Bible_Belt
Master Don Juan
I’m 39. This is me two days ago: http://i.imgur.com/l3xUzpo.jpg
I don’t work out. I don’t go to a gym. My last mma fight was six years ago. I gained about sixty pounds after I quit training, and have lost about 50 of it. I’m not on any supplements, steroids, hgh, or testosterone. And I drink beer. I work on a farm, so I am more active than most people.
My diet is primarily fat-based. A lot of the ideas come from the keto diet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketogenic_diet Most of my protein comes from anything but meat, because it’s expensive.
Here’s a dirty secret about your protein intake that no one wants to hear - excess protein is converted by the body into glucose. That power bar might as well be a pepsi, if it is more protein than your body can use. And I think most guys vastly overestimate the amount of protein they need in their diet.
I’d max out food stamps if I applied, but I prefer living simply instead. Getting by on minimal money should make most American’s diets much healthier. Poor people used to be skinny before they were all on welfare.
Look at food in terms of the calories provided compared to the cost. Processed and simple carbs will leave you hungry soon afterward, so you’ll quickly learn to avoid those. Most of my diet is peanut butter, eggs, and dried beans or lentils. In the summer, I have vegetables from my garden. That’s another thing poor people used to do - grow a garden.
You’re going to need to learn how to cook. Get a yard sale crock pot. A pressure cooker is another useful item if you can find one used. Dried beans need to be soaked overnight in the fridge; lentils cook faster and don’t need soaking. I’m not against meat in principal, but buy the cheapest cuts and boil them down slowly to flavor a big pot of beans. Gristle will fall apart when cooked for several hours.
If you have to eat out, once again, think poor. Something off the value menu at McDonald’s isn’t exactly healthy, but if you make a meal out of one 400-500 calorie item, that’s still a diet a person can lose weight on. Peanuts are usually the best I can do from a convenience store, as far as picking out something healthy from a bunch of junk food.
Healthy oils and high fiber meals like beans are free. Eat all you want. I mix coconut oil in my coffee, and fry eggs in it. I mix olive oil into my lentils and beans, as well as a lot of garlic. If you have money, get the peanut butter that is all-natural. It should have zero carbs. The cheap stuff has sugar mixed in. I still buy it though, because it’s cheap. If you can afford them, cashews, sunflower seeds, nuts, and nut butters other than peanut are all free foods. Fat and fiber both fill you up, and keep you from being hungry for longer. A typical breakfast for me is coffee with coconut oil and peanut butter straight out of the jar.
Vegetables are free. But stay away from potatoes and corn, too many carbs. Dip veggies in any salad dressing that doesn’t have sugar in it to eat them raw. Or stir fry them. Eggs are another free food. Get farm eggs if you can; they are better for you. If you have eggs and any vegetable, fry them together and that is a meal. Grow a garden if you can, even if it is on a balcony. If you have a large garden, learn to home can. Any food you grow yourself should always taste better than what you can buy. If none of that is an option, find your local farmer’s market and buy what is in season. It’s also a good place to take a girl for a free date.
Carbs are not exactly the devil, but you have to match them to your activity level. If you sit on your butt at a desk job all day, you don’t need carbs. They’re just going to make you fat. Unless you’re doing some serious weight lifting or are a competitive athlete, you don’t need meat either. Excess protein will make you just as fat as sugar, which by the way, pretty much is the devil. People who want to lose body fat have no business eating processed sugar of any kind. Bread, crackers, and pasta are bad, too. I stopped buying bread over a year ago.
Water and fluid intake is important. Bottled water is one of the few diet luxuries I buy, to keep from getting dehydrated. If you can get into the habit of drinking iced green tea during the day, it’s very healthy and dissipates hunger. Many people mistake hunger for thirst.
How do I get abs? is one of the most common questions I see in H&F. My answer to that question is that you have to give up on all your previous conceptions about diet. If you work a desk job, then go to a gym, do some bench presses, run on a treadmill and leave...good for you, that’s better than 90% of all the lazy slobs out there...but you’re not going to live that lifestyle, eat steak and potatoes at every meal, and get a 6-pack. It’s not going to happen.
In countries that don’t have welfare, most poor people are skinny. 6-packs are normal. Those people have to work hard, often in physical labor, and when they get enough money to buy food, they have to buy the cheapest foods that will sustain them. If you want abs, that is the lifestyle you need to emulate - high activity and a very simple diet.
