What I eat to stay fit?

dukeingram wrote: »

collectingblues wrote: »

So... you give all of your money to Quest?

You can get better nutrients without the fillers for a lot cheaper.

Cheaper than a medical bill and giving it all to a doctor.

There are cheaper ways to avoid that...significantly cheaper. Your palate, and your wallet, will thank you. Also I don't think you understand the idea that eating xyz foods doesn't mean that you'll be fit. Exercising will increase your fitness, but eating in a specific way or buying Quest products will not.

aokoye wrote: »

dukeingram wrote: »

collectingblues wrote: »

So... you give all of your money to Quest?

You can get better nutrients without the fillers for a lot cheaper.

Cheaper than a medical bill and giving it all to a doctor.

There are cheaper ways to avoid that...significantly cheaper. Your palate, and your wallet, will thank you. Also I don't think you understand the idea that eating xyz foods doesn't mean that you'll be fit. Exercising will increase your fitness, but eating in a specific way or buying Quest products will not.

This.

Quest does not give some magical nutrition. There are far cheaper and more nutritious ways to get protein, and a lack of produce is not exactly the picture of health.

Well...I think those boxes are bright and colorful. I bet they look really pretty in your cabinet.

Those waffles however...they are on the dark side. I can't be eating any burnt waffles. I did oatmeal and pumpkin waffles this past weekend. They turned out a really nice pretty color of desert orange.

dukeingram wrote: »

Im also a weekend Vegan. Starting off slow. But I'll never give up chicken.

For fun I looked up the ingredients on the teriyaki chick’n strips:

gardein™: Water, Organic Cane Sugar, Soy Protein Isolate, Vital Wheat Gluten, Canola Oil, Tamari Soy Sauce (Water, Soybeans, Salt, Sugar), Salted Sake (Water, Rice, Salt), Organic Distilled Vinegar, Methylcellulose, Organic Ancient Grain Flour (Khorasan Wheat, Amaranth, Millet, Quinoa), Ginger Puree, Yeast Extract, Organic Yeast Extract, Sea Salt, Dried Garlic, Potato Starch, Garlic Powder, Natural Flavors, Color Added, Malt Extract (Malted Barley, Water), Dried Onion, Onion Powder, Spices, Organic Soy Sauce Powder, Xanthan Gum, Pea Protein, Turmeric Extractives

So again, not a whole lot of produce. Meanwhile, if you had 100g of boneless skinless chicken breast you'd get nearly twice the amount of protein (which you seem to be after...) and far less sugar (which you seem to think is bad or that you at least need less of), and you'd save 46 calories (which you could use to make your own teriyaki sauce). You'd probably also save money and broaden your cooking skills.

No one is telling you to go vegan, we're saying that a. there's a sheer lack of produce in your diet, b. you're more or less throwing money out the window towards these products that aren't especially nutrient rich (or rich in texture for that matter), c. you look like you're somehow being sponsored by Quest, d. you don't need to eat whatever you're eating to maintain or gain fitness, and e. fitness is more or less divorced from specific types of food unless you're eating a sheer lack of protein (which you can get without Quest products), aren't fueling well for endurance sports, or are an elite athlete, at which point minimal gains have something to do with it (but not what you're eating - or rather, what you're eating probably wouldn't help).

dukeingram wrote: »

Im also a weekend Vegan. Starting off slow. But I'll never give up chicken.

If you want to be a part time Vegan (which by the way, it's REALLY hard to get the kind of gains that you are obviously striving for due to the lack of complete proteins), why not just eat Vegetables? That is a whole lot of processed junk right there.