What's a good diet?

CisWhiteMaelstrom · 2015-07-06T02:09:08+00:00

Protein: Steak/red meat and eggs are king. Anything that comes from animal muscle tissue is great. Dairy's okay. Plants count but they're not ideal. Try to avoid/minimize protein shakes and protein powder. It's for emergencies, not everyday. Have moderate protein in the morning and get heavier as the day goes on in order to keep your stomach from going into overdrive making you feel groggy.

Carbs: Complex carbs. Whatever food you eat, google it to check the carbs, google the glycemic index, anything lower than the mid 50s is fine. Good carbs: Brown rice, quinoa, yams, oats, and barley. Eat your carbs early in the day and not at dinner just because carbs are short term energy, which won't help you much while you sleep.

Nutrients: Try to keep some vegetables in your diet. Broccoli, yams, carrots, cauliflower, etc. Probably easiest to just throw over rice. Take a multivitamin.

Fats: Anything from nuts will be good, cook with olive oil instead of butter, avocados are great too. Get fattier as your day winds down.

Post workout: try to get a meal, not canned or powdered shake or even a bar. If you can't get a meal, make your own shake. I throw milk, peanutbutter, yams, bananas, oranges, avocados, and soft boiled eggs into a blender and mix. Four eggs, four tablespoons of peanut butter, and a cup of milk will have about 50-60 grams of protein depending on your brand which is plenty plus the fat and carbs will be nice too. I add the banana because my friend tells me that some sugar's good after working out. I've got no clue why that is, but that guy's both jacked and a genius so I trust him.

Download MFP to track calories. Don't worry too much about the app's recommendations, just try to get enough calories. Make sure you eat a LOT. You should never feel hungry. If you're not used to eating a lot, you might feel guilty but just roll with it.

Edit: Fuck. misread the question. Thought you needed to bulk. I'm leaving it up though since I already wrote it.

Edit2: Read this for cutting. It'll make your life hell but you'll lose weight so damn fast. Best results I've ever seen, also the most miserable. Good for people with huge will power.

balalasaurus · 2015-07-06T02:04:39+00:00

Keto.

BiggestDickInTheRoom · 2015-07-06T06:18:10+00:00

Getting rid of the gut comes down to one thing: Eat less.

An easy way to do this, track how many calories you are eating exactly to the best of your ability in a week. Take your daily average and make that your maximum. If you aren't losing 1 pound per week, then subtract 50 from this maximum every week until you are. Don't go over your maximum. If you do, then don't beat yourself up about it, just get back on the band wagon the next day.

Now certain foods (protein, high fiber like broccoli) will fill you up better so you aren't hungry and will make things easier. Other foods, like pepsi, do jack shit for you and hardly fill you up at all for the amount of calories. But really, you could lose weight on a diet of pure pepsi or pure bacon as long as you are eating the right amount of calories (although you'd die of vitamin deficiency eventually). There isn't any magic so don't get hung up on which diet is the best. To keep your muscle though, make sure you eat plenty of protein.

mikeyostro · 2015-07-06T02:25:12+00:00

Also check out intermittent fasting on r/leangains. Or Google it. Been doing that for about 6 weeks now and I am surprised with how well it works

Sleazyridr · 2015-07-06T02:24:37+00:00

Like doctor Karl says, eat food, not too much, mostly plants.

TheBigO420 · 2015-07-07T15:07:44+00:00

The blood of your enemies.

Title	What's a good diet?
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Date	July 6, 2015 1:55 AM UTC (11 years ago)
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