weeks ago I found out I’m getting a bit fatter and I don’t like that. I started running and working out 2 hours a day a week ago.
My diet so far: on a budget, but without extras like artificial sauces or ready to eat meals. I usually eat lots of whole bread without anything on it (I used to mix it with cheese or butter, but Iḿ cutting that out), lots of turkey breasts to prepare stews with tofu, veggies like cabbage, carrot and cauliflower, no pastries, no alcohol. No coffee but tea.
I invariably have to eat bread with my meals, because otherwise I won’t feel full, but I also eat bread at night and apparently, carbohydrates are not supposed to be ingested that late. What could I substitute bread with?
I run before having breakfast, but I don’t know if I should dinner less and reduce my bread intake at dinner. OTOH going to bed feeling hungry seems to be a bad idea, or am I supposed to go to sleep feeling hungry? Is there any advantage to doing this?
I may eat a cheese sandwich while at work if I have nothing else at hand.
What works for you?
My advice: don’t change anything else right now.
The temptation is high to pack it all in at once; make all the big changes.
2 hours a day is a lot. Not too much, just a lot. So, since you asked, don’t change your diet yet. Get into the groove of building this new thing into some level of consistency. Once you’re 90 days in, start modifying something else. Diet. Sleep. Intensity.
Work on one routine at a time.
Now if you’re going too far into calorie deficit then you can think about what your energy needs are but keep the other changes to bare necessity.
2 hours a day is pretty crazy, depending on the intensity. I’m a dedicated amateur athlete and would have been under 10 hours a week training for a marathon, and woulda been barely over that even when doing my most intense triathlon training.
But a light run/walk most days with a harder gym session or run 3 or 4 times a week is a very different question.