vikinginc’s Twisted PCT/Re-comp Extravaganza
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Irish Cannon
Legend
If that's 10oz of chicken, I must be eating 15oz. Sheesh.
That looks delicious. Who says eating healthy can't taste good?!
That looks delicious. Who says eating healthy can't taste good?!
vikinginc
Well-known member
Lol, I assume you don't weigh it out ? .. I can't afford not to, ya see . . The slice of chichen on the bottom is thicker than it appears, fyi. Had to chop up the remainder because it wasn't cooking all the way through.
Chicken is all I eat though. I can't afford steak, nor do I have an active membership @ Sam's Club. I went to HEB this morning, and thankfully, they had chicken on sale for $1.64/lbs. I loaded up with 30-35 lbs; it look equally funny every time I walk up to the register with 8-10 3-4 lbs packages of fresh chicken and 10-12 gallon jugs of water.
Irish Cannon
Legend
Ahhh okay. I have a recent pic of a meal in my log. Check it out to see if you think it's 10oz.
And no, I don't weigh it. I usually just assume one chicken breast is 6oz, so I eat 1.5 chicken breasts each night. I guess that would mean I'm taking in 12oz minimum...I'm sure they are over 6oz each though. Whatever.
And no, I don't weigh it. I usually just assume one chicken breast is 6oz, so I eat 1.5 chicken breasts each night. I guess that would mean I'm taking in 12oz minimum...I'm sure they are over 6oz each though. Whatever.
Irish Cannon
Legend
...and dude, I've got this AMAZING Chinese hot sauce that I put on my rice. I bet it would go great with that meal. It tastes sooo good. I'll find out the name for you.
vikinginc
Well-known member
Hahaha, I was gonna say, the average chicken breast is 8+ oz. I never run into 6 oz. pieces of chicken breast. I don't think I'm physically capable of consuming 2 X chicken breast if they're 8-10 oz. each. So your pieces are the same size they serve at McDonalds ? Those thin little chunks of overly tendered meat ?
On my way to your log now . . . :food:
vikinginc
Well-known member
Please do !
It took me 5-6 minutes to pick out a new Hot Sauce to try out from HEB's exaggerated selection of [Mexican ]Hot Sauces. I eventually decided to go for 'Frontera Red Pepper Hot Sauce', but it was out of reach while I was gulfing down this post-workout meal, so I've yet to try it..
But I love me some Chinese Hot Sauces ! Bring it on !
snagency
Banned
Ahh, so that's why I don't see you eating any red meat eh Viking? I think I asked you that (why no red meat) in some thread awhile back, and you never did answer me.. but dude, I know chicken is cheap & all, but you could get some nice 90% lean beef & a little personal-sized Foreman Grill, cook up 4-6 oz. portions and supplement this with 3-4 egg whites (off hard-bolied eggs for convenience), you're dialed in with a nice protein-rich meal -- and imo the red meat is gonna aid ya in musclebuilding as well, much more than chicken. With the smaller serving sizes of beef, not only do you stretch it out longer (so offsets the increased cost over chicken) but it lowers the fat you'll consume as well, and you'll have little fat to begin with cuz the Lean Mean Foreman Grill will drain off the majority! And egg protein/beef protein --- bro, I'll take that source over chicken protein every time!
vikinginc
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Man, I will definitely follow this advice ! .. I've used red meats on and off, it's just due to an economic downtime I can't make the $3+/lbs purchases .. When chicken is half of that, it lights up like the laser-shows at a Pink Floyd concert; 50% SAVINGS is the only thing that comes to mind .. hahaha.
You talking about 90% lean ground beef or actual chunks of meat ? I always got the Tip Roast from Sam's Club (membership ran out in September) @ $2.79-2.89/lbs, but still served up 8-9 oz. servings each meal.. Definite waste ?
Irish Cannon
Legend
Is beef really that much better of a protein source?
vikinginc
Well-known member
I'd like to send out some props to dSade with RPN for hooking me up with a bar of their Renegade Pheromone Soap! Before NP ever launched it, I was in close contact with verner to get a hold of a bar once they got it in, but the lot was too little for him to keep one for me .. so I missed out on the first shipment .. aaaaand the second, as I had no been informed on when it was coming in.
