What do you eat?

wttr · 2014-05-09T23:44:23+00:00

The brain dead easiest way to eat clean is to batch cook chicken breasts, brown rice, and a vegetable and season to taste. There are a lot of things you can do with chicken and you can mix and match vegetables, but eventually it gets old.

Look into slow cooker recipes that are high in protein. There is a subreddit dedicated to it.

thefoxman88 · 2014-05-10T02:14:10+00:00

I'm doing the /r/keto its the life!

Breakfast - Couple of eggs + Bacon
Lunch - Tuna + Cream Cheese & Salad with a bit of spicy dressing
Dinner - Cream Spinach + Steak

All clean, hardly any processed foods and all the good fats! Already down 33KG in a year, and just started lifting.

Bonus Info - My Macro's

1838 kcal Daily Calorie Intake
20 g Carbohydrates (4%, 80 kcal)
90 g Protein (20%, 360 kcal)
155 g Fat (76%, 1398 kcal)
1.3 g/kg Protein - Lean Body Mass
This is at a 20% deficit

Acksiom · 2014-05-10T00:45:50+00:00

In addition to the other suggestions, which are good, I recommend better defining your goals. "Build muscle" is way too vague. Better defining what you want, such as "15% body fat at 180 pounds", or "2 more inches of back development to accentuate my waistline" or the like will help you considerably, and in a lot more ways than just sorting through the 50K eating strategies.

laere · 2014-05-10T01:27:34+00:00

Man I seriously need to get back into this, lately I've been off my game on this shit. Also I've been drinking alone (not getting drunk). Which makes me feel sort of bad. Anyone else get that?

swordblade · 2014-05-10T01:23:38+00:00

Currently, my diet consists of a very-modified Keto diet. Most my meals are 3/4 oz meat and maybe a glass of milk with nuts in between meals.

Example:

BF- Two Eggs(Hard-Boiled) & Supplements 5000 IU Vit. D, 500 mg Magnesium

Snack(If need be)- Serving of Almonds,Cashews, or Walnuts

Lunch- 4oz Beef usually combined with some bell pepper(red) and possibly a flour tortilla and milk.

Snack again

Dinner- Salmon Fillet

Snack before bed and Whey Protein

I use this with MyFitnessPal to watch my calorie counts. Today was my cheat day and I only ended up at 2019... Usually I find it hard to surpass 17-1800 even though it suggest I intake 1990.

This diet has shown great results for me with both energy and overall feeling. I don't feel bad about have very little carbs and the protein I aim for 100-140. I aim that high since I lift 5 times/week and I am trying to cut fat but maintain muscle at a slow controlled rate.

2014-05-10T00:23:18+00:00

I've had great results losing fat by eating low carb. Low carbers who also lift are over at /r/ketogains if you want to check it out.

jjshinobi · 2014-05-10T00:35:48+00:00

I make hella meat. Veal, steak, chicken breasts, steak again, salmon, sausage, pork. I like to make rice, peppers, onions, etc with that. Usually saute stuff while baking or cooking on stovetop. Cooking is too fun and in the words of gordon ramsay, cooking is confidence. I make pancakes once or twice a week for breakfast. Otherwise it's eggs or cereal. For lunch its usually ham sandwiches or grilled chicken sandwiches. Things like that.

GaiusScaevolus · 2014-05-10T07:32:27+00:00

1200 to 1600 calories a day. Keto diet. All the protein, very low carb, high fat.

pewpewing · 2014-05-10T08:08:16+00:00

meat, salad with tuna feta cheese & light vinaigrette, mac and cheese (homemade), beef jerky (homemade), greek yogurt, granola

2014-05-10T09:41:39+00:00

For snacks I recommend muesli with milk. It's delicious as fuck and still relatively high in protein.

vandaalen · 2014-05-10T10:34:18+00:00

/r/keto

isthatyourdaughter · 2014-05-09T23:52:54+00:00

Eat real food. Add cholesterol. Subtract soy. Limit carbs.

