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Originally Posted by weese17
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Okay, so I'm curious to hear what everyone's exercise routines are. I'm trying to plan one out now, and my main problem is that I keep overdoing it. For example, I only ate a salad for lunch (on days I work out, I usually eat something carby for lunch), and then ended up working out around 4. It was going to be one of my easy cardio days, but I ended up getting bored with jogging and just RUNNING, full out, for about 20 minutes.
So I ended up completely drained, with no resources at all, on a night that I needed to go to class after work.
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Lucy, one trick that I have had alot of success with is to make sure each meal and snack I have has a combination of protein, fat, and carbs. For me, I need about 1/3 of my calories to come from each -- that's alot of protein but I don't metabolize carbs well.
A salad for lunch is good so long as it includes protein and fat. Yes, you can go overboard with the fat if you float it away with ranch dressing, but too often dieters go the other direction and use a non-fat dressing. Use a teaspoon of olive oil at least, and include beans, nuts, tofu, or egg.
If you feel completely drained, you probably just need to eat more. That's why food logs are so important I think. It is easy to eat too much, and it is also easy to (at least for a few days) not eat enough, which in the long run undermines your efforts because you feel crappy and fall off the wagon.
Gatorade is full of sugar. If you think your potassium is low eat a banana.
Sedonia