Good! But it leaves me completely bewildered as to why his log isn’t tidy and easy to read, like yours.
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Funny just eating lunch and thinking of this log, @decimation what’s the situ like at work for meal prep? Kettle, microwave, fridge?
I was thinking of you because I made this in approximately 3 mins using the usual work kitchen stuff (I’m at home but I could do this in my office):
That was a microwave rice pack (aldis egg fried, about 385 cals, it exactly my veg and meat recommendation, but if you’re going for vending machine sandwiches, this is a better option) a large chicken breast (pre cooked 2kg last night) and some frozen peas that I put boiled water on and drained. Topped with Cholula hot sauce - which is fine (but be careful with sauces, sneaky oils and cals).
Took longer to write this out than make it, probably about 550-600 cals, 50g protein.
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Yeah I have a microwave , hit water etc.
I would probably prepare it at home . I often buy Aldi egg fried rice.
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Some good improvements today overall that you should continue with! But this meal above is unnecessary and will hamper progress. No nutrition here.
Keep building on the meat and eggs and try to make your own food. Those premade sandwich calories are never accurate and I always find they’re loaded with Mayo.
If you can get this mentality BEFORE you eat, that could be helpful. Being proactive rather than reactive.
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Not good
Great. Meat and potato I assume with some veg? This is the kind of stuff you should be eating.
Horrible *unless used as a pre workout, but not as a meal. But again, your trying to lose weight. Not a good option.
These are not good unless you are looking at micronutrient requirements which IMO are not something to be overly concerned about while dieting. I also can’t imagine these are reasonably priced?
If you know then why Below??
You could have skipped the bread and through these in some cottage cheese or lowfat yogurt.
This is my meal 2 and 3 for today
4oz chicken thigh/200g rice/kimchi/hot sauce
463cals/33gP/56gC/10gF
Not saying you need to eat what i’m eating but I wanted you to see the macros. This is what you should be aiming for in each meal. Look at my log. Everything that goes in my mouth has at least 30g of protien in it.
I’m prob not going to comment on your log anymore. It seems like everything that is posted falls on deaf ears.
I would love to congratulate you on a day well put together but i haven’t seen one yet.
I feel like all of my comments are negative and it kinda makes me feel like i’m being a dick by being negative.
I wish you good luck going forward. I really want to see you succeed.
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Agreed. With the new edits as the day goes on, that’s 10 slices of bread in one day. A lot of positivity in advice in this thread, but there’s no real effort towards weight loss with 10 slices of bread in a day.
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not at all . than you for your input. it took me a while to form good habit a few months ago.
I did some more shopping
chicken fillets
steaks 3 packs of two
Aldi egg fried rice packets
bananas no other fruit or berries.
no bread
planned
Tuesday planned.
Aldi egg rice and a chicken fillet with mushy peas
224 cal peas
115 cal per 100g
4 pieces so 650/4
so 186.985 cal
50g protein 160g of chicken breast
180 cal egg fried rice 1/2 bag
591 cal
double protein shake.
113x 2 =226 cal
1 steak piece. 139 X 2 cal = 278
and small vegetables pack =150 cal around
428 cal
3 eggs poached.
240 cals
double protein shake
226 cal
banana 1
few coffees with skimmed milk .200 cal
around 2011 cals
targeting 2000 cal
Hitting gym tomorrow
two days off from work
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Yup. Funny enough, this was THE exact meal I would eat when I was trying to reach my all time heaviest bodyweight to move up a weight class in strongman.
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Tuesday substituted one meal
chicken drumsticks carrots and potatoes.
Wednesday same as today with substitution
Wednesday so far
banana
coffee with milk
egg fried rice with worcestershire sauce low cal
full pack
chicken fillet
2 protein shakes i.e . two scoops.
2 poached eggs , 2 white bread .
beef stew 2 bowls
2 scoops protein shake
Adapted one of powertwisters for close grip work. Added rubber grip cricket handles.
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Thursday
Ginger can circa 60 cal
2 low cal sausage 60 cal each
( leftover from wife’s food)
egg fried rice Aldi full pack
low cal Worcestershire sauce
cooked chicken.will eat later for dinner
2 scoops protein shake
50 g protein chicken fillet
egg fried rice full pack
some mango chutney
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This is starting to look a little more consistent, it’s difficult to know what’s going on in your journal though, might be helpful to log it as meals i.e. breakfast: 2 sausages, Aldi rice, protein shake. Lunch: chicken breast …etc.
Assuming the last post isn’t a full day of eating?
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yeah it’s breakfast. sausages were just convenient. unusually I could stomach the chicken so early.
thanks.
I have more egg fried rice for break.
plus an apple and pear
gym workout after work
just stood on gate mostly in work.
bench bar
60 X 10
85 X5
110 X 7 forgot 95
so 95 X 6 easy
110 X 7 Very very close to 8 spotter grabbed bar…was going a bit red though to be fair
120 X3 well 3.5 lol.
quit to miss traffic.
my spotter has Wendler’s book.
bit sore in lower arms from powertwister.
took longer to warm up then usual.
pretty gained a rep plus I was able to do a second set without being completely fresh.
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I’d personally try and make sure I had protein with that meal as well (tin of tuna is one of my easy go to additions to rice - you can get the no drain cans with ring pulls if it’s a hassle to open and drain at work).
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Yup. I forget WHO I heard it from, but it was a good guideline: if it doesn’t have 30g of protein in it, it’s not a meal.
And then, if we’re calling it a snack, go with Mark Bell.
“Why do you need a snack? Are you a child?”
Eliminating snacking and focusing on meals was a HUGE pivot for me. I realized I was undereating at meals so I could have more snacks. That’s just plain silly.
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I think I’ve finally reached a level of comfort with the way I eat, after bouncing around a bit this past year. I’m eating more and more protein - I essentially don’t limit it at all. By the time I’ve finished eating 8 oz of chicken at lunch, I’m sick of it and happy enough to stop. This is along with either a decent-sized salad or veggies and maybe 1/2 cup rice.
I snack if I need to. At work now I have a whole bell pepper most days. It’s pretty satisfying for its calories (sick of eating it by the time it’s gone, happy to stop eating), and bridges me to dinner.
I’m still doing grapes and other snacks at night, but I’ve been maintaining for a bit and am happy with the way my body looks and feels for now. I’ll cut after the holidays by taking out a little bit of the non-protein.
I can eat unlimited (it seems) quantities of rice, grapes, salty snacks, almonds, toasted bread, etc. I can only eat so much meat and so much salad or broccoli.
There are so many ways to get there, it seems, but they all have in common “remove the crap and replace it with nutrient-rich foods.”
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Bench 5 3 1
bar X 10 50 X 10 80 X 5
100 X 2
90 X 3
105 X 3
120 X 3 plus 1 assisted rep
not made much progress but had COVID jab an hour before.
chest supported row
50 X 10
60 X 10
80 X 8
90 X 8
100 X 1
105 X 1
110 X 1 very hard no straps
I used to do 100 X 10 15 years ago different machine bit with strap no straps here
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Assuming this is your 3s week, your training max is MUCH too heavy. It also looks like your warm up went too heavy: it was more than your first work set.
To add to the training discussion, are you logging all your sessions in full? Looks like you only bench and do some minimal accessories? How long do these sessions take? What’s the main goal training wise?
ATM to get a big bench. 30 mins to 45 mins.
probably 30 mins today.
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