[toneshark]

Hey guys,

I have a few recipes that are bodybuilding foods and a few things I've learned here and there. I'm sure alot of these would help somehow with PE, if some of you want to go down and read check it out.

#1. I can't eat tuna straight from the can. It's disgusting and soggy. This is a recipe that is not only quick - but it actually makes the tuna even better for you. It's also cheap - and it honestly tastes alot like crab cakes or salmon patties.

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*Tuna Suprise*

You need: 1 can of tuna, 1 egg, and 2 tablespoons of oatmeal.

All you do is mix the tuna with the egg and the oatmeal, stirring it up very well. Spray non-stick cooking spray into a medium pan and turn it on about medium heat. Form it into a patty and cook it just like that.

Note: you can replace the tuna with salmon, you can use an egg white instead of an entire egg - and also you can add old bay seasoning and dill weed to taste.

If you add dill weed to this recipe - it tastes unbelievably good.

#2. Over time, protein powder has gotten alot better tasting than it used to be. I remember when it used to be absolutly terrible, and super expensive. Now you can get it for cheap and it's actually edible. Nevertheless - a protein shake isn't anything special when it comes to taste. These recipes, though - are actually preferable to ice cream. I promise you - make these recipes one time and you'll believe me.

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*Oreo Shake*

8-12 ounces of skim milk
2 heaping tablespoons of plain yogurt
1-2 scoop chocolate protein powder
ice cubes as needed
2-4 oreos

Throw it in a blender and enjoy.

The above shake tastes exactly like a dairy queen oreo blizzard. I mean - dead on.

The only drawback on this shake is the fact that you're eating oreos. Oreos, as everyone knows all too well by now, have trans fats - which takes a long time (week or months!) to digest, raises triglycerides, as well as LDL levels. This is absolutly bad. I don't know how bad it is for PE, but - if I were to drink this shake, I'd only drink it once in a long while. Maybe just get an individual pack of oreos when you go grocery shopping, doing this every once in a while for this shake. I'd do this instead of getting an entire package and wasting money.

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*Peanut Butter Cup Shake*

8-12 ounces skim milk
2 heaping tablespooons plain yogurt
1-2 scoops chocolote protein powder
2 tablespoons natural peanut butter
ice cubes as needed

Put it in the blnder and you're good to go.

This shake tastes EXACTLY like either peanut butter fudge or peanut butter cup candy. I mean it - try this out, and it will amaze you. You'll want one of these after every workout and it'll probably have you looking forward to lifting. On top of that - this has no trans fat. It only had good ingrediants.

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*Green Tea Recipe*

I've read kingpole's posts about green tea and it's benefits - and his recipe for erection tea. I decide I needed to start drinking green tea and I've found a recipe that is absolutly the best tasting tea I've ever had in my life - and it's extremely healthy. On top of that - it's the most convienient way to drink green tea, in my opinion - as you're getting in 4-5 cups, fresh brewed and cold - and it tastes so good that you can drink the whole thing on the spot.

I take 5 tea bags and put them in the coffee maker. I do this by either putting the bags where the filter would normally be (so this means I am NOT using a filter when I do it this way) - or I tear the tea bags open and pour the grinded tea leaves from these 5 tea bags into coffee filter. I then pour in the water and press the button, waiting for it to brew. After that - I'll talk a nalgene jar and pour 4-8 ounces of apple juice in it. This is easy because a nalgene jar has ounces labeled on the side of the bottle.

I then fill the bottle with ice, and pour in the green tea. All 32 or so ounces of the green tea pours into the jar.

I pour in some honey and I twist on the lid.

After that I shake the bottle up and it's ready to go.

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*Protein Pancake*

You need: 1/2 cup oatmeal and 4 egg whites

All you need to do is whip both the oatmeal and the egg whites into a batter and spray cooking spray onto a pan, medium heat. You can a dash of cinnamon, as well.

I've used all kinds of sugar-free syrup and most of it is intolerable. The only sugar-free syrup that I like is Cary's. You get it at the supermarket, of course.

I drink skim milk with it and it's great.

