Eat Like a Cat To Gain.

[JimSnow]

I've whinned about my inability to gain weight with a workout routine and a physically intense job while trying to employing adequate nutritional requirements.

Always in the back of mind was the idea, "eat as a cat does" - small, frequent portions between regular feedings.

I bought a pocketed work smock (blue-collar worker, I am) and placed "goodies" like jerky, high calorie dried fruits, nuts, etc. into a homemade glad bag liner to fit the main pocket. It's open and I can easily slip my hand into it.

Every 20 or 30 minutes... I grab a bit of "working fuel" and chew while I'm busy. The great thing is - the practice, in moderation, doesn't decrease my appetite at all. I've gained a couple pounds in two weeks and my lifts are increasing again!

I've finally found a way to establish equalibrium?


Any thoughts? Ideas for "goodies" I can slip into my "feed bag"? LOL

 

[Bernie2]

Great idea Jimsnow. Almonds are a great souce of really healthy fat, protein and arginine. Brazil nuts are another great food very high in selenium and healthy fat. Prunes are a great souce of carbs and are great for keeping the bowels moving regularly with all the nuts and protein which can bind a guy up. Looks like you are on the right track on your own.

 

[JimSnow]

Great idea Jimsnow. Almonds are a great souce of really healthy fat, protein and arginine. Brazil nuts are another great food very high in selenium and healthy fat. Prunes are a great souce of carbs and are great for keeping the bowels moving regularly with all the nuts and protein which can bind a guy up. Looks like you are on the right track on your own.

Well, you just noted my fav nuts - in a nutshell! I like dates... prunes are similar, I think. But, I'll throw them in for variety!

Other ideas? I think jerky and nuts, including soynuts, are probably the best (and compact) protein sources for my feedbag. I'm not certain about the best dried fruits... and other "compact" vegetable potentials.

I also use oatmeal and protein bars, cereals also.


BTW - My x-wife, many years ago, held up a brazilian nut to her african-american friend and asked, "what do you call these?" She, as a matter-of-factly, replied "Nigger Toes."

Maybe, you had to be there. LOL

 

[brazeneye]

Awe man, I thought this meant eat a big meal and have a long nap.

Cause that would sound like my Saturday-Sunday routine.

 

[plewser2006]

i think i read somewhere that eating a big meal is almost waistfull to your body as only around 60% of its nutritional value is actually digested...

sounded funny to me but it would explain why alot of people recomend 6 moderatly sized meals a day instead of 3 hefty ones


clean snacks all day i guess would be "the next step" in fueling your body regularly with the proper nutrition

 

[JimSnow]

A question for nutritionists:

How would eating 12 snack-type meals differ from eating 6 larger meals from a
nutritional and/or gastrointestonal point of view - for the strength athelete?

 

[P-funk]

A question for nutritionists:

How would eating 12 snack-type meals differ from eating 6 larger meals from a
nutritional and/or gastrointestonal point of view - for the strength athelete?

I am not a nutritionist, and there are probably people who could answer this question better than I.

But, I think that at the end of the day, as long as you got in your calories, proper macros, and EFAs, you are going to be okay.

 

[JimSnow]

Wow, this is working!

Just got a new, clean BP record last night. 355.


Hell, I'll just start bulking. LOL

 

[fufu]

Good job Jimbo.

 

[P-funk]

Wow, this is working!

Just got a new, clean BP record last night. 355.


Hell, I'll just start bulking. LOL

are you finding that since you are eating like a cat you are developing hair balls?

 

[JimSnow]

are you finding that since you are eating like a cat you are developing hair balls?

Not yet... but I am walking with my tail in the air more and more.