I’ve been trying to change my diet lately. Trying to get more fat and less carbs in my diet.
Hom do you guys eat more fat? From what?
I find its hard not to have the good old side dishes of rice, potatoes, and whatnot. but what could I replace them with?
More salads with olive oil and vinegar, lots of cruciferous vegetables…eat as much as you want(too keep satiated).
If you’re trying to take in more fat then eat anything from this list:
Nuts of any kind
Peanut Butter
Whole Milk
Eggs
Beef
Fish
Anything with Olive Oil
Fish Oil Caps
And that’s all I can think of right now. Anyways, that’s a start.
Hope it helped.
[quote]Joseph93 wrote:
More salads with olive oil and vinegar, lots of cruciferous vegetables…eat as much as you want(too keep satiated). [/quote]
If I was working on gaining, there is no way I would waste my time or potential calories on a “salad”.
That said,
peanutbutter
Olive oil (cooking with it)
whole milk
salmon
whole eggs
also get some coconut oil
get some mcts like mct gold from bulknutrition.com. it doesn’t have much of a taste so you can easily add it to protein shakes
nuts
You could take shots of olive oil then wash it down with a protein shake. Or, you could mix the oil in the shake, but that really only works if you’re making a mega-shake in a blended.
Shot, then chug a shake is quick and painless.
[quote]Professor X wrote:
Joseph93 wrote:
More salads with olive oil and vinegar, lots of cruciferous vegetables…eat as much as you want(too keep satiated).
If I was working on gaining, there is no way I would waste my time or potential calories on a “salad”.
That said,
peanutbutter
Olive oil (cooking with it)
whole milk
salmon
whole eggs[/quote]
I’m gonna disagree with you Prof, you can get a lot of calories hidden into a salad. Romaine lettuce, Parmesan cheese, olive oil and balsamic vinegar. I can jack this up to around 800 calories with those ingredients and still be hungry in 45 minutes.
Are any of you guys on a ‘fat’ diet?
Hey dude. Over the last few months I have been experimenting with my diet and found that I respond far better to a higher fat/ low carb diet than the regular high carb! I have currently just started the “Anabolic diet” and I am finding it great! I have a far more constant flow of energy during the day, and have been stronger in the gym. I have been doin this diet strictly now for 11 days ( the start up phase goes for 12 days low carb, then a carb up weekend). The general outline of this diet is that you go low carb from Monday to Friday, and carb up on the weekends. I on quite a bit of cals at the moment, and have lost fat, and feel like I have gained, or at least gotten harder:). Chesk it out-SEARCH
goodluck
[quote]georgeb wrote:
I’m gonna disagree with you Prof, you can get a lot of calories hidden into a salad. Romaine lettuce, Parmesan cheese, olive oil and balsamic vinegar. I can jack this up to around 800 calories with those ingredients and still be hungry in 45 minutes.[/quote]
You do realize that 800 calories is nothing, right? McDonald’s Double Quarter Pounder is the same amount and I wouldn’t call it a complete meal.
Being still hungry after eating a salad isn’t something that I would brag about. Why do you think that restaurants serve salads before the main course?
Yeah … the AD is great. But to add fat, I can only repeat the lists, really
Beef, whole eggs, OLIVE OIL, almonds, walnuts, salmon, fish oil (caps), cheese
Good advice from everyone, i feel i respond best to this kind of diet too, i’m O blood type, so (i think) it’s a genetic predisposition.
You know all those chicken breasts n tuna that you used to eat? Fry them. Or buy tuna in oil instead of brine. Salad is a good vehivle for lots of oil. Lick the bowl afterwards. 6-7 eggs in butter, with cheese is a meal from heaven, and as long as you balance it out with other poly/mono fats, the theory is your heart will not explode. Have fun man
[quote]BFBullpup wrote:
georgeb wrote:
I’m gonna disagree with you Prof, you can get a lot of calories hidden into a salad. Romaine lettuce, Parmesan cheese, olive oil and balsamic vinegar. I can jack this up to around 800 calories with those ingredients and still be hungry in 45 minutes.
