DRTrenbolone
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I'm a 26 year old natural bodybuilder and powerlifting, therefore I've been studying nutrition with regards to my performance and gains for approximately four years now. I have dieted down for a show and manipulated my body fat via calorie restriction, tracking my macronutrients meticulously alongside a very structure weight training and cardio protocol. NOW, I'm becoming a lot more interested in the health aspect of nutrition and am starting to see via Ray Peats writings that the performance side of things sometimes conflicts very strongly with the health side of things that I've seen RP promote.
I must admit that I'm confused as to where to REALLY start to get a full understanding of what RP finds optimal and WHY. I've read various articles, but they all tend to focus on just one aspect or just one very specific food substrate and therefore leave a lot to be questioned with regards to the overarching dietary needs. My main goals, first and foremost are body composition and strength output. I DO want to be relatively healthy in the long term, but I will NOT adopt an eating style that will change my body composition unfavorably in order to achieve some health benefit. That may seem absurd to many of you and I understand that, however when you are this into or passionate about an endeavor, you are willing to make sacrifices to achieve the goal in mind and heart.
With regards to how I currently eat:
The vast majority of my protein intake comes from dairy...strained greek yogurt (the higher in protein type...FAGE is the brand I use), 1% cottage cheese. I do surprisingly eat A LOT of sugar free jello (Unsure on how RP feels about food coloring and artificial sweeteners) I make a large bowl of either cottage cheese or greek yogurt or both with 2-3 sugar free jello cups and 1-2 servings of fruit..if I need more carbohydrate I tend to add puffed rice, or perhaps a sugar cereal IF IT FITS MY MACROS for the day. The remainder of my protein does come from some meat...typically beef or chicken breast..so lean muscle meats (Which I'm aware RP is against). I supplement with BCAAs pre and intra weight training, approximately 10g. I also take in quite a bit of caffeine per day, as well as 5g of creatine monohydrate.
To summate...majority of my protein is dairy with some muscle meats per day...majority of my carbs are fruit with some sugar cereals added...I eat relatively lower fat..35-50g of dietary fat per day on MOST days...I do this more so out of preference because I'd rather fill my calorie needs with more carbohydrates than dietary fat. I do eat peanut butter..about a tablespoon or two per day and I'm pretty sure that's frowned upon by RP as well.
I weight train about 4-5 days per week and do a little cardio..maybe 2 sessions or so per week..moderate intensity for 20-30 minutes. I included a relatively recent picture from the gym to give an idea of my current conditioning.
So, I guess I'm simply seeking a better understanding and guideline as to how low I could bring my dietary fat down safely (I always have heard and read that fat is necessary for hormonal health) and if I could include starchy carbs like white rice and potato to help hit my carb numbers without JUST eating mainly fruit and sugary bs etc. Also, I'm questioning how much harm I'm doing by ingesting roughly 4-6 cups per day of artificially sweetened jello. I don't want to have to track carbs from the jello I eat and that's why I lean towards the sugar free variety. Thanks for reading!
I must admit that I'm confused as to where to REALLY start to get a full understanding of what RP finds optimal and WHY. I've read various articles, but they all tend to focus on just one aspect or just one very specific food substrate and therefore leave a lot to be questioned with regards to the overarching dietary needs. My main goals, first and foremost are body composition and strength output. I DO want to be relatively healthy in the long term, but I will NOT adopt an eating style that will change my body composition unfavorably in order to achieve some health benefit. That may seem absurd to many of you and I understand that, however when you are this into or passionate about an endeavor, you are willing to make sacrifices to achieve the goal in mind and heart.
With regards to how I currently eat:
The vast majority of my protein intake comes from dairy...strained greek yogurt (the higher in protein type...FAGE is the brand I use), 1% cottage cheese. I do surprisingly eat A LOT of sugar free jello (Unsure on how RP feels about food coloring and artificial sweeteners) I make a large bowl of either cottage cheese or greek yogurt or both with 2-3 sugar free jello cups and 1-2 servings of fruit..if I need more carbohydrate I tend to add puffed rice, or perhaps a sugar cereal IF IT FITS MY MACROS for the day. The remainder of my protein does come from some meat...typically beef or chicken breast..so lean muscle meats (Which I'm aware RP is against). I supplement with BCAAs pre and intra weight training, approximately 10g. I also take in quite a bit of caffeine per day, as well as 5g of creatine monohydrate.
To summate...majority of my protein is dairy with some muscle meats per day...majority of my carbs are fruit with some sugar cereals added...I eat relatively lower fat..35-50g of dietary fat per day on MOST days...I do this more so out of preference because I'd rather fill my calorie needs with more carbohydrates than dietary fat. I do eat peanut butter..about a tablespoon or two per day and I'm pretty sure that's frowned upon by RP as well.
I weight train about 4-5 days per week and do a little cardio..maybe 2 sessions or so per week..moderate intensity for 20-30 minutes. I included a relatively recent picture from the gym to give an idea of my current conditioning.
So, I guess I'm simply seeking a better understanding and guideline as to how low I could bring my dietary fat down safely (I always have heard and read that fat is necessary for hormonal health) and if I could include starchy carbs like white rice and potato to help hit my carb numbers without JUST eating mainly fruit and sugary bs etc. Also, I'm questioning how much harm I'm doing by ingesting roughly 4-6 cups per day of artificially sweetened jello. I don't want to have to track carbs from the jello I eat and that's why I lean towards the sugar free variety. Thanks for reading!