I contacted dSade regarding where I could make a direct purchase from. He told me that due to my being patient, he'd send me a bar to try, and leave my un-biased review on it. We spoke last week, and I had the bar of soap in my mailbox today! Impressive, dSade & the rest of RPN !
I will add notes in this log as I get this rolling, and then a final review in RPN's company section of the Forum once I completed the trial.
I contacted dSade regarding where I could make a direct purchase from. He told me that due to my being patient, he'd send me a bar to try, and leave my un-biased review on it. We spoke last week, and I had the bar of soap in my mailbox today! Impressive, dSade & the rest of RPN !
I will add notes in this log as I get this rolling, and then a final review in RPN's company section of the Forum once I completed the trial.
vikinginc
Well-known member
x2 ! :think:
hman85
Well-known member
Yeah it has a lot of amino acids that chicken doesn't have including fats.
Irish Cannon
Legend
I was wondering the same thing. I've been sticking to Triscuits as they are 100% whole wheat. I have 6 of them with some salsa with Meal 3.
hman85
Well-known member
Have you had the roasted garlic triscuits? They are the shizznit!
snagency
Banned
For sure. That's why Beverly International's Ultra Size protein with beef hydrolysates is imo THE best protein on the market for growth. Spendy as hell, but the shizz..
vikinginc
Well-known member
The producer is 'Tortillas' and they're just Wheat tortilla chips.. No overly impressive nutrient profile, but nonetheless, my conscience only allows me to eat 4-6 round chips alongside my meal, so I'm not fearful of any implications as a result of adding these couple grams of carbs and the additional sodium . . . I just had to grab a bag at HEB after I realized my basket was full of hot and spicy goods predictive of having a giant Mexican feast at mi casa. :food:
vikinginc
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Ohhh Hells Yes !!!! I'm unfortunately weak for Wheat Thins as well .. Tomato & Basil; Salted; Sourcream & Onions . . I will never add them to my cart at the grocery store, because it's a surefire binge in the late evening hours !
snagency
Banned
90% lean ground beef is what I use. Some of the time 96% lean. Runs me anywhere from $3.39 (on sale) to $4.49 (no sale - hate dem days). My portions are 8-10 oz. as well, but I just bite the bullet on cost. But sometimes just to switch things up, or when I'm lowering fat for a duration, I'll cut my portions in half and eat 4 egg whites instead, as well as chicken, but I love the variety.
vikinginc
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Scccheeeeit ! $35 for ~35 servings @ 17 grams of Protein per serving . . Spendy as hell is phrasing it nicely . .
.. kind of has me thinking; we all advice eachother 1-1.5 grams of protein per lbs of bodyweight . . some rely on shakes, some on food, and some on a combination of both. However, it doesn't seem like protein is protein because when picking a protein powder, you've got the slow-release casein protein, the instante-release whey protein, the 'super-duper' Ultra Size w/beef organs or whatnot . . $hit just doesn't add up sometimes . .
snagency
Banned
Ohhhh dude, those Tomato & Basil Wheat Thins are DA BOMB!!! :donut:
snagency
Banned
For sure bro, guys think protein is protein, not the case man. There's a reason some protein is $20 for a 10 lb. jug at a WalMart!
vikinginc
Well-known member
So four eggs whites equals about 8-10 grams of protein (4 X 2-2.5 grams each egg white), and 4-5 oz. 90-96% ground beed has another 20 grams .. Right ? [I'm not looking this up right now, I only rely on the labels I see on the products I purchase..] -------> Does this mean you aim for ~30-35 grams of protein each sitting/meal? Do you consider anything over this a waste as one can not absorb it all ?
[You caught me, I'm trying to dig into your brain to find what works for you . . . then copy and apply :head:]
vikinginc
Well-known member
So how do YOU feel Whey Isolate differ to regular Whey ? Far superior ? [asking because whenever I run into pros 'supposed' protein of choice, they seem to use Isolate .. in massive quantities .. ]
. . but who wouldn't get on a $20 for 10 lbs of protein deal !? Hahaha . . . It'd finally allow me to experiment with dosages without sacrificing my wallet !
vikinginc
Well-known member
With some Cream Cheese on the side . . At this point, after getting the Tomato & Basil, one might as well go all out and get the non-reduced fat Cream Cheese !
snagency
Banned
Haha, no worries bro, dig away..