You do realize that 800 calories is nothing, right? McDonald’s Double Quarter Pounder is the same amount and I wouldn’t call it a complete meal.
Being still hungry after eating a salad isn’t something that I would brag about. Why do you think that restaurants serve salads before the main course?[/quote]
Think of it as an easy way to squeeze in an extra 800 cals in between meals. By no means would I eat just that.
[quote]BFBullpup wrote:
georgeb wrote:
I’m gonna disagree with you Prof, you can get a lot of calories hidden into a salad. Romaine lettuce, Parmesan cheese, olive oil and balsamic vinegar. I can jack this up to around 800 calories with those ingredients and still be hungry in 45 minutes.
You do realize that 800 calories is nothing, right? McDonald’s Double Quarter Pounder is the same amount and I wouldn’t call it a complete meal.
Being still hungry after eating a salad isn’t something that I would brag about. Why do you think that restaurants serve salads before the main course?[/quote]
That’s ONE meal. Do it two more times with 3 nice, big P + F salads, and you’ve got 2220 calories. By no means should this be your total intake, and carbs certainly shouldn’t be avoided [if gaining].
Your other meals can be carb-filled. The fact remains that big saldas are excellent: with plenty of protein, healthy fats, and vegetables. Speaking of McDonalds, one of the reasons they served salads is to trick people into thinking they’re eating low-cal.
At least in the past[they may have responded to criticism and changed the menu] some of their entree salads had just as many calories as their Extra Value meals! Anyhow, if you eat 6-8 times a day and get plenty of carbs, a few big, healthy salads are not at all a bad idea when gaining.
[quote]LVZzed wrote:
Yeah … the AD is great. But to add fat, I can only repeat the lists, really
Beef, whole eggs, OLIVE OIL, almonds, walnuts, salmon, fish oil (caps), cheese[/quote]
And safflower oil and walnut oil.
Avocado is probably my favorite fat source. You can make some really good guacamole very easily.
Nuts bro (Especially almonds + walnuts), just dont tank on peanuts, that stuff is garbage (and not even nuts anyway).
[quote]Gymjunkie wrote:
Hey dude. Over the last few months I have been experimenting with my diet and found that I respond far better to a higher fat/ low carb diet than the regular high carb![/quote]
Yeah. Same here. I was visiting my family in Europe and they eat very greasy food and not so much carbs. This made me feel really, really good. Everything was sharper, and no lethargy ever.
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I have currently just started the “Anabolic diet” and I am finding it great! I have a far more constant flow of energy during the day, and have been stronger in the gym. I have been doin this diet strictly now for 11 days ( the start up phase goes for 12 days low carb, then a carb up weekend). The general outline of this diet is that you go low carb from Monday to Friday, and carb up on the weekends. I on quite a bit of cals at the moment, and have lost fat, and feel like I have gained, or at least gotten harder:). Chesk it out-SEARCH
goodluck[/quote]
Cool. Thank you for this.
[quote]georgeb wrote:
I’m gonna disagree with you Prof, you can get a lot of calories hidden into a salad. Romaine lettuce, Parmesan cheese, olive oil and balsamic vinegar. I can jack this up to around 800 calories with those ingredients and still be hungry in 45 minutes.[/quote]
Yes, I am going to disagree, too. There is such a thing as holistic thinking and good health. Salads have enzymes that we can’t get from cooked foods. Also important is to eat lacto-fermented foods. The most banal type I can name would be yoghurt, but there is also kefir, and naturally pickled vegetables (by naturally pickled, I mean NOT soaked in vinegar).
Nuts are a good choice but just dont go overboard. In large quantities they are hard on your digestion.
Coconut oil is the best to cook with (more stable at high temperatures).
A book I recommend (that goes into great detail about why we should consume more fats and what kind to eat)
is "Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats "
by Sally Fallon. I know that my opinion matters little here, but I did notice that Polliquin endorsed this book.
Thomas