Week one of the new diet and lift routine and I have figured out a couple things.
One, it is really hard to eat 146 grams of protein. I've been doing greek yogurt with fruit and granola for breakfast, Chicken Salad/Tuna Salad/leftovers for lunch, and either beef roast/pork roast/chicken breast for supper and I am lucky to get 120g. I've just found it's really hard to eat that much meat. My TDEE says I should be around 2050 calories and I can get there, but some days, with all the meat consumption, I am struggling to push over to make sure I am not at a deficient. Would it be better to eat some additional "emptier" calories than not hit my calories for the day? As I said in my previous post, main goals are to get stronger and gain more endurance. I went ahead and ordered some Optimum Nutrition Protein Powder and plan on using it for days when I am coming up short. First time I've used a protein powder so I'm a little nervous about that.
Two, damn I forgot how much I loved to lift.