Actually, the xtra large eggs I get have 4g protein per, so we're talking 16g here, added to 25g (if 4 oz. beef) or 37g (if 6 oz. beef). Actually, I like to hit 45-50g protein per meal, sometimes up to 60g. Hell no, that old saying that the body can't absorb over 30g protein at one sitting is nonsense. Now, I think the threshhold, even in the best absorbing individuals, is somewhere in the 70g range. I try to shoot for close to 2x my bw for protein intake (350-400g daily).
snagency
Banned
But of course dude, to suggest otherwise would be uncouth!
snagency
Banned
Loaded question bro. Certain proteins are best depending on their ussage. For example, isolate is good at waking & following training. Casein is good prior to bed. But the quality of the protein is paramount too. There's a bit of a difference from the Body Fortress Crap-a-lot from WalMart, and Beverly International's protein. Sometimes that old saying "ya get what you pay for" is very true.
vikinginc
Well-known member
OK, good to hear ! I was afraid you were a protein-nazi, uber-conscious of the body's maximizes absorption rates and whatnot ! haha .. I was asking because I rarely have a meal nor a shake with less than 45-50 grams of protein.
I've got to take some time this evening to see what I find .. but there was this one notorious bodybuilder back a couple decades ago, who swore he grew from less than 1 gram of protein per lbs of bodyweight.. Remember reading it in a couple different muscle mags a while back; it was the polar opposite approach of any other bodybuilder in that era as well as todays . . High-quantity consumption of protein was over-rated [don't quote me on this] ..
snagency
Banned
Oh, guess this went over my head. Yeah, isolate is superior to whey concentrate, no doubt, but it's also absorbed extremely fast, so if you're using it as meal replacement, you need to supplement it with something like fruits, oats, peanut butter, etc. to slow down digestion.
poopypants
Banned
I was thinking the same thing when I saw that posted up!
Irish Cannon
Legend
I think you mean Triscuits.
vikinginc
Well-known member
Day #16 of PCT:
PM Cardio:
* Elliptical Machine - 20 minutes
* Treadmill - 40 minutes @ 5.0 Incline, 3.5 MPH
- All I can say about Adipo-X by now is, get your hands on it ! Throwing in a cardio session was a shot in the dark; an idea that appeared while browsing the boards two hours ago, not feeling to confident in my current conditioning.. I popped three caps Adipo-X 30 prior to cardio, and just manned up and got ready. This is after sitting down on the couch since 3.30PM studying for a test ..
- I put on my big cotton sweat suit, and put a wollen tight-fitting long-sleeve shirt underneath the jacket. I was ready to sweat. Also brought some of my test materials, and I didn't put my papers away for a single second while on either cardio machine. Held them in my hands both on the elliptical as well as on the treadmill; I'm normally never able to study and absorb information while doing cardio, nonetheless when i'm sweating balls, got drops of sweats constantly dropping down on my papers from my forhead, and whe my hands are so sweaty that the moist seeps through my test material. Adipo-X had me cranking it out for 60 whole god damn minutes !
PM Cardio:
* Elliptical Machine - 20 minutes
* Treadmill - 40 minutes @ 5.0 Incline, 3.5 MPH
- All I can say about Adipo-X by now is, get your hands on it ! Throwing in a cardio session was a shot in the dark; an idea that appeared while browsing the boards two hours ago, not feeling to confident in my current conditioning.. I popped three caps Adipo-X 30 prior to cardio, and just manned up and got ready. This is after sitting down on the couch since 3.30PM studying for a test ..
- I put on my big cotton sweat suit, and put a wollen tight-fitting long-sleeve shirt underneath the jacket. I was ready to sweat. Also brought some of my test materials, and I didn't put my papers away for a single second while on either cardio machine. Held them in my hands both on the elliptical as well as on the treadmill; I'm normally never able to study and absorb information while doing cardio, nonetheless when i'm sweating balls, got drops of sweats constantly dropping down on my papers from my forhead, and whe my hands are so sweaty that the moist seeps through my test material. Adipo-X had me cranking it out for 60 whole god damn minutes !
poopypants
Banned
ummm wheat thins has a tomato and basil flavor.... unless you were responding to something else.
