ECM Fitness Thread

[striktlyaccord]

Can you guys suggest a quick and easy lunch to take to work.

Subway, Jared diet.

[exelr8]

Not a huge fan of subway. Way too much bread. All the bread burns so slow. Bread is not a very good carb. If I eat subway, I have to pinch off the sides of the bread and take the end of it off.

[Mike]

Flat Bread, and they will make you a wrap!

[exelr8]

I'm pretty strict on my meals. Even with the flatbread it's still a lot of bread

[alpha]

Are you keeping track of your macros, Country?

I don't like Subway because I think the ingredient quality is subpar. 

If you stick to whole grain bread though, you should be fine; as long as you hit your macros.  Granted, protein is the most important macro.  Whole grain bread is considered a complex carb, so its a good carb to eat.

[Mike]

Macros?

[alpha]

Macros?

Macronutrients.  Basically, it's a calculation of how many grams of protein, how many grabs of carbohydrates, and how many grams of fat you should aim to eat per day.

[exelr8]

I'm sort of doing that. Basically I eat about 1.5 grams of protein per pound of muscle weight a day. Thats about it

[alpha]

I'm sort of doing that. Basically I eat about 1.5 grams of protein per pound of muscle weight a day. Thats about it

yeah, same here.  i don't really pay much attention to the carb or fat macros; i just figure it would fall somewhat in line with eating healthy and trying to hit my protein macro.  i'm debating if i should keep track of it for a couple days though and see what the numbers actually look like.

I'm going to try and get to the gym today after work.  I usually go in the morning, but I could not wake up that early this morning.  I'm planning to go for another 5 mile run either tomorrow or Sunday..

[exelr8]

I'm down another pound today. 14 total!

[exelr8]

So the other night, while grocery shopping, I found 90 calorie pre-made tuna salad pouches!! I was one happy fat kid

[gargantula99]

Tuna In a pouch is not appealing to me.  It comes in a can.

[exelr8]

Tuna in a can just tastes fishy. I don't like the fishy taste. Which is why I love tuna salad. Plus tuna(and most all fish) is very lean).

[gargantula99]

Country.........it's tuna!!!

It's supposed to taste fishy!!!

[exelr8]

A little fishy is ok, but I dont like the overwhelming fish taste. Hence why I usually lean towards tilapia. I went to a Mediterranean restaurant the other day and noticed they had tilapia. It was Mediterranean spiced grilled tilapia with a Greek salad plus white rice. A-fucking-mazing.