teen nutrition.

[evchado32]

Hello! I am currently doing Body Beast(from the people who made P90x. I already completed that). Anyway, I find it hard to follow their nutrition guides 100%. As a teenager, I still have to go to school for like 8 hours a day. I don't have a lot of time to cook myself a lot of meals and stuff. I eat A LOT more healthier than the average teen, however, my nutrition could still be better. I was wondering if, because my nutrition isn't exactly perfect, will that be a hinderance on my results? Am I just being paranoid? Also, what are some easy ways to get at least 3200 calories while at school? I eat a lot of nuts, so I guess that's one way(usually 2 packs a day, which is like 900 calories.) I worry that I'm not getting enough calories(our school lunches are terrible. I usually eat a roast beef sandwich that they have on the sandwich bar). Any/All help is appreciated! Thank you!

[soulffs]

Intermittent Fasting bro, my school is 8 hours so i use that as my eating window i pack my foods and eat there.When im home im fasting.Requires discipline but will solve your problem bro

[MaximumCapacity]

eat plain tuna and chicken? its easy to cook and has lots of protein

I used to eat tuna straight from the can

[ErikTheElectric]

There's no "Special Diet" or "teen nutrition" plan that you should be following right now, your a teen. These are prime growing years, years to take advantage of growth.
That being said, there's no need to "stress over going out for pizza" with friends because pizza isn't healthy, or in your case worrying about how "horrible the school lunches are".

Start packing some lunches, take them to school, eat whenever convenient. Fast food is fine, everything in moderation IMO.

As far as calorie dense foods to take around with you..
- Nuts/Trail Mix
- Eggs
- PB and J sammiches
- Dry Cereal
- Dried Fruit
- Protein Bars (although I'd say get more of your protein from whole food)

Intermittent Fasting bro, my school is 8 hours so i use that as my eating window i pack my foods and eat there.When im home im fasting.Requires discipline but will solve your problem bro

No, just no. IF shouldn't be something a growing teen should be practicing IMO. Who cares about the amount of "Discipline" you gain from depriving yourself of food for a given period of time. *sigh*

[soulffs]

There's no "Special Diet" or "teen nutrition" plan that you should be following right now, your a teen. These are prime growing years, years to take advantage of growth.
That being said, there's no need to "stress over going out for pizza" with friends because pizza isn't healthy, or in your case worrying about how "horrible the school lunches are".

Start packing some lunches, take them to school, eat whenever convenient. Fast food is fine, everything in moderation IMO.

As far as calorie dense foods to take around with you..
- Nuts/Trail Mix
- Eggs
- PB and J sammiches
- Dry Cereal
- Dried Fruit
- Protein Bars (although I'd say get more of your protein from whole food)

No, just no. IF shouldn't be something a growing teen should be practicing IMO. Who cares about the amount of "Discipline" you gain from depriving yourself of food for a given period of time. *sigh*

its not just the discipline, it has lots of health benefits too and i use it personally just for convenience makes my life much easier don't have to worry about my next serving of chicken breast

[ErikTheElectric]

its not just the discipline, it has lots of health benefits too and i use it personally just for convenience makes my life much easier don't have to worry about my next serving of chicken breast

There's nothing "special" about Intermittent Fasting over a standard "bulk or cut" dietary plan, the only benefit is that it simply allows those without the time to cook their meals..a different way to get calories in.