What I learned from a month of protein-only dinners
Dinners have always caused me dilemmas. Long before threshing media with high protein. It’s time for the day when I am the most hungry, when I am the most tired and when I am aware that taking a big dinner will have an impact on my sleep. I am also in a weight loss trip, and my metabolism slows down at night when I am less awake and active, burning fewer calories. I have tried a few strategies, but so far, without a doubt, the one that works best for me is to focus only on protein for dinner.
The current fixation of proteins is real: so real, in fact, that, according to the nutritionist Melyssa Chang, we have passed not to eat enough for, in some cases, the supercharging of proteins, estimating about 35% too much. During my food trip for this article, I wanted to make sure that I did not defend proteins to the point of demonizing other nutrients. Whether you have consciously increased your protein intake or not, this should not be done to the detriment of other necessary macronutrients, such as fat and slow absorption carbohydrates.
So, I had dinners only in protein four times a week, then I paid particular attention to my contribution to vegetables, fats and carbohydrates in my other meals throughout the day, so as not to unbalance the rest of the food and to lose other vital nutrients. That said, this is how I do it.
Protein intake and weight loss
The nutritionist and biochemist Leticia Carrera advised me that if you want to lose weight, focus on proteins in the evening will keep you satisfied and full. “At night, calorie expenses are minimal, so everything we eat for dinner that the body does not use will be stored in fat,” explains Carrera. “I recommend having proteins for dinner if you want to lose weight, as proteins are necessary to form new tissues. At night, our body goes into repair mode. When we eat proteins, we burn a lot of energy to metabolize it, so that the total calories it provides us with us are reduced. ”
To warn all of this, I do not weigh myself at home – the number on the scale will fluctuate throughout the day, from the weight of the water to sodium levels, and that does not take the difference between fat and muscle mass either. Moreover, as the nutritionist María del Mar Silva previously said it Vogue“The correct weight loss is when we do not lose muscle mass. And this cannot be reliably detected with the scales we have at home.”
