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There appears to be more and more information that is either wanted and sought after by members of the bodybuilding community here regarding food/diet.
I think this thread could be useful for people looking to make the right choices when it comes to their nutrition.
I'm no expert, I won't pretend to be but as far as I am concerned, nutrition and diet are more important than the training itself. I would say its 60/40 in favour of nutrition in terms of people reaching a attaining their goals.
ok why do I think it is more important... well I consider these 2 points.... When you go to the gym and if you know what you are doing, 99 percent of the time you will train hard and be happy when you leave. We all have those days when it doesn't go as well, but they are fairly rare. However, its much easier to fall off the wagon when you are trying to eat right, we have busy lives, work long hours and have to socialise etc ... so eating fast foods is something that occassionally can not be avoided (for most.) Staying on track with your diet day in day out is often very difficult.
The second point is the adverse effects of a poor diet. Simply eating the wrong foods before and after your workouts, negate the positive work you done during your workout. Your muscles don't get the nutrients they require to repair and grow etc etc....
Its not just junk/fast foods, its the wrong foods. We want foods that stave off our hunger, so that when it comes to meal times we can make better choices about what we consume, rather than be ravishing hungry and raiding the fridge and end up eating the wrong stuff.
There are dozens of threads and posts that ask the question... "what can I eat" or complaining that "eating this stuff can be boring".. they have a point. Its difficult at first to look for foods that you can eat that can keep you lean and mean or big and brutal!!! We need to have a wide variety of meals to help keep us on track.
So I took this opportunity to start a thread for meals...
We don't have to go down the road of macro's (if you wish to do that; thats fine) I would rather people post a good breakfast, or lunch, dinner, evening meal. The experiences of people that eat just before hitting the sack.. or does everyone eat cottage cheese
I posted this meal the other day on another thread but its such a great meal.
Sweet Jacket potato (yam) to prepare: stab about 12 times,bang it in the microwave for 12 minutes and you are golden!!!
low salt/sugar beans
cottage cheese
black pepper
That is a lovely meal
My staple diet consists of
Salmon or Chicken breast
brown rice (boil in the bag)
Broccolli, boil for only 5 to 10 minutes to keep all the beneficial nutrients!!
Salmon, how I prepare it: Get your salmon from the fridge/freezer, get some tin foil. Place the salmon on the tin foil inside a baking tray, boil a kettle and pour the boiling water onto the salmon, add some olive oil. Sprinkle some black pepper, and lemon pepper onto the salmon and then fold the tin foil around the salmon so you have the bed of water and the salmon sealed. Oven cook at max for 25 minutes and you have a steamed piece of fish that will blow your mind.
So please post some meals that you enjoy that can help us all widen the spectrum of the good meals we can all consume.
I don't want to debate the validity of Training V Diet.. it's only an opinion and one to emphasise the importance of nutrition, albeit.. very crudely
I think this thread could be useful for people looking to make the right choices when it comes to their nutrition.
I'm no expert, I won't pretend to be but as far as I am concerned, nutrition and diet are more important than the training itself. I would say its 60/40 in favour of nutrition in terms of people reaching a attaining their goals.
ok why do I think it is more important... well I consider these 2 points.... When you go to the gym and if you know what you are doing, 99 percent of the time you will train hard and be happy when you leave. We all have those days when it doesn't go as well, but they are fairly rare. However, its much easier to fall off the wagon when you are trying to eat right, we have busy lives, work long hours and have to socialise etc ... so eating fast foods is something that occassionally can not be avoided (for most.) Staying on track with your diet day in day out is often very difficult.
The second point is the adverse effects of a poor diet. Simply eating the wrong foods before and after your workouts, negate the positive work you done during your workout. Your muscles don't get the nutrients they require to repair and grow etc etc....
Its not just junk/fast foods, its the wrong foods. We want foods that stave off our hunger, so that when it comes to meal times we can make better choices about what we consume, rather than be ravishing hungry and raiding the fridge and end up eating the wrong stuff.
There are dozens of threads and posts that ask the question... "what can I eat" or complaining that "eating this stuff can be boring".. they have a point. Its difficult at first to look for foods that you can eat that can keep you lean and mean or big and brutal!!! We need to have a wide variety of meals to help keep us on track.
So I took this opportunity to start a thread for meals...
We don't have to go down the road of macro's (if you wish to do that; thats fine) I would rather people post a good breakfast, or lunch, dinner, evening meal. The experiences of people that eat just before hitting the sack.. or does everyone eat cottage cheese
I posted this meal the other day on another thread but its such a great meal.
Sweet Jacket potato (yam) to prepare: stab about 12 times,bang it in the microwave for 12 minutes and you are golden!!!
low salt/sugar beans
cottage cheese
black pepper
That is a lovely meal
My staple diet consists of
Salmon or Chicken breast
brown rice (boil in the bag)
Broccolli, boil for only 5 to 10 minutes to keep all the beneficial nutrients!!
Salmon, how I prepare it: Get your salmon from the fridge/freezer, get some tin foil. Place the salmon on the tin foil inside a baking tray, boil a kettle and pour the boiling water onto the salmon, add some olive oil. Sprinkle some black pepper, and lemon pepper onto the salmon and then fold the tin foil around the salmon so you have the bed of water and the salmon sealed. Oven cook at max for 25 minutes and you have a steamed piece of fish that will blow your mind.
So please post some meals that you enjoy that can help us all widen the spectrum of the good meals we can all consume.
I don't want to debate the validity of Training V Diet.. it's only an opinion and one to emphasise the importance of nutrition, albeit.. very crudely
