[quote]isdatnutty wrote:
BREAKFAST
-3 hard boiled eggs
-1 large potato
-1 banana
LUNCH
-3 chicken thighs
-4 cups baby spinach
SNACK
-2TB peanut butter (crunchy)
DINNER (Photo included)
-8oz Salmon
-1 plate of broccoli + 1 large red bell pepper
-1 plate of pesto linguine with scallops
Yes I’m only 160lbs lol. I will increase the food intake once my lifts start stalling.
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No this is actually my maintenance intake. This doesn’t include the cals from the happy hours I go to or the 2nd dinners I have at my grandmas house haha. I’ll have to increase my overall intake at some point here soon, but I’m adding weight to the bar each week so until I hit a stall point I’ll keep it as is.
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As long as you make it to enough happy hours, the additional calories from alcohol should definitely help you build a ton of muscle. Arnold once said “alcohol builds more muscle than steroids. I drink 8 beers everyday. Oh, and 2nd dinners at Grandmas. Those are good too.”
As long as you make it to enough happy hours, the additional calories from alcohol should definitely help you build a ton of muscle. Arnold once said “alcohol builds more muscle than steroids. I drink 8 beers everyday. Oh, and 2nd dinners at Grandmas. Those are good too.”
Arnold really said that.[/quote]
LMAO, funny thing is I actually don’t drink. So tacos are usually the go to at happy hours and grandma is health freak, so it’s always some sort of meat, rice, lentils and some Chinese veggies lol.
As long as you make it to enough happy hours, the additional calories from alcohol should definitely help you build a ton of muscle. Arnold once said “alcohol builds more muscle than steroids. I drink 8 beers everyday. Oh, and 2nd dinners at Grandmas. Those are good too.”
Arnold really said that.[/quote]
LMAO, funny thing is I actually don’t drink. So tacos are usually the go to at happy hours and grandma is health freak, so it’s always some sort of meat, rice, lentils and some Chinese veggies lol.
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Glad you enjoyed the humor. Those sound like pretty good meals to me.
I should start posting food pictures in here. My wife is a fantastic home chef (the word cook does not do her justice.)
Definitely not claiming to be successful although that can be kinda broad.
5’9, 235lbs. Just trying to pack on as much mass as possible with minimal fat gain although im not worried about a bit of fat that will inevitably come.
8oz chicken breast
1Cup oats
1\2 avacado
1 scoop karbolyn during trai ing with bcaas, creatine.
8Oz chicken breast
2 cups rice
8oz chicken breast
80g whole grain pasta
2oz almonds
Lunch: 2.5 cups Well Fed Chocolate Chili (look up recipe if you like, basically just ground beef, tomatoes, onions, spices) - about 600 calories, 45 grams protein, 45 grams fat, 15 grams carbs
Pre Workout Snack: 1 pouch pear purée (with a 9 month old in the house, we’re always buying baby food, so I’ve taken to buying a few extras for a little energy when I haven’t had anything to eat since lunch - easy carbs, goes down quickly, can work out right after slurping this down)
Workout: Axle Deadlifts
Dinner: 6 oz salmon, 1 medium sweet potato, a bunch of asparagus
Ahh, that’s the real secret to your gains! Didn’t realize you are sorta like me in terms of eating. Pretty simple and consistent and nothing crazy. I don’t eat as much as a lot of our fellow members here.
But for the thread this is what I ate on Friday (this is basically how I eat M-F).
32 years old
5’7” - 180lbs
Goal: Squat 500x3 by end of the year.
Breakfast: 2 cups rice, 4 eggs, Japanese rice seasoning
Breakfast shake: banana, berries, apple, spinach, chia or hemp seeds
Lunch: lamb biriyani (2 cups of rice, 1/2lb of lamb, spices)
Snack: A whole fruit or handful of cashews
Dinner: 2 full chicken legs (with skin), 1 bunch asparagus, 2-4 slices of sourdough with hummus
Snack: If I stay up late enough it will be whiskey, chocolate, cheese + crackers, or a mango popsicle.
7 am: black coffee
8 am: breakfast shake: 2 handfuls of spinach, frozen blueberries, ground flaxseed, creatine, 2 scoops unflavored whey, whole milk.
9 am: black coffee
Pre-workout: banana. Post-workout: more of the shake from above.
Lunch: tuna sandwich (mustard, no mayo), romaine lettuce and sprouted grain toast. 2 bananas, apple, pistachios.
Snack: sometimes fruit, nuts.
Dinner: chicken, rice, broccoli, or whatever we have.
Extra calories as needed from: peanut butter, yogurt, cheese, nuts, milk, eggs.
Common splurges: a “nutrition” bar as my snack, like Met-rx or something similar. Ice cream (always full fat). Beer (IPA and something good and strong). Red wine (hey, I live in NorCal near Napa).
Breakfast: 808cal, 102C, 13F, 64P
150g oats
Handful frozen berries
Apple
2 scoops protein
Throughout the day: 657cal 58C, 5F, 98P
4 more scoops protein
A banana
Dinner: 1257cal 152C, 21F, 108P
150g basmati rice
Chilli with 400g lean mince, and lots of other stuff in it.
