I just wanted to start a thread on what bodybuilders are eating, there Nutrition.
I will start!
So I have been doing MMA for the last few years but i am having a break from that at the moment due to some injuries and hitting the iron again!
What i found over the years is that you can get sick of chicken, brown rice, broccoli and sweet potato really fast. I find if you prepare meals days in advance especially with chicken and fish. It just isn't the same as before.
Once reheated in the microwave the chicken is dry, the once crispy salmon skin is soft and flabby and god don't even mention the smell!
So this is what I have been doing to maintain a healthy diet while not going crazy eating dry chicken and bland veggies most nights.
1. Veered away from food i find the microwave completely destroys, no chicken at all, at least for the time being i think i will turn into a chicken if i have anymore.
2. for proteins i have bean making homemade beef burgers, brasied lamb shanks and osso bucco I find the braised meats reheat especially well in the microwave and still taste amazing. One of the advantages of the braised meats is i am able to freeze them, store them for as long as i want and once defrosted i still have a quality dish.
The beef burgers reheat well also and still taste amazing after precooking them, i have not frozen them but i dont think it is necessary.
3. With sweet potato i have been baking the whole sweet potato in it's skin which gives it much more
flavour than boiling or steaming. I peel the potato skin once it is fully cooked and prepackage them up.
4. I still eat brown rice and broccoli, the difference for me was squeezing some fresh lemon juice all over the meals i prepare to provide it with plenty of flavour.
As a chef I LOVE salt! (not good) to much of a good thing isnt a good thing. I find with lemon juice used to add the flavour i am not going to the salt to season the meals as the flavour is amazing. Lemons are great, what don't lemons go with?![Big Grin :D :D](/styles/default/xenforo/smls/biggrin.gif)
What do you guys eat?
How do you prepare your meals?
I will start!
So I have been doing MMA for the last few years but i am having a break from that at the moment due to some injuries and hitting the iron again!
What i found over the years is that you can get sick of chicken, brown rice, broccoli and sweet potato really fast. I find if you prepare meals days in advance especially with chicken and fish. It just isn't the same as before.
Once reheated in the microwave the chicken is dry, the once crispy salmon skin is soft and flabby and god don't even mention the smell!
So this is what I have been doing to maintain a healthy diet while not going crazy eating dry chicken and bland veggies most nights.
1. Veered away from food i find the microwave completely destroys, no chicken at all, at least for the time being i think i will turn into a chicken if i have anymore.
2. for proteins i have bean making homemade beef burgers, brasied lamb shanks and osso bucco I find the braised meats reheat especially well in the microwave and still taste amazing. One of the advantages of the braised meats is i am able to freeze them, store them for as long as i want and once defrosted i still have a quality dish.
The beef burgers reheat well also and still taste amazing after precooking them, i have not frozen them but i dont think it is necessary.
3. With sweet potato i have been baking the whole sweet potato in it's skin which gives it much more
flavour than boiling or steaming. I peel the potato skin once it is fully cooked and prepackage them up.
4. I still eat brown rice and broccoli, the difference for me was squeezing some fresh lemon juice all over the meals i prepare to provide it with plenty of flavour.
As a chef I LOVE salt! (not good) to much of a good thing isnt a good thing. I find with lemon juice used to add the flavour i am not going to the salt to season the meals as the flavour is amazing. Lemons are great, what don't lemons go with?
![Big Grin :D :D](/styles/default/xenforo/smls/biggrin.gif)
What do you guys eat?
How do you prepare your meals?