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All of the recipes come from bodybuilding sites except for the green tea. Also, I did manipulate the ingrediants of the tuna suprise slightly.

Other than that, I have some more advice I'd like to share.

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*Drinking 1 gallon of Water a Day*

If you read this entire post, you read the words "nalgene jar." Search for it on google, and you will see where to find them, if interested. I suggest getting 2; 1 for water and 1 for green tea.

Anyway...

It's 32 ounces and it's made for portablility. All you need to do is fill up your nalgene jar with water for each meal you eat and drink it.

Eat 5 meals a day. This is 3 squares and 2 snacks.

This will give you 156 ounces of water a day, which is over a gallon.

If you drink from your nalgene jar at each meal, even if you fill it up with ice to drink cold water - then you will still get the water you need.

(If you don't get 156 ounces, so what? get 96 ounces instead - which I'll describe below.)

It may seem inconvienient to bring this bottle with you wherever you go, especially if you're at work 10-12 hours a day.

If this is the case - the best idea would be to drink water from the bottle before you leave for work (32 ounces) and after your workout (32 ounces) along with two-16 ounce regular (32 ounces) bottled waters at lunch. Daily total is 96 ounces.

Forget all this stuff about not drinking water with your meals, and forget about any thoughts you may have about water being useless. Even if you're only getting the 96 ounces that I just suggested instead of the full gallon - that's still going to do the positive things that water does for you. In fact, you hear coventional wisdom suggest that you drink eight - 8 ounce glasses of water a day. That's 64 ounces, this is 96 ounces - you will definately benefit from this.

I realize that this is a vague description of the benefits of water - but in all honesty - I've read about the benefits but I don't have it memorized by any means. I think it goes deeper than just hydration. I believe that it helps your body with the actual process that happens when it's getting rid of fat or building muscle. You can workout and eat right all you want - but water is a key component in this change, from what I understand.

On top of that, water is a natural appetite suppressant. If you're really hungry, but before you eat - you fill up on water - you're probably going to eat less calories because you're full of water and aren't able to eat as much.

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*5 meals (3 squares, 2 snacks)*

I think alot of people become obsessive about their diet. When they eat right, they want to get it 100% and they will sit out at the dinner table and they'll become an alien at all any and all events that involve eating.

I don't think it's necessary at all.

A man should have a diet that gets him the protein, carbs, fats, and nutrients he needs.

Too many diets actually lack what people really need.

A 180lb man - in an average day - may have cheerios and milk for breakfast, a ham sandwich with lettuce, tomatoe, and mayo with chips and a coke for lunch, then they'll have a package of cookies from the vending machine and a bottle of water at break - and at dinner they may have hot dogs, a moderate amout of fries, and a diet coke.

This person is happy with their diet. They don't think anything needs to change. They invent excuses like "I'm eating a normal, everyday diet" because they don't know any better.

Let's take a look at an estimation of their daily nutrition, anyway.

breakfast - 300 calories, 16 grams protein, 6 grams fat. lunch -600 calories, 29 grams fat, 14 grams protein - tons of sugar and sodium. Snack - 150 calories, 10 grams fat. Dinner - 600 calories, 15 grams protein, 30 grams fat.

Daily total: 1700 calories, 75 grams fat, and 45 grams of protein. They got almost no water and they have a negligable amount of vitamins and minerals - probably coming from the lettuce and tomatoe at lunch.

They don't work out, and they think they're going to do just fine for their whole life eating like this because the calories are decently low.

This isn't true though, and they're probably going to be chubby and will have a very low amount of muscle mass.

Once in a while they'll take up jogging and it'll not do much for them. Or they'll start lifting weights - and they'll get frustrated because of their lack of results, so they'll quit.

They're not getting anywhere because of their diet. And they're going to develop health problems in time.

I would suggest that the above person start drinking a protein shake with his original breakfast - using the peanut butter shake I listed earlier. They could drink 32 ounces of water at breakfast, as well - taking a multivitamin and other supplements. On top of that - it would be a good idea to make the green tea recipe (using a different nalgene jar from the one he'd be drinking water from) and take it with him to work or drink it on the way to work.

