Well those are choices you make… do you hate blueberries?

32 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

I can’t do spinach. Used to eat tons of it and got food poisoning, I’d rather eat gravel now 

 

I like my gravel in the morning, add milk and sugar to eliminate the rocky aftertaste.

 

13 minutes ago, VolFan said:

Well those are choices you make… do you hate blueberries?

No they never tried to kill me 

Yet!

59 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Used to eat tons of it and got food poisoning

Unfortunately many of the raw fruits and vegetables that are good for our health also have the highest risk to consume. You can’t wash off bacteria. You can only cook it off.

I've been supplementing my protein for more than 35 years.  Long before there was powdered whey protein.  The soy protein from the late 80's/early 90's was like drinking wet sand.  

Here are some important things to be aware of regarding protein supplementation.  

 

• Whey protein is pretty far up there on the glycemic scale.  Mixed in water and on an empty stomach it reaches the "high glycemic" mark and can spike your blood sugar.  Mixing it with milk will mitigate that so you're fine but just FYI.  
• Whey protein is a "fast" protein and is absorbed by your body very quickly.  That's useful right after exercise.  Before bed you want a "slow" protein (casein, egg, soy). 
• Unless you are a highly trained athlete, your body can only use about 20 grams of "fast" protein at one time.  If you take 40 grams of whey with milk on an empty stomach you are wasting a lot of it unless you are highly athletic and/or just did a considerable amount of exercise. 
• All whey is not the same.  Whey concentrate is cheaper and is not as bio-available to your body.  Whey isolate is more expensive and is more bio-available.  This math is just for example purposes and is not meant to be literal.  If you ingest 10 grams of whey concentrate your body will only be able to use 8 grams of it.  If you ingest 10 grams of whey isolate your body will be able to use 9 grams of it.  Again, not meant to be taken literally, just given as an illustration as there are a huge number of variables involved.  

Congrats on your commitment to better health!  I'm 55 years old and I still push myself well past what my front-brain says is my limit several days a week (I prefer to listen to my caveman brain).  I'm not the strongest guy in the gym anymore, and I don't know if it's going to help me live longer.  I do it because I love it.  This was two years ago when I got down to 7% body fat before vacation.  I'm back up to 10-11% now and I've put on a little bit of muscle.  I feel much better and I'm a lot stronger!  Staying below 10% long term requires some dietary adjustments that can make you feel pretty poorly and robs some strength.  

 

I'm not surprised at all that you are feeling better already!  Good nutrition can make wholesale changes to your life.  Even if you don't go to the gym.  

 

My wife’s friend has too many chickens, free protein! She gives us a few dozen eggs whenever we want them 

I cycle a lot, so I can essentially eat as much as I want most of the time. I try to eat well, but I get a bunch of not so healthy stuff in there as well. I like all sorts of meats, cheeses, dairy and nuts, as well as beans eggs, and quinoa, so I'm sure I'm over my protein requirements most times. Mid season, I'm eating around 4000 calories a day (about, I don't keep track) and loosing or maintaining weight. I do put on 10-15lbs during the holidays, but they are all gone come april or so. I've never taken supplements of any type. 

40 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

My wife’s friend has too many chickens, free protein! She gives us a few dozen eggs whenever we want them 

I used to regularly get eggs "fresh from the chicken's butt" from a good friend but he and his wife stopped raising chickens.  It is astounding the difference in taste!  Boy I miss those farm fresh eggs.  Even the just the whites tasted better.  

11 hours ago, Mobasser said:

My doctor recommended that I add protein to my diet. I'm using a Wey powder. I've been mixing about half a scoop with a small glass of milk, once early in the morning, and again around two or three o'clock in the afternoon.              I've been doing this for two weeks now, and I'm starting to see some positive results. A little more energy throughout the day.                                          Has anyone else used a protein powder? What brand do you like, and, have you noticed much difference in how you feel?                                                    

I was seriously into body building for about 35 years;  I still hit the gym nearly every morning I'm not on the water, even though I am now 82.  By far, in my opinion, Beverly Nutrition's Ultimate Muscle Protein is the best tasting and best quality available;  it has been my choice from beginning to present.

10 minutes ago, BigAngus752 said:

I used to regularly get eggs "fresh from the chicken's butt" from a good friend but he and his wife stopped raising chickens.  It is astounding the difference in taste!  Boy I miss those farm fresh eggs.  Even the just the whites tasted better.  

Egg whites are the purest form of protein and very low in calories.  During the years I was seriously training I would hard boil 12 dozen jumbo size eggs each week and throw out the yolks.

27 minutes ago, Tackleholic said:

Egg whites are the purest form of protein and very low in calories.  During the years I was seriously training I would hard boil 12 dozen jumbo size eggs each week and throw out the yolks.

I had a co worker who made 45 hard boiled eggs every week, and ate 9 every day at work, 3 times during the day, 5 days per week. Every Sunday he would make a big “egg boil” in an oversized pot, peel them, package all of them into 3’s, and eat them each day as I described above.

 

One time, he started his weekly egg boil, went outside to shovel some snow, and kind of forgot about the boiling eggs inside. When he came back in 2 hours later, the whole pot of eggs had exploded in his kitchen lol. Egg shrapnel everywhere.

 

He stopped doing it because eggs have gone way up in price. When he was doing it he could regularly get eggs for 99 cents/dozen.

