After seeing the Chanko diet revisited in Diet Manifesto, it made me think, “What if a lot of guys out their have easy meals like the tuna and rice thing?” I don’t mean Better Homes and Gardens Quick and Easy Meals in under 5 seconds which take a rocket scientist to figure out. I mean real manly meals for T-Men. What do you guys eat?
A normal day for me usually consists of cooked breakfast (2 XL eggs, bacon, potatos all piled on top of eachother; it’s worth waking up the 25 minutes early to get a good meal), 2 MRPS (right now I’m using MET-Rx), 2 protein bars (MET-Rx), 1 pack of star kist tuna (right out of the bag), 2 servings of oat meal, some kind of cooked dinner (ah, the joys of living at home), usually a few pieces of wheat bread with generous amounts of PB, and any time I walk in the kitchen and see something appealing I eat it. The only things I ever drink are milk and water. I’m not following any kind of diet, but I’ve pushed up to about 205lbs from being stuck at 195 for a long time with very little fat gain. I have a pretty fast metabolism so I can get away with eating some things I shouldn’t.
I was thinking of buying one of those microwavable egg things for once I'm back at school. Anyone have any expierence with them?
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My blender is never more than 6 feet away from me 24/7. I have access to a fridge at work, so I’ll keep frozen blueberries or strawberries to blend with vanilla GROW and skim milk. Other meals I use The big bags of pre-cooked, flavored Tyson chicken breasts from Sam’s club. Take 2 breasts, scoop of rice in one of those cheapo plastic containers and microwave. Banana or oranges for in between. I do travel extensively so I take chocolate GROW, can of peanut butter and banana’s with me. Grab a 16oz milk, find a socket and I’m in business.
Cool, this could be an interesting topic. For breakfast i eat like theres no tomorrow, i would have oatmeal, then probably a banana or apple. If i have any left in the fridge i would eat some cottage cheese or Tofu Dessert Pandan Flavour. Tastes beautiful that stuff.
My last meal is always a can of pink salmon which is approx 40 grams of protein 1 hour before i go to sleep. My other 4 meals in between are the hardest, on my break at work i would go and buy some barbequed chicken.
Since i come from a European family we usually have a lot of meat, apart from that i love mangoes, low fat ice cream, sweet potatoes, rice.
Andy:
I believe I’ve perfected the well-rounded, no-effort, six-meal-a-day diet. I eat the following every day and it requires very little prep:
meal 1: banana, bowl of grape nuts, 1 tbsp. flax oil, protein shake
meal 2: 1 can tuna, 1 whole wheat bagel, 1/4 cup peanuts, 1 bell pepper (or equivalent raw vegatables)
meal 3: 1 Grow! with 1 tbsp. safflower oil mixed in, 1 apple, and a Nutragrain bar
meal 4 (post-workout): shake consisting of 100 grams maltodextrin powder and 50 grams protein powder
meal 5: 1 Grow! with 1 tbsp olive oil mixed in, 2 granola bars
meal 6: 1 cup cottage cheese, 1 tbsp. flax oil, 1 cucumber (or equivalent raw vegetables)
This works out to exactly 3300 calories, is cost efficient, offers a good variety of micronutrients, and breaks down to about 50% carbs, 25% protein, and 25% fat, which is exactly the ratio I shoot for during bulk-up periods. Best of all, NO COOKING! Hope this helps, Zev
My diet looks like this (keep in mind I have a very fast metabolism) breakfast. A serving of N-Large with 16oz whole milk. A couple hours later I’ll have a pnut butter and jelly sandwich and a roast beef sandwich. Lunch will be another NLarge with flax oil. Greasy fast food with soda for my next 2 meals (this doesn’t make me fat) and before bed I’ll have cottage cheese with a grow!. Throughout the day I drink alot of water, soda and whole milk.
I usually have oatmeal or cereal for breakfast with skim milk, OJ and supplements (vit c, multivitamin, Tribex).
Lunch: Leftovers the night before. I have leftovers almost every day. This could be a chicken breast with a potato and veggies. I’ll follow that with fruit. If I don’t have leftovers, I’ll have a turkey sandwich or something like that.
Mid-day snack: Usually yogurt and fruit (Tribex)
Dinner: After I workout, I eat dinner. If dinner isn’t going to be ready within an hour, I’ll have one or two scoops of Grow mixed with skim milk and then eat dinner. Otherwise, a typical dinner is chicken breast with mashed or a baked potatoe and veggies. Or I might have tacos or fajitas. Or pot roast with veggies. Or Shepherd’s Pie. Or meatloaf. Or something like that.
