Feeling guilty!

[Dommo7]

Today i have eaten:
60g oats with water and choc whey isollate for breaky.

salad consisting of prawns (70g) chicken (60g), red pepper, onion and iceberg lettuce.

Another protien shake after workout.
For dinner I have a massive salad of lettuce, abt 100gs of pilchards, some crab meat, prawns, carrotts (40g).
Then I had an apple and a bowl of speacial k sustain (about 50g) with no milk but water and chocolate whey. And I have also had about 180g of cottage cheese today also and feeling like i have really really over eaten, not like me to consume this much, i am usualy so strict, but today all I could think about was food!

I have been running every morning before breaky this week, for around half an hour at a decent pace, then i wait a while before breakfast, go to work, then the gym, to just do weights... and tonight I was just so hungry.

Someone please put my mind at rest! hehe

[Ripped Barbarian]

You are not eating enough, especially if you think that's a lot and you feel guilty about it, almost verging on 7 stone anorexic woman if i'm honest.

Eat more, high quality foods.

[roadz]

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You are not eating enough, especially if you think that's a lot and you feel guilty about it, almost verging on 7 stone anorexic woman if i'm honest.

Eat more, high quality foods.

That was a slight exageration by RC... but by no means is that a lot of food

[Dommo7]

I take CLA too, too keep body fat low, I think its just because I am used to little and often, but tonight I just went for it lol, it made me feel good, but about half an hour after I felt awful! I do love my salads and cant get enough, as I do my seafood, gotta love them pilchards eh?!

What can you boys suggest for breakfast, I bought some scales tonight to weigh my foods out so I can check I am balancing my foods correctly, is this a decent idea? just so I can use it for a few weeks to get the visual on how much of what I need? I guess I am taking on around 2000cals a day???

[Alpal2005]

From what you said in your first post, in my opinion you didnt eat that much? For breakfast, i go for 3-4 scrambled eggs on 2-3 slices of whole meal bread. Or around 5 heaped desert spoons of powdered oats and 400ml of milk/water and 2 scoops of whey. Scales are a good idea, though dont get too bogged down in numbers, i like working in portions (1 portion being the size of your fist). If you are trying to put on muscle/bulk 2000 cals a day is not enough, thats enough for a woman to sustain her weight with a fairly sedimentary lifestyle.

Eat Eat Eat! Though if you are cutting eat less carbs.

Al

[BanZeh]

I wouldnt worry too much,no science behind it but I think if you are ever really feeling like you need something, food, sleep etc then you prob need it. That isnt a great amount of food even if you are trying to cut so relax. As for breakfast, consider the following,

Porridge - Cant really go wrong, and can easily adapt oats up or down for bulk or cut
Vegetable Omlette - Again can increase amount of eggs where necessary, or mix eggs and MPs egg whites is a good idea if you are trying to keep Kcals down.
Bacon and eggs - Easily adaptable again

[Alpal2005]

Plus i eat 300g of cottage cheese before bed (around 42g of protein). So 180 is nothing to worry about, especially if it is the low fat version. Amazing food to scoff! IMO soooooo tasty, gimme cottage cheese on toast with a bit of chilli powder and im happy!

[BanZeh]

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From what you said in your first post, in my opinion you didnt eat that much? For breakfast, i go for 3-4 scrambled eggs on 2-3 slices of whole meal bread. Or around 5 heaped desert spoons of powdered oats and 400ml of milk/water and 2 scoops of whey. Scales are a good idea, though dont get too bogged down in numbers, i like working in portions (1 portion being the size of your fist). If you are trying to put on muscle/bulk 2000 cals a day is not enough, thats enough for a woman to sustain her weight with a fairly sedimentary lifestyle.

Eat Eat Eat! Though if you are cutting eat less carbs.

Al

Kcals required are very dependent on individual (metabolism,size etc) I could proberbly have 2000Kcals and a sedentary life and stay at the same weight or possibly put on weight and that is at 13Stone.

[Alpal2005]

true, point taken. But for someone with regular high quality gym activity, 2000cals wont be too much of an issue

[Alpal2005]

Also much of what was consumed was veg/greens or meat (prawns/pilchards etc). The only 'proper' carb in there was the special K. Nothing to worry about at all. You didnt eat a whole bag of chips deep fried. Dont worry yourself