Man, now that I think about it I believe it does. This might’ve started just 1 week to 10 days after I started eating Quest bars.
What puzzles me is that, doing a bit of math, I ordered 36 bars in total and I only finished the last one the day before yesterday. So I finished them in a bit over a month, meaning that on average I probably ate one bar per day, with some days where I didn’t eat any at all. Could just one bar a day have made such a difference?
Anyhow, I ran out of them and ordered two packs that’ll arrive next week. But, I’ll wait 10 days or so before I get back to eating them, to see if anything actually changes. I’ll also see my doctor in two days, but I do believe that what you said could make sense.
So apparently after not having had a scale for a couple of weeks I got one in my new place and I weighted myself. Looks like I haven’t gained much weight, which makes sense as having been sick my appetite wasn’t at its highest, which probably led me to eating less than I should have. Particularly, I need to watch my protein intake as I might have been undershooting it a bit. For that reason, I will log what I eat here for a while; that sounds to me like a way to keep me focused and consistent. Sometimes I just lose focus of what I’m eating and having to remember it and write it down at the end of the day will help me.
I’m currently eating five meals a day as it works well for me and my focus is to get 30-40 g of protein in each of those meals. I don’t really have a problem consuming enough carbs or fat but I need to have an idea of how much protein I’m consuming. Today’s eating was:
Meal 1 (pre workout)
Cheerios cereal - 50 g
Whey protein - 2 scoops
A handful of chocolate chips (I consume the whey like a pudding)
Meal 2
White rice - 100 g (uncooked)
Chicken breast - 150 g
Green beans
A piece of olive bread
3 small cookies
Meal 3
Potato gnocchi - 200 g
Smoked salmon - 180 g
Parsley
Haha, those are my guilty pleasure. I try not to eat them too often but really, as long as you stay within reason with the total calories you’re okay regardless of what you eat. Plus if you bake them instead of frying, you save up a ton of calories. It’s 400 calories per two pieces after all, could be worse.