At lunch, it's a good idea to lift weights during this time and eat a protein bar right after. If this isn't possible though, he could go ahead and go with the sandwich - but use low-sodium turkey instead of ham and miracle whip instead of mayo. Replace the chips with baked lays and get a bottled water and we're in business.

For a snack, instead of eating cookies from the vending machine he could eat a piece of jerky or a protein bar and some fruit with with water.

(p.s. - here is a site with cheap protein bar recipes, because $3/day is too much to pay the supplement companies, IMHO)

Homemade Protein Bar Recipes

At dinner - it would be a good idea for him to get the family to start eating healthier and start eating whole, unprocessed and natural foods instead of hot dogs.

They don't have to rule hot dogs, pizza, and burgers out of the picture - but this should only be 1-2 times a week.

For a drink - instead of drinking diet coke - he could get an iced tea maker and the whole family could drink black tea.

If he didn't lift weights at lunch, he could go in after dinner. After his session at the gym (which doesn't even have to be more than 3 days a week, 30-45 minutes a session) - he could come back home and drink his post-workout protein shake, 32 more ounces of cold water, and a simple carb like apple juice and he's got the rest of the day to himself for PE and whatever else.

Now this isn't a bodybuilders diet. He's not going to become megaman or anything. This should be a normal man's diet

Just compare it to how he had been eating

Now:

breakfast: 750 calories, 76 grams of protein, 15 grams of good fat. lunch: 500 calories, 14 grams fat, 20 grams protein. snack: 300 calories, 20 grams of protein, 4 grams of fat. Dinner: 500 calories, 30 grams protein, 15 grams fat. Post-workout shake, and simple carbs: 400 calories, 30 grams of protein, and 2 grams of fat.

Daily total: 2500 calories, 176 grams protein, and 50 grams of fat. 96 ounces of water - and tons of vitamins and minerals from the multivitamins and supplements taken at breakfast, did workout.

VS.

Then:

1700 calories, 75 grams fat, 45 grams protein, 16 ounces of water - negligable vitamins and minerals - no workout.

Alot of people would think that a 180lb man who eats 2500 calories is going to be fatter than a 180lb man who eats 1700.

What's that old thing that you always hear? "Calories in -calories out??"

Well, the 180 pound man who has been consistently eating 2500 calories and 176 grams of protein a day and working out is going to not only feel amazing - sleep deeper and longer and better AND just feel happier - but he's also going to have a lower bodyfat%.

The reason why is because he has more muscle and he works out.

You may have heard this before - but for every pound of muscle your body has - it has to burn an extra 50 calories.

If someone built 10 pounds of muscle, they are burning an extra 500 calories a day.

There are 3500 calories in each pound of fat.

After 7 days - they burned an extra 3500 calories.

They just burned 1 pound of bodyfat.

On top of that - your body is burning an excessive amount of calories if you lift weights and do cardio - so you're going to lose weight.

1 pound of fat a week.

Soon he'd get down to about 15% bodyfat and he'd stay there.

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*cardio, weights...*

This man could spend no more than 45 minutes at the gym each session. On monday, wednesday, and friday - he could lift weights. Tuesday, thursday, and friday - he could do cardio for 45 minutes.

Cardio is more important than lifting weights.

Cardio prevents disease, lifts depression - improves sleep... it does everything.

People say 30 minutes is all you need. That's true. So is everything you hear about HIIT.

But someone can work to the absolute peak of their endurance by doing 45 minute cardio sessions 4 times a week. Anymore than this won't do anything extra. 3 times a week at 45 minutes each is sufficient.

Why else do you want good cardio?

Think about the work your heart does everyday.

The unconditioned person may have a resting heartbeat of 70 beats per minute. During an average day - their heart will beat 100,800 per day.

If someone starts doing cardio consistently, their resting heartbeat will go down to 86,400 beats per day.

That's 14,400 less beats per day!!

That's alot less stress on your heart.

This should be a lifetime commitment, as well.

