I’ve been eating a f-load of stuff this past month. My staples have been Yogurt, milk and a soy/dairy protein drink. I have sensitive skin I guess to dairy cause my skin has been breaking out worse since I’ve started eating massive quantities of it. It’s nice to make big muscles, but sucks to have terrible skin to not be able to show off my hard work.
Anyway, I’m looking for ways to eat lots of calories and lots of protein without dairy products. My target to eat is 3000-3500 calories and about 200 grams of protein daily. I’m planning on tripling my egg intake, I heard kidney beans are good. I’d be happy with any and all suggestions as long as they are not dairy related. Thanks for the help.
[quote]The Mighty Stu wrote:
Meat, Eggs, Peanut Butter, Beans, Rice.
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FTW. He’s a pro.
My skin is the same way, I cut out dairy completely about 2 years ago (along with vegetable oils and processed breads/grains). Nuts/Seeds are also another great way to get calories, but they do affect some peoples skin, so experiment with them first before you start downing them.
Just make sure your getting enough calcium now that your cutting dairy, especially with the high protein intake.
Thanks for the help. Yea, I am still searching the forums and everywhere. So far so good, getting lots of info. I ate two cans of kidney bean tonight and going to grill some burgers for myself in a hour, yummy, and got some gluten wheat free refined sugar free lemon shortcakes for desert, damn they were good.
Thanks Stu, I totally forgot about peanut butter. I love that stuff so that should be easy to implement
Thanks for the tip WestCoast7, I have been reading on calcium substitutes. Broccoli seems to be a darn good source of calcium so I’m implementing that tomorrow.
I’m loving getting back in shape, days off kill me cause I can’t wait for my muscles to recoup and to hit the weight. Tomorrow will be a good day Can’t wait to punish those weights.
[quote]The Mighty Stu wrote:
Meat, Eggs, Peanut Butter, Beans, Rice.
S[/quote]
FTW. He’s a pro.
My skin is the same way, I cut out dairy completely about 2 years ago (along with vegetable oils and processed breads/grains). Nuts/Seeds are also another great way to get calories, but they do affect some peoples skin, so experiment with them first before you start downing them.
Just make sure your getting enough calcium now that your cutting dairy, especially with the high protein intake.[/quote]
I’ve cut out dairy as well to see if it would help my skin and I was wondering how much calcium is needed a day or is the amount needed related to weight, total calories, total protein, etc?
How much peanut butter should I consume? 2 tbsp containts 7 grams protein and 190 calories.
Kamel, here is a link to a site that shows the recommended calcium levels and all sorts of other vitamin and mineral levels as well. http://www.upstate.edu/nysopep/intake.php
A trick I always suggest to younger guys who “can’t gain weight” is to just eat a big spoonful of peanut butter after every feeding. If you approximate each ‘serving’ of PB to be 200 cals and 9g protein,… adding this to 5 meals a day (minimum) will get you another 1000 cals and almost 50g protein in addition to what you’re already eating (not to mention all the healthy fats and fiber!)
I have sensitive skin as well and recently switched out my milk for ALMOND milk, either regular or vanilla flavored. Takes a few days to get used to the taste but after that it is delicious and tastes great in shakes.
[quote]jermaine0321 wrote:
I have sensitive skin as well and recently switched out my milk for ALMOND milk, either regular or vanilla flavored. Takes a few days to get used to the taste but after that it is delicious and tastes great in shakes.[/quote]
Almond milk is really good. I use it to get in my calcium and vary my fat intake because i eat a lot of saturated fats (meat, eggs). A good trick is have the peanut butter jar sitting at your desk when your on the computer and just randomly eat it with a spoon.
Thanks for the tip Stu. I’m trying to watch what I eat cause at 29, my youth is bye bye and I can put on weight in the form of fat easier now at my age. as long as I know I can consume 1000 calories of peanut butter without gaining unwanted weight. I’m working out 2 days on 2 days off and do cardio on the off days so I figure I should and have been seeing my size increase in a good way, an solid inch gain in my arms has been very nice, though I’m starting to grow out of shirts.
Really??? Geeee i’m stupid… i loose almost 1/3 of my all hair and couldn’t understand how on earth is it possible because i eat tons of meat/egg whites every day and cut all dairy products. so this is why… because of calcium. so i need to have more calcium if i have a lot of protein in my diet?
did you change your mind? you think other way now? please advice, for women. if enough protein from meat and eggs, do you need to take calcium additionally to diet?
o sorry dint notice you were a woman. Well it isnt “sophies choice” calciums cheap, you can even take the egg shells, heat em up and grind them. try for a couple weeks why not.
Can’t wait to punish those weights.
because of calcium. so i need to have more calcium if i have a lot of protein in my diet? 
did you change your mind? you think other way now?