Did you know? Dinner should be your smallest meal of the
day. We know, many people do the total opposite: tiny breakfast and huge
dinner! Breakfast, we know, is the most important meal of the day since it
gets us going for a long period of activity. And dinner, often eaten late and
close to bedtime, could stand to be smaller since we're not so active following
it.
Think of your body as a car. Breakfast
is when you wake up and put fuel in and fill up your gas tank. Foods like a
bowl of oatmeal with fruit or an egg with a piece of toast and peanut butter,
are the types of fuel that your body needs to start off your day to get from Point
A (home) to Point B (work). Your body is sort of like the car's engine and when
you add the proper amount of fuel and nutrients, it keeps you moving and raring
to go.
As the morning passes and you
are sitting at work, your body (the car) is sitting idle, but the engine is
still going and the fuel is slowly burning away.
By lunch, you will need to a bit
more fuel and eating something like a sandwich, an apple or even a small green
salad with a lean protein is all it takes to top off your body's fuel tank to get you through the rest of the day.
You are likely to feel hungry between lunch and dinner. That's when it's most important to snack responsibly! See our 75 snacks under 200 calories here.
At dinner, your body doesn't need
quite as much to keep it going because it is headed back to the "garage" for the night to sleep. If you eat too much, the food can settle as fat since you don't
have as much time to burn it off before bed. Portion control is most important
at dinner time.
Here are 27, 300-calorie dinners from Cooking Light that are both satisfying & light.
We think this Grilled Skirt Steak and Roasted Tomatillo Salad sounds DELICIOUS at just 227 calories and 20g of protein!
For nutrition guidance, contact Milestone's Registered Dietitian
Holly Ansman // 896-3900 x153 hansman@baptistmilestone.com
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