I need buff men!!
Replies
-
Buy a reputable protein drink for after the gym. As soon as you're done at the gym, down a serving of the protein drink. I personally recommend Optimum Nutrition Caramel Toffee Fudge (http://www.amazon.com/Optimum-Nutrition-Standard-Caramel-Toffee/dp/B002DYJ0E8) - it came highly recommended from my friend who is a Natural Foods Pharmacist. There are a lot of protein drinks out there, but few are really good FOR you; be careful.
When you're hungry, eat. Just eat good things. Try string beans, celery or other low-carb veggies. Carrots are high in sugar - watch out! Don't eat bananas regularly, they are the potato of the fruit world - high carbs, too.
Eat low-fat cottage cheese. Eat hummus with the string beans. Eat eggs. Drink unsweetened almond milk. If you eat bread, make it multi-grain or whole wheat.
Before you go to the gym, down a 1/2C of dry oats with 1/2C of applesauce - great energy boost from the applesauce to start, great maintenance of energy from the oats to end. Don't forget that protein drink AFTER your workout. Drop a high integrity raw egg into your protein drink, if you can (drop a shelled egg into a glass of cold water - if it sinks AND there are no bubbles, it's safe to eat raw).
Eat a clean protein for dinner - chicken breast or fish, for example. Limit beef to one night a week. Stay away from desserts, and maybe indulge once a week.
Walk, run, bike or do situps/crunches. Don't sit still too long and don't eat & then lie down.
And, drink a lot of water. Drink coconut water to rehydrate, when possible. Drink low-carb Gatorade when you can't get coconut water. You need to replenish electrolytes when you sweat during a workout.
And, finally, check out this workout:
http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/muscle-up-lean-down.html0
This discussion has been closed.
Categories
- All Categories
- 1.4M Health, Wellness and Goals
- 393.7K Introduce Yourself
- 43.8K Getting Started
- 260.3K Health and Weight Loss
- 176K Food and Nutrition
- 47.5K Recipes
- 232.6K Fitness and Exercise
- 431 Sleep, Mindfulness and Overall Wellness
- 6.5K Goal: Maintaining Weight
- 8.6K Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
- 153K Motivation and Support
- 8.1K Challenges
- 1.3K Debate Club
- 96.4K Chit-Chat
- 2.5K Fun and Games
- 3.8K MyFitnessPal Information
- 24 News and Announcements
- 1.2K Feature Suggestions and Ideas
- 2.6K MyFitnessPal Tech Support Questions