2014-05-10T00:51:19+00:00

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Piroko · 2014-05-09T23:45:21+00:00

there are fifty thousand eating strategies related to a healthy lifestyle

Braunschweiger

In all seriousness though most people simply eat far too much wheat. There's nothing in it we need that we can't get from other sources. We're adapted to hunting and gathering, with an emphasis on the former.

monsieurhire2 · 2014-05-10T00:07:22+00:00

I eat meat at least once a day, but vary it: chicken, beef, fish, pork, eggs, milk, whole grain oat groats, some cheese, fresh vegetables, a protein shake, and some fruit.

SneakyTouchy · 2014-05-10T06:50:07+00:00

Can't comment on a diet with no lifts, but I can tell you what I do.

I swim 2 hours every other day. Between those days I practice in a dry gym with trampolines for two hours, then hit the pool for another 2 hours of diving. This would pretty much be the equivalent of an hour of gym work and an hour of running each day.

With that, most of my diet starts with breakfast. In the early morning, I make myself a sandwich with 2 slices of whole grain bread, three eggs, 3 slices of ham, butter, and some cheddar cheese. About an hour later I have myself some scrambled eggs mixed with leftover steak and bacon. I estimate my Cal intake is somewhere between 2-3000 Calories.

For dinner around 5pm (because I skip lunch), I usually alternate between steak and salmon with a side of veggies like asparagus, spinach, or steamed broccoli. I never consume high GI foods after breakfast. The wheat bread in the morning is pretty much the furthest I go.

Overall I like it because of how simple I've kept it. Eggs, steak, salmon, veggies, cheese, nuts and bread. If you plan on not working as hard as I am, just drop the 2nd breakfast out and you'll be fine.

heal_thyself · 2014-05-10T07:31:56+00:00

I have very limited time, and I really don't have much free time to cook + eat a proper meal. I'm also fucking broke, so that compounds the problem of a proper diet for me. BUT, what I've been in the habit of doing is I'll cook tomorrow's lunch/dinner today, while I eat what I prepared yesterday, tossed in some tupperware and microwaved. Not ideal, and gets very bland, but it works.

EX: I'll make rice, veggies and chicken, enough for 4 meals at a time. Steam the veggies (usually broccoli/cauliflower), cook the rice, and use a George Foreman grill for the chicken. Two thighs and then two breasts. While this is cooking (have to watch so nothing overboils and the chicken doesn't burn) I'll toss whatever I prepared yesterday into the microwave, eat, and clean up. The food is usually done cooking then. Just put that into a couple containers so you can make a standalone meal (chicken+rice+veggies), put them into the fridge, and then clean up the rest of the dishes. I can get two days worth of food, plus eat, and clean up in about an hour.

Slow cooking would give you better meals, for much less time invested, and would still give you comparable results. I just don't have a slow cooker to try this with yet.

On top of slowcooking , check out leangains , gainit , and budgetfood . All 4 subs will point have pointers on diets and making meal plans. (I'd direct link those, but I can't tell if doing so is prohibited in the posting rules > crosslinking section)

Couple tips I've learned from this bachelor as fuck diet: Find a couple spice blends that make this shit palatable. It gets real old, fast. When you microwave the cold rice, add a little bit of water to the container, enough so you can clearly see it on the bottom, but not so much that the rice is swimming in it. To me, it seems like it helps rewarm it more evenly, and prevents everything from drying out. Also microwave with the lid partially on. Finally, get cheap plasticware, the disposable gladware containers are great. They can break if you're too rough, but they'll get through the abuse. Plus they're relatively dirt cheap.

For breakfast, 5 scrambled eggs with shredded cheese, a small bowls of oats, cup of coffee and a glass of milk. 5 minutes to prep, 5 minutes to clean up.

TheInkerman · 2014-05-10T07:44:15+00:00

Chicken curries (butter chicken specifically) with white rice, and rump steaks seasoned with a dry rub. On the side is broccoli and carrots.

That's for dinner, I actually need to find some healthy, filling snack/lunch food, right now it's nutella sandwiches, which ain't great.

bradyo2 · 2014-05-10T09:00:33+00:00

Ok, it really depends on what your goal is, but if you're trying to build muscle, the hands down best thing to do would be to sort a proper gym workout routine (really don't shirk on this, I spent 2 years doing a 'custom' programme and made no progress) and a good diet plan.

