Forgot to mention what I’ve been eating…
- Monday: Veggie omelet/pistachio nuts/pork chops (fat trimmed off)/green beans.
- Tuesday: String cheese/mixed veggies/turkey sando with lettuce as bread, cheese, veggies, hummus.
- Wednesday: 5 eggs/nuts/2 chicken breasts/green beans/1lb lobster/mixed veggies.
- Thursday: 4 eggs/pistachio nuts/taco salad with no rice, a little guac and a little cheese.
Lots of Water…
Oh one other really cool thing Mark is Macadamia Oil. Better than olive oil, tastes almost like butter, doesn’t go rancid like olive oil can. Only problem is it’s very hard to find so I had mom send me some from hawaii.
Beware the sugar in yogurts and other foods – it often hides in unusual names. For yogurt I highly recommend Fage 0% Greek Yogurt – best yogurt there is. Try curried cauliflower – bake it in the oven after putting some olive oil and sprinkling some curry powder on it. I eat a lot of this with my steaks. For late night sweet tooth snacking try sugar-free jello.
Thanks everyone… I am definitely eating enough. Not huge portions but snacking on nuts and gonna get some yogurt (hopefully sugar-free). Thankfully, I love veggies so I eat those as much as possible and also eating beans… I think the challenge for me is going to be variety. No chips and beer and no late night snacking! 😀
I agree with Katie a little bit Mark. Try not to restrict your foods too much at first – it can lead to binge days that can turn into binge weeks or just derail you. Although I do know a few diets that are designed around binge days on purpose, like the one I’m doing with the Slow Carb thing. It looks like right now you are avoiding starchy types of carbs and this is ok, but in order to get enough carbs from the fibrous sources you are selecting you have to eat A LOT of them. One thing you can add that helps a lot with calories is beans. Beans are super awesome healthy for you while delivering a good concentrated source of fiber, carbs, protein and nutrients. If you want to do a keto type diet, then this would mean you can roll your energy uptake into a ketone burning system. This is like the Atkins style diet where you get your energy primarily from fat basically. It definitely works, but has some interesting side effects in the beginning. There are also CKD diets which are “cyclical ketogenic diets”. This diet cycles a day per week to re-load muscle glycogen with starchy carbs. These are all options I have explored and can tell you more about. In any case, my advice at this point would be to eat the foods that you would normally eat, but keep the portion sizes down so you come in around 2000-2500 calories per day. Each meal should be about the size of your fist. As you learn more and more what your body responds best to, you will be able to take advantage of the right eating plan for you.
Sorry in advance for the unsolicited advice, Mark. Your food looks great but if I can offer some input: Be careful not to restrict your calories too much because it will set you up to overeat on days when you don’t feel as motivated (it will happen). Don’t be afraid to add some healthy carbs (quinoa, sweet potatoes) in doses. It’s nearly impossible to hide from carbs forever and the more we try to restrict them, the harder it can be to control portions when we are faced with them. Hope that makes sense.
Great work!
Good diet Mark. You are definitely on the right track. Be mindful of your sodium intake – keep it under 2300mg per day for best health.
Always interesting to track what you eat. Be sure you are eating enough. You want to build good muscle not starve them. Are you north of 1800 calories a day?
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