The Best Meal Of The Day
You may have heard already that what your post workout meal is the most important one of the day. You’re always looking for ways on how to lose weight fast, but at this time you should take special care. This is because of the effect your coritsol levels are having on the breakdown of muscle. Also, the glycogen in your muscle has been depleted.
The need you have is for easily digestible food that you can eat after your workout. This will help put you into an anabolic state from the catabolic state that resulted from your workout. The carbs will restore your muscles’ glycogen and the protein will help supply amino acids to repair your muscle.
The amino acids and carbohydrates from your meal will result an in influx of insulin which triggers a release of nutrients from your pancreas to your muscle cells. The meal after your workout should be from 300-500 calories to be effective. This depends on weight of course.A carbohydrate to protein ration of two to four to one is what you should have.
Since fat will slow down digestion, you should keep it minimal in this meal. The most important thing to realize is that you don’t need any of the advertised after workout supplements: natural food is better.
Honey, pineapple, raisins or organic maple syrup are great sources of carbohydrates that can be digested easily.The insulin response I just mentioned depends on this.
For protein that can be easily digested, try whey protein that has not been denatured with some fat free yogurt.
Be sure to keep following my advice on how to lose weight fast. Here are a couple ideas for a smoothie that is great for recovery after working out:
Chocolate Banana Smoothie. Mix up 1-1/2 frozen bananas with a cup of water and a 1/2 cup of skim milk. Add in organic maple syrup (2 tablespoons) and chocolate whey protein (30 grams). This will give you 440 calories, 1/2 a gram of fat, 38 grams of protein and 72 grams of carbohydrates.
Pineapple vanilla smoothie. Mix together a cup of water, vanilla yogurt (1/2 cup), frozen pineapples (1 cup), raw honey (2 tablespoons), and vanilla whey protein (30 grams).This gives you 38 grams of protein, 1/2 a gram of fat, 71 grams of carbohydrates, and 425 calories.
If you’re trying to reduce body fat, you must have post workout eating habits that are the reverse of the rest of yo ur meals. Meals during the day should have low glycemic carbs, proteins that are disbursed slowly, and sufficient healthy fats, unlike your meal following your workout.
By paying attention to your post workout meal, you have a great strategy that helps you build that lean, muscular body you’ve always wanted.One thing before I go: you can satisfy your sweet tooth after your workout since the sugar will go to your muscles, not to your gut…. cherish it!
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