So first thing to do once you've established proper goals is to go to IIFYM.com, and use their calculator to work out your macros (how much Protein, Carbs and Fat you should be taking in based on your goals). Also if possible, download the "myfitnesspal" app, incredibly useful to keep track of what you're eating.

Once you've done that, go and get a shit ton of white meat, vegetables and fruit. Chicken and Turkey are very low in fat, a great source of protein and just generally good for you. Also Liver (if you can stand the smell) is great and cheap as anything. You can get a weeks worth in the UK for <£2.00.

The IIFYM plan allows you to eat anything as long as it fits within your limits, but getting a good foundation of 'healthy' foods is a great habit to get into, and makes your life easier and healthier in general. I know a lot of people in reddit in general recommend using /r/keto and /r/Paleo diets. I don't really know too much about it, but people rave on about it do you might wanna check it out.

If you have any specific questions, feel free to PM me.

ThisShitRules · 2014-05-10T10:22:45+00:00

http://www.lift-run-bang.com/2011/08/getting-jacked-part-3-lift-run-bang.html

stillnoturday · 2014-05-10T10:53:56+00:00

Eat lean proteins (chicken, turkey, buffalo, 97/3 beef), then as a carb source potatoes/rice/veggies. Get seasonings that you enjoy I get the lemonpepper garlic ms.dash that is crazy good. Plus I use a lot of salsa and hot sauce. Easy way to get started eating healthy is to drink water.

RPL23 · 2014-05-10T13:41:11+00:00

buy "the four hour chef" by tim ferriss. read it, learn from it, execute.

thank me later.

parkitmister · 2014-05-10T14:12:32+00:00

There's an axiom that it's damn hard to overeat if you're only eating "clean", i.e. non processed or junk foods. The problem with junk food is that they are very energy-dense, so you put own more calories to feel full. You don't need to do a lot of complex cooking to accomplish it.

Wash vegetables and just eat them. If you don't like the flavor raw, 5-10 minutes on medium in a pan with butter or olive oil and everything's better. Proteins can go in a pan as well, or in a glass oven dish in the oven.

Don't worry much at first about lean vs. not lean cuts of meat, or macros or any of that. Focus on vegetables and meat, with fruit or some grains when you crave it, and it's just going to work.

magx01 · 2014-05-10T15:29:44+00:00

I have Crohn's disease and therefore have to be really careful, so keep that in mind when I say this. Right now my diet literally consists of just salads, home-made chicken soup, home-made chili, vegetables, fruit, almonds, walnuts, milk, grapefruit juice and water. Less than 30g of carbs a day. I'm doing intermittent fasting right now and that seems to be working great for me, both in terms of the disease and otherwise.

This combined with a stretching and kickboxing routine has made me feel several years younger and it feels great. It's only been one month of real dedication (was in a bad period before this- so I know where you're coming from) and really, once you get through the first few days it becomes fairly easy to stick to. Eventually you look at shit food in disgust and if you slip up and eat it you're reinforced by feeling like total shit after.

skinisblackmetallic · 2014-05-10T16:27:54+00:00

Ive been doing keto. Tough to get going but it feels good.

2014-05-10T16:34:16+00:00

I eat grass-fed beef, it's decently cheap where I live. I fully believe getting on grass fed meats as part of a higher fat diet has been very helpful to me in a variety of ways. Grass fed meat is probably the best thing you can do for your food. I eat tendons, kidneys, liver, bone broth / marrow, everything - this is well-worth it and it keeps prices down.

I eat a shit ton of eggs. Choline, protein, high satiety per calorie, cheap as fuck.

I occasionally get chicken / turkey / pork, but when I do I like to buy big. A whole turkey roasted and then portioned and frozen is a life-saver. I don't fuck with these costco packages of chicken breast, because I used to for so long when I was cutting and now that I am bulking, I don't have to eat that dry shit.

