[quote]browndisaster wrote:
good luck and I hope the wife gets a new job soon
$200/week is absurd, I agree with giving up the expensive pasture food. I say eat carbs! I don’t see people getting big without moderate carb intake. Potatoes and rice are super cheap and are great sources of carbs. Also to save money I would really cut back on the meat, I used to get much of my protein from a high quality whey/casein/egg blend that you can get for < $10 a pound easily. Homeade greek yogurt is great as well, $3 for a gallon can’t be beat.[/quote]
Please post how to and recipe for homemade Greek Yogurt![/quote]
Strangemeadow -
Here’s my DIY greek yogurt thread if you are interested.
JFitness - Normally, I don’t think we can live our lives according to what might happen, but in this case that’s exactly what you need to do. Assume that your wife might be out of work for a year. Make financial decisions accordingly. I’ve seen this in several friends and family members. They wait too long to start cutting back their expenses or finding a second job or whatever it takes to keep afloat.
On the relationship side, you want to send a message to your wife that “We’re a team and we’re in this together.” My brother experienced a slowdown in his work last year. It was worse for them, because his job accounts for 80-90% of family income. His wife STILL hasn’t slowed down her spending a bit. She either doesn’t know how, or is just unwilling to adjust things down. Seriously, the UPS truck arrives at their house nearly everyday. You’d think she’d be interested in reducing his stress. It’s a bad situation. [/quote]
way too much work to just make yogurt. I can understand straining to reduce carbs, but a double boiler is a bit much
Strangemeadow - You’re Welcome. I’ve had fun with it.
JFitness - Sounds like you have it going on, and I didn’t mean to go all Suze Orman on ya. That’s good that you married a common sense type of girl. Best of luck with the financial challenge. Most of us have been there at least once. It can be kind of fun to see what you can do to cut costs and simplify. I’d tell you how I make bread for about .25 cents per loaf, but I seem to recall that you are going gluten free.
Browndisaster - It was fun to get all scientific with it. I saw your simplified method in my old thread. Not hard to put your stockpot into another water bath, but you must not be bringing it up to the same temps I am, or I think you’d have problems with the milk catching. Cool that it works. Oh, you mentioned using a couple of cups for starter. I now use a whole gallon of milk at a time with only a couple of tablespoons of starter and it will do it’s thing. You might want to see what happens with less.
[quote]Nards wrote:
I am of the mind that if yo’re going to try and eat over 4000 calories ( just for example) a day there’s little chance you’re going to do it if you want to go low carb and only eat veggies and meat…I mean unless you’re eating a whole block of cheese I don’t know how you’re going to do it.
I mean I’m of the mind that a Big Mac (which is only about 600 cals) will not hurt you, and you could ditch the fries and just have another Big Mac.
I would like to see pics of the guys who have trouble eating a lot…or at least guys who have trouble eating 3000+ calories. To me it’s like guys saying they have trouble falling down, like they do it too slow.[/quote]
I have trouble doing it unless it’s liquid calories… (but I can easily get over 4000 doing it that way)
Posted this recipe before:
12 oz half & half
2 eggs
1 serving protein powder
(1 tbsp lemon flavor fish oil in morning shake w/chocolate protein powder)
Each has ~750 calories, and other good stuff. I can’t remember the rest. I just remember 750 x 4 = 3000 calories. And I have solid food on top of that. (Not always 4 of these a day.)
[quote]Nards wrote:
I am of the mind that if yo’re going to try and eat over 4000 calories ( just for example) a day there’s little chance you’re going to do it if you want to go low carb and only eat veggies and meat…I mean unless you’re eating a whole block of cheese I don’t know how you’re going to do it.
I mean I’m of the mind that a Big Mac (which is only about 600 cals) will not hurt you, and you could ditch the fries and just have another Big Mac.
I would like to see pics of the guys who have trouble eating a lot…or at least guys who have trouble eating 3000+ calories. To me it’s like guys saying they have trouble falling down, like they do it too slow.[/quote]
I have trouble doing it unless it’s liquid calories… (but I can easily get over 4000 doing it that way)
Posted this recipe before:
12 oz half & half
2 eggs
1 serving protein powder
(1 tbsp lemon flavor fish oil in morning shake w/chocolate protein powder)
Each has ~750 calories, and other good stuff. I can’t remember the rest. I just remember 750 x 4 = 3000 calories. And I have solid food on top of that. (Not always 4 of these a day.)[/quote]
Yuck. More fat than anything else. I’d hurl…But I guess i don’t understand not being able to eat. Shit, I’d probably eat LoRez if I missed a few meals.
[quote]strangemeadow wrote:
Yuck. More fat than anything else. I’d hurl…But I guess i don’t understand not being able to eat. Shit, I’d probably eat LoRez if I missed a few meals.[/quote]
Eh. It’s like drinking custard. Actually, quite literally, it’s almost exactly like drinking custard.
[quote]strangemeadow wrote:
Yuck. More fat than anything else. I’d hurl…But I guess i don’t understand not being able to eat. Shit, I’d probably eat LoRez if I missed a few meals.[/quote]
Eh. It’s like drinking custard. Actually, quite literally, it’s almost exactly like drinking custard.[/quote]
Maybe add some cinnamon, nutmeg and rum extract, use vanilla whey, it’d be like egg nog.
