I’ll play along…
5 whole eggs, 1tbsp coconut oil, banana
6oz 90/10 grass fed ground beef, handful of spinach, 3oz Almonds, digestive enzymes
6oz chicken breast, 1tbsp extra virgin olive oil, 1 cup Brussel sprouts
2 scoops whey protein
Intraworkout- 1 scoop bcaas, 2 scoops vitargo (70g carbs) 2 scoops whey protein post workout
7oz steak, 1.5 cup quinoa, digestive enzymes, 1 scoop bcaas
Bed time - 1.5 cups egg whites
Boring and taste less, but it’s working for me.
fat guy checking in
breakfast: black coffee, 4 eggs, 4 turkey bacon strips, 1 toaster strudel (get the boston cream pie ones) 1/2 cup oatmeal with fruit
pre-lunch snack: cheese stick and some slices of salami
lunch: 8oz salmon grilled with spring mix salad and 4 whole carrots
pre-training: 20 mcnuggets
post training shake: 2 scoops whey blended with water and frozen fruit
dinner: 2 6oz turkey burgers (+ bun) spinach, couple whole carrots
I usually eat a couple spoonfuls of peanut butter inbetween meals also if im feeling hungry, I primarily only drink water and milk on occasion. The mcnuggets were a gift from me to me and not part of a typical day though
here’s mine, not the most interesting day of eats but…
meal 1 - 250g ground beef with onions, peppers, carrots, mushrooms and spinach; 100g white rice (measured uncooked)
meal 2 - same as meal 1
meal 3 - same as meal 1
meal 4 - same as meal 1
…and I snacked on blueberries. It’s about 4000 calories-ish.
Skinny guy checking in.
breakfast - four scrambled eggs with a slice of cheese, salsa
lunch - a pound of cottage cheese, almonds
mid-afternoon - one scoop of whey, fruit, a slice of cake (office birthday parties… hate em)
dinner - vegetable and potato casserole with feta
No, I’m not gaining weight on this. When I eat for mass, it looks pretty much like this:
breakfast - one cup of oats, one pound of yoghurt, an apple, berries
lunch - leftovers from last night or organic PB sandwiches
post-workout - one scoop of whey, fruit
dinner - something with carbs and protein. Often egg-based.
bedtime snack - one scoop of whey, almonds
I guess I’d better play along:
On waking: 1 scoop of unnamed protein shake in water
Breakfast: 1.5 cups of oats with 2 tbsp of ground flax seeds, 1tsp of cinnamon and a whole load of berries
Snacks: Pistachio nuts, banana, apple.
Lunch: Chicken and ham “stew” with a shit ton of veg. Normally I do some kind of beef stew variation, but I was getting bored of it and I had a couple of chicken carcasses left over.
Pre-workout: couple of slices of soreen malt loaf.
Dinner: Big old rump steak, tenderstem broccoli, green beans, pesto.
Before bed: 1 scoop of unnamed protein powder
Total: ~3400cal, 300g protein, some fat, some carbs.
I think this thread could be an extremely useful resource for newbies to get some ideas. However, it occurs to me that seein these presented with little context could be equally confusing if one guy is trying to bulk, another cut, and they’re drastically different sizes.
I propose that (if we carry this on for a bit, or if we let it die and resurrect the idea later) we just tick off our current BW, current goal (gain, lose, recomp) and whether it was a training/rest day (although most seem to already be doing this).
One thing that fascinates me is that, while I’ve always believed diet quality had a bigger influence on body comp than specifics of training, if you’re training hard enough the furnace will burn so hot that you can get away with some crap. If your training is more moderate in total volume, as mine generally is, that doesn’t really fly.
There ya go ActivitiesGuy fixed lol
23
5’6"
203lbs
Powerlifter
Cutting down from 232 7 weeks ago.
Coffee- 45 mins cardio
Breakfast-
16oz Egg Whites
1/2 scoop whey
1/2 cup Oats
1tbsp peanut butter
1tssp cinnamon
Lunch-
8 oz Swai
1/2 cup rice cooked with soy sauce
2 servings broccoli
Meal 3- Preworkout
Same as Lunch but drank a Monster Green Tea with it
100g of HBCD, 10g Bcaa, 5g creatine, mixed in powerade zero intraworkout.
Dinner-
8oz London Broil
a large portion of steamed Squash and Zuchinni
Before bed-
1 scoop whey
1 tbsp peanutbutter
Edit:
I’m a 31 year old focused on health and strength who is about 200 pounds and am leaning out a bit.
Yesterday for me:
Morning:
Coffee - black
Noon:
½ Bag of broccoli
1 scoop whey
3 PM:
Green beans
Cabbage
1 scoop whey
5 PM:
Coffee - black
Chunk of Chocolate (100% cacao)
tablespoon of coconut oil
7 PM:
1 scoop whey in about 12 oz whole milk
7:30 PM
1.25 pounds ground beef with sautéed veggies and a bunch of smoked cheese.
9 PM
About a pound of chicken (mixed parts with some skin) with cheese and more veggies.
