Note: I’m trying to cut bodyfat and training cardio 2x and resistance 4x a week.
Anyways my daily breakfast is 1/2 cup rolled oats, two scoops of ON protein in water and 3 fish oil tabs.
Is this an addequate breakfast?
This is the only time i eat any ceral, pasta or rice type foods in my day as i have a low tolerance for carbs.
Also 2 mornings a week i’m doing fasted cardio. On these morning i have my shake 15 minutes prior to workout, then walk 3km’s in 30 minutes and have my oats/fish oil afterwards.
I agree with AlteredState. Your “fasted” cardio is not fasted. You need to give us stats, tell us a bit more about your training volume, and explain what your diet is like overall so we can see how breakfast fits in.
As it stands though it looks ok, maybe a bit on the light side, to me.
It depends on what your other meals are. My breakfast is usually not very good, it’s early and I have a hell of a time doing anything right after I wake up. I usually have a banana with Metabolic Drive complete and water, or bran flakes cereal, or activia yogurt. Eating a huge breakfast doesn’t do well for me - it makes me not hungry for the rest of the day. But my other meals are more in line so I get away with it.
Oh and as far as the ‘fasted cardio’ go’s, im following what i read in hte roundtable discussion, trying to get in while glycogen is depleted. They advised to consume some BCAA’s etc.
Only been doing it for about 2 weeks, twice a week. Not sure if it’s working or not.
[quote]HK24719 wrote:
chillain wrote:
I’ll just go ahead and say oats + protein powder is NOT an adequate breakfast regardless of your current goals.
Why?
I often have oats, Metabolic Drive, and fruit and it’s worked great for me over the past year.
Sure, sometimes I’ll have a bit more or change it up for variety, but I don’t see anything wrong with the combination.[/quote]
I wouldn’t say “wrong” – but I would take this opportunity to point out the difference between ‘adequate’ and ‘optimal’ in this case. Like Burbanky mentioned, I’m always for whole foods and whole protein sources over powders every single time. Seems esp important when we’re talking about breakfast.
Don’t get me wrong, I start every day with whey powder mixed in with 12oz of milk. But that’s just to tide me over until I can get to eating my proper breakfast.
[quote]chillain wrote:
HK24719 wrote:
chillain wrote:
I’ll just go ahead and say oats + protein powder is NOT an adequate breakfast regardless of your current goals.
Why?
I often have oats, Metabolic Drive, and fruit and it’s worked great for me over the past year.
Sure, sometimes I’ll have a bit more or change it up for variety, but I don’t see anything wrong with the combination.
I wouldn’t say “wrong” – but I would take this opportunity to point out the difference between ‘adequate’ and ‘optimal’ in this case. Like Burbanky mentioned, I’m always for whole foods and whole protein sources over powders every single time. Seems esp important when we’re talking about breakfast.
Don’t get me wrong, I start every day with whey powder mixed in with 12oz of milk. But that’s just to tide me over until I can get to eating my proper breakfast.