DM 1234
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Apologies in advance for the length of this post. I’ve been analysing myself and this is bit of a brain dump of where I am.
I struggle with getting my nutrition right due to:
Cultural / upbringing views on food and love for Indian food (no, its not a real curry without lots of ghee / butter)
Conflicting and confusing information on carbs, grains, dairy
Conflicting and confusing information on fasting, duration of it and frequency of it
Avoiding cooking myself
So, I’ve been trying to follow my own version of eat clean and it hasn’t worked. A lot of slip ups with refined sugar consumption (though I can curtail those quite easily) and daily curries with too much fat. Probably too many carbs.
I recently reviewed this forum and Geoff’s advice in MKM, Confidential Report and KB Express ULTRA (which by the way all brilliantly sum up how one should eat, however I was unable to appreciate, grasp and follow this when I first saw it, perhaps it was too much of a leap for me).
The simple advice of mostly eat protein/fat + veg and eat starches post workout is simple enough on paper but I didn’t know what it means at a practical level and how to adopt it (that and the thought of giving up delicious curries cooked in abundant amounts of butter and rice / bread every day - and getting cooked food without me worrying about it).
In addition to Geoff’s advice, this article on the PN site has *REALLY* helped me:
http://www.precisionnutrition.com/fix-a-broken-diet
Three steps outlined in this article:
Identify and remove nutritional deficiencies
MY ACTION: take vitamins daily and eat vegetables (ideally a lot of them)
Adjust food amount and type
MY ACTION: Assess progress after 3 weeks (27th May) and adjust accordingly
Fine tune the details (not considered as important as first two)
MY ACTION: restrict starches to post workout
Other two articles worth reading, referenced in the above article are:
http://www.precisionnutrition.com/eat-right-for-your-body-type
http://www.precisionnutrition.com/calorie-control-guide
Why this post:
Incase it might help someone else in my situation (I know most people here have their nutrition tuned)
Hoping that putting this on the forum might help me to stick to this style of eating and I can reach out for support if and when needed
A day in life (Monday 11th May):
Breakfast: black coffee x2
Lunch: grilled veg + large grilled white fish
PM: 2 scoops whey shake in milk + a banana + fish oil
Dinner: Heap of green stuff + grilled chicken breasts with peri peri sauce
LOTS of water all day
Two cups of tea
I'm looking for good recipe books with quick meals so I don't get bored of eating the same things, any recommendations would be appreciated. Shredded Chef looks good, might order that.
I struggle with getting my nutrition right due to:
Cultural / upbringing views on food and love for Indian food (no, its not a real curry without lots of ghee / butter)
Conflicting and confusing information on carbs, grains, dairy
Conflicting and confusing information on fasting, duration of it and frequency of it
Avoiding cooking myself
So, I’ve been trying to follow my own version of eat clean and it hasn’t worked. A lot of slip ups with refined sugar consumption (though I can curtail those quite easily) and daily curries with too much fat. Probably too many carbs.
I recently reviewed this forum and Geoff’s advice in MKM, Confidential Report and KB Express ULTRA (which by the way all brilliantly sum up how one should eat, however I was unable to appreciate, grasp and follow this when I first saw it, perhaps it was too much of a leap for me).
The simple advice of mostly eat protein/fat + veg and eat starches post workout is simple enough on paper but I didn’t know what it means at a practical level and how to adopt it (that and the thought of giving up delicious curries cooked in abundant amounts of butter and rice / bread every day - and getting cooked food without me worrying about it).
In addition to Geoff’s advice, this article on the PN site has *REALLY* helped me:
http://www.precisionnutrition.com/fix-a-broken-diet
Three steps outlined in this article:
Identify and remove nutritional deficiencies
MY ACTION: take vitamins daily and eat vegetables (ideally a lot of them)
Adjust food amount and type
MY ACTION: Assess progress after 3 weeks (27th May) and adjust accordingly
Fine tune the details (not considered as important as first two)
MY ACTION: restrict starches to post workout
Other two articles worth reading, referenced in the above article are:
http://www.precisionnutrition.com/eat-right-for-your-body-type
http://www.precisionnutrition.com/calorie-control-guide
Why this post:
Incase it might help someone else in my situation (I know most people here have their nutrition tuned)
Hoping that putting this on the forum might help me to stick to this style of eating and I can reach out for support if and when needed
A day in life (Monday 11th May):
Breakfast: black coffee x2
Lunch: grilled veg + large grilled white fish
PM: 2 scoops whey shake in milk + a banana + fish oil
Dinner: Heap of green stuff + grilled chicken breasts with peri peri sauce
LOTS of water all day
Two cups of tea
I'm looking for good recipe books with quick meals so I don't get bored of eating the same things, any recommendations would be appreciated. Shredded Chef looks good, might order that.