Gym And Supplement Discussion

[Trozzle]

Yeah it's hard to eat enough protein if you're not trying to gain weight, that said, I don't really like the taste of WPC and tend to find it bloats me, so I prefer blends or WPI. I do have to tell a lot of people that I don't think that protein powder has any magical effects etc etc though.

I can definitely agree with you on the idiotic notion that protein powder is absolutely required to build muscle, and is treated like some kind of magic dust hahaha

I don't necessarily think it's too difficult to hit protein targets through normal food intake, though anything above 200g for me personally ain't coming from foods. It's doable for sure, however lately I've been struggling with bloating (and absolutely no f**king idea why....), so I'm resorting to powders a lot more just to avoid feeling like shit.....coz that's counter productive in my books. Bloat = no interest in training (ESPECIALLY squats and deads) = no progress.

Like today I've so far consumed no more than a single regular flat white coffee, and like 125g of lamb w/ 100g each of brown rice and veg. Other than that, I only just finished my shake I started drinking over an hour and a half ago. Admittedly it was 4 scoops of WPC to make up for the lack of real food....but I feel FULL. Like I just ate a f**king baby.

[mr_rbman]

Trozzle, do you consume foods with gluten/wheat?

[blah_blah]

Real food

Jokes thing ill just make myself a Vanilla Protein shake whilst where on the topic

[TTT]

brown rice is what would be bloating you I reckon.

The same amount of brown rice v white rice would ruin me for a day

[Trozzle]

Don't think it's the brown rice unfortunately I still get it on days I don't eat rice...I think. Lol

[bozodos]

Most days I'll consume 120g of protein from meat, and 80-90g or so from shakes and milk. If I get keen on the milk, more like another 20g or so. I could probably eat more from meat, but not lean meat like chicken breast.

[L33SH]

I don't eat meat and even without a protein shake I average 150g protein a day.

[tweety bird]

I don't eat meat and even without a protein shake I average 150g protein a day.

How?

[bozodos]

I don't eat meat and even without a protein shake I average 150g protein a day.

I'm guessing it's not GOMAD, so lots of soy or peanut based products?

[Birds]

She's not vegan but doesn't like milk

Eats eggs, Greek yoghurt, broccoli, tofu, cheese, bananas, spinach, bread, maxibons etc.

I doubt it's 150gm without shakes, but with them she would be around that

[Birds]

inb4 my fitness pal rant

[L33SH]

It's around 150g without shakes. I used my fitness pal, when I was first calculating my macros, so I think I have a better idea. I don't use calorie counters anymore as I eat the same foods regularly and know the protein count of them. For example; my morning snack is chobani yoghurt (Greek) which contains 17.4g protein per 170g container. My breakfast averages to 36g of protein (oats, banana, maca powder, flaxseeds, hemp seeds, linseeds) My afternoon snack is 2 eggs with 2 slices of grain bread which is 48g protein for the eggs and 9g for the bread. Lunch and dinner vary but always contain at least 1 cup of broccoli which alone is 50 calories. Add in tofu, beans, spinach, quinoa, brown rice, legumes, chickpeas, lentils..

I eat around 2000 calories a day, it's not hard for me to obtain 150g protein from the foods I consume.

Edited February 19, 2015 by L33SH

[L33SH]

inb4 my fitness pal rant

Jerk.

[No Crust Racing]

Jerk.

LOL, he called it

[Trozzle]

ahh, I love you two hahaha

[L33SH]

He was watching me type the post when he wrote that, hardly calling it

[No Crust Racing]

Doesn't matter, still reads well on this end for max lols.

[r31slpr]

My afternoon snack is 2 eggs with 2 slices of grain bread which is 48g protein for the eggs and 9g for the bread.

Might want to do your calculations again, an egg only has about 6g protein.

[L33SH]

Might want to do your calculations again, an egg only has about 6g protein.

Yeah you're right I dunno where I got that from! The eggs I have are jumbo so around 8g each

[Trozzle]

lols yeah, eggs only weigh like 45-55g each depending on size as it is would be f**king incredible if they were 50% protein!! hehe

Edited February 20, 2015 by Trozzle