vikinginc
Well-known member
Check the posts on bottom of page 6, bro . . . you'll get caught up ! :duel:
thundergod
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I know I'm coming into this protein source conversation late, as the vampire is just now waking up!! LOL This will be based on opinion rather than fact. But I feel that red meat (beef) is a better source of protein as well snagency. It is superior to chicken or fish in my estimation also. Dave Draper wrote that he could tell his strength was dropping off when he wasn't consuming enough red meat. He would be eating only chicken and fish. He said every time he re-incorporated red meat back into his diet, his strength would go up along with mass. I find that this is true with me also. I buy beef roasts and cook them a couple of times per week. They are less expensive than steaks. And I love a nice roast! :food:
vikinginc
Well-known member
I never had the priviledge of incorporating steak on a continuous basis, but it's starting to sound like a better and better idea .. Let me just go through the 35 lbs of chicken I've currently got so I can build up my wallet density a little bit, and I'll be all over that red meat [steak] like a real Texan should.
Irish Cannon
Legend
How about using chicken as your main lean meat, but adding in Uni-Liver Tabs as a source of beef protein and aminos?
TimberLakers
Well-known member
F*ck... I'm lucky if I get CHICKEN for 5 to 6 bucks a pound in the city...
vikinginc
Well-known member
No $hit !? Got any price examples from the city ? [What city?] Like steak, chicken, fish, etc . . ? I'm just curious .. Don't you have Costco or something around you !?
snagency
Banned
Uni-Liver tabs are terrible. I'm not a Universal fan, and when I tried those I crapped out undissolved pills, stuff tore my @ss up. Now, there is something to your statement tho - and this is the exact idea behind the science of Beverly's Ultra 40 liver tabs. Been using Bev's liver tabs (as well as mass aminos) for years..
RenegadeRows
Well-known member
Doing awesome, viking.
I have 2 big bottles of Uniliver in my stash I had forgot about until yesterday.
I need to start popping 30 of those badboys everyday
I have 2 big bottles of Uniliver in my stash I had forgot about until yesterday.
I need to start popping 30 of those badboys everyday
snagency
Banned
And not to rehash, but I did want to mention something on the protein powder front, the whey concentrate vs. isolate issue -- the filtration process is key in creating a pure isolate blend. If isolate is not filtered correctly, you might as well be using concentrate. This is why you see a wide variance in pricing of isolates as well - and why I kinda wonder about Dymatize' process. Kinda reminds me of IDS' isolate filtration process - cheap. That's why their isolate is so inexpensive. But that vanilla-cinnamon flavor they got is DELICIOUS, and the belgian chocolate flavor is imo the best chocolate flavor I've ever had. But unfortunately, it's a substandard processed isolate..
snagency
Banned
Ohhh, my @ss cringes at the thought..
RenegadeRows
Well-known member
LOL. You mean to tell me you DONT like the gas?!?!?!?
I say to my gym buddies "Here's something for ya" as I wave the air in their direction.
Although on a hot date or church that would not go over well...
snagency
Banned
LOL. You mean to tell me you DONT like the gas?!?!?!?
I say to my gym buddies "Here's something for ya" as I wave the air in their direction.
Although on a hot date or church that would not go over well...
Haha, hear ya. But the gas would be the least of my problems - I'm talking about bleeding out my @ss! 8~O
RenegadeRows
Well-known member
*cringes*!
Haven't had that problem........ Actually the gas goes away eventually as well. I just make sure to dose 8 or 10 tabs with food
snagency
Banned
Yeah it's not a good thing. I've got a buddy who I trained with back in the day, circa 2000, we both started using UniLiver at the same time, and it hit us both the same way - undissolved tabs coming out in our stool, little bit of blood (from the jagged @ss edge of the damn pill I'm sure), so we both went to Beverly's and neither of us had a problem at all. Plus if you look at the nutrient profile, there is NO comparison between the two. I love Ultra 40! 4-8 per meal depending on dietary construction, works like a champ!
Irish Cannon
Legend
I agree that Ultra 40 is amazing! Beverly is a great company, but most of their products are so expensive. I used their Ultra 40 for a while, probably six months or so. I switched to Uni-Liver because I figured if I could get double the amount, I'd just take a little extra to make up for the difference in the amino profile. I don't ever remember having a problem with crapping out full tablets.
I should do a study on these two products some time. Note any difference over the course of four months. Take Ultra 40 for 2 months, and Uni-Live for 2 months. I'm curious now that we're talking about it.
Edit: Snag, have you ever tried taking Uni-Liver with something like Acidophilus to aid in the digestion? Just a thought.