I don’t watch football much at all anymore but I am going to predict KC 42 to 38 over TB. I hear it will be a great game so enjoy the event and the commercials.
Nothing beats eating clean whole food on a regular basis but sometimes the schedule doesn’t fit the meal prep. You’re on the run and need something just keep the hangry wolves satisfied and stop the howling in your belly. So have a protein bar handy to get you through to the next good meal. Have some at home, in the car, in your desk, in the gym bag or toss a couple in your purse, ruck or fanny pack. Just keep some around to help you out.
Choosing the right bar is going to depend on you knowing what to look for. Reading ingredient labels should be a skill you develop and here is a good place to start. First, work on sugar detection. If sugar is listed in the first 3 ingredients then you should really pas on that bar. Total grams of sugar shouldn’t exceed 10g and really if you can be at 5g or less that is a better bar to go with. On the balanced approach, if there is no sugar in the ingredients and you get 10g of sugar from just dates, the is not a bad choice as you ar still staying with a “whole” food rather then added sugar.
Second rule of ingredient reading skills should be “less is more”. The fewer ingredients listed on the label the better. (RX bar, Lara Bar are great at this) If you can’t pronounce it, don’t eat it. Natural flavors, emulsifiers, extracts, gums are all suspect items and should be avoided. If your grandma never ate it, you shouldn’t either. (For some of you that might by “great” grandma).
Third rule of label reading is high to low. The ingredient list is ranked from highest percentage to lowest percentage in the recipe. So if the list is eggs, almonds, dates the eggs are the highest percentage, almonds second and dates third. So if sugar is first on the list that is BAD, if it’s 14th than there probably isn’t much in it. But what is making up the list of 14 should be the next question- refer to Rule 2, less is more.
So invest some time in picking out a couple bars of choice, have them available to keep the hunger at bay and trust that you have a healthy snack with a good source of protein. Below are several recommended protein bars with their protein source identified.
EPIC- real meat, beef, bison, pork, chicken, turkey Oatmega- whey protein
Clif Whole Lotta- organic pea protein Primal Kitchen Dark Chocolate Almond- Collagen
Go Macro Protein Purity- rice protein Aloha Organic Plant Based Protein Bar- peanut and pumpkin seed protein
Orgain Plant Based Protein Bar- rice and pea protein RX Bar- egg whites
think Thin Protein and Super Fruit Bar- whey and seed protein EPIC Performance Bars- pea protein
GOOD! Vegan Protein Bar- plant based proteins
SCHEDULE FOR THIS WEEK- MONDAY-FRIDAY 5 AM, 6 AM AND 4:30 PM SATURDAY AT 8 AM
HOME WORKOUTS- POKER, Run/squat, Death by Situps, Burpees/situps/lunges, Penguins/j jacks/h rocks, Run or walk
GYM WORKOUTS- Run/clean, Rope/Goblet squat/Push up, POKER, ROW, DEADLIFT, Squat/run
GO CHIEFS!
SEE YOU AT THE GYM!!!
3,2,1 GO!
DEAN