Let's say this man has been eating well and exercising for 5 years now.

He's going to be within 10-15% body fat. He now weighs about 195-200lbs. He's probably be benching in the 300's, squatting in the 400s, and deadlifting upwards of that.

His resting heartbeat is 50 beats per minute... which is 72,000 beats a day. His health is wonderful.

He's realizing that he can either up his caloric intake and change his workout to get stronger and bigger - or he can just maintain what he's got.

For the benefit of this example, let's say he chooses to just maintain his strength, physique, and health - since he really doesn't care that much about getting any bigger.

Since he just wants to maintain, all he has to do now is lift twice a week and continue his 3 cardio sessions per week. He can lift on tuesday and thursday - and he can do cardio on monday, wednesday, and friday.

He won't put on anymore muscle or strength, but eating like I described and going to the gym will benefit him letting keeping him from losing his muscle.


Note: I'm not mentioning anything about HIIT because I don't know very much about it and I don't know if it has the same effects as straight up old school cardio.

I'm sure it does because every magazine I read that mentions it says it does everything you could want it to do and more... but I want to stick to what I know about, drawing out a plan that I know will work - as i can explain why it would work and you could predict your results.

This isn't a plan that you're going to get bodybuilder muscular on.

You'll look normal on it.

This is for the health of your life, and for better PE.

As an added benefit, however - you'll feel amazing and your health will be great.

You won't get sick very often and you'll age gracefully and be able to enjoy that time of your life with mental and physical independence.

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*A note on eating and going to the gym*

It needs to be sustainable.

Meals should have variety and you should be looking forward to your next meal because it tastes great.

You shouldn't dread spending time in the kitchen - you shouldn't have to do any of that stuff that popular knowledge suggests you to go through.

If you create a plan where you decide that you're going to eat chicken breasts and protein shakes 7 days a week with no change and no room to move - you'll get miserable and will probably stop.

Variety is absolutly key to success in the kitchen.

The book "the Abs Diet" has a really good idea in allowing users to eat as much as they want as long as they stick to these certain foods (mainly almonds, "smothies", berries, oatmeal, whole grains, lean cuts of meat, etc...)

The idea is that whole, natural, unprocessed foods are king.

All you have to do when you go to the grocery store is get whole, natural, unprocessed foods.

***You could get cans upon cans of tuna and salmon, brown rice, apples, bananas, raisins, oatmeal, oranges, flax seed, unsalted natural peanuts, peanut butter, sunflower seeds, 100% whole wheat bread, spinach, eggs, boneless skinless chicken breasts, ground turkey, and beef.

There's really not much more you can get. I can't think of other choices at the moment, at least.

And it does seem like a short list - but you can make a ton of food with the above items.

Same thing with lifting weights. It needs to be sustainable and it needs to be something you look forward to. If you've never lifted weights before - there's tons of free workouts online for beginners.

I've found that one of the best things to do when it comes to the weight room is to keep it fresh by doing the following.

Some may disagree, but I think this is a more advanced approach to lifting, and should be used after someone not only has the hang of lifting weights - but they have built up a descent library of knowledge in their heads about it, and why certain things work and others don't.

Anyway:

You never have a specific routine that you follow, you make it up on the fly. You don't carry around a piece of paper that tells you what to do. You don't keep track of things. You just go in and unleash. I can't explain this method with my own words, but here is a link to a page that explains it perfectly. The Rob Van Dam Workout for MASS

That workout is 3 days a week.

Think about it. Monday, Wedneday, Friday at the gym - lift weights. Tuesday, thursday, Saturday - do cardio. If you go to football games in the fall - go ahead and eat fattening food - stuff yourself at the tailgaite and drink tons of beer on saturday, but do cardio on sunday, tuesday, and thursday. It's not like you go to 52 games a year.

If you miss a day - forget it happened.

Fall off the diet and exercise horse - get right back on again. After so long of riding the horse - it'll become no issue at all to you.

That's my stance, anyway.

