Nutrition Examples

Things are on track and going well, I'm steadily gaining muscle and losing fat, both of which are massively critical if I want to compete on the level that Ninja Warrior requires.

Haven't hit the gym yet today, but I will be in about an hour or so. The first 21 days are really critical to any kind of workout / nutrition plan because after 21 days mentally and physically your body goes "alright I think this  thing is habit now lets continue rolling with it."

It is day 13.

Today I'm going to roll through some examples of my nutrition and see what I've been eating. Previously I've written out my kind of "rules for eating" but today I'm going to roll through this whole diet thing.

After the first week I checked my weight, I was 213.6, this morning I checked my weight and I'm 211.6, that's a 2 pound difference in a week, on paper that sounds excellent but that doesn't show the whole picture. When you take your body fat percentage it tells you more of the complete picture. Given the fact my girlfriend grabbed my butt and said "it's looking pretty round and firm" muscle and other shapely things are starting to develop.

My diet, again, throughout the day I eat protein of any kind, veggies and healthy fats. I don't really look at it as breakfast lunch and dinner, because I sometimes eat 4 meals a day, sometimes 6, sometimes.... 8.....

Oh, and I NEVER COUNT CALORIES, I don't suggest you do either, especially if you follow the same rules I'm following.

Meal 1: Omelet with ham, cheese, peppers.
Meal 2: Salad, tuna fish with mayo and some sort of dressing (anyone I want).
Meal 3: Steak or hamburg meat or hot dogs (no bread with anything) and usually some type of veggies with butter.

WORKOUT
During and Post workout shake I actually combine, I have about 16-24 ounces of Orange Juice, 2 scoops of vanilla whey protein and sometimes I'll throw in a scoop of casein protein. Whey is a fast acting protein, Casein is a slow acting protein, the orange juice opens the muscle and the protein feeds it.

2-3 hours later, I'll have some chicken and rice (little to no fat with this meal).

If I want a snack I'll have some almonds, I always, ALWAYS keep meals at least 2 hours apart, its the amount of time it takes for everything to get out of the system from the sugar spike that high glycemic carbohydrates give you. As you can see from above though I'm only having high glycemic carbs in and immediately after my workout.

Am I bored with my diet yet? Nope. In fact I relatively enjoy it. And it works.