Pear
It’s a simple approach to diet that I’ll maintain 6/7 days a week. On Sundays we have a family meal which is not a million miles away in terms of macro breakdown. The big evening meal is eaten whenever fits best with my day, and often split into smaller meals.
that’s a relatively new brewery in Dallas, but they’re putting out some excellent products.
these guys are about an hour north of dallas, and have been around a couple more years. Their ‘regular’ pecan porter is fantastic. I can’t wait to try this twist on it.
I eat, like, a lot bro. Like ALL THE TIME. I’m 6’0" but I only weigh 165. WHAT IS GOING WRONG? Something must be wrong with me because I eat, like, so much…
Just read through this thread and I have found I don’t eat nearly as “clean” as the majority of people on this site…
Breakfast 7am -breakfast wrap I buy from a local cornerstone that are each made of
XL whole wheat wrap, 2+eggs each, ground pork sausage on one, bacon on one, slice of sharp cheddar cheese
Lunch 1230pm- 4 organic chicken thighs with a local BBQ sauce, left over potatoes, broccoli and green beans and an apple
Snack 2 pm-300mL organic whole milk one scoop casein one scoop hydrowhey, I usually eat a couple handfulls of raw almonds at this point as well but I have to buy more
Preworkout 530pm- usually have surge workout fuel, but don’t have any left. Need to buy more or find a replacement just mixed up a caffeinated preworkout.
Dinner 730pm- 1lb strip steak drowned in butter, 6 whole eggs with cheese on top, broccoli and green beans
Snack- a bunch of spears of pineapple and another whole milk and casein /hydrowhey drink
Water throughout the day, usually drink about 3-4 liters
My eating yesterday is pretty similar to what it always is:
Breakfast (7:30): blend up the following: two handfuls of spinach, some frozen blueberries, full fat kefir, ground flax seed, 1.5 scoops whey protein, enough coconut water to get it blended.
Snack (11): a banana, peanut butter toast sandwich
Lunch (1-ish): a can of tuna (wild planet) mixed with mustard/cayenne, lettuce, sandwich. An apple, blackberries, some almonds.
Snack: some almonds here and there in the afternoon
Dinner (about 7:30): chicken (last night it was crock pot lemon chicken), rice, broccoli
Snack (about 8:30 or so): two spoon fulls of peanut better smashed up with honey.
Total calories: no idea. I guess I could figure it out, but my weight has maintained for quite some time. Also, I didn’t lift or train hard yesterday, but did a yoga class from 6-7:15 so ate dinner later than usual.
On lifting days, I will have another protein shake.
Binging this back up, once again out of boredom, once again because my diet is radically different these days.
I’ve gone from a 5’9 200lb strongman competitor that was always moving up a weight class to now 180lbs and no plans to move the weight up for the foreseeable future. Here is how nutrition shook out for a higher fat day.
-0440: 3/4 cup fat free greek yogurt mixed with a protein scooper of PB fit powder. Diet coke to drink.
-0630: A fist container of raw broccoli with zero sugar honey mustard sauce to dip in (very small amount), Reign energy drink (0 calories)
In between: 1/2 gallon of water
-0800: Scrambled egg whites w/mushrooms and chicken sausage mixed with riced cauliflower, tomatoes and green chilis. Diet rootbeer
-In between: 1/2 gallon of water
-1145: Same meal, but a diet coke
-1330: Pre-lifting meal of Almond Butter sandwich on Keto Friendly bread with small handful of walnuts
-1600: Post training shake of 3/4 cup drinkable egg whites, protein scoop of PB fit and “Amazing grass” green’s supplement
-1700: 2 salmon burgers on a keto friendly bun with low sugar honey mustard and a side of a lot of sauerkraut
-1930: Quest bar for dessert
Looking back at how I used to eat is always fascinating. I remember the times and situations that got me there.
this is a non-training day; been trying to eat a boat-load of calories the last several months; currently sitting at about 210lbs at 5’10" height
0830: 2 breakfast sandwiches consisting of english muffins, 4 eggs, 5 slices of bacon and 2 slices cheddar cheese; smoothie consisting of full fat greek yogurt, 1 scoop vanilla whey protein, milk and raspberries
1230: mexican-style chicken breast patty from Aldis, handful of cherries, ONE brand protein bar, scoops of greens supplement
1545: beef burrito from Chipolte
1845: large serving of real sushi (soft shell crab, tuna, avocado, etc), medium sized steak salad with onions and feta, 6 chicken wings and steamed broccoli, 12oz Octoberfest beer
2200: glass of milk and 1 scoop whey protein
probably close to 2 gallons of water throughout the day as well
Meal 3 (pre-training)
100 g rice
200 g white fish
1 tbsp olive oil
Meal 4 (post-training)
600 g sweet potatoes
200 g ground turkey
200 g red beans
Meal 5
200ish g egg whites
Kale
50 g cream of rice
200 g pineapple (I usually have fruit pre-workout, but yesterday it was legs and I got my meal in too close to the session, and didn’t want to have too much food in me during the workout, so I postponed this to before bed)
This is more or less how my nutrition has looked like every day for the past 2-3 months.
