second question

[brightmojordan]

I really appreciate all the help from earlier and afterward i went outside and did a 3 mile run to start off my day. But when i came home there was a big problem i look in the fridge and all i see is fatty food. So now im starving myself because i dont know what i should and shouldnt be eating. SO i need advice because i dont wanna make this excercise go to waste because of an appetite but i also read somewhere you dont wanna starve yourself so what can i eat, and what cant i eat plz help

[Youngblood]

At the top of the forum is a thread that has been started giving some indication to proper food to eat. Also a google of boxers diet will bring you some answers.

Essentially, you want to get rid of crap food. This means most pre packaged, microwaveable, fast food, type of foods. For training you will be looking at setting yourself up properly by eating complex carbs in a timely manner before with correct amounts of sugars, from say oatmeal and fruit...to having the proper protein afterwards for recovery, eggs, chicken, steak etc..

Hope this gets you rolling.

[brightmojordan]

so this means no raman noodles right

[Douglas]

In my opinion, don't ever starve yourself. Better to eat foods, even fatty unhealthy ones, than to not eat at all. Just try not to eat as much.

[Youngblood]

Loaded with sodium. As are most canned or packaged soups.

As for the starving aspect, I know for a fact I am eating a lot more food now that I'm eating healthy, then when I was eating crap. The thing is they aren't retaining water and falsely giving my brain a signal that's it's full...and in turn I have actually lost weight, but added muscle. Which was specifically what I wanted to do. Or even to just remain the same weight.

[brightmojordan]

ok so what is it that you are eating

[Trainer Monkey]

ok so what is it that you are eating

As Youngblood said, go the Boxer Chow thread thats stuck on this page,its right at the top

[Youngblood]

Well-rounded meals, focusing on load ups of complex carbs for workouts. Then protein for recovery. Lots and lots of water throughout the day. But largely a well-balanced diet of all the major food groups, and staying away from preservatives, over abundance of sodiums and not too much or too less of any one thing.

I supplement with a whey protein/L-glutamine mix right after workouts, plus take a good liquid multi vitamin twice daily.

All one really has to do is have a look at a good balanced food group program and make a few adds on the carbs and protein unless you are looking to gain or lose.

Hardest thing is breaking away from eating crap food, and it isn't all that hard to spot. Most people just don't want to give up the pop and chips etc tho.

[Douglas]

The hardest thing about breaking away from crap food is having to find the healthy foods. Those double-cheesburgers and whopper jr.s are cheap, taste good, and fill me up but they are damned unhealthy as you can get.

[Trainer Monkey]

Well-rounded meals, focusing on load ups of complex carbs for workouts. Then protein for recovery. Lots and lots of water throughout the day. But largely a well-balanced diet of all the major food groups, and staying away from preservatives, over abundance of sodiums and not too much or too less of any one thing.

I supplement with a whey protein/L-glutamine mix right after workouts, plus take a good liquid multi vitamin twice daily.

All one really has to do is have a look at a good balanced food group program and make a few adds on the carbs and protein unless you are looking to gain or lose.

Hardest thing is breaking away from eating crap food, and it isn't all that hard to spot. Most people just want to give up the pop and chips etc tho.

Dinner last night(keeping in mind I have a 7 year old son,and I have to make sure he eats,7 year olds can be fusspots)
Mignons,broiled with creole seasoning,broccoli almondine,fries(the concession to the 7 year old),baked. Sugar wafers for dessert.
This not exactly a starvation diet,but a healthy and balanced one,and as long as you manage your portions,an easy weight loss one

[southpawed]

ok so what is it that you are eating

plain oatmeal. every. single. meal.

You wanna be a boxer or what?!@?

[Douglas]

Macaroni and cheese will also fill you up, but is not that unhealthy. Of course, I eat it because I'm trying to put on weight...

[Dizaster]

Macaroni and cheese will also fill you up, but is not that unhealthy. Of course, I eat it because I'm trying to put on weight...

