For dinner tonight I went with the classic tilapia, 1 cup brocoli, 1 cup brown rice (I prepared 2 cups of dry rice earlier). I decided to pan-sear the fish this time with a little garlic and lemon-pepper seasoning. Turned out a little better than the microwaved stuff from Monday. Dinner Stats: Calories: 351 Carbs:Continue reading “SNAP Challenge – Day 3: Dinner and Final”
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Do You Deadlift? You Should…
Taking a break from writing about my super fantastic interesting SNAP food challenge, I would like to take a moment to discuss the king of all lifts… the Deadlift. The deadlift got its name in ancient Rome, when soldiers were taught how to properly lift their fallen comrades up and off of the battle field.Continue reading “Do You Deadlift? You Should…”
SNAP Challenge: Day 3 – Lunch
As stated before, my breakfast was huge and I wasnt even hungry until about 1pm today. My lunch today was pretty bad to be honest. 4 oz of canned tuna, 1/2 cup of quinoa, 1/2 cup cottage cheese and a handful of baby carrots. This was a very bland lunch but it worked. I wont evenContinue reading “SNAP Challenge: Day 3 – Lunch”
SNAP Challenge – Day 3: Breakfast
Decided to get pretty crazy and switch up my breakfast today. Went with an old classic bodybuilder-like recipe, oat pancakes. (After my 4 cups of water of course) 2 eggs, 2 egg whites, 3/4 cup oats, 1 T cottage cheese, 1 banana, dash of cinnamon – blend and fry. First things first, you could eat theseContinue reading “SNAP Challenge – Day 3: Breakfast”
SNAP Challenge – Day 2: Final
My final snack of the day was another 1/4 cup of cottage cheese. Final Stats and Thoughts: Calories: 1719 Carbs: 288 grams (67% of calories) Fat: 36 grams (19% of calories) Protein: 98 grams (24% of calories) Cholesterol: 377 mg Sodium: 1593mg Fiber: 63 grams!!! Got more calories in today, but not as much proteinContinue reading “SNAP Challenge – Day 2: Final”
SNAP Challenge – Day 2: Dinner
Dinner tonight was pretty much just a hodge-podge of whatever I felt like throwing in a pot. I decided to go with 3/4 cup kidney beans, 3/4 cup dry whole wheat pasta, 3/4 cup of the canned stewed tomatoes, 3/4 cup of frozen brocoli (added garlic powder). Pretty easy prep for this meal. Boiled the pasta forContinue reading “SNAP Challenge – Day 2: Dinner”
SNAP Challenge: Day 2 – Snack & Lunch & Pre/Post Workout
My “snack” today was the other half of my banana, which I ate about 1 hour after breakfast on my way out the door. My lunch today was something pretty different, for myself at least. I had one cup of quinoa, 3/4 cup red kidney beans, 1/2 cup spinach (thawed) 1 tsp olive oil, a littleContinue reading “SNAP Challenge: Day 2 – Snack & Lunch & Pre/Post Workout”
SNAP Challenge – Day 2: Breakfast
Morning! I woke up this morning feeling pretty good, but definitely a little hungry. As stated in my last post, I will be upping my intakes a little bit today, to try and get closer to 1800 calories. The last time I did a bodyfat analysis on myself, my BMR (basal metabolic rate, the amountContinue reading “SNAP Challenge – Day 2: Breakfast”
SNAP Challenge – Day 1: Final
For my last snack of the day I had another 1/2 cup of fat free cottage cheese and 5 carrot sticks. This came out to 100 calories, 10 carbs and 12 grams of protein. Final Stats and Thoughts: Calories: 1560 Carbs: 217 grams (53% of calories) Fat: 30 grams (17% of calories) Protein: 133 grams (30% ofContinue reading “SNAP Challenge – Day 1: Final”
SNAP Challenge – Day 1: Dinner
Dinner: Todays dinner consisted of 1, 4 oz tilapia filet, 3/4 cup steamed brocoli and 1/2 cup of kidney beans (prepared earlier in the day)and of course 3 cups of water. For the tilapia, I went with a recipe from the bag for poached tilapia in the microwave. It was very simple and tasted okay. IContinue reading “SNAP Challenge – Day 1: Dinner”