Everyone has one so why not..

[EvilPie]

I'm not much of a snacker so I can't really help there. You might find bodybuilding supplements of use to you though.

On top of my 3 proper meals I have these:

http://www.thesupplementstore.co.uk/brands/cnp_professional/cnp_professional_pro-flapjack_24_bars.htm

Not exactly gorgeous but they're pretty good for you and fill a gap if you're hungry.

Also recently discovered this stuff:

http://www.thesupplementstore.co.uk/brands/muscle_mousse/muscle_mousse_dessert_750g.htm#product-nutrition

Really nice dessert if you have a sweet tooth. They're very low carb and fat though so you get all the taste (nearly all...) without the guilt.

[mondatoo]

The percentages represent what % of the daily recommended amount I've had, taken from here ?

http://www.gdalabel.org.uk/gda/gda_values.aspx

I bought the potatoes loose from Tesco so took that info from there website :

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=253555232

As I'm trying to get healthy and I'm definitely overweight then weight loss would be the goal.

I was eating a lot of sweets but actually feel that urge is being filled by the fruit I'm eating.

[mondatoo]

I'm not much of a snacker so I can't really help there. You might find bodybuilding supplements of use to you though.

On top of my 3 proper meals I have these:

http://www.thesupplementstore.co.uk/brands/cnp_professional/cnp_professional_pro-flapjack_24_bars.htm

Not exactly gorgeous but they're pretty good for you and fill a gap if you're hungry.

Also recently discovered this stuff:

http://www.thesupplementstore.co.uk/brands/muscle_mousse/muscle_mousse_dessert_750g.htm#product-nutrition

Really nice dessert if you have a sweet tooth. They're very low carb and fat though so you get all the taste (nearly all...) without the guilt.

It's not a snack really.

I'll have say 250g Chicken and 125g brown rice for meal pre grind at around 2-3pm, which would be the 1st thing I eat. Then have fruit through the day, finishing the grind at 2/3am I would then eat at this point before going to bed 2 hours later. At the minute that's been either Cereal, Crackers or Toast, so not looking to replace it with a big meal but something healthier than those options, not a fan at all of flapjacks.

[EvilPie]

Ignore those guideline daily amounts. How the guideline amount for me at 16st and weight training 5 times a week can be the same as my 7st missus who doesn't do a tap I'll never know??

It's the nutritional information you need to look at and in particular the amount per 100g

So for the potatoes it's:

76cals
Protein 1.7g
Carb 16.1g
Fat 0.3g

You then need to weigh out your total amount and see what your total is so if you had 250g it would be:

190cals
Protein 4.25g
Carbs 40.25g
Fat 0.75g

Add this revised figure to your sea bass and your totals are:

453cals
29g protein (31%)
52.5g carbs (56%)
11.5g fat (13%)

Now your macros look far more respectable which is what I would expect from this sort of meal.

Your carbs are heavily biased towards your potatoes and the protein is mostly from the sea bass. In order to swing your diet more towards a protein based one you just have more sea bass or less potato. As long as you stay within your total calorie target you'll be all good.

[mondatoo]

Ok Matt, cheers for all the help, will do it that way going forward.

Completed Day 1 of Week 2 of the challenge, completed all sets managing 8 on the last set.

[EvilPie]

I'm not much of a snacker so I can't really help there. You might find bodybuilding supplements of use to you though.

On top of my 3 proper meals I have these:

http://www.thesupplementstore.co.uk/brands/cnp_professional/cnp_professional_pro-flapjack_24_bars.htm

Not exactly gorgeous but they're pretty good for you and fill a gap if you're hungry.

Also recently discovered this stuff:

http://www.thesupplementstore.co.uk/brands/muscle_mousse/muscle_mousse_dessert_750g.htm#product-nutrition

Really nice dessert if you have a sweet tooth. They're very low carb and fat though so you get all the taste (nearly all...) without the guilt.

It's not a snack really.

I'll have say 250g Chicken and 125g brown rice for meal pre grind at around 2-3pm, which would be the 1st thing I eat. Then have fruit through the day, finishing the grind at 2/3am I would then eat at this point before going to bed 2 hours later. At the minute that's been either Cereal/Weetabix or Toast, so not looking to replace it with a big meal but something healthier than those options, not a fan at all of flapjacks.

