We honestly didn't eat too badly. Too hungover for breakfast, got the lunch buffet but barely ate, went and drank at the pool, went somewhere for dinner (probably ate 1k+ cals there).

Drinking was by far the most caloric part of my Vegas consumption.

El d,

How big was the chicken sausage?



Daryn -

Yeah a tbsp of evoo is like 120 cals but needed when cooking (at least some kind of fat anyway). I prefer it to butter at least. Plus since I typically have at least 1 tbsp of evoo a day I won't get wrinkles! Or so my grandma says...

here's my next 3 meals -



here's how i typically do it up, 125 calories each, 4 are super filling



nutritional info (1 serving = 1 oz for the chicken)

Is that a pre-made chicken that you just heat up or did you do that from scratch?

On the surface it does, because it seems like your getting relatively nothing for 100 or so cals, but olive oil is a very satiety fat.

I put olive oil in my protein shakes.

nope, marinated with this stuff, sooooooo amazing

Dear god don't ever use premade chicken for anything.

If you have a foreman grill it takes like 5 minutes max to grill up some thin sliced chicken breast which is 800 times better than canned or microwaveable chicken.

i used canned chicken for two things: tacos (getting raw chicken into a shreddable condition, ain't nobody got time for that) and buffalo chicken dip

Ok shredded chicken is different. Also buffalo chicken dip is delicious with canned chicken. I guess it has its purposes.

220 today, hating life

Are you logging calories anywhere? Do you have caloric targets?

I eat like 5 cans of canned chicken breasts chunks a week

Makes decent chicken salad too, surprisingly.

We're not talking this or anything. Don't look by the way:

yeota,

"I eat like 5 cans of canned chicken breasts chunks a week"

Do you cook fresh chicken breasts too?

Once in awhile, maybe once a week.

A typical day for me eating is:

Lunch - can of chicken breast either with 2tbsp light mayo (chicken salad) or with bbq sauce and this spicy pineapple sauce. Switch those up couple times a week with an omelette. 280-530 cals

Snack - beef jerky or fruit 80-180 cals

Dinner - varies widely, but basically a meat or fish and green veggies (broccoli, asparagus, brussels). Have salmon 1x a week, chicken breast or thighs 1x a week, red meat probably 3x a week, Boca burgers 1x a week (veggie burger), maybe shrimp or haddock or some other random thing 1x. 500-800 cals.

Dessert /snack - either more fruit, Greek yogurt or single serving ice cream. 80-200 cals

That pretty much accounts for all my meals. I use a variety of spices /cooking styles to keep it fresh.

Do you intentionally practice IF, or just no interest in breakfast?

Yeota,

Cool, was just wondering because that sounded like it could get super boring as a primary staple, but sounds like you've got plenty of variety and fresh food in the diet to keep things interesting.

Usually wakeup at 10 and eat lunch at 11

Yes. Current target is approx. 1850/day. I've been going over here and there, but not by much. I've been pretty much just maintaining for the past month it seems. I want to hit the gas and make another push to get down to 210 but I keep having "cheat meals" every weekend it seems.

Does your calorie tracker do a full-week summation? If you're unable to avoid a cheat meal on the weekend maybe you should cut your intake further during the week.

Unless he's really binging on the weekends, 1850 is a fine target. Hit that each weekday, have a cheat meal or two on the weekends and be right around maintenance, and you should still be dropping somewhere around 1-2 pounds per week. You've got a decent margin of error when you're still at 220.

That's my point - the combination of every so often going over plus binging on weekends had kept him at this weight for a month.

I'm just saying, 1850 is already around a 1k deficit, give or take depending on his activity levels. If he's really blowing it all on the weekends, the solution isn't to eat 1600 calories a day on the weekdays while still going wild on the weekends, it's to limit your weekend cheat meals so you're only having 2500-3000 calories and then stick more rigidly if needed to the 1850 on the weekdays.

yeah, i really never get tired of the canned chicken though. love it when i use the bbq and pineapple sauce, could prob eat that every day. just mix in the sauces and heat it in a pan to get a crust. I posted a picture earlier iirc but everyone thought it looked gross haha.

but apart from that i make the chicken salad like 20 different ways. some examples for anyone else that wants to try (all have 2 TSPB light mayo + 1 can of chicken breast chunks):

- just S&P
- S&P, onion and celery
- siracha
- garlic chili sauce (siracha brand)
- S&P, cumin, cayenne pepper
- chili powder
- pepper, red curry powder
- hot sauce (franks red hot obv)
- S&P and yellow mustard or deli mustard
- S&P and chopped pickle
- S&P and chopped banana pepper + a little pepper juice
- S&P, oregano, basil
- S&P and jalapeno


think that covers it, lol