are veggies and some fruit a decent enough source of carbs for metcons (combined with fat) or would i need to eat an insane amount of them to make it worth it? (assuming i'm avoiding processed grains, etc.)
wait i thought eggs were high in saturated fat? or is it only the free-range variety that are low in saturated fat? we get free-range organic eggs for the house so i might have to make my breakfast instead of getting the omelet in the cafeteria at work.
ps - thanks for your informative post(s)!
Typically, fruit and veggies CAN be good sources of carbohydrate. Some more carb dense veggies include sweet potatoes, green beans, corn, regular potatoes (really starchy, less nutrition), and other legumes. If you're an active individual, which you are, you can typically function well with ~40% of your diet coming from carbs. You can function well with even less, but I find 40% to be a reasonable number, supported in research, and easy to actually maintain.
Eggs are high in unsaturated, healthy fat. People typically think they're bad due to their high cholesterol, but years of research has shown that dietary cholesterol doesn't affect blood cholesterol levels (except in ~30% of the population and research still isn't conclusive on that). The eggs don't have to be free range to be low in saturated fat. Once you get in a routine, it literally takes 5-7min to make the eggs in the morning so it's not much extra work. The free range are going to have a better skew of omega-3s to omega-6s and be more nutritionally dense.
EDIT: For my Trader Joe's free range, organic eggs, there are 5g of total fat per egg, 3g unsaturated, 2g saturated. Not bad at all.