nialler-whorin Asked:
I've got a few questions if you don't mind. :) What is your view on dried fruit and fruit juice. I hear that the drying process drives the sugar content up and that fruit juice has all the sugar from fruit without the fibre. Also, how many calories do you put aside for each meal? My breakfast this morning was about 300 calories. Is that alright? Yeah, I read about that too so as much as possible, I avoid those dried fruit and packed or canned fruit juices. I’m not really into dried fruit anyway. Haha. If I’m in the mood for fruit juice, I just make it myself using a blender. I love fruit smoothies! :)
300 cal for breakfast is alright. If you think that what you consumed already satisfied your hunger, then that’s great. As for me, I don’t count calories. I actually wanted to do that when I was starting but I’m the type of person that could get really obsessed with small details so I tried very hard to resist it. I also don’t think there is a strict rule as to how many calories should you set for each meal. It really depends on your eating habits. If you’re more of a breakfast person, set aside higher calories for that meal.
Let’s take myself as an example. My daily calorie needs is 1,500 for fat loss (I used this calorie calculator http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm ). I usually eat 4 meals a day (although the best way to loss weight is to eat 5-6 small meals a day). So that means I should eat 375 cal per meal. Or I can do 500, 250, 250, 250. Just so I have a bigger breakfast. It really is your call. It’s kinda like budgeting your shopping money. That’s a good way to put it. Haha. You save a bigger calorie count for the most important meal. (Save a bigger amount of money for the most important item haha)
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