[Amazon Lover]

I’m no health expert, but one thing I DO know is that peanuts are chock-full-o’-protein. Have some peanut butter with your fruit or veggies, like on an apple or celery stick. Also it’s good as a snack right off the spoon. Also, a nice bonus is that peanut butter is good for suppressing your appetite, so if you’re hungry but watching your fat intake, peanut butter’s a good choice.

[dravenspirit]

Strawberry, to elaborate a little – post workout I have a whey shake immediately afterwards, since thats so quickly absorbed (only takes about 20 minutes). 90 minutes later I follow with something like… last night I had chicken breast with veggies and brown rice. Lean meat is always the focal point of my post meal, coupled with veggies and rice or pasta (protein/carbs). I also eat fruit post, usually bananas or grapes, sometimes cranberry juice to help spike insulin.

Technically my post food suggestions may not be "easily digestable," but I refer to it like that because (for me) its not the heaviest meal of the day, and I keep everything clean and simple. Truth be told, the initial protein shake is far more important than the actual meal. Because of my schedule I usually work out pretty late, meaning Im usually asleep an hour or two after my post meal. However, if I feel like Im starting to get hungry again, Ill have a casein protein shake (which is a more complex protein that absorbs slower). The goal for me is to sleep loaded with protein, so that Im not immediately hungry when I wake up eight hours later. By the way, peanut butter is a good source of protein, but tends to digest very slowly. Sorry if any of this seems redundant, Im sure youve done ample research on the subject. Still, if you have any questions or whatever just let me know.

[Anonymous]

Amazon: Peanuts, and other nuts, do have a lot of protein but they’re not for what I’m doing. Muscle growth comes from complete proteins, which are animal proteins. I do eat peanut butter to up my fat intake (I should be taking about 80g of fat a day), though.

Draven: Thanks for the elaboration. I take my protein shake before I work out because that way I can take my metabolism booster. Taking it post-workout does make more sense, though, and so I’ll probably do that from now on.
One thing that raised an eyebrow is the fact that you go to sleep full…so full that you hope to not be hungry the next morning. I don’t know if you have heard much about metabolism, but your body needs about 4 hours to properly metabolize food. When you do not metabolize something, it usually is stored as fat or, best case scenario, you expel it from the body. In either case, you have just wasted all that protein (and in the former case, you have packed on fat). I have heard this from many people, including a bodybuilding Gunnery Sgt in the Marines. Also, you want to eat about 6 meals a day, so by stuffing yourself that you’re still full the next morning, you are effectively skipping meals.

This is all what I have read and been told by successful bodybuilders, and so I am sharing it with you. I do not know how big you are nor do I know your body fat percentage, so all this might not apply for you. However, if you do notice that you’re putting on a few non-muscle pounds, this is probably the culprit.

[JimmyDimples]

Hey, I knew about eating carbs right before bedtime puts on the fat, but I never stopped to think that the protein gets flushed out.  Good tip, thanks for sharing.  🙂

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