Mango Lassi: The Perfect Post-workout Shake?

I'm following a calorie cycling approach with this weight loss journey. I lift weights three times a week, in the mornings. On those days, I eat over 60g of carbs and try to approach a 70% calories from fat balance, eating a total of about 1700 to 1900 calories. On off days, I eat between 800 to 1000 calories (a huge deficit) and keep my carbohydrate count to less than 50g.

Part of my rationale behind this is that on workout days, my metabolism is somewhat boosted from a workout, and my muscle glycogen is somewhat depleted. If I put some extra calories in, and make sure that I get a fair amount of carbohydrate in there, I should be able to give myself some extra fuel to run on and top up the glycogen tank for the next round.

Today's carb boost was a mango lassi.

Mangoes are delicious. You could equally do this with any other frozen fruit (except cranberries, which is what I had on hand and it sounds revolting).

High-fat Mango Lassi

1c frozen mango
1c 10% fat yogurt
1c half & half cream

Blend. Drink.

644 calories, 49g fat, 33g carbohydrates (8g fiber), 21g protein, 100mg sodium