My breakfast today

ironhajee
ironhajee Posts: 384 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Hey there my fitness Pal and even the Fitness FREAAAAKS!! ( I saw this guy going bananas on two 100lb dummbells today and just thrwing them around like bananas in fact.

My entry today is actually about Breakfast! First a bit of background information! I am a mid twenties young man and about 151lbs soaking wet. I am training triathlon which is a multi endurance sport that consists of three diciplines
1.) Swimming
2.) Cycling (Road)
3. Running

The demands of this sport are quite high and they can often take away from social life like the weekend parties or the Tuesday matinee at the nearby Cineplex Theatre. Additionally, the demand from training itself I find has me always eating lol!

So without further much blah blah about nothing this was my breakfast and would love your input on is this an okay meal to have as recovery!!

3 large eggs w/ yoke OMELLETTE (i dunno how to spell that one)
2 slices Turkey Bacon
100grams Ground Beef mixed into the OM NOMELETTE pre cook

now first I already know there was way to much protein in this meal but all good the grand total caloric intake of this meal is arround 925 -975 I believe!

Input below and go :)

Cheers
Immy!

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  • ironhajee
    ironhajee Posts: 384 Member
    Oh sorry and a HUGE bowl of Porridge and a dash of mill and a sprinkly of sugar (cant seem to stomach oats without some cream and sugar)
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    Sounds pretty good to me.... I usually limit fat in postWO meals, so would have used 1 yolk and whites, but that's personal preference
  • blankiefinder
    blankiefinder Posts: 3,599 Member
    Are you getting some carbs immediately after training to replenish glycogen stores? (For any practices over 2 hours, especially!)

    My daughter eats a large serving of hash browns, 3 scrambled eggs and 2 pieces of toast with butter after her morning practices, she is around 110 pounds, 17 years old.
  • ironhajee
    ironhajee Posts: 384 Member
    Hey to respond to both of you guys! Thank you for your opinions!

    You know, livingclean you are right actually I alway have concerns with eating eggs with the yolk something I should look at moving forward indeed! Thanks for your input mate! Keep gaining no complaining is the Motto lol!

    Thank you BlankieFinder (what a great name) wish I had a blankie finder some nights! Anyway I try to do that but not immediately after my workout since the blood is being utilized by other muscles, I usually do a morning workout ranging from 1-2 hours, I arrive home and immediately draw an ice bath (cold bath) since I dont have ice but same principal. Then my meal is balanced with all the nutrients

    Do you think I should be getting in carbohydrates to refill my glycogen stores immediately? Also what are some options that you like for that situatiion?


    Cheers Dudes!
    Hello From Canada!
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    given your high activity level I would throw in a bagel into the mix as well …

    turkey bacon, really??? Is there a reason you are going with that over real bacon?

  • ironhajee
    ironhajee Posts: 384 Member
    I dont know if I mentioned this earlier but its my guilty pleasure and eating it has no nutritional vavlue to me - it stokes my pleasure fire and I live on a motto to never stresss TOO hard on what to eat. Turkey Bacon is just a great little addition to my breakfast meals - I know there's debate out there about is it processed.

    In my personal opinion, to answer your second question, yes I think Turkey anything is much better alternate to Pig Bacon - as well, I have religious beliefs that I am trying to follow.

    Cheers!
  • ironhajee
    ironhajee Posts: 384 Member
    my only issue is I am eating soo much food and I am still loosing weight dreastically - what can I do?

    I am currently now 147llb in 2 days from 150.2 ugh its scary because I haven't even started the serious training :(

    Does this have to do with metabolism and I would appreciate your suggesions!

    mUch love My Fitness Pals
  • blankiefinder
    blankiefinder Posts: 3,599 Member
    According to one of the provincial athletic nutritionists, when you are training at a certain level and above, you need to have carbs within a 20-30 minute timeframe after practice to replenish glycogen stores, or it will take several days to recover. I just want to note that this will not apply to most of the posters here at MFP, so you may get a bunch of replies saying 'this isn't necessary'. And for the average athlete, it's not.
    expediting glycogen resynthesis is important for a narrow subset of endurance sports where the duration between glycogen-depleting events is limited to less than approximately 8 hours [31]. Similar benefits could potentially be obtained by those who perform two-a-day split resistance training bouts (i.e. morning and evening) provided the same muscles will be worked during the respective sessions.
    Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition

