Thoughts on diet!

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torauntjemima

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I am about to change my diet. I have spent nearly 20 years lifting on and off and in that time I have grown from 125lbs to 190ish. (Fluctuates). During this time I have eaten kinda whatever. Just doing my thing. I plateaued at 180 for the better part of a decade, but I wasn't really lifting regularly either. About 6 months ago I really got into it and gained some weight, mostly from adding food to my diet. I just wasn't eating enough previously.

So what did I do? I started to eat pretty much anything that was around. Not unhealthy, mind you, as I only buy relatively healthy options. I also don't eat junk food. This saw around 10 pounds gained in the last 6 months. I will say that I don't eat enough vegetables, but I try and make up for that with fruit.

For shits and giggles I ran some questions through chatgpt (I know, I know...) and this is what it gave me.

Meal 1: Breakfast
- Oatmeal: 2 cups cooked with 1 tablespoon of chia seeds
- Egg whites: 8 (for a lower fat option) or 4 whole eggs if preferred
- Greek yogurt: 1 cup, mixed with 1/2 cup of mixed berries
Whole grain toast: 2 slices

Meal 2: Mid-Morning Snack
- Protein shake: 1.5 scoops whey protein with 1 cup almond milk and 1 tablespoon of honey
- Apple: 1 medium
- Handful of almonds: 1 oz

Meal 3: Lunch
- Grilled chicken breast: 8 oz
- Brown rice: 2 cups cooked
- Steamed broccoli: 1 cup
- Avocado: 1/4, sliced
- Mixed greens salad: 2 cups with 1 tablespoon olive oil and vinegar dressing

Meal 4: Afternoon Snack
- Cottage cheese: 1 cup
- Sliced banana: 1 medium
- Peanut butter: 1 tablespoon
- Whole grain crackers: 4-5 pieces

Meal 5: Dinner
- Salmon: 8 oz
- Sweet potato: 1 large, baked
- Steamed asparagus: 1 cup
- Mixed greens salad: 2 cups with 1 tablespoon olive oil and vinegar dressing

Meal 6: Pre-Bed Snack
- Casein protein shake: 1.5 scoops mixed with water
- Chia seeds: 2 tablespoons mixed with water or yogurt
- Small serving of mixed nuts: 1 oz

I wouldn't say it's more than I currently eat, and I can see how easy it would be to just modify the amounts.

Just thought it might be fun to make a chatgpt diet post lol. Thoughts?
 
CoolRick said:
It actually looks like a solid diet as far as the foods go minus the chia seeds( I think its better off as bird feed lol).

All you really have to do is adjust it for your macro needs.
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I agree with @CoolRick - looks like a good diet and you have excellent cruciferous vegetables loaded in with indole - 3 - carbinol which will help against any hormone related cancers (asparagus / broccoli). Add they are low carb, high antioxidant vegetables.
If you can gain 10 lbs in 6 months, without PED's, you are genetically gifted (and keep it). Pending it is muscle. If I can gain 5-7 lbs in a year of muscle - not just weight with low dose PED's and food I am extremely happy. Think about it, 10 lbs, every 6 months, by 5 years and you just gained 100 lbs if that was sustainable which it isn't unless you are the 1% of 1% in the world and look at food or a weight and grow and do nothing but eat, train and rest and will end up looking like a strongman - gents who compete and don't care about lines or extra fluff.

Depending on your weight lifting schedule, I would look into cream of rice (you can add a lot to make if taste good as I buy plain) prior to your workout and a large meal after the workout. Carbs for energy prior and a well balanced meal when your muscles are screaming for sustenance to rebuild after the torture session.
 
Too fancy for me. But I am boring and eat the exact same meals for breakfast and lunch every day for years.
I was on holidays last week and I ate my 5 eggs for breakfast every day and cooked 3 for my wife, by day 3 she had enough of eggs, lol.
So I had to make them fancy for her with green pepper, green onion one day, then added in a bit of bacon the next day and then added in cheese the last couple days.

More calories than I wanted, but she asked me how I can eat just 5 eggs every morning for breakfast.
 
Sorbate said:
Too fancy for me. But I am boring and eat the exact same meals for breakfast and lunch every day for years.
I was on holidays last week and I ate my 5 eggs for breakfast every day and cooked 3 for my wife, by day 3 she had enough of eggs, lol.
So I had to make them fancy for her with green pepper, green onion one day, then added in a bit of bacon the next day and then added in cheese the last couple days.

More calories than I wanted, but she asked me how I can eat just 5 eggs every morning for breakfast.
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I thought it would be hard to workout after eating that "breakfast".. but in the end I felt amazing. I wasn't tired even once today while following the entire diet there. It was hard, but it will come with time and prepping. My preworkout did make me gassy as hell today, though. I was burping my entire workout. Ugh.
 
torauntjemima said:
I thought it would be hard to workout after eating that "breakfast".. but in the end I felt amazing. I wasn't tired even once today while following the entire diet there. It was hard, but it will come with time and prepping. My preworkout did make me gassy as hell today, though. I was burping my entire workout. Ugh.
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I stopped drinking protein powder like 3 years ago. All the gas and smell went away.

Now I just eat real food, and find that you don’t need as much protein if its real.
 
Sorbate said:
I stopped drinking protein powder like 3 years ago. All the gas and smell went away.

Now I just eat real food, and find that you don’t need as much protein if its real.
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I skipped my protein powder today. I'll take some before bed like meal 6 says.

I followed the meal plan to a T, except for my preworkout and creatine.
 
Alright!

So I followed this diet for the last few days. I made some adjustments like eating 2 cups of rice was just wild for me. I'll slowly increase but it was way too much. I have been feeling pretty incredible as well. Not tired until around 9pm, tons of energy in the morning, etc.

Anyway, yesterday mid day I was out during lunch and decided to get 2 mcdoubles from old Micky D's. Today I felt like a slug. I never really noticed it before, I guess, as I would eat them a few times a week. Even my preworkout couldn't overcome it. I was slow for about the first hour of my workout and then it started to even out and I felt alright, but one small deviation and BOOM.

Gotta be good, gotta be good, gotta be....
 
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