Other than that, I will end this post by saying that I realize it seems as though I'm not the kind of person you should listen to due to my stats I have in my signature. I am 6.75" bonepressed - but I'm 4.5 inches not bonepressed. That's a 2.25 inch fatpad. I'm 256 pounds right now, down 4 pounds in the last 2 weeks that I've been only slightly implementing rules that are similar to the above - and I have a 49.5" waistline.

I can only bench about 260lbs, and my squat is probably about the same with a deadlift somewhere in the 280s. I used to be alot stronger when I played football - but I injured my knee - got fat - lied to myself, telling myself that I'll do this and that and the other and I'll be in shape - but it doesn't work like that.

I'm not that strong physically because for so long I've done the opposite of what I preach above. It never hit me that it could all be so easy until just recently.

I've always loved to lift weights and I love to workout. But I've always eaten in huge - excessive amounts. Sometimes upwards of 4000+ bad calories a day - mostly from fat and sugary carbs.

I was 200 pounds around this time last year. I got there through a fad diet, and I lost so much muscle mass that my body no longer needed to burn as many calories as it did when I was heavier.

Thus - I got fat again.

Granted, I didn't have to balloon up to 260 pounds with a 50" waist (which was the case 2 weeks ago), as I could have probably gained half the weight if I hadn't had such horrible habits in the kitchen... but alas - I did.

This is not the first time that I've stupidly forced my weight to flucuate. I was at one time 320lbs - and even though I knew it was stupid - I didn't realize why it was stupid to jump on a fad diet. I now realize this because I've been there and done that, gained it back, studied literature to find out why, and presto - you've got an obese person who has a healthy, low heartrate and healthy blood pressure who knows alot about exercise and diet.

As far as my credintials go for giving diet and exercise advice - I'm in school for general studies, but I'm headed into exercise physiology. Granted, this means nothing at the moment - but the reason I chose exercise physiology is because I was going to be a master trainer with the ISSA, with which I'm getting a CFT which will allow me to train people. I've always had people around me who've given me knowledge and I've been involved in this in some way or another since I was 13. Most of the information I have above comes from what I've learned studying with the ISSA. Don't pay attention to the fact that I fail miserably - this knowledge comes from other ppl who triumph in their field. I just happen to be interested in what they have to say, and can share it with you.

Anyways, I think this forum is a great place for guys to come for self improvement and it seems that pegym.com is all about all-around health, as this is necessary for full PE results. Anybody who wants to add anything - go for it.

-Toneshark

[kingpole]

Elaborate more on diet.

[remek]

*Green Tea Recipe*

I've read kingpole's posts about green tea and it's benefits - and his recipe for erection tea. I decide I needed to start drinking green tea and I've found a recipe that is absolutly the best tasting tea I've ever had in my life - and it's extremely healthy. On top of that - it's the most convienient way to drink green tea, in my opinion - as you're getting in 4-5 cups, fresh brewed and cold - and it tastes so good that you can drink the whole thing on the spot.

I take 5 tea bags and put them in the coffee maker. I do this by either putting the bags where the filter would normally be (so this means I am NOT using a filter when I do it this way) - or I tear the tea bags open and pour the grinded tea leaves from these 5 tea bags into coffee filter. I then pour in the water and press the button, waiting for it to brew. After that - I'll talk a nalgene jar and pour 4-8 ounces of apple juice in it. This is easy because a nalgene jar has ounces labeled on the side of the bottle.

I then fill the bottle with ice, and pour in the green tea. All 32 or so ounces of the green tea pours into the jar.

I pour in some honey and I twist on the lid.

After that I shake the bottle up and it's ready to go.

Interesting tea recipe, toneshark. I may just have to try it

Do you drink this to start your day? How much energy would you save it gives you?

[JonPop]

Toneshark, don't forget a half teaspoon of ginger in that amount of tea.

[toneshark]

Originally Posted by kingpole

Elaborate more on diet.

Diet is - as most bodybuilding and fitness enthusiasts claim - a huge percentage of your results.

Each person is different, in that each person has a certain amount of calories that their body burns throughout the day (basal metabolic rate).

With this being said, each person's body will respond differently to different diets.

