5/27/2009

I forgot to mention yesterday one of the big flaws I had in my diet. I was using Muscle Milk, which I really liked. However, it has a huge amount of fat in it. 17 grams, I believe, along with the 35 grams of protein. I was drinking one of these prior to my workout and another immediately afterward. I switched to another protein shake that still has 35 grams of protein but only 1 gram of fat. It dropped from 300 calories per shake to 170 calories per shake. That’s 260 calories per day that I easily cut out.

The other thing that changed was that I was drinking 4 and 5 shakes a day. I read an article by someone I trust that mentioned a big mistake is drinking 5 shakes and having only one meal in a day. I had fallen into that trap thinking it was an easy way to keep my protein up and an easy way to track my calories. I had even said elsewhere in this blog to use protein shakes as supplements and not to rely on them too heavily. That’s why it is important for myself to re-read what I’ve written as time goes by. I make mistakes and slip into doing the wrong thing, too.

Something else I read was not to use protein bars. I was never real big on these but I would have one every couple of weeks. The article pointed out that they are nothing more than candy bars with protein added into it. Not exactly health food. Stick with a low-fat protein shake instead.