At supermarkets here you can buy a packet tuna steak... It's hard to eat on it's own (a little dry), but I slap it on the plate with Mac & cheese next to it, and they taste great together.... And you get almost 60 grams of protein from the one meal.... Doesn't take long to eat, doesn't make you feel bloated...

Of course, when you've had about 30 of them, you'll be sick if you even see another tuna steak with macaroni and cheese!!!

I have never felt sick at the thought of a double cheese burger..

Junk food was sent to us by the devil!!! It's mighty bad, but it tastes so freakin good!

[Spicoli]

Macaroni and cheese will also fill you up, but is not that unhealthy. Of course, I eat it because I'm trying to put on weight...

At supermarkets here you can buy a packet tuna steak... It's hard to eat on it's own (a little dry), but I slap it on the plate with Mac & cheese next to it, and they taste great together.... And you get almost 60 grams of protein from the one meal.... Doesn't take long to eat, doesn't make you feel bloated...

Of course, when you've had about 30 of them, you'll be sick if you even see another tuna steak with macaroni and cheese!!!

I have never felt sick at the thought of a double cheese burger..

Junk food was sent to us by the devil!!! It's mighty bad, but it tastes so freakin good!

I swear Im expecting to wake up one morning with gills....For the last 3 weeks straight its been Salmon..(Not farmed)-Tuna Steak-Rainbow Trout in rotation with diced Tomato/green beans & Macoronni... Or boiled Broccoli & Spanish Rice with minor lite butter....It is almost hell the time it takes and not falling to easy temptation.I am surrounded by a Taco Bell and a Po-Boy shop on either side every night coming home.Just have to stare straight ahead and keep driving lol.

[Dizaster]

swear Im expecting to wake up one morning with gills....For the last 3 weeks straight its been Salmon..(Not farmed)-Tuna Steak-Rainbow Trout in rotation with diced Tomato/green beans & Macoronni... Or boiled Broccoli & Spanish Rice with minor lite butter....It is almost hell the time it takes and not falling to easy temptation.I am surrounded by a Taco Bell and a Po-Boy shop on either side every night coming home.Just have to stare straight ahead and keep driving lol.

That sounds a lot nicer than just plain tuna & macaroni...

I have always wished that I had enough money to actually have a personal chef prepare all my meals... You could really have some delicious healthy meals.. I don't have anything against health food at all. It so benificial to you in so many ways, and can really taste great..
It's just those couple of things that make it a bit of a battle
1. Preperation time - When you work and have other things to do, it's hard to take the time out to prepare & cook big meals.
2. Cost - Does work out quite cheap if you can buy a lot of good, fresh stuff all in one go, but again this takes lots of planning and preperation.
3. Motivation - Sometimes after a hard day or even just in general, you just don't have the mental energy to prepare a big healthy meal.
4. Taste - Sometimes health food just tastes a bit bland. Especially when time and cost aren't on your side, a quick healthy meal usually doesn't taste that great, and after having them a few times, they get very boring.


So having a chef that could prepare all the healthy meals for you, I would absolutely love it. But that isn't going to happen.

The best things to do are

PLAN - Always have a lunch prepared ahead of time if you work.. Being stuck without a meal and being hungry is what sends you towards junk food. Always having something healthy available to eat is good. Even write up a plan of all the healthy meals you can eat, and even down to what days you are having what.
EXPERIMENT - Health food can sometimes get very boring. Try adding new spices or ingredients, and try to make whatever you have to eat enjoyable.
BUY IN BULK - This is another part of planning. Make a big shopping list of all the stuff you will need. Go to a meat wholesaler and try to get all the meat you will need for the week on your pay day. Get a discount and freeze what you will be using later in the week.
Go to a farmers market type thing and get some good healthy vegies. Most may not keep for a week to well, so plan on going out 2 or maybe 3 times a week for good vegies..

Keep stocked up and plan out your meals, and you'll find that is the best way to stick to healthy eating.. The benifits can be see almost immediately. But after 2 or 3 weeks of really eating healthy, you'll feel amazing and your body will be telling you in many ways that you're on the right path.

I've found many times over, as soon as the plan goes out the window, so does the healthy food.