It all depends on how many calories your body burns while resting.

If you go below this number - then your body is going to adapt.

You'll lose muscle this way - and in turn - the amount of calories your body burns throughout the day at rest (basal metabolic rate) will go down.

This means that the best idea would be for people to raise the amount of calories that their body burns throughout the day by building muscle.

Since each pound of muscle that you build increases your basal metabolic rate by 50 calories, if you build 10 pounds of lean muscle - you've increased your basal metabolic rate by 500 calories.

If you were to do this, after a week - you'd burn 3500 calories more that you would have if you had not gained 10 pounds of muscle.

This means you're going to burn off 1 pound of fat every week.

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As far as individual caloric schemes go - first you need to find your basal metabolic rate.

Basal Metabolic Rate : Calculators : Discovery Health

(This calculator isn't as accurate as a the actual calculation would be that a personal trainer would use - but it does come close enough)

Once you find your basal metaboic rate, you need to eat that many calories plus 250 more on days you lift weights, and on days that you do not lift weights - eat 250 calories less.

For instance, mine is 2400 calories - I should be eating 2650 or so calories a day when I lift. I'd eat 2150 calories when I don't lift weights. This is to keep my body from adapting to my caloric intake. If my body gets used to my caloric intake, results will become stagnant.

I need my calories to be distributed into 3 parts carbs, 2 parts protein, and 1 part fat.

To figure these number out - do the following.

1. Divide calories that I plan on eating for the day by 6. I'll use 2650 for this example.

(e.g. 2650/6=440)

2. Divide the result of number 1 by 9.

(e.g. 440/9=50)

This is how much fat I need throughout the day.

3. Multiply the result of number 1 by 3.

(e.g. 440x3=1320)

4. Divide the result of number 3 by 4.

(e.g. 1320/4=330)

This is how many carbs I need throughout the day.

5. Multiply the result of number 1 by 2.

(e.g. 440x2=880)

6. Divide the result of number 5 by 4.

(e.g. 880/4=220)

This is how many grams of protein I need throughout the day.

All in all - since I did this math for my caloric range that I'll be using when I workout - I will be needing 220 grams of protein, 330 grams of carbs, and 50 grams of fat throughout the day. I would then divide these number by 5 (since I will be eating 5 meals throughout the day) and I find for each meal - I'll be eating about 45 grams protein, 65 carbs, and 10 grams of fat. This will ultimately equal out to 2650 calories.

This is according to the above calculations, of course.

I would then put the number 2150 through steps 1-6 to find the fat, protein and carbs that I need throught the day. I would then take the figures for my protein, carbs, and fat - and I'd divide by 5 just as I did above, so i could find out how much protein, carbs, and fat I needed for each meal.

This would give me what I needed on days that I do not workout.

Now this that I just described is a descently complicated process to go through.

That's why I don't reccomend messing around with it because you can get good results through eating the way that I first described, as well.

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To further elaborate on the first way that I described eating, it goes like this.

When you go out to but groceries - buy the following:

***Canned tuna, salmon, lean ground beef, lean ground turkey, 100% whole wheat bread, Brown Rice, natural and unsalted almonds, natural and unsalted peanutes, spinach, apples, oranges, bananas, oatmeal, eggs, skim milk, whey protein powder, and unflavored yogurt.***

The above is all natural, unprocessed - healthy foods.

If you had nothing in your kitchen cabinets but the above, then you're not going to gain weight.

If you take the above and you eat 5 meals a day that contain at least 20-30 grams protein each - you're going to lose weight over time.

Do I have mathmetical figures to back that statement up?

No, but - I'm actually very happy that I don't have mathmetical figures for that statement.

See, the idea here is simplicity and convienience.

I have always hated the times that I've tried to pull a bodybuilding diet together. I'd be lugging around a cooler with chicken breasts and brown rice...

it would always have to be a certain amount - an exact amount that I calculated.

An exact amount that was revelant to my basal metabolic rate.

I'd sit at the table with my friends who'd have pizza and the chocolote milk that came with it (nasty combo, huh? ahh, high school memories...)

