[tatortodd]

Originally posted by baham99
Whoa...these are all great ideas. I personally like the sound of beef jerky. Sounds clean, won't go bad, and convenient. Opening a can of tuna or peeling an egg is gonna get some attention...I like it!! I'll do that during class tomorrow. As for my portability restrictions, I don't have too much freedom. It's in my bag or car all day. I just feel I'm eating WAAAY too much sugar from protein bars...so I wanted something more rich in protein, and more efficent than huge as bagels. I don't know how to find uncoated peanut butter...I'll work on that one. (Aren't they real fattening?)

Protein bars are the ultimate in portability, and there are a few low carb brands that taste good. I'm a big fan of Universal Nutrition's Dr. Carbrite Bars (8 different flavors). You can get 4 out of their 8 flavors at easypricematch.com for as low as $21.80 per box of 20 (5% discount by beating dpsnutrition.net). Nutritionexpress.com carries all 8 flavors and charges a reasonable $23.80 per box of 20.

~Todd

[mcjosh13]

I may be missing something here from all you nut eaters, but although nuts are a good source of efa's isn't the protein content preety much unusable for muscle building being as it is a incomplete protein.

[Gethuge]

I haven't noticed anyone mention milk? I carry two litres of the stuff in rubermaid bottles and drink them throughout the day.

[ryansm]

Skim Milk, jerkey, tuna.

[Rebel]

I was always told begals were not good to eat is this incorrect?

[RobInKuwait]

Originally Posted by Rebel

I was always told begals were not good to eat is this incorrect?

They probably have a high GI. They're basically like white bread.

[houseman]

Almost everything, in my opinion, is portable. When I wa sin school (8 years ago now) I brought my oversized cooler to classes with me each and everyday. Our cafeteria had a microwave which allowed me to heat up the meals that required heating.

The only time things got tricky is when you're dieting down - no sandwiches allowed

A

[serengo]

Originally Posted by Rebel

I was always told begals were not good to eat is this incorrect?

Whole grain bagels are fine for good carbs.

[skoal]

Cook up a sirloin or london broil (or chicken), in one of those tupperware contrainers toss in some salad and slice thin slices of the meat. You can carry around most salad dressings all day without them going bad if they are fat free. All you need is a fork and chow down. Beef jerky is great too, check into the Wal-Mart brand. They have a big bag (something like 8 servings) for about 8 bucks.

The new foil pouch tina isn't a bad idea but with that breath all you'll attract are stray cats, and that's just the wrong kind of pussy. Peanut butter is a good choice but most of the all natural kinds need to be refridgerated. If you're counting cals then go for a low fat type. Slice up an apple, let it sit for about a minute in water with some lemon juice and it will keep from going brown for a few hours (aren't anti-oxidents great?).

Everyday I load up enough for 3 meals at work. One is a protien drink, one a decent meal and one ussually an omlette made with egg beaters, some fat free or low fat cheese, some canadian bacon and some salsa on top. Yummy. I make it all the night before and then just pop it in the microwave for a minute at work.

[TravTriggz]

yea reduced fat but, thats still alot of fat in probably just 1 stick let alone 4.
what kinda beef jerkey should i eat people. where can i buy it

[TravTriggz]

yea

[exnihilo]

Man, what's with the real food hard on when you are putting down ~400g protein/day, you're lucky to get half of that from "real" food. When I'm going to be out of the house all day I make a shake with 9-10 scoops of whey and like 5 cups of fruit juice, and water for consistency... Sipping that over the course of the day does me right.

[skoal]

The reason for the real food is that there are additional health benfits from the food that you just don't get from protien powders. Plus real food tastes great And I'm one of those people who don't believe in ultra high protien. I'm not saying it isn't good for some people, or maybe even most people but I've found when I push my protien up over 250 grams a day I tend to put on fat. I do believe that two people can have very different abosrbtion levels of nutritants. It's probably one of those evolution things. But in this day and age with such abundant food supplies it isn't as much of a factor, except that some people will more likely put on fat.

I'm not sure but exnihilo, I think you and I carry about the same amount of weight and are relatively the same proportions, muscularly speaking of course. So there has to be something that allows both of us to reach that level with very different diets.

[exnihilo]

I lose weight when I push protein over 250g/day if calories are in check, and I feel better than dieting down on a lower protein diet. On a high protein bulking diet, again, I just feel better when dealing with a high workload.

I remember seeing some research that showed that under very intense training programs nitrogen retention and some other markers for protein utilization didn't hit their peak till around 2.6g/kg or perhaps even more than that.

[Kruger]

Originally Posted by exnihilo

Man, what's with the real food hard on when you are putting down ~400g protein/day, you're lucky to get half of that from "real" food. When I'm going to be out of the house all day I make a shake with 9-10 scoops of whey and like 5 cups of fruit juice, and water for consistency... Sipping that over the course of the day does me right.

Not that hard at all.


I would be dropping mud all day if I had that much whey.

[skoal]

I'd like to see a similar study done but looking at protien absorbed instead of ingested. If I had to make a guess, I would say that absorbtion rates vary between people. Not only for protien but also for calories. Ever notice how two people with weight and ratios may eat very different calories to maintain that weight?

The best thing to do is experiment with different levels of calories and grams of protien. I might be on the low end, which seems to work for me, and you might be on the high end and that certainly works for you. Currently I'm probably around 200 grams of protien a day and 2500 calories and have put on about 5 pounds and 1/4" on my arms in the last 2 months.

[Kruger]

Most studies show that anything over 1.5g/kg increased gluconeogensis greatly so the majority over a certain point gets converted into glucose anyway. If you take in large amounts of fast absorbing protein this will increase it further.

So in essence you are using it, but not for the purposes you think you are (or paid for).