Recovery shakes or something else.. Help!

Usually meat and carbs. My diet is poor but I don't known what to have that won't make me put weight on.

Last night I had a homemade curry and rice. Last week I had the same, I had a pizza another night and cereal the other night.
 
Read these threads.

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18299646
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18474510

They're more focused towards gym work but the foundations are exactly the same either way, you can eat anything it's all about portion sizes. One food will not lead to more weight gain than another but one food will provide a lot more nutrition than another for the same kcals.

Throwing a recovery shake on top of your current diet will just do more harm than good at worst and be a total waste of money at best.
 
tom_e talks the truth. You'll benefit a lot more from educating yourself about nutrition than by randomly slipping in a protein/whatever shake :)

Also, start tracking your food intake accurately with MyFitnessPal or the like.
 
^^ as above -

Pizza/Ravioli on toast, Muffin, and Cereal isn't going to help you long term by a long stretch!

I tend to eat low carb/high "good" fat meals when not cycling/gym etc, and carb/protein meal after gym/cycling. Proper "clean" food will make a much more manageable weight loss and long term sustainability to your eating.

Don't "diet" - eat properly and it's much easier to manage.

Share you food intake and exercise for the last 2 weeks - that will help
 
booyaka said:
^^ as above -

Pizza/Ravioli on toast, Muffin, and Cereal isn't going to help you long term by a long stretch!

I tend to eat low carb/high "good" fat meals when not cycling/gym etc, and carb/protein meal after gym/cycling. Proper "clean" food will make a much more manageable weight loss and long term sustainability to your eating.

Don't "diet" - eat properly and it's much easier to manage.

Share you food intake and exercise for the last 2 weeks - that will help
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I think the "don't diet" is one of the most important things. It's certainly helped me a lot. This isn't a short term thing: It needs to be a lifestyle change. You'll feel miles better for it. If I stray from eating healthy food now, or eat too much processed stuff, I feel pretty awful.

Getting your 5+ a day fruit and veg will go a long way to helping make you feel better too! But the guys above probably have better advice than me, as I still find I'm making mistakes with my diet, and I can definitely improve what I eat.
 
What should a day to diet consist of then because as you can see mine isnt anywhere near decent lol.

I need a decent diet as mine is basically eat minimal amounts often.

Even my main meals are getting smaller, its harder working nights as I cant eat when I get home as im in bed asleep within a hour.
 
FrenchTart said:
As above, can you post your logging for the past couple of weeks?
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This - post what your eating.

Eating less and less does you no good at all.

This is a decent book if your struggling for some inspiration for food etc - wife has it. Good meals, separated into "non workout days" and post "workout" meals etc

All 15 mins cooking generally - good portions, no "dieting" etc

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lean-15-minute-workouts-healthy/dp/1509800662

Not saying this is the be all and end all of your food eating but it gives you simple ideas on how to eat properly without starving yourself!
 
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