As a TL;DR version, this fucking weirdo and his wife eat nothing but 2-3 pounds of unseasoned, untrimmed ribeyes, one meal a day every day. That's it. No other foods. No supplements. Just one giant beef meal and nothing else. He does not exercise. And he makes his kids do it to and claims they have tried other foods and don't like "the way they feel." He also has them out of school, but sends them to classes at other places "based on their interests." I dont understand how people like this survive. He has to be a scientologist.
That is pretty solid, probably like your shits . I think most general guidelines are in the 20-30 gram range. Where do you get most of yours?
brown rice (~6g) honey bunches of oats w/ almonds = my jam for breakfast. with almond milk it's great and maybe 300 calories for a giant bowl (~4g for 1.5 cups) wheat/corn blend tortillas (3g per) refried beans = 5g (been having these with lunch and dinner so x2) Asparagus & Sweet mini peppers / random veggies
Any recommendation on type of probiotic? I've had this diarrhea/cramp battle going on all week. Tried eating yogurt with granola a few days ago and I just couldn't get it down. There's just something yogurt and that kind of texture that I can't handle. So I'm looking at getting a probiotic capsule and figured I'd check here first before going to Dr. OZ.
I don't like salads that aren't salads. Any type of mayonnaise based "salad" you can pretty much count me out of.
Thinking about trying soylent for work lunches. Cheap, good macros/nutritious, and easy to prepare so I can continue slaving away at my desk. Don't have to worry about packing anything or going to get something that will screw up macros or is generally shitty for you, and not having to plan or figure out lunch would save me time every day. Seems like this is exactly what its for?
After seeing the price I'm deconstructing a set of roller blades and attempting to make my own..I might have to seriously consider one though.
Where do you live? I would recommend a L. acidophilus strain of pill or drinkable shot. Depending on where you live, Nancy's Kefir (drinkable yogurt) has a ton of probiotics (more than shots and pills) and many different strains that thrive in different areas of your body.
lot's of fruit today. 1 orange 1 apple handful of blueberries 8-9 strawberries 2 bananas handful of grapes also had chobani with granola, a handful of almonds, and two grilled chicken breasts from waffle house.
I am always amazed by people who can go out to eat at a place like waffle house and order chicken breast. I don't have the self-control.
According to Nancy's website, they don't do business in FL. But I'll keep my eye open for something similar. Edit: There actually are some places that sell it here. Will check it out. Thanks.
Why is a lot of protein important? A good day for me is like 70g. Yes, I'm very uneducated about health stuff.
In addition to the building and maintaining muscle like mentioned above: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermic_effect_of_food Also helps you stay full: http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/...ietary-choice-but-dont-overdo-it-201305016145 I've read in this thread people trying to consume 1g protein/pound of body weight, but the actual guidelines are for body weight in kilograms, so some people are grossly overdoing the protein intake.
I agree. Similar to Michael Phelps taking in a million calories a day and having little body fat, the average guy hitting the gym and trying to build muscle does not need to take in the same protein ratios that a bodybuilder does. Personally, I seem to do better with finding foods that keep me filling full longer, keep me from wanting to blow my diet, and don't give me an outrages amount of calories in one setting, more so than blasting through 400-600 calories a day on protein shakes.
want meat with my breakfast... but feel bad eating too much bacon, even if it is turkey/pork shoulder... so I was looking for other options. found this at TJ ate it with eggs, onions, tomatoes, black beans, jalapenos this morning http://www.whatsgoodattraderjoes.com/2014/04/trader-joes-soy-chorizo-20.html
I have read and heard several very respectable people talk about this subject and it's just something that is not universally accepted yet. I do agree that way too many people overdo their protein intake. I just think the 1 gram/ 1 pound is so popular because at that level you are not greatly overdoing it and are not in jeopardy of under doing it. Also, something to keep in mind is whether you are in a calorie surplus or deficit. In a surplus you can actually lower your protein intake. While in a deficit though you do generally want to keep your protein a little higher to try and save off as much muscle loss as possible, IMO this is when you want to be close to that 1g/1pound threshold.
