Fiddleman

How is "blowing it" eating a protein bar? Seriously!! You will be fine...

Great job dean. You are looking really fit!

OK - so I have been thinking about how to increase Protein up to the sweet spot of eating 1.5 g per 1 lb body weight. For me that is about 240 g protein a day. I get about 150 now and am eating 6 x s day heavily focused on 25-40 g protein a meal. Sometimes I sneak in an extra meal for 7 meals a day. My weight is slightly dropping about 3 lbs a week on this eating plan and lean muscle mass is increasing, but would definitely grow slightly if eating TDEE + 200 calories. The big100 bars have 28-32 oz g protein per bar and about 400 calories each. It would be a way to also get calories closer to TDEE. Drinking 2 scoops instead of 1 scoop will help get 40-50 g protein per shake. I never thought it would be so hard to eat enough. It might also help to eat smaller meals every waking hour (instead of every 3 hours). Let's see, assuming awake for 15 hours then that works out to be 3 meals of 40 g (either big 100 bars or higher calorie shakes that are 32 oz or higher) and 9 meals of 15 g equaling 120 g + 130 g = 250 g of protein. That works out to be 250 x 4 cal/g = 1000 cal. Another 1200 calories would be split between good fats and carbs. Not sure how to play it out yet. I think I am going to need some help with figuring how to eat 240 g protein daily with also eating the right amount of good carb and fats to total around 2300 calories. My goal is to build up my body so want to eat about 2300 calories a day or 200 calories more then my TDEE of 2100. I do workout 6 x a week. 3 days of intense lifting for about 45 minutes, 2 days of cross fit for an hour and 1 day of circuit training for 1 hour. The last day contains "easy" exercise that is not intense. This is complicated and expensive. Phew. Help?

Gleaned it from a rep at Vitamin Shoppe.

This week, I just started spreading some peanut butter on my banana or apple to get a good ratio of protein, fats and carbs. Really tasty snack for before working out. My question is which brand or type is best to use? I am currently using jiffy because that is what is in the house. I know it is not the best choice. I also don't want to use a PB2 spread nor do I want to eat a low carb version of peanut butter (nasty!). I am pretty open to suggestions, but do want it to taste good and easy to spread. Also, I am maintaining and am pretty active daily with my workouts. Any suggestions?

Today, I found out men can digest 40 g of Protein per serving. News to me. I always thought it was 30 g for both men and women. Women are still advised to max out at 30 g. Men and women should not go over these limits or risk storing the extra protein as fat. Time to start doubling up the protein scoops to hit 40 g per dose. We want to achieve 1-1.5 g gram of protein per lean body mass to build up muscle after reaching goal. Before goal, it is better to achieve 1 g protein per lean body mass to prevent wasting of muscle.

The typical baggage would be like eating high sugar or high fat food. This is going to sabotage a person's efforts during the transformation. Also drinking too much alcohol or caffeine might also get in your way. Things like that. Try and eat as cleanly as possible, almost a paleo diet.

Yup, definitely possible. You just need to wait until your doctor clears you for alcohol and then be aware that you may be affected by alcohol differently now. I enjoy a nice glass from time to time as a post op. one glass is usually enough for me in a sitting.

Isn't that a wonderful NSV! And you did it on accident?!?!? How luck are you. My candid shots always break the camera. They don't look good.

Muse songs like Uprising, super massive black hole, resistance and more. Awesome to run with. Imagine dragon songs like Demons, Radioactive, In time and more. Awesome to run with. The following are also good and part of my running mix: Beautiful day by U2 Eye of the Tiger by Great white Start me up by the Rolling Stones Trojans by atlas Genius Beat it by Michael Jackson Gangstas paradise Born to run by Bruce Springsteen Rocky 1 theme Misirlou from Gangstas Paradise Rolling in the deep by Adele Do 't stop believing by Journey Moves like jagger by Maroon 5 Party rock anthem by lmfao Let's get it started by Black eye peas Walking on sunshine by Katrina & the waves Feel good inc by gorillas Sexy back by Justin timber lake Sex on fire by kings of Leon Yeah! By usher Walk by foo fighters Somebody told me by the killers Month of may by arcade fire Panic switch by silver sun pickups Panic station by Muse Seven nation army by the white stripes Won't turn back by needtobreathe Everybody by sister hazel Sexy and I know it by lmfao Viva la vida by Coldplay These songs are mostly used for running. I lift mostly in silence so I can really focus on what I am doing.

Everyone is doing great! Keep up the praise reports!

Isn't it strange with so many people struggling with the BA chewable tabs that they would not do something drastic like change their formula? I took them some 11 months ago and Always threw up with them. Consistently, every single day! Celebrate capsules also caused me to throw up. This was real throwing up, not sliming. I could not take throwing up every morning so switched to tabs from Trader Joe. These did not cause me to throw up. For the last 45 months I have been taking GNC extreme athlete which has been working out really nicely for me.

I use 2 scoops of muscle milk light, but only because each scoop is 12.5 grams of protein and I want 25 grams of protein. The gelled chia seeds do tend to thicken the shake up and also captures the flavor well with 8-10 oz of water.

Did you find this out day of your surgery? Hopefully not...

Last week was a good week. I kept on the same type of eating and workout program as the prior week. This week, I am going to up the weights by 5 lbs. I bought a Bowflex adjustable dumbbell set on Sunday that ranges from 5-55. It will make it very easy to progress through the weight amounts without going out and buying individual dumbbells. I am super excited about using these now on my push, pull and legs day. In the future, I want to use them with pdx90. Down 3 lbs this week at 185. Yay!! Muscle definition is improving and fat % is 16%. Super psyched about our small group of transformers on this thread. Keep up the great work!

I believe ( yes, it is a belief!) that it is OK and actually healthy for you to have 1 cheat meal 1 time a week. Not more often then that. The 1 cheat meal gives you something to look forward to and also resets your caloric burn rate, or rather, your BMR, for the next stretch of low calorie dieting. It is a sane way to approach eating as a maintaining post op. The key is not to make It a habit of more then 1 meal. I do not yet eat cheat meals, but i see it as ideal for most as a 'normal' approach to eating after you reach goal. I am glad you enjoyed the peach cobbler and ice cream.

Most collagen is considered useless, but not all. Please consider the following research on hydrolyzed collagen: http://m.obesityhelp.com/forums/amos/3502429/PROTEIN-BULLET-CONTROVERSY/