Curious - what's your daily food intake?
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It really depends on the day. On a good day, I am at about 1200 calories, on a bad day...about 500...I try and get nutrients from smoothies on the bad days. I like to say I stay away from junk, but that's mostly a lie. haha.
I eat avocados on a regular basis (good for me on a bad day...lots of calories and fat), lots of ground turkey, chicken, cooked vegetables, things like that. Rice is another big one. I try and stay away from white bread...but white pasta I will eat with veggies and a bit of tomato sauce and garlic. Lots of tuna, not alot of eggs or dairy products (skim milk, usually). LOTS of fruit...melons, satsuma mandarins, nectarines, peaches. On days I can tolerate them, grapes, cherries, plums, and grape tomatoes...YUM!!
I eat avocados on a regular basis (good for me on a bad day...lots of calories and fat), lots of ground turkey, chicken, cooked vegetables, things like that. Rice is another big one. I try and stay away from white bread...but white pasta I will eat with veggies and a bit of tomato sauce and garlic. Lots of tuna, not alot of eggs or dairy products (skim milk, usually). LOTS of fruit...melons, satsuma mandarins, nectarines, peaches. On days I can tolerate them, grapes, cherries, plums, and grape tomatoes...YUM!!
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I usually have about 500 calories - I have a lot of issues about food anyway but Crohn's does make it worse in the sense I know my symptoms will worsen the more I eat, I can look in the fridge and easily close it again without having anything. But to put it into perspective how bad I am I don't think I have ever really eaten over 1000 calories in a day for the past 5 years. Obviously there have been periods when I have been forced to increase that but it never lasts. Osteopenia looms, which is often to precursor to osteoporosis and I often wind up in hospital with worrying electrolyte imbalances. It's kind of only then I realise what I have done. Dieticians always tell me an NG tube is the way to go but I'm not keen at all. Flat out refusal there, although there have been times I've left the hospital because I knew if I was there the next morning it'd happen! I have been offered counselling again however so I will be taking that up.
I do eat quite a limited selection of foods and small portions of them, I am a vegetarian however I will occasionally eat fish, namely tuna. I really like vegetables and they mostly seem to agree with me, I will have soups, don't usually go in for the fruit and eggs are okay too here. Most carbs don't like me, bread is no no, pasta isn't great, same for most cereals but rice is alright (which is good because I enjoy sushi!).
Dairy products I don't go in for, I have Alpro soya products instead and they've always been great. I also like tofu and other related sources of protein.
I'm often on the Elemental diet, such as now so at the moment the above is irrelevant for me. But only have about 2/3 cartons (1 carton = 215 calories). My current dietician said to me she understands it's hard to want anything when you're in a lot of pain, feeling very tired, experiencing nausea and not having an appetite anyway. The first time I did the Elemental diet when reintroducing food I referred to a book on LOFFLEX (low fat, fibre limited, exclusion diet) and that has an interesting, reasonably limited, list of allowed and not allowed foods. I can scan those pages in for anyone who would like to look.
I do eat quite a limited selection of foods and small portions of them, I am a vegetarian however I will occasionally eat fish, namely tuna. I really like vegetables and they mostly seem to agree with me, I will have soups, don't usually go in for the fruit and eggs are okay too here. Most carbs don't like me, bread is no no, pasta isn't great, same for most cereals but rice is alright (which is good because I enjoy sushi!).
Dairy products I don't go in for, I have Alpro soya products instead and they've always been great. I also like tofu and other related sources of protein.
I'm often on the Elemental diet, such as now so at the moment the above is irrelevant for me. But only have about 2/3 cartons (1 carton = 215 calories). My current dietician said to me she understands it's hard to want anything when you're in a lot of pain, feeling very tired, experiencing nausea and not having an appetite anyway. The first time I did the Elemental diet when reintroducing food I referred to a book on LOFFLEX (low fat, fibre limited, exclusion diet) and that has an interesting, reasonably limited, list of allowed and not allowed foods. I can scan those pages in for anyone who would like to look.
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Depends on my symptoms really - on a good day, I'd have nothing for breakfast (I can't face food early on), lunch would be a BLT plus a packet of crisps, dinner would be salmon with new potatoes and veg. Add in a few breadsticks and houmus as a snack...
How many calories is that?
