Take a Snap of Your Food

flipboyca818 · February 28, 2008, 1:06am

[quote]Frankie75 wrote:
Flip what do you do for work? I have to travel at times and it makes it difficult to eat at the times I would like. And when I do get to sit down and eat I want to order every thing on the menu. Also when I travel the hotel gyms lack much equipment so I usually bring bands w/ me and some push up bars to work out in the hotel room. I think I’ve stayed in one hotel where they actually had dumbbells on a rack. [/quote]

I am in the IT management field. I travel mostly for training. I know what you mean about the difficulty of eating cleanly when travelling. I am learning to order what I want and have it made the way I like it when eating out. You don’t have to order whats in the menu. One thing that really help me this time is packing my protein powder, supplements, green plus and my shaker tumbler. I make two serving before I start my day and bring it with in class. Most hotels have inadequate workout equipment. I go to a regular gym and pay daily passes when I am out of town.

Frankie75 · February 28, 2008, 3:43pm

I am also in the IT field. I usually pack up the supplements I need but my trips vary from a few days to an entire week depending on what needs to be done and they are always out of my home state. At times it makes it difficult to find a local gym since I’m never fully aware of the area I’m in. I believe once I saw a Golds gym across from the hotel and another time they were finishing up an LA Fitness in the same area as the hotel. I try to make due w/ the bands I bring and the hotel gym.

The trips usually make for a long day so if I haven’t taken a break from the gym I use this time to take a break and just ensure I eat the best I can. The time off only motivates me to train harder when I do step back in to my local gym. On my next trip, which is to Indiana, I’ll see if I can find a gym close to the hotel and just let the guys I travel with that I’m going to borrow the car and go to the gym.

triple_10sets · February 29, 2008, 5:55pm

[quote]OctoberGirl wrote:

Here’s my dinner from tonight. It’s crab and shrimp for a total of 4oz and what was like a half a bag of spinach that cooked down to … well what you see. Garlic and sea salt and in about 10 minutes I am good to go.

4 oz mix of shrimp and crab
1/2 bag of spinach
1 tblspn coconut oil
2 cloves garlic
sea salt.[/quote]

Did those shrimp eat while they were in the sea ? I get big Jumbo’s out here in Md.

hockechamp14 · February 29, 2008, 9:07pm

[quote]triple-10sets wrote:
OctoberGirl wrote:

Here’s my dinner from tonight. It’s crab and shrimp for a total of 4oz and what was like a half a bag of spinach that cooked down to … well what you see. Garlic and sea salt and in about 10 minutes I am good to go.

4 oz mix of shrimp and crab
1/2 bag of spinach
1 tblspn coconut oil
2 cloves garlic
sea salt.

Did those shrimp eat while they were in the sea ? I get big Jumbo’s out here in Md. [/quote]

The jumbos are more expensive per pound where I buy my shrimp… so I stick to the small ones.

hockechamp14 · February 29, 2008, 9:34pm

This one and the last one are of protein bars I got from Berardi’s website. They’re called Carvaggio bars, named after one of the other contributors. The recipe is on the site. -there’s a buttload of nuts, protein powder, dried cranberries, and honey. Yum.

triple_10sets · March 1, 2008, 3:09am

Your going natural I like…Easy does it for me though. I just picked up 10 bars for 10 at safeway. Good luck though and good Idea.

OctoberGirl · March 1, 2008, 3:16am

[quote]hockechamp14 wrote:
This one and the last one are of protein bars I got from Berardi’s website. They’re called Carvaggio bars, named after one of the other contributors. The recipe is on the site. -there’s a buttload of nuts, protein powder, dried cranberries, and honey. Yum.[/quote]

Now see those look great! That and a cup of coffee would be awesome.

hey just for measurements sake and clarification, how much is a buttload? Is that metric?

SkyzykS · March 1, 2008, 2:42pm

It’s slightly larger than a standard heap but a metric heap is bigger, and a metric buttload is smaller than a standard.

Didn’t get pics, but the most recent venison preparation is-

A leg cut, brushed with evo, seasoned with oregano and garlic. Broiled for 5 min. per side on the second rack down. Sizzles the outside while the inside stays nice and red. Served with a side of more steak.

Wildman90 · March 1, 2008, 6:45pm

Protein Ice Cream:

get 4-6 egg whites

2 scoops of a protein of your choice

get some ice

blend it up, let it freeze for a little bit

its delicious, its more of a yogurt
i usually add whipped cream

joburnet · March 1, 2008, 7:03pm

This is a great thread, I’m hungry.

poisongatorade · March 2, 2008, 6:14am

[quote]flipboyca818 wrote:
We see a lot of people posting what they are eating in a written format, wouldn’t it be nice to actually see these food? Most people now a days carry a cell phone with some sort of image capturing capability. Let’s see what you are actually eating…I’ll start. Below are pictures of the food I’v eaten so far.

Background:
My resources are as follows: Muscle Revolution by Chad Waterbury, Precision Nutrition by John Berardi, Nutrient Timing by John Ivy and of course a daily dose of reading from T-Nation.

Current Supplemenation are as follows: Metabolic Drive (Low-Carb, Biotest)), Surge (Biotest), Glutamine (VitaminShoppe), Creatine (Biotest), MV(GNC), Power Drive (Biotest), BCAA (Biotest), Flameout (Biotest), Alpha Male (Biotest), REZ-V (Biotest), ZMA (Biotest), and Greens+.

Here’s a sample of a typical daily diet or “feeding opportunities” as I’ve adopted to call it since following the Precision Nutrition by John Berardi:

5:45A - BCAA\Power Drive\REZ-V
6:00A - 7:00A - Drive to work
7:00A - Egg omelette (5 white\1 whole) or HB eggs 5 or 6, green salad\Olive Balsamic dressing, Chicken breast or roast beef or salmon or any other source of solid protein, fruit (any fruit) or sometimes steel cut oat meal or quinoa, Flameout, MV
9:00A - Alpha Male
10:00AM - Supershake (Metabolic Drive, Flax meal, almonds or other nuts) some time I add mint extract to make it more yummy
12:00P - Chicken breast or roast beef or salmon or any other source of solid protein, green salad\Olive Balsamic dressing, fruit, BCAA, Flameout
2:00P - Alpha Male
3:00P - Supershake (Metabolic Drive, Flax meal, almonds or other nuts)
4:00P - Biotest Surge Drink half on the way to gym and half while working out.
4:30 - 6:00P - Workout
6:15P - Biotest Surge
7:30P - Chicken breast or roast beef or salmon or any other source of solid protein, green salad\Olive Balsamic dressing, (no-fruit), BCAA, Flameout, MV
9:00P - Supershake (Metabolic Drive, Flax meal, almonds or other nuts)

Workout Routine:
ABBH - Anti-Bodybuilding Hypertrophy
Here’s a link to my current progress chart:
( Anti-Bodybuilding Hypertrophy I )

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Flip, a couple quick questions then I swear I’ll post some of my food once I get back to school.

-how long before you go to bed are you downing this super shake?
-is it the Low-Carb Metabolic Drive?

Seriously, this thread caused me to stop being such a lurker and get a membership here. So, this is my first post. Thanks, Flip.

pgate

flipboyca818 · March 2, 2008, 9:56pm

[quote]poisongatorade wrote:
flipboyca818 wrote:
We see a lot of people posting what they are eating in a written format, wouldn’t it be nice to actually see these food? Most people now a days carry a cell phone with some sort of image capturing capability. Let’s see what you are actually eating…I’ll start. Below are pictures of the food I’v eaten so far.