So LoRez tastes like custard? Hmm…
[quote]When I am approached in my gym by anyone who asks about gaining weight, I usually ask this question: “Do you want increased bodyweight, or is it size that you are after?” Invariably the answer is “Size”!
So let’s not confuse bodyweight with muscle growth. (How much do you think an extra inch on your arm will affect the scale?)
This diet is designed to step up muscle tissue growth - not out on bodyweight. Remember, muscle size is desirable - not bodyweight - which will only smooth out your definition and increase the size of your hips and waist and cause a loss of symmetry.
Breakfast -
12 oz. Half and Half
2 eggs
1 Tablespoon Milk & Egg Protein
1 oz. Amino Acids (mixed in a blender)
Supplements to be used with this drink:
3-4 Hydrochloric Acid tablets
3-4 Enzyme tablets
1 R.N.A. tablet
1 Organic Iron tablet
3 Tri-Germ Oil Capsules
Before retiring -
Protein drink[/quote]
I skipped his supplement plan…
[quote]
Between Meals -
(Every three hours) 6 Liver Tablets[/quote]
Do you still have dogs? From what I remember you feed them like kings. Buy them some less expensive food/supps and spend the extra cash on yourself for the time being.
[quote]maverick88 wrote:
Do you still have dogs? From what I remember you feed them like kings. Buy them some less expensive food/supps and spend the extra cash on yourself for the time being.[/quote]
yes, one Great Dane. He goes through 30# bag a month. We fast him one day per week for health benefits but also the savings.
the food is $70, even slightly cheaper good brands will be around $40. I’m not gonna budge and get Pedigree or IAMS or some shit
The supplements he takes we already have stocked up, so he should be good there for a little while.
[quote]maverick88 wrote:
Do you still have dogs? From what I remember you feed them like kings. Buy them some less expensive food/supps and spend the extra cash on yourself for the time being.[/quote]
[quote]maverick88 wrote:
Do you still have dogs? From what I remember you feed them like kings. Buy them some less expensive food/supps and spend the extra cash on yourself for the time being.[/quote]
yes, one Great Dane. He goes through 30# bag a month. We fast him one day per week for health benefits but also the savings.
the food is $70, even slightly cheaper good brands will be around $40. I’m not gonna budge and get Pedigree or IAMS or some shit
The supplements he takes we already have stocked up, so he should be good there for a little while.[/quote]
So how old/weight/sex is your Dane, and what are you feeding? I know we talked Danes before. I remember your loss ;(
My 2 males go through 30# a week of Taste Of The Wild. Just wondering…
[quote]maverick88 wrote:
Do you still have dogs? From what I remember you feed them like kings. Buy them some less expensive food/supps and spend the extra cash on yourself for the time being.[/quote]
yes, one Great Dane. He goes through 30# bag a month. We fast him one day per week for health benefits but also the savings.
the food is $70, even slightly cheaper good brands will be around $40. I’m not gonna budge and get Pedigree or IAMS or some shit
The supplements he takes we already have stocked up, so he should be good there for a little while.[/quote]
So how old/weight/sex is your Dane, and what are you feeding? I know we talked Danes before. I remember your loss ;(
My 2 males go through 30# a week of Taste Of The Wild. Just wondering…[/quote]
He’s 140#, he would eat more if I let him, but his weight is ideal, trim but good since he has a torn ACL
[quote]jehovasfitness wrote:
Oh, he’s 8, we feed Orijen. with a bone marrow bone per week[/quote]
Ahh. My 3 year old is 36" at the shoulder and 155. The 2 year old is 39" and 175-180. My guys are trim as well, all ribs show, can see that they’re ripped and vascular. They get femur bones in 3" lengths probably every other day.
Pic?
[quote]Powerpuff wrote:
Strangemeadow - You’re Welcome. I’ve had fun with it.
JFitness - Sounds like you have it going on, and I didn’t mean to go all Suze Orman on ya. That’s good that you married a common sense type of girl. Best of luck with the financial challenge. Most of us have been there at least once. It can be kind of fun to see what you can do to cut costs and simplify. I’d tell you how I make bread for about .25 cents per loaf, but I seem to recall that you are going gluten free.
Browndisaster - It was fun to get all scientific with it. I saw your simplified method in my old thread. Not hard to put your stockpot into another water bath, but you must not be bringing it up to the same temps I am, or I think you’d have problems with the milk catching. Cool that it works. Oh, you mentioned using a couple of cups for starter. I now use a whole gallon of milk at a time with only a couple of tablespoons of starter and it will do it’s thing. You might want to see what happens with less. [/quote]
what do you mean by catching? It does form a layer of skin on top. I’ve been using only a few tbsp too, since I started boiling it for a bit longer. I used to just bring it up to temp and then drop some yogurt in, but now I let it boil for a few minutes. Very simple and good for you. props for making your own, I can’t believe how much people pay for the storebought stuff
