Diet

[deathevocation]

I'm a 100kg lifter who eats pretty much whatever whenever. Other than what is prescribed in the progam I follow, I don't do any extra exercise. In recent times I've probably put on some unneccessary weight around the midsection and am thinking of cleaning my diet up and starting to do some additional exercise (as simple as walking the block with the kid). I was wondering what other people do diet wise (of course I'm speaking of a diet suitable to powerlifting and not in the b/b sense). Any input is appreciated. Thanks.

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I eat pretty clean in order and do cardio a few times a week to stay in my weight class. Typically I'll eat 5-6 times a day, every meal will have protein from eggs, chicken, fish (mainly salmon), turkey, lean ground beef, cheese and whey protein supplements. I try to take most of my carbs from vegetables, but really don't like them much, so it's a lot of onions, peppers, sweet potatoes and whole grain breads. Also in that group are some fruits, mainly blueberries, raspberries and bananas. I keep my fats low, but do take fish oil and flax oil. I don't drink any calories, it's just water for me. I'm always hungry, so if I don't drink calories, it's more I can eat. haha

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I'm a 67kg lifter. I eat a fair amount of protein and fat (eggs, bacon, cheese, beef, chicken, cottage cheese) everyday. On my training days, I eat a lot of 'clean' carbs, too (oats, etc). I've found that I need to eat a lot of clean calories (for someone my size) on Sheiko, otherwise I steadily lose weight without necessarily getting leaner.

I don't ever do traditional cardio since it bores the hell out of me. Usually on my GPP day, I do a bodyweight mobility circuit, and it kicks my ass. More importantly, it's easy to recover from and indirectly helps my lifts. I also do a lot of walking, but more as a means of transportation than cardio. One of the benefits of being poor...

[benburgess]

Carb cycling for me. I have high days on training days and low-moderate on rest/GPP days.

The usual food choices, chicken, eggs, beef and whey for protein. Oats potatoes and rice for carbs. Olive oil, nuts and fish oil for fats.

[deathevocation]

I did some reading on carb cycling and have a query. Say Monday is your rest day, so you are low and then Tuesday is training, so it is heavy. If you train in the late afternoon/evening, you get the benefit of "carbing up". How does it work if you train 6am Tuesday morning? (ie coming off a low carb day with one high carb meal prior to training). Perhaps you modify your evening meal the night before to include potatos/rice?

[benburgess]

Jan 9, 2010 6:38:54 GMT -5 deathevocation said:

I did some reading on carb cycling and have a query. Say Monday is your rest day, so you are low and then Tuesday is training, so it is heavy. If you train in the late afternoon/evening, you get the benefit of "carbing up". How does it work if you train 6am Tuesday morning? (ie coming off a low carb day with one high carb meal prior to training).

Perhaps you modify your evening meal the night before to include potatos/rice?

No that wouldnt work. The point is to deplete carbs the one day so that you are more sensitive to insulin (good hormone for our purposes) the next day.

If you eat a carb meal at the end of a low carb day you wouldnt be sensitive to insulin the next (training) day. I train sunday mornings after just one high carb meal and feel fine for it.

[deathevocation]

Ah ok. Thanks.