Meat, eggs, milk, and protein - an informal survey

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  1. Meat: I shoot for 1lb a day
  2. Eggs: only when I am in the mood
  3. Diary: only if butter and cheese count or dipping oreos and it needs to be a real special day for that. Milk is not my friend.
  4. Protein: Only when I am actually working out consistently

Also female.

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  1. Just under 1lb a day - generally 6oz lunch and closer to 8oz dinner
  2. 2 whole and 3 whites on the days I don’t sub out a protein shake
  3. .5 cup 2% milk in coffee daily
  4. Generally 1 scoop per day, occasionally 2

Also female and having to survive on low calories.

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  1. 1.5-2lbs of meat per day
  2. 4-6 eggs every morning
  3. 1 large glass of raw milk a day
  4. typically 1 scoop before bed

BW around 203 currently

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  1. 1-1.5lb meat
  2. 3 eggs + egg whites
  3. Hate milk so zero
  4. 2-3 avg scoops per day depending on the day. Days in the office and travel days I rely more on protein powder, sometimes 5-6 scoops on these days

Interesting to see answers mostly in the same ballpark here!

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Usually convenience. I commute on the train and it’s easier to have 2 scoops than eat, then can easily have 2 scoops during a meeting or something in a bottle. Only lean on it when I’m busy.

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1 about 1lb - 1.5lbs per day
2 3 eggs every other day
3 Maybe twice a week in coffee (usually drink it black)
4 2 scoops most mornings, sometimes with an extra 2 in the afternoon

Multiple protein shakes in a day would be for convenience

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@Brant_Drake you drank a gallon of milk a day for years?! How much did you gain in that time? Or are you just a bigger dude than average?

@ajb5478 are you in the US or somewhere else that you’re getting raw milk? Or are you like a homesteader?

@Stormblessed yes, the answers are interesting indeed. A little surprised to see that very few people are doing the milk thing anymore, but I guess that was more a fad and skewed younger than this forum’s population anyway. I’m also a little surprised that most of the men are barely eating any more than the women. Step it up guys!

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in the US, yes . . we live in a very rural farming community . . I can drink raw milk and be fine but drinking pasteurized milk upsets my stomach to no end

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1.) 18 oz meat
2). 3 eggs
3). Zero Milk
4). 3 scoops

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Yeah, I grank a gallon of whole milk, 12 eggs, and 1 lb of red meat, plus whatever else I wanted per day. That would mostly be carby stuff, like ramen sandwiches, packs of red beans and rice, pop-tart and peanut butter sandwiches, chicken-fried steak breakfasts at Ihop, and lots of cobb salads. Workout nutrition was whey protein from walmart and Gatorade powder.

This was in my early 20’s - I’m 6’ 4" and started at 134 lbs after doing a lot of track, swimming, rock climbing stuff. My first time in the gym I had the bar fall on me trying to bench and a female trainer had to come get it off me. That was a kick in the ego.

After four years of eating like that I hit a max at a strongman-looking 289 lbs, and now have settled at 230-250 lbs to be healthy and look good nekkid.

I don’t think I’m a bigger dude - my brother and father-in-law are both taller than me, but I have a good 70 lbs on them and have a smaller pant size. I know I’m n=1 but the bulk worked for me.

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Man, this needs a sticky for any kid complaining they can’t grow when “they’re eating loads”.

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Interesting to see all the variation:

Meat: usually 0.5 - 1 lb per day. Steak, chicken, tuna, salmon, ground beef are my norms.

Eggs: 0 - 4 per day. Highly variable.

Dairy: No milk typically, but I do have about 1 cup of full fat, plain kefir and 1-2 servings of full fat, plain Greek yogurt each day.

Protein powder: I get about 60 g of protein per day from powder. Lately it’s been 20 g from Mag-10, and about 40 g from whey protein (I like ProMix).

I also take Surge each training day.

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Yes, great thread idea! I’m interested to see the M/F answers, too.

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Meat: 10oz-12oz. Should be more.
Eggs: Hate 'em. Zero.
Milk: Never a big milk drinker. Zero.
Protein powder: 1-2 scoops half whey/half casein

I am a tiny male.

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Meat: 1.5-2lbs daily
Eggs: Average of 6 daily
Milk: Small splash of light cream in my coffee.
Protein powder: None at the moment

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  • ~1lb meat per day
  • 0 eggs
  • No milk
  • No protein powder
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  1. Almost 1.5 lbs per day.
  2. 3 to 4.
  3. No milk, but cottage cheese or Greek yogurt for 1 cup per day.
  4. I recently started disliking protein powder.
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1pound of meat
10 eggs
340g nonfat plain Greek Yogurt
3 scoops protein powder

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Did we go from milk to dairy on this survey or is this the telephone game in effect?

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Apparently. I did it too… lol I am just really surprised how many said NO milk. I thought I would be the only one.

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