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Ok so this is what my typical ULC day looks like. Breakfast: Sometimes I skip it. Sometimes I'll eat a cheddar hot dog frank (only 1 carb) about 13 hours after my last meal. And recently I've mixed fiber powder and coconut oil with almond milk. I don't like coffee. Lunch 11 a.m.: about 10 ounces of a ground turkey/ground beef mixture seasoned with cayenne pepper or cajun seasoning (no carbs). I sprinkle that with shredded cheese. Snack 2-3 p.m.: 2 slices of cheese and some pepperoni. Workout at 530. Immediately after workout I have a protein shake mixed with fiber powder. 5g carbs in that. Dinner: Unbreaded hot wings and one chicken breast in frank's red hot buffalo sauce. Sometimes I'll have salmon and sometimes I'll have a hamburger patty. A few times a week I'll put some steamed broccoli with it. Anyhow the lunch meal is just not holding me over. By the time I reach my snack I'm ravenously hungry and it does nothing to tide me over. Yesterday I cut my workout short because I was sooooo hungry. What do you think I could do or add to make sure I'm not just starving by workout time? In the past I've fallen off the wagon with other diets because I've been just starving and eaten whatever I can get my hands on. I'm a big guy and it takes a lot to fill me up and keep me full. And I'm afraid of falling off the wagon and just pigging for dinner if I don't get it under lockdown. It's already hardy enough for me having cut the variety out of my meals. I'm eating pretty much the same thing every day. But, that's because I'm preparing meals in advance and with a son in his terrible two's and being a single parent I have to just make a bunch of food for the week, otherwise I wouldn't have time.
Sir, have you considered in adding more food to that meal and possibly a similar amount to the snack time? What I do to help with funds and all, is that I try to get to Walmart early in the morning when the meat hits the shelves, and see if there is any reduced meat sales. If so, and something I normally get I buy it because you can make right then and there to save for the week or store it till later. It honestly helps, sometimes you can get the 85/15 Angus Patties for a lower price to help with meal planning during the week.
I guess I'm trying to figure out what to add? I thought about some hardboiled eggs with lunch. Or some olives (i love olives). Or maybe a salad with a fatty dressing?
A salad is great, I wouldn't recommend a fatty dressing like Ranch, but coconut oil may suffice or butter. Hardboiled eggs need a fat source to it or just make some scrammbled eggs ahead of time cooked with a fat source
Dude, eat another meal rather than a snack, then your hunger won't destroy your kitchen. Maybe add some fibrous veggies to your fats and proteins. Hopefully this will keep hunger at bay. ..
Dude, eat another meal rather than a snack, then your hunger won't destroy your kitchen. Maybe add some fibrous veggies to your fats and proteins. Hopefully this will keep hunger at bay. ..
See the thing is, I'm an insurance adjuster. So I do a ton of field work. So in the afternoon I usually only have time to eat in my car. I don't really have access to a microwave to heat up some meat.
Wow. Sounds like you need to eat more.
Keep a cooler. Cold chick steak or pork taste fine. Eggs are fine too but like others have said add some fat. I have had success with avocado as the but others don't like that here. Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2
Wow. Sounds like you need to eat more.
Yeah and I'm struggling with the eating more on an ULC meal. I don't know what else to add. I guess I could eat a whole pound of beef/ground turkey but that'll eventually get expensive. A cooler isn't really feasible either. I'm in and out of my car, climbing roofs and going to salvage yards. Most guys don't even eat becuase they're so busy in the afternoon. I need something that stuffs in my face fast with no mess. Too bad beef jerky is so damned expensive. Plus I'm looking for things I don't have to cook for that snack. Like I said I'm a single dad and I don't want to spend my nights at home with my son (which are limited since i go to the gym after work) cooking my dinner, lunch for the next day and then a snack.
For about 50 bucks you can get a dehydrator and make your own ita pretty easy.Sent from my DROID RAZR using Tapatalk 2
Wow. Sounds like you need to eat more.
Yeah and I'm struggling with the eating more on an ULC meal. I don't know what else to add. I guess I could eat a whole pound of beef/ground turkey but that'll eventually get expensive. A cooler isn't really feasible either. I'm in and out of my car, climbing roofs and going to salvage yards. Most guys don't even eat becuase they're so busy in the afternoon. I need something that stuffs in my face fast with no mess. Too bad beef jerky is so damned expensive. Plus I'm looking for things I don't have to cook for that snack. Like I said I'm a single dad and I don't want to spend my nights at home with my son (which are limited since i go to the gym after work) cooking my dinner, lunch for the next day and then a snack.
It's up to you to figure it out. This is simply going to be a test of your dedication.
man up and drink coffee.. and honestly don't drink it, chug it. coffee + coconut oil(since you already use it). drink 1 cup in the morning before lunch, and another cup after lunch. i feel you though, when you go hard in the gym the following days you can be fucking starving, but as long as your getting the proper amount of protein + fat you just have to realize that the feeling of starving is your body burning up all the excess fat. just give coffee a try for 2 weeks straight, your going to hate it, but on the 15th day if your not addicted to the high from the caffeine and can stand the taste then start looking for something else. edit: how much do you weigh? i think your eating to little, but trust me even after you adjust your lunch/snack your still going to be hungry without carbs. *aka drink coffee.
I weigh 315.Am I just drinking straight black coffee? I don't even like coffee with cream and sugar. What about tea with coconut oil?
Yea Id say deff eat more.. for a salad try chicken, butter, lots of salt and pepper, garlic powder and douce that shit in parmesan cheese.. Mmm
11-5:30 is a long stretch without a proper meal again before your workout. and I can sympathize with the challenge of eating more at meals or more meals period. I would have a fair amount of green veggies with lunch at least. I've gotten used to replacing a snack with a sort of mini-meal like wrapping some sandwich meat in a piece of cheese, maybe lettuce too, and eating 2 of those. It's about 25g of protein and 20g of fat but holds me well for a couple hours. Costco has some excellent sliced buffalo style chicken breast that has been a welcome change for me in this regard. The challenge is always finding something new to keep things fresh AND fitting it into your schedule.Coffee will suppress the hunger, but you may not feel any better come workout time if you don't increase the food intake.
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