So, you compose your protein primarily of those 3 sources. Add on a whey protein shake if you need more to hit the protein cap for you. Then, scale up carbs - maybe you want to eat around 50g carbs to lose bodyfat, so add in 1 sweet potato and 1 apple. Then you add in your fat after calculating how much you will be getting from your meat (so you may not need to add extra). I am trying to eat around 200 carbs, so for me that's like 2 sweet potatoes, 2 fruits, and a cup of oats.

Then I will usually up my fat content by eating an avocado, fish oil, and cooking my food in some sort of lard. But then again, I'm trying to eat around 3500 calories, so you're experience may differ. On a cut I keep fat to about 50g per day.

VZPurp · 2014-05-10T16:54:52+00:00

Meat, fish, nuts, vegetables, fruit, occasionally dairy (depends on circumstances). No sugary foods, grain, legumes, or potatoes. No alcohol. Limited caffeine in the form of tea.

Shaped by my personal experience, and reasoning about /r/paleo, /r/keto, glycemic index, and glycemic load.

As well as:

Natural Defenses in Preventing and Treating Cancer (Excellent lecture)

Anticancer: A New Way of Life

laere · 2014-05-10T16:55:03+00:00

Does anyone here take Zinc? I know the recommended amount a day is 40g, but does that include the Zinc from foods too? Or just the pill?

Acksiom · 2014-05-10T02:02:18+00:00

Make sure you get your protein (1g/lb body weight), fat (necessary for T biosynthesis), nutrients and fiber, while consuming less calories than you burn. The easiest way to do that is to eat unprocessed food high in protein, moderate in fat, and low in calories. In other words, meat, eggs, and dairy. Supplement healthy portions of these with lots of veggies to fill your stomach/provide fiber, and protein shakes as required.

Avoid foods with empty calories unless you do hard physical labor all day long -- you probably don't need the calories. These include things with lots of starch (anything with flour, other grains, potatoes etc.), excessive fat (anything deep fried). Especially avoid foods that combine starch and fat and have no protein, like french fries. Later on, once you lose body fat %, you may be able to add some of these back in as treats.

Edit: I forgot, since you mentioned being short on time, the fastest healthy meals involve eggs. You can fry them up in under 2 minutes, much faster than chicken breasts or any type of non-ground meat. Healthy too. If you get bored of fried eggs, you can whip up a loaded omelet/scrambled eggs in under five mins. I usually beat 4-5 eggs and throw in some pre-chopped ham, cheese, and whatever veggies I have lying around. Makes for a great meal. And if it ever gets old, just change the additions.

For quick snacks other than protein shakes, yogurt, cottage cheese, and milk are your friends. Or jerky if you're into that.

tl;dr High protein, moderate fat, little starch. Eggs, meat, dairy, veggies.

2014-05-10T04:44:31+00:00

I buy bulk frozen chicken breasts for cheap, thaw them, fry them and add some montreal chicken spice, and then slice it up, throw the slices in with spinach and add a little ranch, bueno

JohnDoe78 · 2014-05-10T04:29:03+00:00

Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.

draketton · 2014-05-10T06:13:50+00:00

Staple foods are white rice, chicken breast, ground beef, broccoli, lettuce, pizza hut, and water

Once per week treats are bagels, donuts, and soda

Once per week "chore foods" are eggs, beans, brown rice, and assorted nuts

The white rice, pizza and treats make me kind of fat but idgaf, I like them, and being somewhat fat with a strong solid musculature underneath isn't the end of the world when it comes to SMV.

l0ng_time_lurker · 2014-05-10T08:43:10+00:00

In the morning: granola, w/ sliced banana, apple , honey, natural yoghurt lunch: company food, healthy choices, never dessert or softdrinks dinner: sliced tomatoes,tuna, cucumber,feta cheese, olive oil

I try not to eat bread at all, if so only until noon. I try to refrain from carbs past noon . I switched from beer to white-wine.

AuctionSniper · 2014-05-10T00:35:33+00:00

Food.

IrishLuigi · 2014-05-10T10:51:42+00:00

Mother fucking porridge oats to start every day.

ashglass · 2014-05-10T05:42:43+00:00

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Title	What do you eat?
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