evening meal

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j4ckos mate

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3,015 posts

171 months

Monday 18th April 2011
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ive noticed we have alot of bread and pasta for tea,
is it a bad thing to eat later in the day?
should i be aiming for more protein?

Easty-5

1,423 posts

191 months

Monday 18th April 2011
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j4ckos mate said:
ive noticed we have alot of bread and pasta for tea,
is it a bad thing to eat later in the day?
should i be aiming for more protein?
Bad for what? What are you aiming to achieve? Trying to lose weight? Gain Weight? Build Muscle?

More details are needed.

j4ckos mate

Original Poster:

3,015 posts

171 months

Monday 18th April 2011
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loose weight,

sorry i didnt put enough info in,

ive got 3 months to try and get myself more active and fitter,

i noticed we seem to have a lot of carbs late at night, which gives an energy boost, then we are in bed an hour later.


Du1point8

21,612 posts

193 months

Monday 18th April 2011
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I would try and switch it round and have the main meal at lunch and not wait until the evening meal for large meal.

I have smoothie for breakfast and then something with carbs but not much for lunch and then a small salad for evening meal... If Im training I change it slightly and make sure I compensate.

anonymous-user

55 months

Monday 18th April 2011
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Either change the hour you eat, change the type of carbs you are eating i.e. you could switch to brown rice/wholemeal pasta, or cut out carbs late at night, and then fill up in the morning with a good breakfast.

I generally find that if I start the day on a good breakfast, then I can eat less and less throughout the day and I notice a massive reduction (quite quickly) in body fat.

As a general rule though, for me, just cutting out bread works well.

Nothing works better than combining this with a bit of exercise though.

Brigand

2,544 posts

170 months

Monday 18th April 2011
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As the saying goes, "Breakfast like a King, Lunch like a Prince, and Dinner like a Pauper."

I generally just have cereal and toast for breakfast, but when I was in the RAF, I would sometimes go for a cooked breakfast, and I would notice later in the day that I wouldn't be as hungry as normal.

As for the carbs, I too like bread and pasta, and I think it's bread that keeps the weight on me.
Times I've been overseas for a few months, I just couldn't get much bread or pasta, and I would notice the weight dropping off me, over a four month period with moderate exercise but hardly any bread, pasta and booze, I would lose around two stone.
It would quickly come back once home and eating normally again.

If it's weight you want to lose, try cutting out the bread and pasta all together, or eat very little of it, I'm sure you'll notice something after a month. I've often thought of doing that myself but I always crumble when smelling freshly baked bread!