Working out Plan

Im beginning to workout to build up muscle and to reduce my tolerance lol.

Is it safe to drink protein shakes everyday even when you don't workout?

I've studied that you need to intake 2500-3000 calories everyday. If your 150 pound person you would need to intake 150 x 1.2 grams of protein. Since milk has about 8 grams of milk, could I drink 5 glasses of milk to reach about 40 grams of protein in my body? Do people tend to do this? Besides eating chicken and pork are there any other foods that contains a lot of protein?

I like working out but my problem is the fact that I don't eat well and would like to start eating well. Any suggestions or advice is welcome!

yeah if you drink protein but dont work out you'd just gain a lot of weight

First thing is to learn as much about simple nutrition as possible.

When I was lifting heavy I lived on egg whites and a plain bagel for breakfast, met-rx shake around 11, salad and a quart of skim milk for a late lunch, can of tuna around 4 or 5, workout, dinner of steak or chicken breast no later then 7:30.

Always remember that "Carbs after 8 add weight".

Working out 4 times a week and following this diet (with one cheat day a week) I went from a 38 waist to a 31 in about 18 months. Put on about 30 pounds of muscle.

Good luck, it takes lots of discipline.

If you sustain a work-out routine for a long period of time, you'd drink a shake or two to sustain muscle growth, but this would be apart of your diet.

Starting out, no don't drink protein shakes on rest days.

Hi, Im trying to gain weight not lose....

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yea I realized that I made a typo but I still dont know why you can't edit your posts which is really stupid.

I'm allergic to nuts..

Yeah I do agree that protein shakes are better for the rest days because when your muscles need repair itself and with the protein shakes, it helps. I was told by 2 people that they werent good for you if you drink them everyday but I disagree. I guess what I could do is drink those shakes 2 times a day.

With cannabis I find that I end up eating a lot more but dont want for it to be with my working out habits.

PIZZA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I'm allergic to nuts..

Yeah I do agree that protein shakes are better for the rest days because when your muscles need repair itself and with the protein shakes, it helps. I was told by 2 people that they werent good for you if you drink them everyday but I disagree. I guess what I could do is drink those shakes 2 times a day.

With cannabis I find that I end up eating a lot more but dont want for it to be with my working out habits.

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Remember:

Food = Good

Just don't eat crappy junk food.

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Originally Posted by aardvark

First thing is to learn as much about simple nutrition as possible.

When I was lifting heavy I lived on egg whites and a plain bagel for breakfast, met-rx shake around 11, salad and a quart of skim milk for a late lunch, can of tuna around 4 or 5, workout, dinner of steak or chicken breast no later then 7:30.

Always remember that "Carbs after 8 add weight".

Working out 4 times a week and following this diet (with one cheat day a week) I went from a 38 waist to a 31 in about 18 months. Put on about 30 pounds of muscle.

Good luck, it takes lots of discipline.

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Carbs after 8 add weight is just a misconception banded around by fat people, its absolute nonsence. You need carbohydrates before and after cardio and especially after weight to go with protein. To be honest I belong to a body building forum and I can tell you that you do not need a regimented diet to get big, or the type of big I think looks good. If you want to look like a panzer tank however then you need to eat and train religiously, overwise protein every 4 hours as an absolute baseline is all you really need to adhere to, that and having enough calories to repair muscle that has been torn down in the gym.