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You could benefit from liquid meals. Here's what you do...
Whether you're bulking or cutting, an extremely easy way to get your required nutrition is through liquid meals. Only think about making up to a couple of meals into liquid meals though since you need solid foods for a healthy digestion system.
When I say liquid meals I mean anything you can drink. For instance, it would take me a good 10 minutes to eat a big bowl of oatmeal but it only takes 20 seconds to chug some oatmeal powder mixed with water (or milk or whatever).
Here's an example of cheap, effective liquid meal:
* Load all of this into a blender:
2 cups of milk (low fat or high fat depending on desired calories)
** Or you can use part milk part water for reduced calories.
1/2 cup of oatmeal ground into a powder (use a coffee grinder)
2 scoops protein (preferably a blend, but you can use whey)
1 ripe banana
Optional: For additional calories, you can add PB. Also tastes really good.
You can easily cram 1000 calories worth of quality nutrition into a single meal that you can drink in 30 seconds!
You can add or take away whatever, but you get the idea. The shake I mentioned above is good for a first meal if you don't have a big appetite when you wake up. It taste like a dessert (granted it is high in sugars) but it's loaded with nutrition and is very easy to drink. I'd only add the banana if it was a morning or mid-day shake. You can make these things low-sugar, just watch what you put in it. You can pretty much use your imagination here!
Some items you could use to make an easy liquid meal (blender required)
Milk (any kind of milk)
Cream
Oats
Fruits
Vegetables
Protein Powders (preferably a blend)
Pasteurized Egg Whites
Peanut or Almond Butter
Yogurt
Zero Calorie Flavorings (such as vanilla extract)
* Anything you can grind up and put in a blender will do. The benefit of making your own meal is that you know exactly what's being put into it!
Drinkable meals don't sit on your stomach like solid meals do, so during the course of eating so much in a given day, your less likely to have any stomach problems due to large amounts of solid foods upsetting the stomach.
I've been reading up on the health benefits of cinnamon and it definitely seems like something you could add to one of these shakes. Check this article out!
http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/30/9/2236.full
Tip: Oats are a great source of carbohydrate and fiber but some people don't like oatmeal. Just get an electronic coffee grinder! I can load 1/2 cup of oats in at one time, grind it for about 10 seconds and it becomes a powder. Then I can mix it in with some milk and some protein powder and I have a easy-to-drink meal. Or if you just want to add some quick carbs to a meal, grind up some oatmeal, mix it with water and chug it down. You can literally chug 27g of quality carbs in about 10 seconds or less!
If you're bulking, you would definitely want to take advantage of drinkable meals. For those of us who find it somewhat of a hassle to cram food all day, these shakes are almost a must-have! If I was wanting to shoot for 3600 calories every day and I drink a couple of 900 calorie shakes per day, I've knocked off half of my required calories making the other half in solid foods much easier to put down.
Just make them in a blender, load them in a thermos and you're ready to go. It's also a good idea to keep these things cold.
Cheers!
P.S - Feel free to post good recipes if you have any!!
Whether you're bulking or cutting, an extremely easy way to get your required nutrition is through liquid meals. Only think about making up to a couple of meals into liquid meals though since you need solid foods for a healthy digestion system.
When I say liquid meals I mean anything you can drink. For instance, it would take me a good 10 minutes to eat a big bowl of oatmeal but it only takes 20 seconds to chug some oatmeal powder mixed with water (or milk or whatever).
Here's an example of cheap, effective liquid meal:
* Load all of this into a blender:
2 cups of milk (low fat or high fat depending on desired calories)
** Or you can use part milk part water for reduced calories.
1/2 cup of oatmeal ground into a powder (use a coffee grinder)
2 scoops protein (preferably a blend, but you can use whey)
1 ripe banana
Optional: For additional calories, you can add PB. Also tastes really good.
You can easily cram 1000 calories worth of quality nutrition into a single meal that you can drink in 30 seconds!
You can add or take away whatever, but you get the idea. The shake I mentioned above is good for a first meal if you don't have a big appetite when you wake up. It taste like a dessert (granted it is high in sugars) but it's loaded with nutrition and is very easy to drink. I'd only add the banana if it was a morning or mid-day shake. You can make these things low-sugar, just watch what you put in it. You can pretty much use your imagination here!
Some items you could use to make an easy liquid meal (blender required)
Milk (any kind of milk)
Cream
Oats
Fruits
Vegetables
Protein Powders (preferably a blend)
Pasteurized Egg Whites
Peanut or Almond Butter
Yogurt
Zero Calorie Flavorings (such as vanilla extract)
* Anything you can grind up and put in a blender will do. The benefit of making your own meal is that you know exactly what's being put into it!
Drinkable meals don't sit on your stomach like solid meals do, so during the course of eating so much in a given day, your less likely to have any stomach problems due to large amounts of solid foods upsetting the stomach.
I've been reading up on the health benefits of cinnamon and it definitely seems like something you could add to one of these shakes. Check this article out!
http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/30/9/2236.full
Tip: Oats are a great source of carbohydrate and fiber but some people don't like oatmeal. Just get an electronic coffee grinder! I can load 1/2 cup of oats in at one time, grind it for about 10 seconds and it becomes a powder. Then I can mix it in with some milk and some protein powder and I have a easy-to-drink meal. Or if you just want to add some quick carbs to a meal, grind up some oatmeal, mix it with water and chug it down. You can literally chug 27g of quality carbs in about 10 seconds or less!
If you're bulking, you would definitely want to take advantage of drinkable meals. For those of us who find it somewhat of a hassle to cram food all day, these shakes are almost a must-have! If I was wanting to shoot for 3600 calories every day and I drink a couple of 900 calorie shakes per day, I've knocked off half of my required calories making the other half in solid foods much easier to put down.
Just make them in a blender, load them in a thermos and you're ready to go. It's also a good idea to keep these things cold.
Cheers!
P.S - Feel free to post good recipes if you have any!!
