“Dave what would you define as a light dinner?”
Well, let me ask you in return … what would YOU define as a “light dinner”?
Oh I don’t know … vegetable soup with beef and lots of veggies, maybe with some noodles and/or dumplings on the side, because my kids love my dumplings, along with some corn bread and maybe some watermelon or other fruit. I guess that would be a typical dinner for us. Not sure if that is light, so I thought I would ask …
And this is where we began our night, with an awesome question that deserves an awesome discussion, and that is what followed.
So the debate rages on … are carbs to blame? Are fats to blame? Is it the breads? The sugars? The beef? And so our discussion went last night Dec. 5th.
So to keep it simple, here is a recap of our discussion. You can also check out my video recap and printable PDF below:
- Outsmarting the Female Fat Cell – Debra Water House – recommended book of the evening
- Lipogenic vs Lipolytic Enzymes – Debra Waterhouse points out in her book, women are born with more “lypogenic” or fat-storing enzymes than men, and when they go on a calorie restricted diet, these enzymes actually increase in number! Whoah! I know, right? So DO NOT DIET! Instead …
- Meal Planning & Timing – eat a big breakfast that is protein dominant (picture to the right), eat a balanced lunch and a light, smaller dinner.
- Do not eat within 3 hours before your bed time.
- My protein packed breakfast this morning (pictured) – 3 scrambled eggs, turkey bacon, hash browns and a few raspberries. (This was our family breakfast)
- *Note the ratio of protein and fat to carbs. I ate this at 6:45 am and will ate again (a balanced lunch) around 10:30 or 11:00 am. I plan to train at 2 pm today, 3 hours after my lunch, which gives my body time to digest the food so that all of my energy can go into my workout.
- “Light Dinner” question answered – so the short answer to the question above about what is a light dinner is individual to each of you. In this particular case, I asked, “what is your favorite side of the noodles, dumplings, corn bread or watermelon?” Choose one of those and have only that with your soup. Or, eat just the soup at 5:30 pm, and then enjoy the watermelon or whatever your favorite thing is an hour later so that it is about 3 hours before bed time. Consider the ratio of carbs to fat to protein … simply eliminating a few sides from our dinners could mean hundreds of calories and several pounds lost a month.
- Circuit Training for Fat Loss – we covered this as well, basically stating that to set up 3-5 exercises to do in a row, working at about 70-80% intensity (7 out of 10 in other words) straight through one circuit, and then resting for 60-90 seconds and repeating 3-6 times is one of the most efficient, effective routines you can do to optimally burn calories and kick your resting metabolism into overdrive for the next 24-48 hours!
- Check out some other posts or videos on my YouTube channel for examples for these circuits to do at home or the gym, or email me at dave@davereddy.com and ask about this.
Here is my video recap that also breaks down a few of these ideas:
Dec 5th, 2012 Printable PDF Hand Out (Opens up in new window)
Please comment below and tell me what you think … check in next week for my next REDDY TO LIVE Group Workout & Coaching Program Recap. Thanks!!
