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Advicenators discussion: Protein, Fats, Carbs, wtf?
ductape_n_roses wrote Saturday August 4 2007, 2:14 pm:
These three things are the major parts of life. How much you need to eat is confusing also =/ So here's the guide:
Protein:
1g equals 4 calories.
The amount of protein you need goes like this:
If you don't exercise much, you multiply your weight by 0.5 and that's how much protein you'll need. If you do some exercise, multiply your weight by .6 and that's how much protein you need. If you do heavy weight training and what not, you need to multiply your weight by 1.0...haha eat your weight.
Fats:
There are 4 types of fats...
Saturated and trans fat [BAD]
Monounsaturated and polyunsaturated [GOOD]
Bad fats are normally found in junk food you eat.
1g of fat equals 9 calories and about 30% of your fat should come from fat.
It's hard to consume all good fats since many foods have bad fats. But try to limit it as much as possible.
Carbs:
Carbs should fill up the remainder of your needed caloric intake [Read my Weight Lose topic to see how much calories you need to consume]
Again, 1 carb contains 4 calories.
Like fats, complex carbs are GOOD and simple carbs are BAD. But like fats, it's hard to avoid all bad carbs [white rice, white pasta, white potatoes, pretzels, junk food types]
FOOD LIST
Good Protein
Chicken (without skin)
Turkey (without skin)
Lean cuts of beef
Lean cuts of pork
Lean cuts of lamb
Lean cuts of veal
Eggs
Egg whites
Tuna fish
Salmon
Shrimp
Lobster
Flounder
Sardines
Snapper
Swordfish
Trout
Crab
Clams
Scallops
Milk (2% or skim)
Cottage cheese (low fat/non fat)
Yogurt (low fat/non fat)
Tofu
Black beans
Garbanzo beans (aka chick peas)
Kidney beans
Lentils
Lima beans
Navy beans
Pinto beans
Miso
Soybeans
Peanuts
Almonds
Cashews
Hazelnuts
Pecans
Pistachio nuts
Natural peanut butter
Pumpkin seeds
Sunflower seeds
Protein powder, protein shakes and protein bars
Good fat
Salmon
Mackerel
Herring
Anchovies
Sardines
Scallops
Halibut
Fish oils (fish oil supplements)
Peanuts
Almonds
Walnuts
Cashews
Natural peanut butter
Olive oil (extra-virgin)
Flax seeds
Flax seed oil
Pumpkin seeds
Sunflower seeds
Good Carb
Brown Rice
100% whole wheat bread
100% whole wheat bagels
100% whole wheat pita bread
Whole wheat/whole grain pasta
Sweet potatoes
Yams
Oatmeal
Buckwheat
Bulgur
Bran cereals
Garbanzo beans (aka chick peas)
Kidney beans
Black beans
Lentils
Navy beans
Pinto beans
Lima Beans
(Fruits And Vegetables)
Apple
Orange
Plum
Banana
Grapes
Strawberries
Peaches
Pears
Cantaloupe
Pineapple
Broccoli
Brussels sprouts
Cabbage
Asparagus
Spinach
Lettuce
Romaine lettuce
Avocado
Cucumber
Eggplant
Tomato
Cauliflower
Celery
Turnip
Bok choy
Mushrooms
Peppers
Green peas
Talk about healthy, huh?
easilyfixed wrote Sunday August 5 2007, 12:30 pm:
thanks, this helped SO much.
i'm starting to eat healthier, and this list made it so much easier. haha.
nadine204 wrote Sunday August 5 2007, 3:15 pm:
I love all your topics, very helpful. Im trying to do all your workouts and following your healthy food list =]] . Good job, keep it up =)
ductape_n_roses wrote Sunday August 5 2007, 7:00 pm:
=) Thanks guys
And for the workouts, don't overload or you'll have really bad pains the next day =P
ductape_n_roses wrote Saturday August 11 2007, 1:44 am:
Haha. I'd rather write, or type in this case, a long, detailed, boring answer to the frequent questions than to type short, simply, 75% there answers to them. I just tell them to come here =)
MikeCFT wrote Saturday August 11 2007, 2:51 pm:
Great list.
You should have my job, Emily :-D
ductape_n_roses wrote Sunday August 12 2007, 3:06 am:
Well, someone rated me a 3 because she couldn't find the link...and I had two things you could click to get here. So I guess it's her loss.
Copy & pasting saves me when I'm writing stories.
& thanks, Mike =)
But I very much doubt that. I think I'll stick with writing stories and giving people advice, while trying to finish Jane Eyre.
ductape_n_roses wrote Monday August 13 2007, 3:08 pm:
Haha.
Technology has made us all lazy and more stupid to a degree.
Seriously, two girls working at the bowling place couldn't add 23 and 48 without pulling out a calculator. Kelsi, Lindsey, and I were like "Wtf??????"
ductape_n_roses wrote Tuesday August 14 2007, 8:56 am:
Haha yeppers.
Ahhh! Need to eat something than head out.
Yes for 2 hours of sleep.
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ductape_n_roses wrote Friday August 17 2007, 11:17 pm:
Okays, so I need to finish packing. And then I'll wkae up at 6 30ish to go meet Angela.
Hmmm, yeah.
coolbuddy_jass wrote Wednesday May 27 2009, 4:41 am:
hey there... thats a preety good work u have done here... thanks a million....there are a few questions i would like to ask.
1. is cod liver oil capsuled fattening.
2. what shoul be preferred amon normal bread, whole wheat bread and brown bread.
3. what exactly is natural peanut butter. the only peanut butter i know is the product of creamica company . i don't know if it comes under the good category or bad.
4.what should be preferred among low fat corn flakes and wheat flakes?
sorry for so stupid type of questions but i am trying to loose weight for last 2 monts but have lost only 4 kgs which i dont think is enough so i think that i must be having some misconcept at some place.
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