Hello board,
I hope everyone is having a good day. I made my "new member post" earlier, and now I have a few questions.
Where to start. Okay, firstly, I have the uncanny ability to eat an unbelievable quantity of food, and I do not gain weight. In fact, it is a challenge for me to maintain what I have. I am a 33 year old male, 5 10", and I can barely keep over 160 pounds, but believe me I try. Please, don't say "oooh, you are so lucky! You don't understand)
I have had my thyroid checked, numerous cancer tests, STD tests, blood sugar, blood pressure, graves disease(sp?) neurological tests of many kinds, and a butt load of other tests, and nobody sees any problem, anywhere. It is weird because as a teen, I certainly was not thin like I am now. I was not overweight, but I had to watch my diet, even if only a bit. Right around 29, everything sort of flipped, for lack of a better term. I was told I eat like a 17 year old body builder............. I don't count calories, but you get the idea.
Here is a day of eating for me:
breakfast(6:30am) - Usually three eggs, a piece of ham and bacon, bread, and maybe potatoes. possibly two MASSIVE bowls of cereal with 1% milk, although I actually hate cereal
(10:00am)I will always have a few granola bars of some kind, or a small container of fruit in between this and lunch.
(11:00am) another small snack sometimes, sometimes no.
Lunch (12:30pm)- whatever I eat out. Often a foot long sub, and a soup and a cookie. Sometimes a half chicken with potatoes, beans, sometimes french fries ( I know, I know.....) I often do this buffet close to work. The food is ukrainian'ish, so I will have a huge plate of perogies, sausage, side salad, potatoes, this awesome sweet honey wheat stuff (What is this stuff you Ukrainians? its frickin awesome!) Basically, lunch is where I go berserk.....
I admit, my snack between lunch and dinner is usually crap from the vending machine at work. They do have a few kashi granola bars I try to grab before they are gone. And sometimes they are veggie cups in there. I will grab a few each of these, unless I bring my own snack.
Dinner (5:30-6:00pn)- 3/4 of a pack of fresh pasta, with whatever sauce I make (usually tomato sauce of my own creation, healthy, I use almost all fresh ingredients) with garlic toast and sometimes a salad. Sometimes I will roast a whole chicken(save some for sandwiches), have rice and some brocoli with it (or green beans or grilled peppers, some veggie). Sometimes I just buy a big frozen store lasagna ( again, I know, i know ) If I am REALLY lazy, I just get a whole medium pizza to polish off
Around 8pm I will usually make a couple peanut butter sandwiches, or a couple egg sandwiches, or I will finish the rest of the pasta, or eat a combination of whatever I find in the fridge ( some yogourt cups, fruit, whatever I can find)
In any event, I pretty much never work out....conventionally. I am a drummer in a hard rock/metal band. Just trust me on this, this provides a ton of cardio! I am not playing slow country here. I sweat buckets when I practise, or at shows (which is usually 4 times a week combined) I honestly think this helps with the weight loss.
K, so my question is:
I am REALLY trying to cut my food cost down. Here is one issue. If I am away from home, and don't bring snacks with me, you can pretty much gaurantee I will eat out. As soon as my stomach says I am hungry, I have about a half hour before it gets painful and seriously annoying.
I eat out too much because I don't want to cook 4 big meals every day.
I really want direction on finding information on what seems to be impossible, managing a horse appetite, trying to eat VERY cheap, and also maintain a level of healthy, quality food.
It seems to me that fulfilling all three of these requests simultaneously is nearly impossible, but I am looking.
If anybody has any recommendations, even if it direction to another site, I am all ears!
Just so it is known, I am adopted, and have no medical history as reference, and I am AB- blood (the rarest). I only bring that up cuz a whole school of people refer diet to blood type. I don't know why, but its a curious subject to me none the less.
Cheers!
p.s. PLEASE don't think I am trying to brag about my eating abilities. I absolutely hate this. It is expensive and frustrating. I can't even drive on a two hour road trip without a decent snack or I get grumpy and my stomach gets so loud, it distracts my driving!
