Ok, lets start here. Yesterdays meals, now explain to me all you mighty Nutritionist. Whats wrong with meal 1. 2 eggs hmmm thats protein, waffles, and hashbrowns, both carbs right before working out. Lunch was the frenchbread pizza, again had protein, and carbs post workout. Dinner, the bacon wrapped chicken and Asparagus came from a keto diet website and contained over 40g of protein in it just in the portion I ate. So go? Tell me where I was wrong in my choices?
I have very little time for AM lately and hate to jump in on all kinds of fights. I think what everyone here is saying @dementedcowboy is that you could do better...if you want to. If you don't want to, that is your right as well. Like you said, you do you.
But I think that sometimes love hurts. One of the reasons I don't have time right now is because my father had a stroke and requires a LOT of care. My mom is extremely overweight and out of shape and does not yet realize that she probably isn't capable of caring for him (he has been in nursing homes, hospitals and rehab since it started) - but that she is part of the problem. She continues to bring him take out food for 2 meals a day in ADDITION to his nursing home food.
And when I point out that Wendy's isn't acceptable for a stroke patient, she says, "Its a salad with eggs and cheese, what's wrong with that?" Or "Its ground beef with beans and beef, what's wrong with that?"
It is a kind of justification that ignores the discomfort of the facts - it isn't that some foods are good or bad. It is the overall picture. It is the caloric intake, macro and micro breakdown.
And I have been on the other side - I was in their shoes and 300+ pounds. I told myself all kinds of lies. One being "I am a big guy". The fact is, I never was. And I had to accept I am smaller - and be ok with it. A lot of guys on here criticize me for my size too. And it is valid. I am not a big guy.
I also told myself, "I can be fat and healthy at the same time."
And "I don't need to lock down my diet to lose weight."
And when I started changing those thoughts and beliefs and accepting reality, I made major progress. I did things that people thought were crazy. But then I stopped making progress toward my goal and Hairygrandpa gave me the same hard love that he and others on here are giving you...and I responded and got in the best shape of my life.
And then I got comfortable and lost a bunch.
I've won, I've lost. I have been on both sides. It can be really hard. But we need to get you to the winners table.
Waffles and hash browns are not justified just because they are "carb sources". Are you tracking and logging your food? Do you have a meal plan?
I find for myself I do best with a plan that eliminates any need for food decisions. If I make on-the-fly food choices, they will be inevitably worse than if I had a plan in place beforehand.