In addition to Lacka, I find myself surfeit after every meal. Surfeit is defined as
- the state of being more than full
- supply or feed to surfeit
- glut: the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall
- repletion: eating until excessively full
- indulge (one’s appetite) to satiety
With that definition in mind, take a look at a few of my meals.
Breakfast
- 2 4 oz containers of Cottage Cheese for 22 g of Protein
- A plum
- A small can or plastic container peaches in Splenda syrup.
- 1 package of Quaker Weight Control Oatmeal for 29g Carbs and 7g Protein
Mid Morning Snack
- 1 Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup
Lunch
- 4-6 oz of Roast Turkey
- 1.5 cups of zucchini, onions and garlic sauteed in extra virgin olive oil
- 1 cup of sliced tomatoes (salted)
- 2 cups of sliced cucumbers
- 2 cups of sliced honey dew melon
Afternoon Snack
- Popcorn (a whole 3.5oz bag = 40g Carbs, 7.5g fiber, 6g Protein and 15g of Fat)
- 1 Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup
Dinner
- 2 boneless skinless chicken thighs (4-6 oz)
- 1 piece of boneless skinless chicken breast ( 2 oz)
- 2 cups of cabbage, onions and garlic sauteed in extra virgin olive oil
- 1 cup of sliced tomatoes (salted) Summer is great!
- 1.5 slices of Italian bread (the bad kind)
- Promise Margarine on bread.
Evening snack
- 1 York Peppermint Patties
- 1 cup sliced Cantaloupe (salted)
That is pretty normal for me. Well, I don’t normally eat two peanut butter cups a day. I have a definite Jones for chocolate covered peppermint patties, Reese’s cups and chocolate covered Altoids. I’m trying to cut back on those if I can’t eliminate them entirely.
Now if I tried to score these on the Precision Nutrition guidelines, I’m not in compliance for several meals/snacks.
- Breakfast there was a lean protein source but no veggies. Carbs and not working out are verbotten.
- Midmorning snack BEEEEEEEEEEEEEP
- Lunch had a very lean source of protein, and lots of veggies. The fruit was probably overkill.
- Mid afternoon snack BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP
- Dinner had a lean source of protein and lots of veggies with good oil. The white bread was bad in and of itself but it was also a source of carbs I hadn’t worked out for.Evening snack BEEP, the fruit was better than the candy but no source of protein and no veggies.
So back to surfeit. It doesn’t seem to matter what I eat, I eat until I’m stuffed or what I eat stuffs me. In order to NOT feel rotund after eating, I have to eat very small portions, very small. My calorie intake goals are around 2400/day which averages to 400 calories per meal. 400 calories of lean protein and veggies is a HUGE meal.
If you’ve looked at yesterday’s post and today’s post together, Surfeit and Lacka, you can probably discern what my problem is. I’m not eating correctly and I haven’t been working out. The resolution seems simple as well, eat better and work out. Remember the LACKA! I don’t feel like doing it. How do you eliminate the LACKA?