I hope everyone is having a good day. I made my "new member post" earlier, and now I have a few questions.
Where to start. Okay, firstly, I have the uncanny ability to eat an unbelievable quantity of food, and I do not gain weight. In fact, it is a challenge for me to maintain what I have. I am a 33 year old male, 5 10", and I can barely keep over 160 pounds, but believe me I try. Please, don't say "oooh, you are so lucky! You don't understand)
I have had my thyroid checked, numerous cancer tests, STD tests, blood sugar, blood pressure, graves disease(sp?) neurological tests of many kinds, and a butt load of other tests, and nobody sees any problem, anywhere. It is weird because as a teen, I certainly was not thin like I am now. I was not overweight, but I had to watch my diet, even if only a bit. Right around 29, everything sort of flipped, for lack of a better term. I was told I eat like a 17 year old body builder............. I don't count calories, but you get the idea.
Here is a day of eating for me:
breakfast(6:30am) - Usually three eggs, a piece of ham and bacon, bread, and maybe potatoes. possibly two MASSIVE bowls of cereal with 1% milk, although I actually hate cereal
(10:00am)I will always have a few granola bars of some kind, or a small container of fruit in between this and lunch.
(11:00am) another small snack sometimes, sometimes no.
Lunch (12:30pm)- whatever I eat out. Often a foot long sub, and a soup and a cookie. Sometimes a half chicken with potatoes, beans, sometimes french fries ( I know, I know.....) I often do this buffet close to work. The food is ukrainian'ish, so I will have a huge plate of perogies, sausage, side salad, potatoes, this awesome sweet honey wheat stuff (What is this stuff you Ukrainians? its frickin awesome!) Basically, lunch is where I go berserk.....
I admit, my snack between lunch and dinner is usually crap from the vending machine at work. They do have a few kashi granola bars I try to grab before they are gone. And sometimes they are veggie cups in there. I will grab a few each of these, unless I bring my own snack.
Dinner (5:30-6:00pn)- 3/4 of a pack of fresh pasta, with whatever sauce I make (usually tomato sauce of my own creation, healthy, I use almost all fresh ingredients) with garlic toast and sometimes a salad. Sometimes I will roast a whole chicken(save some for sandwiches), have rice and some brocoli with it (or green beans or grilled peppers, some veggie). Sometimes I just buy a big frozen store lasagna ( again, I know, i know
) If I am REALLY lazy, I just get a whole medium pizza to polish offAround 8pm I will usually make a couple peanut butter sandwiches, or a couple egg sandwiches, or I will finish the rest of the pasta, or eat a combination of whatever I find in the fridge ( some yogourt cups, fruit, whatever I can find)
In any event, I pretty much never work out....conventionally. I am a drummer in a hard rock/metal band. Just trust me on this, this provides a ton of cardio! I am not playing slow country here. I sweat buckets when I practise, or at shows (which is usually 4 times a week combined) I honestly think this helps with the weight loss.
K, so my question is:
I am REALLY trying to cut my food cost down. Here is one issue. If I am away from home, and don't bring snacks with me, you can pretty much gaurantee I will eat out. As soon as my stomach says I am hungry, I have about a half hour before it gets painful and seriously annoying.
I eat out too much because I don't want to cook 4 big meals every day.
I really want direction on finding information on what seems to be impossible, managing a horse appetite, trying to eat VERY cheap, and also maintain a level of healthy, quality food.
It seems to me that fulfilling all three of these requests simultaneously is nearly impossible, but I am looking.
If anybody has any recommendations, even if it direction to another site, I am all ears!
Just so it is known, I am adopted, and have no medical history as reference, and I am AB- blood (the rarest). I only bring that up cuz a whole school of people refer diet to blood type. I don't know why, but its a curious subject to me none the less.
Cheers!
p.s. PLEASE don't think I am trying to brag about my eating abilities. I absolutely hate this. It is expensive and frustrating. I can't even drive on a two hour road trip without a decent snack or I get grumpy and my stomach gets so loud, it distracts my driving!