Weight Loss
Eat to lose
It's midweek and your energy levels are beginning to flag. Time to hit the gym, but you don't have the stamina to even drag yourself over to the place. No wonder. You ate your last meal at 1.30pm and now its 6pm. The hours in between have depleted your body's energy reserves. If there's a blender handy, make a shake with 1tsp whey protein powder, a chopped banana and yoghurt.
{mosimage}Or else, munch on a nutrition bar before exercising. And if you're short on time, burn the most calories and keep the blood pumping vigorously with one single workout: the treadmill. This is the big daddy of fat-burning cardio machines, killing as much as 865 cals per hour, according to research at the Medical College of Wisconsin.
If you are into building muscle, follow up the pre-workout protein shake with some good carbohydrate afterwards. A whole wheat bread sandwich with egg scrambled in spinach qualifies as good carb. "Post-workout meals with carbs increase your insulin levels," which, in turn, slows the rate of protein breakdown, says American nutrition expert Doug Kalman. The eggs send more protein to the muscles and the antioxidants in spinach fight muscle damage due to intensive workout.
{mosimage}Or else, munch on a nutrition bar before exercising. And if you're short on time, burn the most calories and keep the blood pumping vigorously with one single workout: the treadmill. This is the big daddy of fat-burning cardio machines, killing as much as 865 cals per hour, according to research at the Medical College of Wisconsin.
If you are into building muscle, follow up the pre-workout protein shake with some good carbohydrate afterwards. A whole wheat bread sandwich with egg scrambled in spinach qualifies as good carb. "Post-workout meals with carbs increase your insulin levels," which, in turn, slows the rate of protein breakdown, says American nutrition expert Doug Kalman. The eggs send more protein to the muscles and the antioxidants in spinach fight muscle damage due to intensive workout.
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