Same. I’ve always just followed a general eating philosophy and trained hard. I think I’ll get back to that, but feel the need to push things a bit to get back to where I want to be.
I have been employing a strategy of cycling carbs, only eating them before my highest intensity training days (squats and deads) and otherwise eating higher fats before my bench and press days and then keep fats moderate on nontraining days. No calorie counting and I am down 32lbs since Mar. Portion control is a big part too, but you are already working that.
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Yeah and if you eat some very low carbs veggies for breakfast and lunch it doesn’t really matter.
This is pretty much my eating plan excepted that I usually don’t have snacks but bigger meals. And my meals with carbs are those around the workout (so n°2 and 3) but you’re a type 3 right? So some before bed is indeed great
@T3hPwnisher nuts for snacks when dieting? Do you find them filling? I avoid nuts as much as I can when dieting, I could eat the whole bag
I don’t find anything filling. I eat them for supplemental fats and to keep up a pace of eating something every 2 to 3 hours.
Pre measuring a serving goes far.
I love nuts. I have found eating raw almonds is much easier to control than eating roasted/salted/flavored almonds. In fact, I would typically eat as many raw almonds as I felt like, with no adverse effects on weight.
as many raw almond as i felt like ? did you see the cals on those ?
If you liberate yourself from the idea that breakfast has to be breakfast-y whatever ideas you have for P+F meals can slot right in there.
- Chicken stir fry with low calorie noodles (cognac flour based, 6 calories / 100g) with nuts or nut butter or fried in ghee, or with coconut flakes or sesame seeds
- Cottage cheese, quark, greek yoghurt can all be decent snack options
- salmon makes for great breakfast
- a leanish pork chop can be a decent snack
- homemade, no-bake, bars trump store-bought options every day IMHO. Also, mugcake made with protein powder.
- dark chocolate is a fantastic source of fat if you ask me
If it’s enough calories depends on what you do in the gym. The best damn diet is not necessarily meant to be paired with a high volume workout.
Today I had:
omelette with 3 eggs and 2 egg whites, 1/3 cup shredded chicken, handful of spinach, feta cheese. Very good and filling. Going for about 40g protein and 20 g fat, with minimal carbs.
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I am not sure if I or anyone else has recommended Greg Doucette’s YouTube channel.
I have gotten a lot of good free information there.
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I’ll try that! My usual is 3 eggs, some lean ham, and zucchini, onions, bell pepper. But it’s not enough P. Plus feta runs in my blood
@mnben87 indeed he was some great recipes. Will Tennyson as well, sometimes I make his giant protein pancakes when I want to treat myself, which equates to like 65 P and 30 C
Some of the stuff is pretty obvious, but over time I had forgotten. The eating low calorie dense food is pretty solid. For me I would say these are the main things I have learned.
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Why would one ever drink a sugary drink if you can get a diet version that is almost as good. Little sacrifice for big reward long term.
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Sauces. It is really easy to add 200-300 calories a day just with different sauces. Paying a bit more for a sauce that have half or less the calories is totally worth it. Might take a bit of trying around to find ones you like.
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Snacks. Eat some berries. Add some artificial sweetener if you want. Stay away from high calorie snacks that are easy to go over board on. Eat some popcorn over the Doritos. Lots of this is finding much better substitutes. I have been enjoying the Yasso frozen yogurt bars as much as ice cream lately, but they have 1/3 the calories per volume.
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Sleep well and enough. Can’t be eating (unless you have a sleep eating disorder), it also lowers hunger being well rested.
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Exercise every day. I am now either in the gym or going on a walk everyday (some days both).
I do find his info to make so much sense. It is common sense stuff, but often people make things really tough on themselves. I did this with the keto diet a few years back. Lost weight, eventually couldn’t stick to it, and gained the weight back. Greg’s advice is much easier to stick to, and is such that you can pick just a piece or two and improve your current diet results.
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