that will sabotage your flat belly goals.