The reason people overdo their protein intake is because you only have 3 options for calories. Unless you want to have a high fat diet, really high carbs, or a stupid low daily calorie intake then you use protein as a "filler" Best choice for other filler is carbs but if your exercise/activity levels aren't high enough extra carbs get stored as fat and if you don't ever burn all the way through your carb stores *supposedly your body never burns its stored fat. That's the whole science behind Keto is: keep carb intake low enough that you're always burning fat when exercising. People overdoing protein have a very valid reason for doing so that's backed by science and it's not a "more protein = more gains" philosophy. It's a widely accepted practice when cutting or prepping for a competition. Definitely not necessary for average people living healthily though
The default macro split i always see for a person wanting lean muscle gains is 40/30/30 p/c/f. If you're not Ethiopian and eat 2200 calories per day that's 220g protein.
The 40/30/30 recommendation is a general guideline for people. If you are tracking your macros accurately then it will not completely match that. Not sure what you mean by extra carbs are stored as fat. If your in a calorie surplus then extra anything will be stored as fat(generally speaking). Granted I have never tried the keto diet but everything I have read on it is that for the most part it doesn't burn more fat then any other diet that puts you in a calorie deficit. At the end of the day the only way to lose weight is to be in a calorie deficit, the keto diet is just a tool to do that. I wouldn't throwing "cutting" and "prepping for a competition" in together. Those are two different worlds. Anyone trying to lose weight is "cutting", people prepping are getting to body fat percentages that 99% of us will never get to, and probably shouldn't, definitely not for an extended period.
Some articles say that excess protein gets wasted through urination because your liver can't process all of it... instead of being stored as fat like excess carbs. Also since your body has so many uses for protein, i.e. - rebuilding muscle / body tissues (assuming regular lifting/exercise) it's "safer" to have higher protein than carb numbers because carbs are only used as energy. For the non-WaltDisney marathoners that just lift and do a little cardio on the side, a split like ~220g protein / ~175g carbs is more beneficial than the opposite. I understand that if you were in a caloric surplus and the majority of it was protein then yea some excess would be stored as fat Following the calories in vs. calories out rule - doing keto vs any other caloric deficit diet will make you lose the same amount of weight. keto pumpers claim you'll lose less muscle than a normal low-calorie diet. But a lot of that has to do with your individual body IMO
have done some extensive googling in the last 30 minutes and I think the pee protein is bro science still your body has so many uses for protein that I understand it to be pretty hard to actually have a surplus unless you're taking in a ridiculous amount. some body builders go over 350g/day, albeit for very short spans of time. still that's pretty mind blowing
I just can't even eat THAT much... Like, it feels fucking miserable to try to pack in all of that food, AND it makes eating an almost miserable experience/chore. 220G of protein/day would basically be two protein shakes above what I currently eat and that shit sounds miserable.
Ended up walking a little over 6 miles around town with the girlfriend yesterday. She keeps trying to get me to get a fitbit but I told her I'm already constantly aware of how much I'm exercising, and micromanaging it anymore would probably be too much. It's great for stuff like that though. I had no clue we were going to end up walking so much though, and I left the house in boat shoes. My legs/feet today.
I got a Fitbit from work because if we hit X amount of steps we get rebates on our insurance and I've definitely been working out more with it. It's little things like, "Shit I'm at 18k steps on the day... I could watch this show or take the dog out and hit 20k," and I find myself doing the latter way more than I did before.
Downloaded a step app last weekend, pacer. I have been cutting weight for about 4 months, 30+ pounds, without doing any real cardio. Starting to incorporate some cardio but also just want to get my just random calories burned up. Really surprised by how little I walk. If it is just a normal work day where I don't do anything else then I'm at like 4,000 steps. Has really helped me walk a lot extra being aware of it.