    Also, if you are losing weight, you need to eat more. I have this issue with my kids every year when they return to training after their one month off. You don't want it to be complete junk, after all, you're putting a lot of demands on your body and want it to perform. I would suggest adding in some calorie dense foods like bagels with cream cheese, avocado, real butter, bananas, potatoes, and lots of protein for maintaining and building muscle mass. My kids are also a fan of ice cream and chocolate croissants too, if you're burning 1200-2000 calories a day, what the heck :)

    How many hours of training are you doing per day & per week? (for example, mine do 3 to 5.5 hours a day, 8 practices per week, 16 hours swimming, 6 hours dryland (cardio & weights) per week.)
  • ironhajee
    ironhajee Posts: 384 Member
    HI thanks for your response Blankie Finder! As my volume increases my training days look somewhat like this it ranges of course as I am a complete newbie to the world of high volume training but roughly here are some numbers
    4-8 Hours a WEEK (i only recently started paying attention to hours spent training)
    10-22 miles running
    3000 - 7000 meters swimming (not very big numbers here)
    2-3 hours cycling

    Depending on the intensity of effort as well glycogen may not even be utilized. I read somewhere that in fact at low "recovery" intensities the body fuels off of fat more than it does glycogen. As the intensity increases the body starts using more glycogen as fuel and less dependant on fat. Can you confirm this?

    That's the thing I also do not want to fill up on just any kind of fuel, with my budget (25 year old living on my own with support of mom and dad) I try to rely on healthier options such as pastas, rices, lean proteins and veggies. On ocassion when its an emergency like right now I resort to pizzas, hamburgers, chicken strips LOL - My weight is dipping alarmingly low!! Ahhhh! Its like a high end Supercar - can't just fill er' up with any ol' gasoline eh?!

    My meals are all based after a solid shower/ice bath usually that take 15 minutes and I walk home from my training center so when all is said and done I am usually having lunch or dinner about 45 minutes post work out and thats if I have no other obligations.

    Again thank you so much for your insight its very helpful! Do your kids focus on swimming or are they training for triathlon because those are some big numbers per week! I am really excited to start hitting longer hours and miles in the training book!!

    Hope you had a good weekend mate!
    Cheers!!
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    Could you take some sort of Smoothie or shake to have post training? It'll help get some nutrients in, and bump up your calories for the day.

    Some protein (powder), carb dense fruit (bananas are good) and milk (dairy or non dairy), with perhaps some oats all blended beforehand and taken in a chiller bag?
  • paj315
    paj315 Posts: 335 Member
    Your immediate post workout meal should consist of fast digesting carbs, to replenish those glycogen stores. Cereals are good choice here, also white rice, ripe bananas, dates. You wanna keep fats low in your post workout meals as the fat slows down the absorption of your carbs. The exact ratio of protein to carbs is variable but I used the recommendation 2:1 carbs to protein.

  • ironhajee
    ironhajee Posts: 384 Member
    Yes @paj315 thank you very much for that reminder! I try my best to have a balanced meal consisting of something like 30% protein 50% carbohydrates and 20% fats ( but I don't really measure just yet ahah I kinda just eyeball and hope the ratios work out) as @livingleanlivingclean mentioned I think I might just need to start eating more or adding some liquid gold (shakes) for that little bump in calories - I am still trying to figure out and expirement what foods and post workout meals really help me recover fast enough to maintain high productivity in the gym. So far, things like an Ice Bath followed by a plate of white rice, chic peas and tomato sauce with seasonig (for the days I try not to eat lean meats) are really good.

    In fact, I am doing some reasearch later this morning on nutrition. Gotta learn the fundamentals first right?

    @livingleanlivingclean Thank you very much for that tip - in fact that is another dietary strategy I will be trying in the near future! Recovery shakes mm I am already drooling over the idea! In terms of endurance sport is there a particular brand of protein powder that you recommend?

    Thank again guys!
    Have a killer Monday
    xo
  • FunkyTobias
    FunkyTobias Posts: 1,776 Member
    Turkey bacon is an abomination
  • ironhajee
    ironhajee Posts: 384 Member
    Its my abomination :) For those of us that can't enjoy Pig Bacon lol..
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