Been at a desk for 20-years, now at physical labor. Recently figured out that I’m running a serious caloric deficit, and I’m already a skinny fucker. Also, I’m aiming to build a little muscle and a lot of endurance. How do I eat?!
Back when I was working hard, ate tons of fast food. Too expensive and time consuming, don’t want off the clock to go eat (hour round trip including eating). Took a 12-hour shift today and did OK sucking down granola bars, water and kratom, ate my wife’s kickass meal when I got home.
What can I cook or bring to work to power me? What’s simple and cheap and doesn’t require much on-site prep? (We have a microwave, toaster, all that, I just want calories and protein in my face with no fuss). Afraid I’m half-ass cannibalizing myself.
My brother in Christ, I’m GenX. We were brainwashed to hate fat. And I’ve never been a fan of fat on my meat, not even a little. It’s been a time trying to get over that aversion.
And of course they were pumping us full of straight sugar. No problem with that!
Now I eat bacon and butter all day long. And guess what? I have energy when I do that and it tastes better. (I know, I know, moderation in all things.)
There’s things to be concerned about still, but it’s mostly about the ease of consuming a shit ton of calories with oils. Using real butter or eating fattier meat isn’t really a problem.