I usually cook breakfast every morning but I have the routine down so it's not much effort. I'll cook up a couple pounds of turkey burger patties or bake enough chicken breasts to last me a few days in one go.
Thought the same thing, but gave it a try and tastes fine for me. It's more of an egg whites thing and they don't have much taste anyway. Adding salsa and other stuff makes it more palatable. Not to mention it's way easier than messing with a pan
Pan is pretty easy for me. Spray, crack three eggs, bust the yolks, wait a couple minutes. Flip and add hot sauce. Another minute and it's done
I've eaten it. Fuccin gross. Takes literally 3min to cook an egg in 1/4tsp coconut oil and you're eliminating free radical intake.
I would pay really good money for Apple to team up with MyFitnessPal so that Siri could add foods for me. "Siri- add 12 ounces of 2% milk to my food log" would have me counting calories like a darn fool.
I work midnights, so say I go into work on Sat night, which is my monday, Ill either cook for a few hours on Friday and drink with the Chica or Sat morning ill go to the grocery store and cook lunch and dinner for the week. Usually just takes a few hours, unless you marinate. Can always use a crockpot or sousvide and not have to keep a close eye on it. I usually just cook some eggs when I wake up for breakfast.
Trying to start eating healthier and tracking nutrition/macros. What websites/apps do y'all use for this?
Been cooking eggs at work in the little red "easy egg" deal for 2 years. But I like to live dangerously and kinda think radicals are tight
I've always struggled with getting in green vegetables. Just fixed some roasted broccoli in the oven and I actually liked it. I just sprayed it with some olive oil spray and put this kicking chicken Weber grills seasoning on it. 400 for 20 minutes. I would have liked it a little bit crispier, I cooked it from Frozen so maybe fresh broccoli would turn out a little better. I think this will become a staple food for me, so easy to prepare.
haven't touched the book. person I got it from basically said they just went on whole30recipes instagram, made a list of recipes, and made those Have done two in mass cook form in the last week and a half. Pretty good. and the recipes make enough for mass meal prep.
also went to a free yoga / night swim last night put on by one of the more popular studios here. my good lawd almighteh... ~100 people there. ~20 guys. dat ratio and since it's right before a public swimming at a nice little natural spring pool across the street... a decent number of girls just decided to do the yoga in a bikini. the rest were in yoga pants and sports bras. I had to kick it in childs pose twice to settle down and not be all awkward boner guy when a couple of ridiculous hineys in front of me caused a 1/2 chub. saw 2 girls that I'd been talking to on dating apps there, but I was with a chick so couldn't introduce. will be going back every monday the rest of the summer probably. also p tightski they had a bunch of #health vendors with kombucha, mylk, charcoal tea, etc. so between yoga, a half dozen cleansing drinks, and a quick swim in a chilly pool, might have been the best I've felt in quite a long time. /diary
A friend of mine in DC has been vegan for 20+ years and is a trainer/body builder. Lifts heavy and often, tho he's been training for a show lately so he's cut a good bit of weight. He's maybe 5'10 so not a huge guy to begin with, but clearly keeps muscle mass on. He'll post his meals periodically on IG so maybe something you could look at. @veganprince on IG. Nicest guy you'd ever meet, even if the handle says otherwise.
For the first time in 2 years I woke up early, ran a mile and came home and made scrabled eggs and tuna (my high protein breakfast). Feels great to at least try for once in a long while. I was starting to get fatter and I'm too cheap to buy new pants.
Ran a min of one mile and worked out every day but one last week, actually gained 2 lbs when I weighed monday?! Worked out yesterday and today and it's going good but i'm sucking on the food side of things. Not sure if skipping breakfast is a good plan but i've been having just coffee or an americano for breakfast with or without oatmeal. I'm not sure if not eating is helping or hurting for breakfast.
My quickest way to slow down weight loss is to start skipping breakfast. At least for me, I absolutely have to eat breakfast or I eat more throughout the day.
Calories in, calories out, it really doesn't matter how many meals your having. There are some pretty good studies that suggest that intermittent fasting (skipping breakfast usually does that for you) are really good for your health. My go to for weight loss is skipping breakfast, just means I have more calories for other meals left in the day. For me it is much for satisfying to have my 2,000 calories spread across two meals rather than three.
Any increase in training volume will usually cause your body to retain more water. Take a rest day, don't go crazy on the calories, and I bet you'll be down on the scale.
Friendly reminder that that the scale is merely one metric in tracking weight loss/body re-composition and it's not the end all be all.
Started something pretty close to Whole30 on Sunday. Completely cut out alcohol and strictly drinking water and coffee. Costco makes things pretty easy. Tons of chicken sausage, ground turkey, frozen fish, and grabbed some lean beef and chicken breast. Seasoned the non-frozen proteins, placed in freezer bags, and have zero real estate left in the freezer now. Spinach omelette and avocado in the AM, whatever I meal prepped for lunch, and use the sous vide for dinner. Nashville has a pretty decent farmers market within walking distance. Bought way too many veggies so I started pickling everything (thanks Portlandia). Wasn't big on dairy to begin with so that part was easy. The hard part is going to be not drinking my calories and actually cooking what I have in the fridge. I spent the previous 3 years traveling for work, so my diet hasn't exactly been consistent or ideal for quite some time.
"What the Health" documentary just popped up on Netflix. Watched the first half a couple days ago and it started off a little slow, but it's really good.
I've been intermittent fasting but not going too strict on it. I just try not to eat first 5 or so hours im awake
I did it yesterday actually. I like it, I think it helps with soreness. But not sure how much of it is placebo
Eliminate the useless calories first. Bread, pasta and rice. Eat more vegetables and people are 50/50 on potatoes. You're actually getting a food packed with nutrition in my book. That's better than eating a roll or side of rice any meal. Try to limit them if you're worried about them, but I have no change in results from twice a week to literally 14 times a week plus.
Don't eat carbs before bed (6 hours before). If you eat carbs, better to eat them in the morning #lifehack
I had really good results last spring/summer with the no carbs after the last workout of the day. Since I lift in the AM and just do some light cardio/core stuff after work it doesn't affect muscle growth. I eat a lot of carbs after the morning weight lifting
Nutrient timing does have some positive effects on body composition and performance/recovery. 90% of my carbs come during the peri-workout time frame
Were you the one who mentioned Renaissance periodization in the lifting thread a while back? If so, thoughts? I've seen a bunch of progress pics of people that use it for cutting, wondered how their Mass gaining program is.
Don't do cheat meals. At least in my experience the people I've talked to who tried and failed never shook the carb cravings because they'd feed it a couple of times per week. I'm under 20g of carbs per day coming up on five months and I don't miss them at all. For my birthday I had a ribeye and a spinach salad with balsamic and pork rinds. First time in my life I didn't have cake and ice cream and didn't even think about it. That and meal prep have helped me succeed. If you're staring at a fridge full of cool shit you cooked it makes it seem wasteful to order a pizza. Nuke your food and enjoy the extra money in your bank account. Give it an honest to God 30 days and I'd be willing to bet the results will be enough to motivate you to keep it up.
Great advice. I'm gonna fire up the egg and cook a ton of stuff a couple of times a week. Wife and I are starting after the 4th and it's crazy how much I'm craving carbs right now knowing it's on the horizon. It's a sickness.
For me it was strong as well. It was easy after about 5 days. Stick to it just to see how it makes you feel.