Started today

[Bdubb]

Tell me what you think so far...

7:00 - oatmeal, banana, milk (late for work)

10:00 - tuna lunch pack thing (w/ mayo, relish, crackers)

11:30 - 1 Lemon Herb chicken breast (cooked with olive oil butter), 1 cup cooked brown rice with 1 whole egg, and 1 egg white mixed in, with a glass of cranberry juice

1:00 - 1 fresh carrot, sandwich (w/ 2 slices whole wheat bread, 2 slices of chicken lunch meat, 2 slices ham LM, 2 smoked turkey LM, with miracle whip)

3:30 - tuna fish lunch pack, banana



I have gone up to 1:00 so far and for dinner at about 5:30 I will prbably have the chicken with rice again and some milk or water.
Then workout at 8:00 and then at 10:00 whey protein shake and some sort of snack, then sleep.

This would be the first time I have really tried to eat decent and often...let me know if I am on track or not. All other times I have just winged it and tried to eat clean and often but without a plan.

thanks,
B

[sana]

you're not eating enough. if you're on cycle, you're basically wasting your money - how can you grow when you're not feeding the body?

first meal - you need protein. rest of your meals - how many grams of protein are you getting? i'm a girl at about 5'4", i'm trying to get about 30-35grams per meal. bouncer tries to get about 50-60g's per meal.

lunch meats are high in sodium and other preservatives. try normal chicken breast if you can. not sure what your goals are, but aim for 1.5-2g's protein per lb.

[Bdubb]

I'll figure out how much protein I am getting in with my meals. My hardest meal to get in is a good breakfast, however, I did leave out that I get in 50 grams of protien in the morning when I wake up with a whey shake and water.

Going by 2g per pound of body weight a day, I'll be shooting for 450 grams of protein a day roughly.

[Bdubb]

A question on the whole lunch meat thing...

Would fresh meat sliced at the deli be just as good as cooking up and slicing some chicken or whatever for sandwiches if an when I have them?

That way avoiding the preservatives and everything else that the packaged lunch meat has.

[sana]

meat sliced at the deli is still packed with sodium and other preservatives - though probably not AS much as the other pre-sliced packaged stuff.

either way - your own freshly prepared stuff is always better.

as far as breakfast - if you're getting a shake in with your meal, that's fine. as long as there's protein in there.

[Bdubb]

Thanks for the help Sana, and for filling me in on the deli meats and so on. I'll just make Sunday and Wed. cooking nights and cook up a bunch of stuff to store in the fridge for the week.

[Face]

I always thought that 30g was the maximum protein you could digest in any given meal (approx). Doesn't taking huge amounts more just waste protein?

[Bouncer]

Originally posted by Face
I always thought that 30g was the maximum protein you could digest in any given meal (approx). Doesn't taking huge amounts more just waste protein?

A normal person who dosent train or use AAS is 30g. A person who traines and uses AAS can be any where from 50-70g. It changes from person.

[pudgy]

you can also add a digestive aid to help the lower intestines absorb alot of it.

[Face]

Like what pudgy?

[Puddles]

For pre-sliced deli meats try Boars Head low sodium chicken or turkey and their roast beef is not bad, usually very rare. Boars Head uses no preservatives and since they offer low sodium meats it's the best deli meat you'll find.

If you cook up a bunch of chicken breasts at a time and store them in ziploc baggies in the fridge, they will be an easy convenience food to keep in the house. I get them in 5 lb bags from Costco and just cook the whole bag at once.

[pudgy]

Papain and Bromelain and ginger root