The Official Gym & Fitness Thread

Thanks for the tips guys.

 

That's what she said

 

Just curious what's your weekly budget for food? Do you prep? What's some of the foods you can eat multiple times in a week ?

 

Not to be a hardo but I'm up for work at 2:30 or 3:30am and still find a way to scramble 3 eggs, make my coffee, and yogurt with granola.

 

All about priorities ^


My wife luckily cracks my eggs and separates them for me nightly otherwise I'd just buy liquid egg whites. And then 1:45 for a cup of oats in the microwave super quick and efficient and my coffee is on a timer kicks on at 5:00 am and by the time I get from the bed, to the bathroom, to the kitchen the first cup is done.

 

Im up for work at 3:30AM aswell. I cant seem to make time to make breakfast in the morning as I work ~80 a week and I need my 4 hours of sleep or I will be miserable. I usually have egg whites, bell peppers and potatoes in the morning but I meal prep that aswell so I just need to nuke it. Surprisingly eggs reheated aren't too bad

 

I need a coffee maker with a timer... I use a French press so unless I spend a few hundred on an espresso machine I don't think its feasible. Anyone try the Nespresso machine?

 

Definitely more of an after workout meal! Always go hard when I know my reward will be chipotle after

Did you hit all your macros?

Never thought to use Bison, might need to incorporate that

 

Maybe it's the spinach I put in it but I tried meal prepping eggs before after 2 days no bueno

 

I feel like spinach would go bad if you sautéed it. I use to just wash the spinach leafs in the morning and put it on top the morning of... but I don't like sautéed spinach so I prefer to eat it raw

 

4 hours of sleep are you kidding me? This is me if I get less than 6 hours

 

Its really difficult but its just my situation at the moment. I work in IT so unfortunately I have a large workload, typically work 5AM-11PM mon-fri. Hoping this will change soon though

EDIT: The worst part is too that ever since I started this work schedule I can sometime be sore after workouts for days at a time due to me not getting the muscle recovery I need

 

I'm currently transitioning to IT myself. I start a new job in 2 weeks. The hours aren't bad right now though. I hope it doesn't get worse as I progress

 

Just don't over extend yourself. By no means will it get to the extent of my schedule unless you have two jobs. Im currently looking for a new job that will supplement both so I can enjoy life again

 

They have one thing in common: they're both a waste of money

Is that the same guy from a few days ago who said he guessed on his calories and macros and "knew" they were spot-on?

If he's like me, it's can't. I have never been a morning person and never will be. I'm up at 7:30 and at work at 8. To make up for my lack of morningness, I make all my breakfast food for the day the night before. I also try to stick to foods that don't need much prep. Breakfast right now for me is 6 oz egg whites that I cook the night before, an apple, and a Greek yogurt. I've accepted that I'm not a morning person, but I'm thinking that's gonna change in Jan

6 hours of sleep are you kidding me? This is me if I get less than 7 hours

 

No

Same thing as won't.

 

Haha you'll turn into a sleep whenever the hell you can person, and you'll be awake plenty of mornings, don't you worry

 

50-75 a week. Maybe a little more. I haven't prepped recently but I have before.

I've tried waking up earlier, but then I just crash during half way through the day at work and can't focus and get nothing done

 

This. The only time I can function on less than 7 hrs of sleep is if I had to get up early to go hiking/biking/snowboarding or something. Otherwise, I need to load up on coffee.