First 3 meals of the day....look ok?

[PatBateman3]

fyi...I am just about to start cutting again (with the aid of test)


I do this Monday-Friday and am going to tweak it for the weekend, maybe alter it up Sat and Sun since I sleep later. Anyway, times are approximate:

6:20 - Bowl of instant quaker oats original (re: no sugar) oatmeal and EITHER 1-2 thin chicken breasts OR a turkey burger (both bought pre-cooked from whole foods market...love that place!) and some low carb condiment

7:00 - AM cardio and some light core training/abs/balancing work/stretching (usually don't lift mornings). I lift only 3-4 nights a week, need to focus much more on cardio.

8:15: - PW shake of ~55g protein and ~45g carbs with water

9:15 - Egg white omellete with veggies and low-carb ketchup and NO cheese


Ok, I'm trying to guesstimate what my protein is after these 3, probably around 120g I am guessing? Also, the shake is 400 calories. How would you rate these for my first 3 meals of the day??

I am thinking after of eating at 12, 3, 6, and 9 to follow. Hope to get shredded, I feel soooooooo fat at 15%

 

[HERPECIN]

well the real pat bateman would do crunches(he can do a thousand now), jump rope, and eat some raspberries and kiwi

 

[PatBateman3]

well the real pat bateman would do crunches(he can do a thousand now), jump rope, and eat some raspberries and kiwi

hahaha, yeah man who do I have to kill to get a reservation at Dorsia?

 

[pintoca]

if you are doing cardio in the morning to burn fat, there is no point in eating a bowl of oats right before it... you will have to burn those readily available carbs with the cardio first.

BEtter to the cardio BEFORE you eat or later in the day, I do mine 8-9 hours after my last carb meal. The meals look good, low in fat though, you need your EFAs

 

[pintoca]

A PWO shake with 45g carbs?? Dude, it's cardio. Just eat and save the shakes for a lift workout. Yep, I agree about the oats + cardio. 40 mins is not the time it takes to digest, plus with the addition of chicken or turkey you've got yourself 3+ hour meal. Either do it before breakfast, or wait 3+ hours. I usually get up, have whatever I want, wait 3 hours and go to the gym (consider another 1/2 hour or so walking). Fattytoca waits 8 - 9 hours because he has a boring day job and can't schedule his workout only 3 - 4 hours later.

In fact, he can't even take a photo correctly!

Oh yeah, your EFAs are virually nonexistant too. Olive, Flax oil, Salmon, Canola/Grapeseed Oil, WALNUTS, almonds, peanuts, etc (any nut). Can be fit into the first meal (as long as you aren't doing cardio 40 mins later), pre workout if you workout is a long time ahead of your meal (say, a meal replacement shake and then you work out 2 - 3 hours later, ya got me?) the meal AFTER the meal after your actual workout (usually this is either the last meal of the day or if you lift early, it'll follow the meal after your workout i.e. [workout, shake, meal with protein and carbs, meal with whatever and EFAs])

Mmkay..that's about it..if you workout really late you can have the fat right after your workout shake since you'd be going to sleep anyway.

lol, correct and correct!!!

 

[PatBateman3]

Ok, so you guys think I will shed better doing the cardio empty stomach? And yeah, I do eat almonds during the day, so don't worry, I get my efa's. So it would be.

Wake (pop 2 vpx redline)
Run at gym and light core training as mentioned above

Meal 1 @ 8:00: Oatmeal and turkey/chicken (see above)
Meal 2 @ 10:00: Egg white omellete (see above)

I know that those meals are close together but I need to get in a certain amount of protein while on gear and I'm just not going to change that spacing. The rest of the day is greens, tuna, chicken, turkey, fish, espresso/caffeine and almonds/flax oil. Looking to get shredded.

I will save the PW shake for slamming immediately after PM lifting sessions on the days I lift.


Thanks you 2!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[pintoca]

that sounds more like it, some may argue that you are risking too high a catabolic state by doing your cardio+some training with an empty tank... how to minimize the risk? wake up, do the cardio, drink the shake, do the light training part.

later on, eat your meal 1

I would do so