10 PM
12 oz of whole milk with a bunch of added cream
5+ tablespoons nutzo butter
2+ table spoons of butter
[quote]ActivitiesGuy wrote:
Dinner: goat stew (1 lb goat meat cubes, bone in, with carrots, parsnips, and potatoes)
[/quote]
I am jealous. I love goat! I probably only eat it a few times per year though.
[quote]ActivitiesGuy wrote:
I think this thread could be an extremely useful resource for newbies to get some ideas. However, it occurs to me that seein these presented with little context could be equally confusing if one guy is trying to bulk, another cut, and they’re drastically different sizes.
I propose that (if we carry this on for a bit, or if we let it die and resurrect the idea later) we just tick off our current BW, current goal (gain, lose, recomp) and whether it was a training/rest day (although most seem to already be doing this).
One thing that fascinates me is that, while I’ve always believed diet quality had a bigger influence on body comp than specifics of training, if you’re training hard enough the furnace will burn so hot that you can get away with some crap. If your training is more moderate in total volume, as mine generally is, that doesn’t really fly.[/quote]
Good idea. I posted food for a day above.
43 years old
240 pounds
My only goal right now is to BP 350 pounds. Everything else is on maintenance. I am about half way through Dave Tate’s 6 week BP cure. After that, I am going to do GVT for 4 to 6 weeks. Any increase in body weight right now will only help me reach my goal. When I go on GVT, I figure the 200 total rep super set days will burn most of it off anyway. My diet doesn’t really change for on/off days.
[quote]ActivitiesGuy wrote:
I think this thread could be an extremely useful resource for newbies to get some ideas. However, it occurs to me that seein these presented with little context could be equally confusing if one guy is trying to bulk, another cut, and they’re drastically different sizes.
I propose that (if we carry this on for a bit, or if we let it die and resurrect the idea later) we just tick off our current BW, current goal (gain, lose, recomp) and whether it was a training/rest day (although most seem to already be doing this).
One thing that fascinates me is that, while I’ve always believed diet quality had a bigger influence on body comp than specifics of training, if you’re training hard enough the furnace will burn so hot that you can get away with some crap. If your training is more moderate in total volume, as mine generally is, that doesn’t really fly.[/quote]
Great point!
6’1" 25yo
275lbs
powerlifter/strongman/handsome man
Basically trying to maintain and make healthier dietary choices
Posted day was a training day
[quote]juverulez wrote:
Just a quick unrelated q: do you normally use Surge Recovery and not Plazma peri workout?[/quote]
Not normally, but I do rotate kinda regularly. Partly for economics and partly for goals/training. For the last month or so, I’ve “only” been training three days a week in basically maintenance mode (lots of “park bench workouts” as Dan John might say), so the Surge + Leucine does the job well enough.
Very good idea from AG though, about putting meals into perspective. Will edit yesterday’s post.
Yesterday, a non-training day for a 6’2", 218ish me. Non-training/less active days I try to pull back on carbs in most meals. Between that and obviously no peri-workout shake, total carbs and calories end up reduced a few days a week.
Breakfast: 4 whole eggs and 1/2 cup sun-dried tomatoes cooked in 1Tbsp grass-fed butter; yerba mate tea with stevia.
Lunch: 3 scoops Metabolic Drive with 1/2 cup frozen blueberries and 1/2 cup frozen spinach in water; Flameout. (Quick shout-out to the Ninja IQ blender. Love this machine.)
Snack: 3 hard-boiled eggs, 2Tbsp horseradish.
Dinner: 3 cups chicken chili (diced skinless chicken breasts, diced skinless chicken thighs, tomatoes, red beans, black beans, corn, and spicy spices), 2Tbsp sour cream.
After dinner: Jameson Black Barrel, double.
[quote]T3hPwnisher wrote:
0500
2 pop tarts
Half a diet Sunkist
Workout
0645
2 scoops protein powder in 16oz skim milk
Other half of diet Sunkist
0800
Zero carb rockstar (240mg caffeine)
Serving of mixed nuts
1000
Peanut M&Ms
1200
5 strips of tri tip
Fiber one cookie
1400
Small bag of fritos corn chips
Workout
1700
2 servings of beef stew (made in slowcooker, with beef, potatoes, carrots, celery and green onions)
1830
1.5 cups of wild blueberries
Serving of natural PB
Some sugar free coolwhip
Was starving yesterday and didn’t pack any snacks. Ate out of the office snack bar a lot.[/quote]
Going along with ActivitiesGuy’s suggestion.
5’9
198
Strongman competitor
Context: Have competition coming up in 1 month. Competing as a 231 (instead of my normal 200lb class, due to the fact that there IS no 200lbg class at this contest). Have ramped up training intensity/moving events and have zero concerns about making weight, so diet is very loose and current philosophy is that there is no such thing as “bad calories”.
Also, forgot to add that 1300 I had 2 recess’s dark chocolate peanut butter cups.
I’m no one special but I’ll jump in. Powerlifter. 1.5 weeks out from a meet @ 181 weigh 185 right now.
Current Macros
50 pro
15 fat
0-20 carb depending on meal.
Every non training day is 0 carb.
