Recent content by Grebe22

I do it for sanity reasons. I realize it might set me back a bit, but if I can go 3 weeks of eating spot-on, then taking a day to eat everything I have been denying myself the last 3 weeks isn't that terrible, and it eases any cravings and I'm able to go 3 more weeks eating perfect again.

Okay....so if I'm a 180 lb. male with about 9% bodyfat and I just got done lifting pretty intense weights for 45 minutes, and I'm making a shake, how much whey and how much of the carbs should I use?

I worked out for a couple years and noticed muscle gains but I wasn't very defined. Then a guy in the gym who obviously knew a lot about bodybuilding told me that 80-90% of it is in your diet. After a couple years actually monitoring and adjusting my diet, I would have to agree.

I went 23 days to try and look my best for a beach party/pot luck with my girlfriend and her friends. Then, on the day of it all, I pigged out at the pot luck and wasted all my efforts before it was time to hit the beach. Doh!!!! And those 23 days were without any cheating, not a single...

AMEN!!! I just lost my Chipotle virginity a couple weeks ago and it's so hard not to go there for lunch every day. I make it a weekly reward now.

My second meal is usually turkey and some oats (not together). But I'm just wondering if snacking on some almonds two hours after that would be a bad thing. What would you recommend (product and amount) for the best insulin spike if I'm trying to stay as lean as possible? I bought 2 lbs. of...

If I drink a 20 oz. Gatorade with my whey protein immediately after lifting (that's 35g sugars in the Gatorade) how long would it take for my insulin levels to taper off again? In other words, how long after my post-workout shake would I be okay eating almonds or another fat source? I don't...

That's what I tell people. They see me choose a healthy food item versus cake or pizza and ask if I'm on some kind of diet. I respond by saying, yes I am, but everyone is on a diet. Mine is just a healthy diet, while their diet consists of crap. The word diet does have the stigma attached to...

While oats in general are a pretty slow digesting carbohydrate source, it is my understanding that steel cut oats are even more slowly digested than rolled oats.

I should've mentioned that the reason I soak em overnight is because they don't absorb the water as quickly as regular oats, and if you tried eating them without soaking them long enough they would be rather chewy (I learned quickly)

I just discovered steel cut oats a couple weeks ago (thanks JKurz1!) and have been eating them almost daily a few hours before working out. I nuke em with water before bed so they're really hot, then seal em tight in a Ziploc container (not a bag lol) overnight and re-heat em in the morning...

I'm about your weight (182 lbs) and I've been cutting for about four weeks now at 2,200 calories a day. I lift 5 or 6 times a week and run 3 miles about 4 times a week, with the weights & cardio split up. I have used a 50/25/25 P/F/C macronutrient ratio, with my only carbs coming a few hours...

What's wrong with being hungry 3 hours after your first meal? I have only been at my new job three months now, but I'm already known as the guy who eats every 2-3 hours lol. Gotta stoke that metabolism!!!

Wow, I'm in the same boat. Going to the beach Sunday and need to look good for my girl! So when would you guys recommend start carbing up?

Amen. I took ephedra for a couple years thinking it would be a magical fat-burning pill. Since I stopped using it about five months ago and made changes to my diet, the fat burning has improved tenfold. Diet is WAY more important than any supplements, especially for someone who's new to the...