Still behind. I’m gonna down some Natty PB and Metabolic Drive before bed. Took me 1.5 hours to nibble away at 6 scrambled eggs and a ham steak after my workout.
As much as I never could have imagined it, eating goals (ie eating MORE) is harder than the workouts…[/quote]
As the resident fat guy, its even hard for me to eat right after a good training session. I usually have a protein shake with 60g protein and a half cup of oatmeal waiting in the car. I have found that after an hour, I kin eats jest fine.
Sometimes eating seems to be the hardest workout. There are times when I have a very difficult time getting interested in food. Those times when nothing is appealing, time for a smoothie, just pour it down the hatch.
The problem I’m having lately is that I’m trying to hit the calories with food and save the shakes for pre/post WO.
Some days, man, I just can’t chew the food. The other thing is I work out at 6PM or so, so by time I get done, chug shake and cook dinner, it’s like 8-830, then I want to go to bed, but I’m still way down.
I need to start ‘front loading’ better.
Last night, I downed a few TBS of PB and ate 3 cheddar cheese sticks. That got me up past 4k, but not quite 4500.
The problem I’m having lately is that I’m trying to hit the calories with food and save the shakes for pre/post WO.
Some days, man, I just can’t chew the food. The other thing is I work out at 6PM or so, so by time I get done, chug shake and cook dinner, it’s like 8-830, then I want to go to bed, but I’m still way down.
I need to start ‘front loading’ better.
Last night, I downed a few TBS of PB and ate 3 cheddar cheese sticks. That got me up past 4k, but not quite 4500.
I’m wasting away to nothing!!! ;)[/quote]
Turn sideways and you’ll disappear like a wisp of smoke.
Do you take extra virgin olive oil? That’s what was recommended to me when I needed to get my weight up for my last meet.
Sometimes I’ll add a few Tblspoons to my shakes (or Safflower oil) just for the calories. The taste of the shake masks it, and it actually thickens the shake.
I’ve been trying to ‘chew’ all my calories lately, but yeah, you’re right, in a pinch just down the oil eh?
Youse guys are cruel! Here I am, drinking allmost all of my calories (all 1300 to 1500 of 'em), and y’all are talking about how HARD it is to eat enough!
Nice work. I really like the shrugs. I haven’t done any since I got my free weights, but I can’t imagine trying to shrug 405#. I’d be happy just to stand there holding it.
You are getting some awesome feedback for your lifts…
OUTSTANDING WORK!!
Btw- I think I’ve stalked you in another post with this question, but what part of Maine are you in?
We lived in Brunswick for 4 years, and just moved down here last year…I LOVE love LOVE Maine, and we probably make it our home one day, once the hubby is done with this NAVY job of his We had plans of staying(permanently) when we moved up there, but they decided to close that base down…bummer.