What I eat to stay fit?
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MichelleSilverleaf wrote: »dukeingram wrote: »MichelleSilverleaf wrote: »Looks like too much money spent on not enough value. Less quest product, more real food.
Cheaper than a medical bill.
So is real food. You sponsored by them or something?
No just my way to avoid eating high sugary snacks.
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Just FYI, how you look doesn't say anything about your health or even necessarily how nutritious your diet is.
Luckily, you don't have to eat a lot of branded protein products or calorie free dressings to be healthy or to stay fit. But if that's working for you and you can afford it, that's great!
Very true. How a person look doesn't doesn't indicates one's health. Fortunately I'm very healthy and happy at 40 years old. I like being fit. My diet and fitness routine is working for me.
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Im also a weekend Vegan. Starting off slow. But I'll never give up chicken.
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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).18 -
dukeingram wrote: »Just FYI, how you look doesn't say anything about your health or even necessarily how nutritious your diet is.
Luckily, you don't have to eat a lot of branded protein products or calorie free dressings to be healthy or to stay fit. But if that's working for you and you can afford it, that's great!
Very true. How a person look doesn't doesn't indicates one's health. Fortunately I'm very healthy and happy at 40 years old. I like being fit. My diet and fitness routine is working for me.
I suspect this would have gone a bit differently had the title of this thread and the content of your first post hadn't conflated diet with fitness. I think this is the first post where it's at all apparent that you think that fitness ≠ diet.4 -
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.9 -
You certainly look great. If you and your doctor are happy with your health, then keep doing what you are doing! I'm a huge fan of meal replacement bars and shakes for part of my daily calories. I eat them for breakfast and/or lunch but I usually have a more traditional dinner. It's working for me right now, so I'm going to stick with it.
Your way is not the only way to eat, but it is one option that happens to be working well for you. Congratulations!!
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Chelle8070 wrote: »dukeingram wrote: »
Except they're candy with protein... so they are a junk snack... just with protein.
Also - ONE bars taste much, MUCH better
Second, third-ing, and fourth-ing what everyone is saying. But also.
Heard someone on a show say that protein bars are just candy bars in gym clothes. LOL But whole foods is where you should be getting most of your nutrition from. Not quick fixes like pre-made frozen food, or bars. I bet you (the O.P) would feel more satisfied too!
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suzannesimmons1 wrote: »Looks like it .should be under the sponsored post banner.
If I was being sponsored by Quest, I would have said go out and buy the protein bars. And I would be using my Instagram and Facebook page to do it, not here.I posted a sample of what I eat. Simple as that.
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texasredreb wrote: »You certainly look great. If you and your doctor are happy with your health, then keep doing what you are doing! I'm a huge fan of meal replacement bars and shakes for part of my daily calories. I eat them for breakfast and/or lunch but I usually have a more traditional dinner. It's working for me right now, so I'm going to stick with it.
Your way is not the only way to eat, but it is one option that happens to be working well for you. Congratulations!!
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dukeingram wrote: »suzannesimmons1 wrote: »Looks like it .should be under the sponsored post banner.
If I was being sponsored by Quest, I would have said go out and buy the protein bars. And I would be using my Instagram and Facebook page to do it, not here.I posted a sample of what I eat. Simple as that.
To be fair this place gets a fair share of people who try to be subtle but are trying to build a following/audience/business.10 -
Hey folks - we have cleaned this discussion up a bit and for those of you who may have missed it, the OP has been asked and answered if he is selling Quest, he isn't. So let's please let that topic go and remember to contribute positively, if the OP wants advice on how to have less packaged and more fresh foods than they can ask.4
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I'm glad this is working for you and you are happy with it. Are you single/childless? One thing I have noticed in a lot of young folks is that their fitness and health routines are unrealistic for people who have kids, so when they have kids, everything falls apart. Parents rarely have 2-3 hours a day to work out, for example--and feeding kids on top of a hefty purchase of specialized foods for one's self becomes too expensive. BUT, I'm just throwing this out there--I don't know you, your situation, or your plans for the future. It's just something to keep in mind moving forward through life. Good luck!2
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That would be like a 4 year supply of quest for me. I eat just one bar a day. Jeebus.
The cookie Marcos are kinda garbage to imo. No protein cookie should have more fat then protein
I don’t know. I’m glad it works for you but the lack of veggies and fruit would leave me starving1 -
That would be like a 4 year supply of quest for me. I eat just one bar a day. Jeebus.
The cookie Marcos are kinda garbage to imo. No protein cookie should have more fat then protein
I don’t know. I’m glad it works for you but the lack of veggies and fruit would leave me starving
I eat veggies and fruits. But only blue berries, raspberries and watermelon. Sometimes cucumbers. For vegetables, I eat spinach, corn and all bell peppers. I don't need every fruit and vegetables that exists.2 -
Hey folks - we have cleaned this discussion up a bit and for those of you who may have missed it, the OP has been asked and answered if he is selling Quest, he isn't. So let's please let that topic go and remember to contribute positively, if the OP wants advice on how to have less packaged and more fresh foods than they can ask.
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I'm glad this is working for you and you are happy with it. Are you single/childless? One thing I have noticed in a lot of young folks is that their fitness and health routines are unrealistic for people who have kids, so when they have kids, everything falls apart. Parents rarely have 2-3 hours a day to work out, for example--and feeding kids on top of a hefty purchase of specialized foods for one's self becomes too expensive. BUT, I'm just throwing this out there--I don't know you, your situation, or your plans for the future. It's just something to keep in mind moving forward through life. Good luck!
There's time for everything when one makes it a priority. I wake up 3:30am to be out the door to run at 4am or gym at 5am then be at the office by 8am.4 -
Tbh I only read some of the other comments. But, I’m a plus one vote FOR the quest products. I think they are delicious and satisfying.0
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i eat fresh fruits and veg and meats.
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