You Eat How Much?!

Hello again!

  So, I thought it might be helpful for you guys to see how I eat in a typical day. I like to shoot for around 2100 to 2300 calories a day, because my goal is to put on a good amount of size, and with the amount of times I work out in a day or at a time, I need to make sure I am properly fueled. So here we go,

( 6:45am) Before I leave the house in the morning I have

    - a protein shake with almond/coconut milk (if i'm really in a hurry)
    - or I'll grab a Scotch egg (recipe to come, but it's a hard boiled egg wrapped in ground meat)
    - and I'll have a handful of almonds.

(9:30am) When I get back from the gym I have my breakfast which usually is something like

     - my breakfast bowl I posted
     - or 3 eggs, 2 sausage and a cup or so of broccoli
     - and about a cup of blueberries or strawberries

(12:30pm) For lunch

    - I really like turkey burgers for lunch wrapped in iceberg lettuce. They are easy and quick.
    - with the burger I do a lot of veggies, carrots, cauliflower, cucumber
    - I'll also throw some avocado on the burger
    - Also if I was able to make a big dinner the night before I might just have leftovers which is always quick.

Typically in between lunch and dinner is when I go to the gym again, so about an hour before that, around 3:30pm, I will grab about 4 to 6 oz of lunch meat (applegate farms brand is the best) and another handful of almonds.

(either 6:30pm or 8:30pm) Dinner (usually after I have just left the gym)

    - I eat a lot of chicken during the week usually about 4 to 6 oz a serving but of course I will sub that out with turkey and beef, steaks and pork from time to time.
   - I really like asparagus also so I will usually have about 15 spears of that
   - Again I will do a small sweet potato or even some white rice (which is gluten free) with some mango  to help with my carb re-feed.


Snacks ( I really like to snack through out the day, it helps keep me sane and my blood sugar stable)

   -  home made Lara bars, like the ones I posted the recipe of
   -  beef jerky
   - After I'm done working out I will down a protein shake

So if you look at all of this, none of it is very complicated, or hard to throw together or even pre-make to have on hand. Of course I mix things up and this is not what I eat everyday but the make up is there. The things that change are really just what type of protein am I having, what type of veggies or carbs am I having. I tend to stick with the same healthy fats, the avocado, almonds and cook with coconut oil just because that's easy for me. You will have to put more thought into meal planning, and sometimes there is extra prep needed, but if you have big goals and want to see those goals achieved these are some of the things you have to do to make it happen. Like I said this is around 2300 calories for my daily intake. Of course if you are a male you are gonna want to up that more but all you do is increase some of the serving sizes.

I hope this was helpful to you guys so you can see just how much food I'm taking in and give you a little perspective on how I do it. If you have any questions please feel free to write them in the comment section.