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This starvation mode thing is a myth, I can't find any substantial evidence of eating less means you keep hold of your fat. Lets face it you can't break fundamental laws of physics, your body is its size due to the stored energy and amount of energy going into it. Check and count drink calories, butter or margarine added…

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cnp do a good peanut protein bar. Sorry to go on about peanuts but for me its a great treat instead of chocolate!!

A muffin with PB, can't get much quicker than that either. Taste great and healthy too

At the moment I mix a scoop of protein powder into porridge oats, then just add water.

I'd separate out the ingredients and weigh them and then use myfitnesspal to figure that out. eg, you have 500g of chicken thigh, plug that into myfitnesspal and calculate. You could set it up as a meal in the diary so that you can reuse it too.

Here in the UK I get Meridian organic peanut butter (no palm oil, only ingredient is peanuts), its awesome stuff. You just have to remember to use it to supplement your good fats and don't use it as a main protein source. Its quite high in calories but as long as you fit it in with your macro's its all good. 100g is around…

I believe the 6 meals a day thing came about years ago by body builders trying to eat crazy amounts of protein a day. Its easy to hit 300g of protein if you spread that over 6 meals in the day rather than 3 or 4 meals. From what I have been reading this amount of protein is obsessive unless you're on steroids and working…

Thanks for the advice everyone one. I'm going to concentrate on rows and doing negative pull Ups and chin Ups. I'll get there in the end and I think I need to do these before my press Ups. My shoulders do slightly round in so I want to work on back and get everything in alignment.

Thanks for the framage frais tip, I will definitely check some out and see if I can fit it into my meal plan.

From memory, I think a tin at Sainsbury is 69p (in water). So not much cheaper than you found. I might try Holland & Barrett to see if I can get price cheaper in bulk

Great tip on they whey protein, think I'll actually check mine now and see what else is non protein in it.

1200cal a day sounds a little low, have you worked out BMR correctly. I've found going too low is counter productive and unsustainable. Best to aim for losing 1lb per week by working out bmr and applying your activity level to see how many calories you need, then either reduce calorie by 500per day either with exercise of…

They're usually fairly high on the sugar levels but they are just handy sometimes. Today I really fancied a snickers but instead bought a Wholly Oats bar which had slightly more calories but at least they were useful carbs and protein. I don't think they should be used as a staple, whey protein powder would be better and…

Cottage cheese, that's a good point. Its pretty readily available and I notice quite cheap. I had a small tub today and very happy with the protein content. I read its good to have before bed as the casein helps repair muscle at a slow steady rate.

I guess anything you can buy in bulk works out to be good value

520 isn't so bad, I'll check out some different brands and find a lower cal version. Good tip, never thought to try it before and its probably quite easy to stomach Found some research on protein intake for building muscle, checkout the link…

32oz of Greek yogurt!!!! That's about 750calories dude!

Nice thanks for that makepeas.. Found this article today about meal frequency, even includes links to the studies http://bonytobeastly.com/muscle-building-myth-5-thinking-you-need-to-eat-every-2-3-hours/ Right I'm off to eat some cottage cheese and a banana!

Yes I eat cottage cheese and tuna a lot. I need 180g protein per day. Really good protein sources. Cottage cheese is supposed to be good in the evening as it has whey and casein in it which helps rebuild muscle (correct me if I'm wrong)

Hey Neanderthin, how are you hitting 3000 calories so easily? I'm guessing huge amounts of fat and carbs? Its easier to get the calories from fat as 1g fat has 9 kcal compared to carbs and protein. I'm not calling low calorie healthy, I just mean eating whole foods and no processed junk. Its quite difficult to get the 180g…

fat and protein are completely different by the way. I said I'm getting enough fat but that doesn't mean enough protein. EG if you used peanut butter as primary protein source you hit your fat limits in no time!

Thanks Amadbro, that's the sort of answer which is useful to me. Can anyone point me to the scientific research on the meal frequency that a few of you have mentioned? Or is this all recieved knowledge with no source?

If its a choice of canned beans or a big mac then you're better off with the canned food :-)

Not sure about that. Once you've been weight training your muscles require protein to repair them, this is apparently better to be supplied in consistant meals throughout the day. At least this is what I have always been told (and research also confirms this opinion) I'm just wondering if people have had good gains from…

I don't think a dirty bulk will build muscle faster. You will get the protein a lot easier but you'll also get fat too. Why not eat more calories than you need but get them from healthy sources and ensure you get 0.75g-1g protein per pound of body weight.

My emergency meal is one can aduki beans (rinsed) mixed with some salsa and nuke it! about 350kcal and 20g protein. Tastes quite good and is nice and cheap too.

Try rinsing them very well, this should remove much of the rubbish attached to the tinned foods.