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Originally Posted by BeckyD@RodgersChevrolet
So here's today's breakdown:
BB breakfast frittata
7 whole eggs
diced ham (8oz)
spinach (1 cup cooked)
Mushooms (1 cup cooked)
Onion (1/4 cup)
Olive oil (3 tbsp)
1263 calories 32 carbs 96 protein 87 fat / 6 portions
210 cal 5 carbs 16 protein 14 fat
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banana 105 cal 27 carbs 1 protein 1 fat
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8oz strip steak
asparagus baked with olive oil and parmesan cheese (20 stalks)
493 cal 12 carbs 34 protein 34 fat
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homemade protein/energy bar (from the local market)
293 cal 0 carb 26protein 20 fat
I have some reservations about this bar. This is the info
that came up when I scanned the bar code. The ingredients
show oats, oat bran, wheat germ, flax seed, sunflower,
whey protein, sesame seeds, cinnamon, tofu, honey, peanut
butter, chocolate chips, dried cranberries and shredded
coconut. I have a hard time with "0" carbs, looks to me
like there are some.
I have a few questions now that I'm looking at this. When
looking at carbs, are they net carbs? Carbs - dietary fiber
for a net? Is the fat count total fat? Saturated, mono, poly
and trans? You might be sorry I'm paying attention because
I'll end up with alot of questions? Olive oil looks like it adds
alot of calories, but it's preferable to butter. Am I missing
something? I used it to cook the asparagus and the stuff
that went into the frittata. Is that good?
As always, your guidence is appreciated.
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The thing that jumps out right away is the fat content is quite high. On the first recipie use 1 or 2 whole eggs, make the rest whites only then that one will be good.
Fat count is total fat, you should try for only monounsaturated and polyunsaturated, they are the "good fats" ALWAYS AVOID TRANS FATS and limit saturated fats as much as possible,there are some saturated fats in good protein sources so they cannot be completely eliminated.
When it comes to carbs don't be concerned with net carbs and sudstracting fiber and all that, look at the total carb count.
The protein bars breakdown is just wrong. The first 2 ingredients are oats, although a very good complex carb source oats are high in carbs so I have no problem with them being in the bars but how on earth can they say o carbs, not possible plus many of the other ingredients have carbs, something's not right. Also the fat content is much to high, one serving has a whole days worth of fat.
In the recipie book there are I believe two recipies for protein bars that are pretty good, you might want to look at them as an alternative and notice the fat content, much much lower.
Technicaly you could eat all your fat in one meal but is far from optimal but then there is no room for fat in any other meals, not very realistic.
Olive oil is a good fat but fats are very calorie dense so when applicable try substituting it with an olive oil based cooking spray.
Ask all you want lol.
Oh by the way, a typical serving of steak would be about 4-5 oz and asparagus would be about 10 spears.