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Cheese and yogurt. I always stock up on Greek yogurts since they freeze well (little change in texture does not bother me) and I have to have multiple types of cheese in the fridge for myself

Just so you know, there are no "steroids" given to animals that produce meat. Dogs and cats, yes they treat them with "steroids" for the same illnesses that humans use "steroids" for, but for meat producing animals, no. --Just a food animal veterinarian trying to spread good information

I love most and all of Ben and Jerry's flavors. However, I just didn't get enough of the beer flavor through, and too much salted caramel. It was good, but wasn't quite up to high expectations. Maybe I'll have to try it again to see.

B - toasted oat bran with milk, protein powder, and a Greek yogurt L - sandwich, carrots, string cheese, yogurt, cottage cheese D - Pork stir fry with quinoa, broccoli, and peppers S - Special K nut bar, Power Bar, Blueberry Muffin, Milk, and M&Ms

Thanks for the insight/reasoning. I've decided to go with 2500 per day, average. I started StrongLifts 5x5 today and plan on 2-3 days of cardio (mostly swimming right now, more running in a few months when I'm fully recovered from my tendinitis in my Achilles) but the consistent calories seemed easier and like your…

Just started today with SL 5x5 and had similar questions as you. Thanks for asking them and getting an answer! I'll follow the program to the T for the first few weeks, then add other lifts in as well. Thanks!

I am not a fan of coffee creamers, but the only one's that I actually tolerate are CoffeeMate Natural Bliss. They make a Salted Caramel one. I like that they are cream based, instead of the normal coffee-mate that are oil based, as the oil based ones just never taste quite right in coffee to me. But, like I said, I drink…

So here's the start recomp pics with measurements in the pic: Ready to hit it hard and get on with it!

It's also where food comes from. I'm going to leave my pic as is.

Thanks all! Am starting strong lifts 5x5 tomorrow. I think this 166-168 is a good weight range for me right now. I will co to use to update with Recomp results and musings. I'm planning on 2500 calories average, with at least 135g protein. Along with the 3 days a week weight lifting I will throw some cardio in. Probably…

Ugh, not Beer-eal! I got convinced by someone it was good and tried it during a night of imbibing. But it was not good. Haven't tried it since, lol

Best Hamburger: Ground Chuck, Swiss Cheese, topped with Bacon, Pickles, Peanut Butter, Tomato, a fried egg, and Mayonnaise. Or an Egg, Peanut Butter, and Honey sandwich. Both great combos that get funny looks from others

Thanks! What are your opinions on the +20/-20 off TDEE for recomp? Looking at the LeanGains breakdown, I'm considering this one. Calculating my needs with 3 days lifting and then sporadic cardio, I'd do 2880 cals on lifting days and 1920 on non-lifting days, for an average of 2331 calories per day. And protein I'd try to…

Hey all! Great thread here. Wanted to jump in and get some feedback. Just wondering when you all decided to finally make the jump to recomposition? I've lost from 240 to 165ish (bounce between 165 and 167), and still currently in a slight deficit. It's hard for me to estimate my own body fat, as I think I have a skewed…

The Slow Churned Pecan Pie is not worth it, IMO. Way too little actual pecan and filling, and just basically vanilla ice cream. The Mississippi Mud Pie looks much better.

Well, then my post still makes sense, as you'd have about 500 cals to play with. Remember, not all the entries are correct and reliable. Calorie counts for packaged are, but some items users didn't input carbs, fats, proteins, etc, or entered them wrong. I'd just check the labels and entries, making sure they are correct,…

Unless you are drinking extreme amounts of alcohol to reach 1500 cals (7 calories per gram) which I'm assuming you're not, something is wrong in your entries or diary, 20g protein = 80 cals 83 g carb = 332 cals 16 g fat = 144 cals Total = 556 cals. Something is wildly amiss in your logging. Check your entries and try to…

Ah, the post-run bagel. Definitely up there with the finer things in life.

Knowing I can eat after I finish. Huge motivation.

Oooh, I'm about to finish my maple french toast ones. Hopefully Kroger runs a BOGO on them soon, cause I'll try both.

2 eggs, bagel, and a greek yogurt often comes out to 500-600 calories for myself. And pretty filling overall, too.

Oooh, the joys of eggs benedict! I lightly butter and bake my english muffins, sear the canadian bacon, and then traditional poached eggs and hollandaise sauce. Since hollandaise takes time and effort, it's a rare treat for me. But it may be the only meal I enjoy a bloody mary with as well.

Interested to hear how you end up! I love Snickers bars. They are the perfect fuel for hiking or long days of walking.

Sounds wonderful! I'm not a fan of coconut oil unless I'm baking, but I'd probably saute it in butter or the bacon fat. Let us know how it is!

Garmin Forerunner 110 (Amazon has it for 110) is what I used for many years until I finally upgraded to the forerunner 920xt this past year. Worked extremely well for me and has all the features you want.

Mostly based off of normal daily activity, I.e. Not exercise. For example: If you work an office job where you are sitting for most of the day, only on your feet to walk between rooms, meetings, etc, then you'd be considered sedentary. Let's say now you're a waiter. You are on your feet for 8 hours, walking and carrying,…

Granola bars, string cheese, Greek yogurts, ice cream, bagels, etc, etc, etc

2 eggs over easy, Thomas blueberry bagel, and an Ehrmann Greek Mixim Yogurt with raspberry and chocolate curls. Just under 600 cals.

That butter or coconut oil in coffee thing. Was an abomination to coffee. So oily and slimy. Terrible.

Weigh the whole finished product on the food scale, enter that number of servings in the recipe builder, and you have the finished product by calories in grams. Then just record your number of grams you took as the number of servings you eat. Easy as that!