Do u eat the same amount on non workout days

[LiL_JaY]

Do you eat the same amount of protien/carbs on non workout days, i tend to get less protien, on the days i workout

[armz_ha]

I eat more protein and less carbs on day-offs...

[Steve_W]

I eat the same.

[LiL_JaY]

i get less protien/carbs in on nonworkout days cause of the postworkout shake.

[Steve_W]

i get less protien/carbs in on nonworkout days cause of the postworkout shake.

yes, replace your post workout shake calories with whole food.

[uhockey]

I get this question on a daily basis. Search.........search.........search.....

[LiL_JaY]

what bout the pp-workout meal lol :S am i going to combine the p/pp-workout and eat a 1000cal meal lol

[B-builder]

Lower carbs.

[IndyRugby]

As far as meals go, I eat more because I have time to make more food and more time to eat it. Being that I rest on weekends and have no classes.

[Wellington]

I eat the same. Remember that your body is rebuilding your muscles on your rest days and need the "tools and equipment" to do this at it's most efficient.

[RipStone]

I have lower carbs on non-workout days...calories are the same, however.

[LiL_JaY]

Im so stuck, these are my meals on workout days.
Meal 3 (Pre-workout – 1.30pm)
1 cup of oats
400ml milk
1 banana
50g tuna
½ scoop Whey

Meal 4 (After workout 3.30pm)
1 scoop ON Whey
½ scoop VP2
5g of creatine
¼ cup of oats
30g Dextrose

Meal 5 (30 – 45min later, approx 4.30pm)
150g Rice
150g Chicken
50g Tuna

On non workout days i replace these with

Meal 3
300ml Milk
100g Tuna
150g Brown Rice

Meal 4/5 Together
150g Rice
150g Chicken
300ml Milk

So im getting around 200-300 less Cals

[RipStone]

Im so stuck, these are my meals on workout days.
Meal 3 (Pre-workout – 1.30pm)
1 cup of oats
400ml milk
1 banana
50g tuna
½ scoop Whey

Meal 4 (After workout 3.30pm)
1 scoop ON Whey
½ scoop VP2
5g of creatine
¼ cup of oats
30g Dextrose

Meal 5 (30 – 45min later, approx 4.30pm)
150g Rice
150g Chicken
50g Tuna

On non workout days i replace these with

Meal 3
300ml Milk
100g Tuna
150g Brown Rice

Meal 4/5 Together
150g Rice
150g Chicken
300ml Milk

So im getting around 200-300 less Cals

Just add some cottage cheese to on of your non workout day meals. A cup is about 180 calories and 26g of protein. It's not bad in tuna...give it a try.

[Section8]

Im around the same

[LiL_JaY]

im going to add half cup of cc to both of the meals, do u think 60g protien will be too much?

[RipStone]

im going to add half cup of cc to both of the meals, do u think 60g protien will be too much?

1/2 cup of cottage cheese has about 12-14g of protein. Do you mean 60g protein for each meal respectively? If so that does sound a little high to me. I mean there are other foods too that you can add besides cottage cheese...just tweak it so it fits your needs.

[LiL_JaY]

im just finding it hard to keep up with 300+g protien on non workout days, im consuming around 270 on non workout days.

ill just have some extra cottage cheese, nuts, milk between meals and i should be fine

[LiL_JaY]

This is my diet on the days i workout btw. as u can see i cannot fit extra cals, most of the extra cals the extra 30g protien im not getting on non-workout days are from the postworkout shake.

Meal 1 (8am)
1 banana
Multi Vitamin
Fish oil
3 egg whites
½ scoop ON Whey
250ml milk
1 cups oats

Meal 2 (10.45am)
150g Rice
100g Tuna
200g milk
Veggies
1tsp Penut Butter
1 Fishoil

Meal 3 (Pre-workout – 1.30pm)
1 cup of oats
300ml milk
1 banana
½ scoop of whey
50g tuna
3g creatine

-workout

Meal 4 (After workout 3.30pm)
1 scoop ON Whey
½ scoop VP2
5g of creatine
¼ cup of oats
30g Dextrose

Meal 5 (30 – 45 Minutes later 4pm – 4.30pm)
150g Rice
150g Chicken
50g Tuna
Veggies

Meal 6 (7pm)
150g of rice
150g Chicken
Medium Brocolli
250ml Milk
1 Fishoil
1tsp Flaxseed oil
1tsp Penut Butter

Meal 7 (9.30pm)
150g Cottage Cheese
1 handfull of nuts
1 tablespoon peanut butter
2 teaspoon flax seed oil
250ml milk

[LiL_JaY]

bump..

[G T]

i'm expending more energy on workout days therefore i eat more total calories on workout days. seems common sense to me.

[LiL_JaY]

really hard for me to add extra cals onto my diet, as they are already spaced out, contains 40g - 50g+ protien each meal, so i cant add anymore protien onto it.

the extra cals on workout days are coming from the postworkout shake, because i have post workout shake, then postpost workout meal 30 mins later.

UNLESS, i dont eat a p-postworkout meal on workout days, and just eat the next meal which is 2.30 hrs away, i can evenly space out my meals on nonworkout days to get the same amount of calories, unless yous want me to eat every 1 - 1.30hr on nonworkout days just to get the same amount of cals on workout day.

[Maximum6]

you guys are making it harder than it is.

Your diet is suppose to be based on whole foods of at least 6 meals a day.
Throw in a PWO shake on a workout day...and that should be about 400-600calorie difference. Which is what you need on a workout day.

[LiL_JaY]

thanks maxium, i was worried about my caloric intake not upwith the workout days lol.