Snack: Before bed I like to have some Grow. If I don’t have Grow, then I’ll have some cottage cheese and pineapple or just a cup of milk if I’m not too hungry. I always mix my Grow with 16 ounces of skim milk because it tastes good and has more protein.
I drink water with my meals and also throughout the day. I consume close to a gallon or more a day. Easily.
Protein shake in the AM. Eggs or a protein shake at lunch. Post workout protein shake. Dinner consisting of chicken or beef and veggies. Protein shake before bed with the occasional banana and peanut butter thrown in. Add some in-between-meals such as nuts, cheese and deli meat, and there you have it
One of my faster standards is, Cook up 1lb cubed lean beef after it’s cooked throw two cans of vegetable soup or whatever kind you like over it, cook till hot. Eat half and throw the other half in a container and refridgerate.
i’m not currently doing the chanko eating plan but i am doin the t-dawg diet again. i found it easy to buy a whole brisket and cook it. i eat the brisket for some of the meals i eat. And i tend to purchase a couple of family size packages of hamburger meat and grill them all for the week. This cuts down on prep time and instead you can focus more time on eating
I eat the same thing nearly every day, certainly Monday through Friday. Breakfast is either oatmeal with two scoops of protein powder and some ground flax seed and little bit of skim milk, all mushed together, with one whole egg cooked into the oatmeal; or three whole eggs and a half dozen egg whites scrambled, with a couple of those no-fat Wasa crackers smeared with organic peanut butter. With each breakfast, plenty of strong coffee!
My next four meals all go with me to the office in a small soft sided cooler: bowl of cottage cheese (no fat) with a tablespoon of flax or Udo oil; two MRP's already blended, water with flax oil; two cans of tuna and a 1/2 cup of cooked brown rice. Take the two cans of water based tuna, drain, put in a bowl with one egg, curry powder to taste, and a tablespoon or so of oat bran. Make a big patty and cook a few minutes in a pan, then dump into Tupperware with the rice.
On workout days my next meal is my post workout shake, 60 or so grams of protein, 50-100 grams carbs, sometimes all powders, sometimes a mixture of powder and a banana.
Dinner is some type of meat with vegetables, maybe a sweet potato. Just before bed I'll have a scoop or two of protein with oil or peanut butter, or Grow! mixed with cottage cheese.
6:00- 1 whole egg,7 egg whites,oatmeal w/ raisins,glass milk. 9:30- tuna(very little mayo)sandwich w/ lettice-on grain bread,friut 12:00 noon- turkey on grain bread,lettice,tomato,friut,milk-1 or 2% 2:30- MRP with milk,peanut butter sand. on grain bread 5:00- Fish or meat,veggies,potato or rice or pasta 8:00- MRP with milk, nuts,peice of friut. THAT’s IT! Oh, post workout MRP(GROW or Myoplex)with 16oz. grape juice. I feel its very important to NOT EAT WHOLE FOOD as 1st post w/o meal—the food is not available as quickly as your body needs it–has to be digested.
I like pecans mixed with cottage cheese plus one bannanna. I make my own bread: I don’t use yeast, though. Don’t laugh guys; it’s a real colon cleanser. I haven’t seen anyone mention eye of the round steak. Guys! This stuff is almost as lean as chicken breast. I’ll grill up 5 or 6 steaks, put 'em in zip-lok bags, and use as beef jerky. What else…protein shakes with all natural peanut butter. Oh, and a turkey is easy to make too. Just pop it in the over when you get home from work. Four hours later, it’s done. Sounds time consuming, but since you don’t have to do anything other than clean it, pop it in, then cut it…should only take 15 minutes of actual “work.” For post workout: I have protein and carbs, usually in a 1:2.5 or 1:3 ration (protein to carbs).
Off topic: I watched a special on bears last night. They eat 20,000 calories a day. That’s more than Vic Richards: can it be possible?!
Breakfast: protein shake (40-50g whey, 5g creatine w/GatorAde), 2-3 cups coffee
Lunch: 7oz tuna (gag!) or 5oz chicken w/mayo & protein shake
Afternoon: Balance Bar (15g protein) & bananna
Post workout: GatorAde
Dinner: Some meat & veggies, protein shake
Bedtime: protein shake