Thread: Diet hacks to help stay on track

Nice read.

I second myfitnespal. I also suggest a food scale. Measuring cups arent accurate. Food scales are. I weigh everything in grams. Except for my proteins. I even weigh my powder out.



However. Question. How do you feel about eating right when you get up? Or do you wait a hour or 2? I wake up starving most mornings but. I wait to til after my second coffee to eat. Which, usually is oatmeal.

Originally Posted by Primemuscle

Great question. And honestly I think that’s dependent. I’m always hungry, and am usually starving when I wake up as well. However I like to do fasted cardio 4-5 days currently (in my off-season) to help keep insulin resistance low. So by the time I get around to eating after I do fasted core and cardio I’ve usually been up for about a hour or so.

Now to answer your question directly, when I’m not doing fasted I eat within 15-20 minutes upon waking up. I’m currently eating 7 meals a day so I want to get my meals in a soon as possible so I can get my last meal in by 9 at the latest. However I do not see an issue with waiting, again I think it’s dependent upon the individual as well as how many meals that person has to get in for the day.

And oatmeal is my first meal as well. One of my favorite meals of the day. Especially with some peanut butter and cinnamon!


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Ohh dude.. crunchy p.b.!!!

My ex introduced me to this little special. Oatmeal, crunchy pb, pumpkin puree, pumpkin spice and, cause i love it sweet. Splenda.

I also mix greek yogurt into my oats with sweetner and cinnamon lol or. Pour a shake over it. Sweetner and cinnamon..


Yeah. I got sweetner issues.

Originally Posted by German89

Ohh dude.. crunchy p.b.!!!

My ex introduced me to this little special. Oatmeal, crunchy pb, pumpkin puree, pumpkin spice and, cause i love it sweet. Splenda.

I also mix greek yogurt into my oats with sweetner and cinnamon lol or. Pour a shake over it. Sweetner and cinnamon..


Yeah. I got sweetner issues.

I have been making overnight oats and this strikes me as a great recipe. I usually just sweetened it with whey protein.


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Originally Posted by Primemuscle

You just took oatmealing to a new level for me. I like sweet too, but tbh I’m a foodie through and through so I love it all lol... I was making my oatmeal with cinnamon, cinnamon bun flavored protein (dymatize iso-100), pb and cashew milk. Tasted like a cinnamon bun.


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Damn. Im too cheap to spend extra on protien. I gotta stay on budget.

Only add a 1/4 or so because you dont want it too runny. Inwould do 50g oat, to about 30g pumpkin i think. Its been about a yesr since ive done those oats. Gotta cook it all together add pb at the end to thicken it up.. i do about 30g pb.

Originally Posted by German89

Nice read.

I second myfitnespal. I also suggest a food scale. Measuring cups arent accurate. Food scales are. I weigh everything in grams. Except for my proteins. I even weigh my powder out.

However. Question. How do you feel about eating right when you get up? Or do you wait a hour or 2? I wake up starving most mornings but. I wait to til after my second coffee to eat. Which, usually is oatmeal.

I weigh almost everything. I don't usually weigh veggies. I often cook 1lb bags of frozen broccoli, green beans, etc & divide them b/w 2 meals. So, I just log it as 1/2 container per meal.

Proteins, I often weigh before/after cooking & record the ratio for future reference. For example, raw chicken breast is ABOUT 1.3x heavier than it is baked. A few times, I've weighed my ground beef before/after cooking to get an idea of how much to weigh out for each portion. I weigh cheese, jerky, etc all the time to keep my portions consistent. My roommates look at me crazy for weighing out my protein powder. I use protein powder to reach my protein goal, so the amount I take per day varies. Some days it's up to 80g, some days it's as little as 30-40g powder.

Waking up starving? Drink 0.5-1L water. This has happened to me a few times, and the water knocks it out. That sensation of being hungry is OFTEN your body's message for being thirsty. Try it. If you're still hungry after 1L water, you're actually hungry.