Nothing wrong with weetabix mate especially if you have it with skimmed milk and honey instead of sugar. Full fat milk and sugar makes them pretty shocking though.

I sometimes have cheerios as a snack with fruit and yogurt plus a bit of honey.

I have 100g of peaches:

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+ 80g of natural low fat yogurt:



+ a squirt of honey:

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+ 40g cheerios

Really tasty, really good for you and quite filling as well.

[mondatoo]

Only putting a tiny bit of sugar on them, using semi skimmed milk which I assume is fine.

Now I've massively reduced the amount of sugar in my diet I'm actually ok with just having 1 sugar in my cup of tea now, lolz.

[cambridgealex]

Enjoying reading all these tips Matt thanks.

I've starting swimming every day and doing weights 4-6 times per week and actually sticking to it for the last month! It's hard for me here (in china) to get my hands on healthy food and get enough calories, protein, supplements etc cos I can't understand a bloody thing in the supermarkets lol. Casino food is pretty disastrous for a good diet too as you can imagine.

Feeling so much better physically though and it's having an amazing knock on affect mentally too, able to grind longer sessions, have more intense focus etc. Loving it tbh.

So keep it up!

[mondatoo]

Today I went to me Dad's to watch the match so had a Sunday dinner there so no idea on nutritional info, then had weetabix for supper.

Proper detailed updates from tmoro, how exciting for everyone

[mondatoo]

Todays meal is my treat meal for the week, seems a healthy treat meal to me

100g Ready Cooked Chicken

Calories 164
Fat 7.1g
Protein 24.4g
Carbs 0.5g

Fresh Mash

Cals 97
Fat 2.2g
Protein 2.1g
Carbs 16.1g

Veg

Calories 103
Fat 1.5g
Protein 5.75g
Carbs 12.3g

Yorkies

Calories 117
Fat 2.7g
Protein 5.1g
Carbs 17.7g

Gravy

Calories 13
Fat 0.5g
Protein Trace
Carbs 2.1g

Total

Calories 494
Fat 14g
Protein 37.35g
Carbs 48.7g

Supper was :

2 x small white bread no butter

Calories 140
Fat 1g
Carbs 26g

50g Chicken :

Calories 82
Fat 3.6g
Protein 12.2g
Carbs 0.25g

Salsa dip :

Calories 11
Protein 0.3g
Carbs 2.3g

Total

Calories 233
Fat 4.6g
Protein 12.5g
Carbs 28.55g

Overall totals :

Calories 494
Fat 14g
Protein 37.35g
Carbs 48.7g

Calories 727
Fat 18.6g = 12.8%
Protein 49.85g = 34.2%
Carbs 77.25g = 53%

Not the worst numbers imo for a "fail" day.

Pretty disappointed I had the bread now otherwise even with having a dinner, numbers %'s wise would've looked deece, nmind.. Got schooled by the guidelines on the loaf all looking fine, they sure include Carbs as one of the six they show, wonder why....

Wholemeal bread doesn't seem a whole lot better neither, any suggestions please ?

Are the Naan Breads you have with your curries low in Carbs Matt ?

[mondatoo]

Ignore

Calories 494
Fat 14g
Protein 37.35g
Carbs 48.7g

After Overall totals :

Just c+p'd it to make adding up quicker and forgot to delete afterwards and now can't, 2nd numbers = totals.

[mondatoo]

Today's main meal :

200g Chicken Breast

Calories 220
Fat 3.4g
Protein 47g

100g Brown rice

Calories 355
Fat 2.8g
Carbs 74g
Protein 6.9g

Loyds sauce (I only used half the jar)

Calories 110
Protein 3.2g
Carbs 12.2g
Fat 5g

Totals

Calories 885
Fat 11.2g
Protein 55.1g
Carbs 86.2g

Insane to me that the sauce would have the most fat in it.

[pleno1]

do we get pics?

[titaniumbean]

do we get pics?

rofl I was literally just thinking this. I just see a wall of info and dont read it.

[Woodsey]

do we get pics?

lol you've now got me interested to see if what he cooks looks like slop or not   I'm picturing Amatay quality food for some reason