Yesterday non-training
Meal 1-3 6.2oz of 90/10 scrambled beef drained ( I use various ms dash seasonings ), fats for these meals was 1/4 cup of almonds
Meal 4-5 5.6oz of chicken breast tenders the fats from these meals were from 2 slices of provolone cheese
Carb days aka Training days are very similar excpt meals 2-3 get 3.3oz of sweet potato, meal 4( pre workout ) is 2 scoops whey, 1/3 cup rice flour, 2Tbsp of almond butter meal 5 post workout is 50g of protein ( usually steak ) and 1 cup of cooked rice. I also have intra workout which is usually 2 scoops of Plazma.
I’ve been doing this for 8 weeks at this macro break down and losing fat the whole time.
[quote]ActivitiesGuy wrote:
I think this thread could be an extremely useful resource for newbies to get some ideas. However, it occurs to me that seein these presented with little context could be equally confusing if one guy is trying to bulk, another cut, and they’re drastically different sizes.
I propose that (if we carry this on for a bit, or if we let it die and resurrect the idea later) we just tick off our current BW, current goal (gain, lose, recomp) and whether it was a training/rest day (although most seem to already be doing this).
One thing that fascinates me is that, while I’ve always believed diet quality had a bigger influence on body comp than specifics of training, if you’re training hard enough the furnace will burn so hot that you can get away with some crap. If your training is more moderate in total volume, as mine generally is, that doesn’t really fly.[/quote]
I agree with diet having a big influence on body comp but not as much during high volume training. It was definitely harder to get lean back when doing 5/3/1 since I placed little emphasis on volume work.
26
5’ 7.5"
170 lbs
Powerlifter
Currently follow a 10 week cycle of gaining 1-3 lbs for 6 weeks and recomping/small cut for 4 weeks. Don’t want to get too far from the 162.8 lb weight class for this year. Main goal is to get at least 150g of protein daily and get fruits/veggies with most meals.
Breakfast:
Protein shake with milk
Glass of orange juice
Handful of almonds
Coffee
Snack:
Peanut butter crackers if gaining
Lunch:
Cafeteria food at work which is typically either pasta, 12" sub, salad with chips, sandwich with chips, or sushi with chips
Coffee if needed
Snack:
Protein shake
Banana
Coffee if lifting
Dinner:
Some meal with protein, veggies and rice/noodles (size of meal depends on how hungry I am and how much work I did for the day - if gaining I eat more than usual and if cutting less than usual)
Snack:
Protein shake with milk
29 @ 5’9" 198lbs - weekend warrior, current goal is to recomp to lowish 190s while increasing strength on big 3.
Breakfast:
Pork Chop w/ 1/2 avocado
Snack:
Handful of Almonds
Lunch:
6" Italian from Subway…
Snack:
Metabolic Drive Bar
Dinner:
1/2 lbs stuffed burger (naked) topped with tomato and 1/2 avocado w/ french fries
copious amounts of coffee (black)
*Not a great day yesterday. Little lower on the fat and higher on the carbs than I am shooting for on non-training days.
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
29 @ 5’9" 198lbs - weekend warrior, current goal is to recomp to lowish 190s while increasing strength on big 3.
Breakfast:
Pork Chop w/ 1/2 avocado
Snack:
Handful of Almonds
Lunch:
6" Italian from Subway…
Snack:
Metabolic Drive Bar
Dinner:
1/2 lbs stuffed burger (naked) topped with tomato and 1/2 avocado w/ french fries
copious amounts of coffee (black)
*Not a great day yesterday. Little lower on the fat and higher on the carbs than I am shooting for on non-training days. [/quote]
You had coffee at dinner or coffee throughout the day?
[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
29 @ 5’9" 198lbs - weekend warrior, current goal is to recomp to lowish 190s while increasing strength on big 3.
Breakfast:
Pork Chop w/ 1/2 avocado
Snack:
Handful of Almonds
Lunch:
6" Italian from Subway…
Snack:
Metabolic Drive Bar
Dinner:
1/2 lbs stuffed burger (naked) topped with tomato and 1/2 avocado w/ french fries
copious amounts of coffee (black)
*Not a great day yesterday. Little lower on the fat and higher on the carbs than I am shooting for on non-training days. [/quote]
You had coffee at dinner or coffee throughout the day?[/quote]
Throughout the day.
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
[quote]DoubleDuce wrote:
[quote]usmccds423 wrote:
29 @ 5’9" 198lbs - weekend warrior, current goal is to recomp to lowish 190s while increasing strength on big 3.
Breakfast:
Pork Chop w/ 1/2 avocado
Snack:
Handful of Almonds
Lunch:
6" Italian from Subway…
Snack:
Metabolic Drive Bar
Dinner:
1/2 lbs stuffed burger (naked) topped with tomato and 1/2 avocado w/ french fries
copious amounts of coffee (black)
*Not a great day yesterday. Little lower on the fat and higher on the carbs than I am shooting for on non-training days. [/quote]
You had coffee at dinner or coffee throughout the day?[/quote]
Throughout the day. [/quote]
okay, that makes more sense. I thought you were one of those weirdos that can drink coffee and then go to bed.