Protein and Fiber Fitness Breakfast
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Let me share a breakfast with you I really like: whole grain flakes, low fat milk and a bit of a quality protein powder.
Protein Powder, Eek!
I know you guys are always on the lookout for foods high in protein, low in fat and fast to fix. Therefore let me introduce you to this favorite of mine, which will make your muscles rather happy with the protein coming with it, while the high content of complex carbohydrates and fiber should keep you full and satiated for quite some time:
Of course, the protein powder in there is a crutch. I don’t always manage my protein enough as good as I should and having the powder just makes sure I get an ample amount. Using the powder is in my opinion not superior to getting your protein from food.
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VollKornflakes!! Sounds much better than plain ol’ corn flakes.
“Cornflakes” is one of those words that got adapted into the German language but was mangled on the way. The German word “Korn” stands for “grain”, which as a child led me to believe cornflakes are made of grain. And the “flakes”, with the stress on the “a”, are routinely pronounced like “flex”.
And while I’m at it: Remember the Woolworth department stores? That was a name far from what the German tongue could handle. So it became “Vollwot” 😉
Vollkornflakes!! Why every German word I see looks like it needs to be yelled? Vollkornflakes!!
Thanks for taking your time to do these videos for people. I lost 60 pounds in the last 2 years. And like most people I know, when you start to lose weight, you think you must go “on” a diet. And that you will never be able to eat anything you enjoy, until that time you can go “off” your diet.
It’s helpful for people to see that they can have good meals, and still eat healthy and lose weight. It’s really not all about starving yourself.
You know what’s one of Scooby’s favorited German words? “Lendenwirbelsäulenprobleme” – lower back problems 🙂
And man, 60 lbs! Awesome job!
How long is a beginner a beginner? Going by EC’s definition, I am still one, as I can do only 20 or so full pushups on a good day and that goes down to – let me look at my entries – 15 + 14 + 9, only last week. Dismal!! Chinups are no better. That, plus my snail’s pace with weights – up to 3kg on each dumbell, up by 1/2 a k mymy, aren’t we brave!
My friend, who has just turned 60, has opted for a static fitness approach, never upping his weights, while I prefer a dynamic, progressive one.
I’ve been following the intermediate training plan, with moderate success. Foodwise, I eat like a horse these days, but my cruel ‘mirror,mirror on the wall…’ fails to convince me that I’m putting on any muscle. So I seem to have two issues, or even three, if you take my senior status into account. These I could sum up as ‘stuck’ or permanent beginner, the age/progress issue, and where I want to or should take all this… any comments welcome, especially from seniors or do they rarefy at some point, like imploding stars? Not my view, I hasten to add LOL
Hey Jakob, how old are you and how long have you been training?
Hey! Well, would it do any good to lie? I like to say there are 5 parameters to age, 5 ages, if you like. These are physical (I mean your health and overall fitness), mental, emotional, social (how you fit in socially, interact, how active you are, still working, etc.) and last only chronological. So i’m 74, but look and behave much younger. Which explains why I do the things I do or is it the other way around? i.e., swimming, western riding, cycling and walking my dog, Salsa, and teaching… not interested in retiring just yet! I I like your approach and have been following your plan since January. my body definitely agrees. As for the plateau thing, I’m not sure it’s true. I generally follow your advice, 3 workouts per week, on days when I’m not doing cardio, and upping weights by no more than 10%, over a few months. But now I think routine has set in at the intermediate level and I’ve got to find variations. As for gym workouts, I’m sufficiently motivated to work on my own, but who knows, maybe after the summer break.