And I'd be there with my special meal that I had already eaten 14 consecutive times.

I'd look at the meal that I prepared days earlier in a very messy kitchen. It was messy because I made it that way.

It was messy because I had a kitchen scale - many pounds of meat around me... I probably spilled rice all over the floor...

and I also had probably made all the tupperware containers crash down on me from the cabinet because they really are perfect for pulling down on yourself when you are monitor the 13,041 things you have cooking in the kitchen while everyone else is just doing their thing.

Needless to say - I'd never last long.

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I reccomend buying the foods I have listed in that above. The foods I surrounded with asterisks.

You know that there are more foods than that that you can buy, though. Other leafy greens - other fresh produce - other different meats.

But that above list is good enough to get you through.

It's good enough because you can make tons of different tasting meals out of the above.

I also reccommend getting a muscle-building cookbook like this one here:

Amazon.com: Men's Health Muscle Chow: More Than 150 Meals to Feed Your Muscles and Fuel Your Workouts (9781594865480): Gregg Avedon: Books

That cookbook would be perfect for making dinner for the family.

For your other meals - just keep it convienient.

Drink protein shakes 2 of your meals. Make them taste so good that you actually look forward to drinking them and prefer them over food, sometimes.

If you're short on time - just make a sandwich with low-sodium deli-sliced turkey and miracle whip, baked lays and a large - cold bottle of water.

This all doesn't have to taste bad - and it all doesn't have to be boring.

I mean - get a recipe book full of healthy foods and get some variety in there.

Your focus should be on eating healthy while making it so you love what you eat - so you can eat that way for life.

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I apologize for the long explaination, Kingpole, if this explanation of mine didn't get into the details you were hoping.

Ask me anything about the above and I'll be happy to answer.

[toneshark]

Originally Posted by remek

Interesting tea recipe, toneshark. I may just have to try it

Do you drink this to start your day? How much energy would you save it gives you?

For the past 2 weeks that I've been doing this (JP's routine + eating right + exercise) I've been drinking 32 ounces of fresh brewed, cold green tea every morning with whatever I have for breakfast.

I have recently started drinking just the green tea alone - without the apple juice and honey just because I've come to enjoy the taste of plain green tea.

After I drink plain green tea I feel, for some reason, like I'm cleaning out my insides.

I drink a lot of beer some nights, so when I wake up the next day and drink the green tea - it feels as though it's healing my insides, and cleaning them. (I realize that drinking is counterproductive. If results aren't good this first time around, I may or may not eliminate alcohol.)

That really isn't anything you can measure... but it is a good feeling.

As far as energy - in all honesty - it didn't make to much of a difference.

I may not have noticed though, as I always lift weights in the morning right after that first meal, so lifting and my protein shake (if I had one) + whatever else I ate would have blotted out any direct feeling of energy that the green tea had given me.

[toneshark]

Originally Posted by JonPop

Toneshark, don't forget a half teaspoon of ginger in that amount of tea.

I had been drinking the original recipe, jonpop - but I just can't take the taste of ginger!

[vegetarian]

Here's what I recently had for breakfast:

Breakfast Quinoa

1/4 cup uncooked quinoa
2 Tbsp hemp seeds
1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk or fresh made almond milk
1 Tbsp raisins
1 med fresh peach
¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
Stevia or agave nectar to sweeten


Calories 369, Carbs 46g, Protein 15g, Fat 13g

[toneshark]

Originally Posted by vegetarian

Here's what I recently had for breakfast:

Breakfast Quinoa

1/4 cup uncooked quinoa
2 Tbsp hemp seeds
1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk or fresh made almond milk
1 Tbsp raisins
1 med fresh peach
¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
Stevia or agave nectar to sweeten


Calories 369, Carbs 46g, Protein 15g, Fat 13g

That's a pretty good recipe, vegetarian. I hear that hemp seeds are excellent for you, also.

[toneshark]

Just saying - like vegetarian adding that recipe, anypne who has any good and healthy recipes, add them up. Especially if they're pro-pe.

Same thing if you have a gym workout that you like.