The key ingredient to eliminate in the next few years is anything with “seed oils” in it (Canola, soybean, sunflower, etc). It will become the trans fat of this generation. Be wary of any protein derivative/shake, protein bar, etc. that has it. Heart disease, auto immune, acid reflux, etc.  

 

We were told for many years it was a healthy alternative but it’s actually what causes inflammation in the body.  And it’s an ingredient in about everything mainstream. 

1 hour ago, Tackleholic said:

I was seriously into body building for about 35 years;  I still hit the gym nearly every morning I'm not on the water, even though I am now 82.  By far, in my opinion, Beverly Nutrition's Ultimate Muscle Protein is the best tasting and best quality available;  it has been my choice from beginning to present.

Egg whites are the purest form of protein and very low in calories.  During the years I was seriously training I would hard boil 12 dozen jumbo size eggs each week and throw out the yolks.

Absolutely!  Egg was the highest value protein until powdered whey isolate came along.  I eat six egg whites for breakfast every single morning.  I pray that I'm still in the gym at 82.  The gym and fishing are things I cannot live without.  

I supplement with the protein pictured below. I'm bad about skipping meals.

1 hour ago, Tackleholic said:

I was seriously into body building for about 35 years;  I still hit the gym nearly every morning I'm not on the water, even though I am now 82. 

I’ve been working out for decades as well, wondering how your joints have held up at age 82? 

3 hours ago, FryDog62 said:

The key ingredient to eliminate in the next few years is anything with “seed oils” in it (Canola, soybean, sunflower, etc). It will become the trans fat of this generation. Be wary of any protein derivative/shake, protein bar, etc. that has it. Heart disease, auto immune, acid reflux, etc.  

 

We were told for many years it was a healthy alternative but it’s actually what causes inflammation in the body.  And it’s an ingredient in about everything mainstream. 

Shhhhhh🤫 The US government and big food companies are getting angry!!!!

Cmon man, the FDA and other US government officials say they are completely safe and healthy, and they cant be wrong. Remember how they said cigarettes and tobacco were safe and healthy just a few decades ago? Or when the FDA came out a few months ago and said cereals with tons of sugar were the healthiest food to eat for breakfast? The band Cinderella sung it decades ago, "the stuff you eat for breakfast will only give you cancer" pops in my mind.

For the last few hundred years to just a few decades ago everyones mom and grandma cooked with lard, fat, or tallow. People lived healthier lives. In almost every picture taken people were skinny, in masses. Now we are shoving so much seed oils into everything and have more obesity, cancers, diabetes, among even more health problems than ever before.

Its in everything, fast food, processed foods, restaurants, and almost everything in a grocery store.

Getting that horrible junk out of our system and diets helps with so many different health issues its amazing.

 

Plus the food cooked in or processed with seed oils tastes disgusting.

Edited December 19, 20241 yr by MediumMouthBass

12 minutes ago, FryDog62 said:

I’ve been working out for decades as well, wondering how your joints have held up at age 82? 

Only the knees are a little stiff on cold mornings.  I do have a few old injuries which will never heal;  shoulder, elbow, back.  You?

Here's something to think about. In 1960, the average weight of a man at 5'9 height was 160 pounds. We've been getting bigger and bigger for a long time now.

7 hours ago, A-Jay said:

Yesterday

Four Hundred and twenty Five Pounds for twelve and then fifteen repetitions.

One Hundred and Sixty pounds, so 2.65 times body weight.

No wraps, No straps, No belt.

Sixty Five years old

I eat Protein.

https://youtu.be/1JuNB0Hq7y8?feature=shared&t=37

A-Jay

 

Deadlifts, squats, or bench?  Impressive for any of them.

10 hours ago, Tackleholic said:

Only the knees are a little stiff on cold mornings.  I do have a few old injuries which will never heal;  shoulder, elbow, back.  You?

Yep, wrists mostly (several surgeries) but some shoulder/elbow strains too. Nothing that keeps me from fishing, but I hope that doesn’t change as I age further…

11 hours ago, MediumMouthBass said:

Getting that horrible junk out of our system and diets helps with so many different health issues its amazing.

 

Easier said than done.  Of course everyone would want to consume a "farm to table" diet and avoid the junk that's in most food.  Our society has been built on convenience though.  Go to Europe and you'll see how their lives are so much different than ours.  Literally the only people I saw that were overweight in Europe were American tourists.

 

Americans don't like the government or politicians telling them what to do or how to live either.  People value personal freedom here, even when they know its not good for them.

 

 

48 minutes ago, gimruis said:

 

Easier said than done.  Of course everyone would want to consume a "farm to table" diet and avoid the junk that's in most food.  Our society has been built on convenience though.  Go to Europe and you'll see how their lives are so much different than ours.  Literally the only people I saw that were overweight in Europe were American tourists.

 

Americans don't like the government or politicians telling them what to do or how to live either.  People value personal freedom here, even when they know its not good for them.

 

 

I prefer river to table but I do have some raised beds 😂 

I didn't mean to sidetrack the thread here with my political or government post.

 

Carry on with the protein sources.

Some of you members knew i would put this up, i couldnt resist, but yes there is protien in these buggers, Alot of skinny natives in Thailand.

I’d be really skinny too if I had to eat that nastiness