I don’t work out. I don’t go to a gym. My last mma fight was six years ago. I gained about sixty pounds after I quit training, and have lost about 50 of it. I’m not on any supplements, steroids, hgh, or testosterone. And I drink beer. I work on a farm, so I am more active than most people.
My diet is primarily fat-based. A lot of the ideas come from the keto diet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketogenic_diet Most of my protein comes from anything but meat, because it’s expensive.
Here’s a dirty secret about your protein intake that no one wants to hear - excess protein is converted by the body into glucose. That power bar might as well be a pepsi, if it is more protein than your body can use. And I think most guys vastly overestimate the amount of protein they need in their diet.
I’d max out food stamps if I applied, but I prefer living simply instead. Getting by on minimal money should make most American’s diets much healthier. Poor people used to be skinny before they were all on welfare.
Look at food in terms of the calories provided compared to the cost. Processed and simple carbs will leave you hungry soon afterward, so you’ll quickly learn to avoid those. Most of my diet is peanut butter, eggs, and dried beans or lentils. In the summer, I have vegetables from my garden. That’s another thing poor people used to do - grow a garden.
You’re going to need to learn how to cook. Get a yard sale crock pot. A pressure cooker is another useful item if you can find one used. Dried beans need to be soaked overnight in the fridge; lentils cook faster and don’t need soaking. I’m not against meat in principal, but buy the cheapest cuts and boil them down slowly to flavor a big pot of beans. Gristle will fall apart when cooked for several hours.
If you have to eat out, once again, think poor. Something off the value menu at McDonald’s isn’t exactly healthy, but if you make a meal out of one 400-500 calorie item, that’s still a diet a person can lose weight on. Peanuts are usually the best I can do from a convenience store, as far as picking out something healthy from a bunch of junk food.
Healthy oils and high fiber meals like beans are free. Eat all you want. I mix coconut oil in my coffee, and fry eggs in it. I mix olive oil into my lentils and beans, as well as a lot of garlic. If you have money, get the peanut butter that is all-natural. It should have zero carbs. The cheap stuff has sugar mixed in. I still buy it though, because it’s cheap. If you can afford them, cashews, sunflower seeds, nuts, and nut butters other than peanut are all free foods. Fat and fiber both fill you up, and keep you from being hungry for longer. A typical breakfast for me is coffee with coconut oil and peanut butter straight out of the jar.
Vegetables are free. But stay away from potatoes and corn, too many carbs. Dip veggies in any salad dressing that doesn’t have sugar in it to eat them raw. Or stir fry them. Eggs are another free food. Get farm eggs if you can; they are better for you. If you have eggs and any vegetable, fry them together and that is a meal. Grow a garden if you can, even if it is on a balcony. If you have a large garden, learn to home can. Any food you grow yourself should always taste better than what you can buy. If none of that is an option, find your local farmer’s market and buy what is in season. It’s also a good place to take a girl for a free date.
Carbs are not exactly the devil, but you have to match them to your activity level. If you sit on your butt at a desk job all day, you don’t need carbs. They’re just going to make you fat. Unless you’re doing some serious weight lifting or are a competitive athlete, you don’t need meat either. Excess protein will make you just as fat as sugar, which by the way, pretty much is the devil. People who want to lose body fat have no business eating processed sugar of any kind. Bread, crackers, and pasta are bad, too. I stopped buying bread over a year ago.
Water and fluid intake is important. Bottled water is one of the few diet luxuries I buy, to keep from getting dehydrated. If you can get into the habit of drinking iced green tea during the day, it’s very healthy and dissipates hunger. Many people mistake hunger for thirst.
How do I get abs? is one of the most common questions I see in H&F. My answer to that question is that you have to give up on all your previous conceptions about diet. If you work a desk job, then go to a gym, do some bench presses, run on a treadmill and leave...good for you, that’s better than 90% of all the lazy slobs out there...but you’re not going to live that lifestyle, eat steak and potatoes at every meal, and get a 6-pack. It’s not going to happen.
In countries that don’t have welfare, most poor people are skinny. 6-packs are normal. Those people have to work hard, often in physical labor, and when they get enough money to buy food, they have to buy the cheapest foods that will sustain them. If you want abs, that is the lifestyle you need to emulate - high activity and a very simple diet.
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