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Kaiju

Kaiju

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Not sure if allowed to post here but what the hell. I'm gluten intolerant. 6ft, 80kg and want to get to a clean 85-90kg.

Please critique my diet.

Breakfast: Omelette w/ spring onions (2 full eggs / 1 egg white)
Gluten free cornflakes w/Almonds & banana / Lemon water / Multivitamin

Snack: Ham sandwich / Apple

Lunch: Salmon / Sweet potato / Broccoli / Onions

Snack: Tuna & cucumber sandwich / Avocado

Dinner: Beef or pork chop / Rice / Pumpkin / Potato & leek soup

Workout

Post meal: Tuna / Gluten free pasta

Snack: Gluten free rice cereals w/Almonds & blueberries
 
Without specifying weights/quantities of food and at least total calories, preferably with macro breakdown, then you are to some degree sticking your head in the sand.

This would be better off in SA :)
 
Ditch the GF pasta and cereals. Mostly replaced with sugar.

Understand what GF means. GF porridge for example only really means they guarantee no cross contamination with wheat in the factory. Oats are GF anyway and any cross contamination would only be tiny so is it worth the extra cost ad worry? I had some GF flour to make a batter with and it gave me awful stomach ache, worse that wheat.

Are you including a probiotic? My daily start is a pint of filtered water with a pinch of Himalayan salt and a whole lime squeezed in. One Udo choice super 8 pro-biotic and a black coffee. Great kick start before breakfast.
 
Whenever people post stuff like tis I always winder if they eat the same foo every day, day in, day out, week after week. Does someone really have salmon every single day for lunch, o matter what? Seems pretty dull.

And if it is just an example day then the problem is that how do we know it is representative.

And then there is the problem of portions and sizes as BennyC says.



And if you want to gain weight then simply eat more calorific food, lots of ice-cream, pizza, beer and cake. You want o be clean, then take a shower after scoffing a tub of Ben and Jerseys. but it sound suspiciously like you think you can somehow magically gain muscle mass from diet alone, as if that beef will just wrap around your biceps through pure mental desire.

Whatever form of macro-nutrients you eat, if you consume more calories than your basal rate you will simply gain fat, being a male mostly around your belly.
 
D.P. said:
Whenever people post stuff like tis I always winder if they eat the same foo every day, day in, day out, week after week. Does someone really have salmon every single day for lunch, o matter what? Seems pretty dull.

And if it is just an example day then the problem is that how do we know it is representative.

And then there is the problem of portions and sizes as BennyC says.
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I do. I'm salmon mad. Everyday for dinner. Absolutely love it amongst many other fishes. Love a lot of chicken and pork.
 
D.P. said:
And if you want to gain weight then simply eat more calorific food, lots of ice-cream, pizza, beer and cake. You want o be clean, then take a shower after scoffing a tub of Ben and Jerseys.
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Calorific food doesn't need to be processed. Don't get me wrong I eat all of those things you listed above regularly but in moderation and within my TDEE (total daily energy expenditure). There are plenty of wholefood sources that can be used too. Nut butters & nuts themselves, oily fish (mackerel, salmon), oils, avocado's, cheeses, fattier cuts of meat etc all will deliver a more complete micro-nutrient profile.

Whatever form of macro-nutrients you eat, if you consume more calories than your basal rate you will simply gain fat, being a male mostly around your belly.
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Not quite. Eating above BMR (basal metabolic rate) but below TDEE, will result in weight loss. Eating ABOVE TDEE will result in weight gain, i.e. inputting more calories than you output (burn).

Fat gain sites are subjective to the individual, whilst there are trends with both men & women you can't tar everyone with the same brush.
 
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By basal rate I meant your TDEE, although i have never heard of that term before.
And I wasn't being serious about it only going to your belly., if you hadn't noticed my entire post was lighthearted.


I also notice your list of unprocessed/wholefoods. The word processed should be be made illegal when it comes to food because there is nothing inherently wrong with "processing". Those cheeses, oils, nut butter have all been processed. Roast those nuts, oops you've processed them. Drink a nice glass of tap water,oh that's been heavily processed as well. Ice-cream is just sugar, cream and egg yolk mixed and frozen. Beer is hops, water and barley fermented, somewhat like making cheese form mold processing milk.
 
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D.P. said:
And I wasn't being serious about it only going to your belly., if you hadn't noticed my entire post was lighthearted.
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This went over my head :p

I also notice your list of unprocessed/wholefoods. The word processed should be be made illegal when it comes to food because there is nothing inherently wrong with "processing". Those cheeses, oils, nut butter have all been processed. Roast those nuts, oops you've processed them. Drink a nice glass of tap water,oh that's been heavily processed as well. Ice-cream is just sugar, cream and egg yolk mixed and frozen. Beer is hops, water and barley fermented, somewhat like making cheese form mold processing milk.
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If you want to be pedantic :) ... then yes some of those wholefoods have technically undergone processing but they still remain mostly 'whole'. For example 100% nut butters.
 
Without knowing portion sizes that still looks like a hefty chunk of food every day, at a guess maybe 2800-3100 calories give or take a few 100.

I'm about the same height and weight and my BMR is ~1800, TDEE of (2150 calories 15% deficit) based on moderate exercise (5-6 miles walking a day + jiu jitsu for 5 hours a week)

So if your eating almost 3000 a day you'll be gaining 1-2lbs of fat a week unless you training like a beast.
 
Steedie said:
:/ come on now?

I eat salmon every day and have done for a long long time, tuna few times a week as well as numerous other kinds of fish on a daily basis

Am I going to be a walking blob of metal soon?
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Oh, sure - I have roughly two cans of tuna a week, too. ;)

My point is that a varied diet is important for a number f reasons; reducing the risk of mercury accumulation is one (the risks associated with it are relatively low, but how am I supposed to know what your/my/whatever predisposition to mental illness is?).

Eating bacon every day would be awesome... But it also increases the risk of bad stuff happening. Don't get me wrong: I am not saying anybody will get anything, but increasing the likelihood should be done with open eyes. Denial is not managing a risk. ;)
 
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