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1) What are some things I can bring to work that are at least close to healthy?
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Fruit'n'veges. I am actually eating a carrot atm as a snack
Slightly chilled water is good for suppressing the appetite as well, as it slows down the digestive system. Water in general is good for "fillling you up" A lot of the time, when you're thirsty it canget mistaken for hunger, so it's always good to have some water.
Other snacks i have are wholemeal biscuits/crackers. With bread, when you can see the actual unrefined grains, that's good
The unrefined grains release energy more slowly, as they take longer to process and digest (compared to white bread or refined sugar etc) They also use more energy to break them down as well, into their smaller components. I sometimes have some cheese on the crackers, otherwise they're a bit bland to eat
They're my basic snacks, namely fruit'n'vege though. Apples, carrots, celery, pear, capsicum and those small tomatoes (forgot what they're called, cherry tomatoes or soemthing?). Make sure you eat slowly as well, and chew everything up fully. THis does a few things, smaller compnents makes it easier and better to digest in your stomach. There's more time in which you can feel full, like the food will enter your stomach while your still eating. Also, you're chewing for longer which can have a physcological effect on you, in that you full your body into thinking you're chewing for longer hence eating more food, ubt ultimately you're eating at a slower rate, thats a funny one though. With that, it could be good to chew gum as well, sometimes a good apetite supressent.
But if you want to put on more weight/muscle mass, you should be eating more than usual anyway?
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2) What is your stance on slim fast and the like? Let's say as a snack, or something to tide me over at work, not as a replcement or short cut.
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I guess these work as a small snack/filler. I recently got a powder of sustagen or something which has all these incredible stats, it's like the Jason Kidd of drink supplements
and yeah, it's good to drink as a filler. Although it's sorta like a protein shake i guess? which should be taken within 30 minutes of pre/post workout.
But they're no good as a replacement meal, really... but good for a
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3) In my other thread I asked you about weight lifting and running, and I think you misunderstood me. I was speaking more along the lines of will more upper body strength improve my times?(I'm a sprinter) I absolutly hate upper body weights but if it will help me not lose, I'll do it.
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By stimulating more muscles there a better chance of growth and muscle stimulus, so working muscles all over your body is good for overall muscle developement. PLus you may be a bit out of proportion if you neglect certain areas (that's purely aesthetic though). Generally though, i thought a lot of power for sprinting came from the core and upper body anyway?