This is where recognizing the logistics of your life style comes in and planning to compensate for it. Cut up carrot sticks, celery sticks and apple slices and bring them with you in Tupperware containers for between meal snacking. In addition to eating often, it is even more important to drink water often to keep your metabolism up. Here again, a busy lifestyle may make it difficult to take in enough water. The attached sample menu includes choices for each food group based on how different types of proteins, fats and carbohydrates impact our metabolism.
Proteins build muscle and provide the necessary amino acids for metabolic functions.
They are harder to digest than fats or carbs, so we use calories in metabolizing them. You can estimate protein by figuring six grams of protein per ounce of meat or fish, nine grams per ounce of chicken or turkey breast and four ounces per large egg white. Try to get about 25 to 30 grams of protein per meal, not to exceed one gram per pound body weight in the course of a day. Your body will probably not be able to utilize much more protein than this at one time, and any excess will be stored as fat in addition to being hard on the liver and kidneys. Just as important, though, is picking the right fats to consume.