Are You Eating Enough?


This topic comes from the wise old tale of if you eat less but exercise more you will lose weight… FAIL, NO, WTF, OMG…… 

Let me explain this.  If you eat less and workout more you’re creating a calorie deficit in theory, but your body is in starvation mode.   Further more if your running or walking for that matter daily 3 miles or more, plus lifting you will have to consume more to maintain……  Still with me?  So to all my readers that are gym goers let me ask you find yourself in a RUT with losing the weight, not seeing the gains you want, are you hungry all the time?  Chances are you’re not eating enough food to sustain your body so then your body eats the muscle so you will not make any gains or fat loss.  Eating no carbs is awful for your body, 100 to 150 grams of carbs a day is optimal for anyone ( carbs is the main fuel source is wanting to maintain and it becomes the back up fuel source when wanting to BURN FAT ).  Im not saying eat crap to get your calories in but I am saying to re-evaluate the things you are eating and make your food work for you. ( sweet potato, rice, quinoa, steel cut oatmeal plain ) Protein sources are a huge player in the gym either getting them from animals or plant sources they are needed in a diet., ( protein = GAINZ ).  Healthy fats are also needed in your daily diet, fat makes your body FUEL ITSELF ( first fuel source when burning fat ).  Write yourself a food journal for an entire week logging all your food with approximate ounces, ( everything you eat ).  You can go to a number of websites and get numbers of what you should be eating and see how close you are and calculate from there ( I have a few favorite sites that I use but I encourage you to look around the web and get informed ).  I think you will be surprised in what you find out!

KEEP IT POSITIVE IN 2016

Smoked Apple and Gouda Turkey Meatballs
1 LB Ground Turkey
8 oz Shredded Gouda Cheese
1/2 Red onion Shredded ( excess onion juice pressed out )
1 whole granny smith apple peeled and shredded ( excess apple
 juice pressed out
1/2 C Bread Crumbs
Salt and pepper to taste

Pre heat oven to 375
Mix all ingredients together  (i use 15% fat on this one 7% fat flavor is off a bit) 
make into meatballs 
cook on 375 for 20-25 min 

*** to press out juices place onion and apple between paper towels and press excess juices out. ****

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