Another day of crazy crazy crap at work. Not much time to fit in food but I kept it all healthy. I’m exhausted and can’t be bothered counting up the Calories right now but I’m sure it was reasonable.
6:30 am 1 large egg scrambled, a tangering and a decaf latte with 1/2 cup milk
10:30 am granny smith apple and an oz of Gruyeres cheese
2:00 pm two tangerines
3:30 pm granny smith apple and tablespoon of peanut butter and 1/3 cup of lite cottage cheese
7:00 pm 1/4 cabbage, 1/2 onion, 1/2 large red pepper, 1 baby zucchini, 1 tsp sesame oil and lots of garlic and ginger and chili all stir fried together with 3.5 oz chicken breast
9:00 pm hot chocolate made with cocoa, milk powder and splenda
I’m feeling good about being off grains but even with the veggies and fruit that I’m getting I’m not too sure that I’m getting quit enough fibre. I am thinking that a cup of brown rice a day might do the trick but I’d rather do without the grains. My intestinal tract doesn’t seem to agree. Maybe I could add a bit of psylium but I would always rather get it from real food than some kind of bottle. I suppose some legumes would be a good low gi way to get some fibre.
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The psylium I have is in a powder form - I add it to my breakfast smoothies every now and then. The good thing about it is that it is a natural item - no chemicals.
Another option for increasing your fibre would be flax seeds. They would need to be raw, and freshly ground, though. Heating them takes out all the omega 6 goodness. You could implement that by adding about 2 tsps to your breakfast or lunch.
The other thing to remember - if it’s dark green and leafy, chances are it has a lot of natural fibre in it!
Good luck, and keep up the great work.
chia? do you ever do that? I did a post on it a while back but may be revisiting it next week.
google it if youre not familiar!
Hi Wee,
Amylp here from the c25k thread on coolrunning. I would definitely recommend legumes and beans for increasing your fibre intake - a cup of cooked lentils has 16 grams. This website is helpful for fibre content of different foods - http://www.prevention.com/fiberup/. Apparently, I consume about twice the recommended amount - nearly 70 grams, crazy!