second question

[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.

[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...

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'll have to try that. Sounds like it'd taste pretty good.