For the last meal of the day would you take a shake or a low carb protein bar? I have nu go bars which are 20 g protein and 20 g carb (not from sugar, but from fiber and sugar alcohols). I have been taking shakes before bed for several months now and want to try the bar if it is not going to mess with weight gain. What do you think?

Thanks for your feedback everyone.

I think I will go with long extending Protein shake for bed time and bar for my afternoon snack. The brand of extended protein I use is Syntax Matrix.

Morning snack is either energy squares and recovery shake before and after run 3 days a week or eggs/turkey sausage on non running days.

Morning breakfast (6am) is usually a protein shake and green veggie drink following an early morning dash on my treadmill.

I try and do a vigorous 1 mile hill run full out (7 mph) every morning at 5:30am when I wake on an empty stomach to wake me up before work. It leaves me with sweat pouring off my face, but really helps. This is like a quick jolt to start my day out right irregardless if it is a running day or not.

Geez, do you ever eat any food:)?

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Yup, 5-6 x a day at 150 calories or so. Slowly increasing more as I study what it does to my weight. The hard part is when I get hungry in between meals sometimes (usually between 11-12). Have to grin and bear it. Drink my Water. Eventually it subsides or it is time to eat.