Today's lunch
7 oz (cooked weight) grilled chicken, 1/2 avocado, a cup of zucchini and a half-cup of my homemade red potato/cauliflower mash.
Approx nutrient breakdown...
Any questions?
How long should I fast? This is probably the most common question I see among women new to Intermittent Fasting. Unfortunately there is no hard-and-fast definitive answer to this question. We all react to stress differently. Yes, I said stress. Fasting is a stressor to the body - especially the female body. Like money worries, relationship drama, and exercise, fasting will cause the body various levels of stress which can, and often will, result in negative consequences regarding our health. I'm going out on a limb here, but I'm guessing most of you have jobs and financial responsibilities, relationships, some of you have children or are care takers of family members. You probably rarely get eight hours of sleep and, let's face it, who has time to meditate daily when living in the real world? All of these things are life's stressors. Now, add lack of sleep, job and family/relationship stress to a boiling pot of intense daily e...
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I'm basically doing the same type of program as you, and looking at your daily macronutrient breakdown I'm astonished to see that we're pretty much on the exact same level!
I'm blogging my experience at http://theprimalpantry.wordpress.com/, drop on by sometime! Let me know if you need any moral support or if you run into anything groundbreaking in your routine :)
Erin
I, of course, just decided to get the cheapest (but still high quality) form of BCAAs I could find, so I got these from Vitacost:
http://www.vitacost.com/NSI-BCAAs-Branched-Chain-Amino-Acids-5-000-mg-10-5-oz-Powder
It's actually fine now that I started taking it with a little lemon juice. I'm seeing a lot of bodybuilding forums where people are having the same problem downing the powder without some kind of juice.
Once I finish this container I will DEFINITELY be investing in Xtend BCAAs!