How many calories is that?
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When I'm eating healthy, 1500-1700 calories a day (more if I'm doing a substantial workout). Most the time I eat a typical American fat man diet, so 2500-3000.
Typical Day for me:
Breakfast-package of weight control oatmeal/whey protein shake w/soy milk/piece of fruit or low fat yougart
Snack-turkey or ham w/cheese,pickles, mustard sandwitch on flat bread
Lunch-fish filet or chicken breast/steamed mixed veggies/some kind of starch- rice/patato
Snack-cheese, fruit or whatever I feel like
Dinner-small meal-i have been eating Healthy Choice Steam Works lately (tastey, low calories, good mix of food groups and easy on my gut) and a protein/fruit smoothie. I buy the frozen fruit (varies kinds so I can the flavor) mix it with a banana, low fat yougurt, soy milk, water, whey protein powder.
I don't eat a lot of bread, green veggies or fatty foods because they cause me problems.
I eat around 2000 calories a day. I work-out about 4-5 days a weeks so I find this helps me maintain my weight while adding muscle mass.
Breakfast-package of weight control oatmeal/whey protein shake w/soy milk/piece of fruit or low fat yougart
Snack-turkey or ham w/cheese,pickles, mustard sandwitch on flat bread
Lunch-fish filet or chicken breast/steamed mixed veggies/some kind of starch- rice/patato
Snack-cheese, fruit or whatever I feel like
Dinner-small meal-i have been eating Healthy Choice Steam Works lately (tastey, low calories, good mix of food groups and easy on my gut) and a protein/fruit smoothie. I buy the frozen fruit (varies kinds so I can the flavor) mix it with a banana, low fat yougurt, soy milk, water, whey protein powder.
I don't eat a lot of bread, green veggies or fatty foods because they cause me problems.
I eat around 2000 calories a day. I work-out about 4-5 days a weeks so I find this helps me maintain my weight while adding muscle mass.
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oh boy im really bad with eating.
some days i wont take my first bite until 5 pm or so. i think pain is a huge appetite depressant, as soon as meds kick in i feel ravenous, or ill be super hungry and hurry to do my app change while my tummy is empty, but then afterwards be full and nauseus from the pain. cant win.
typical for me though is on an average day
-about 1 egg, some bread or english muffin or something
-sandwich, usually roastbeef lotsa mayo, cheese, ya know fatty things. or will have egg noodles with lots of butter and parmesan.
-snack on chips, pretzels, crackers, whatever if i feel like it
-some type of meat, usually chicken, rice, noodles or somthing, and very very well cooked zuchini squash with LOTS of cheese (SO good)
-sometims ill have a middle of the night/early morning snack of more noodles or something
on a bad day?
-few oz of boost
-2 slices of pizza
-hard boiled egg
not enough cals in either. im honestly thinking (and my parents are trying to convince me) to go talk to someone about my troubles with eating. there is definitly a huge mental block for me. i just cant do it, i cant eat, i dont want to, its not fun...unless im hungry which is rare. but i know i have to.
i honestly wonder if its the same type of mechanism as those people who suffer from compulsive eating and are soo heavy that they never even move. well hello?! why do they keep eating?! but i feel the same way except opposite, my body is starving for nutrients and evergy and fat to heal and be healthy. so hello?! why dont i just eat?? i really dont know. i just cant.
some days i wont take my first bite until 5 pm or so. i think pain is a huge appetite depressant, as soon as meds kick in i feel ravenous, or ill be super hungry and hurry to do my app change while my tummy is empty, but then afterwards be full and nauseus from the pain. cant win.
typical for me though is on an average day
-about 1 egg, some bread or english muffin or something
-sandwich, usually roastbeef lotsa mayo, cheese, ya know fatty things. or will have egg noodles with lots of butter and parmesan.
-snack on chips, pretzels, crackers, whatever if i feel like it
-some type of meat, usually chicken, rice, noodles or somthing, and very very well cooked zuchini squash with LOTS of cheese (SO good)
-sometims ill have a middle of the night/early morning snack of more noodles or something
on a bad day?
-few oz of boost
-2 slices of pizza
-hard boiled egg
not enough cals in either. im honestly thinking (and my parents are trying to convince me) to go talk to someone about my troubles with eating. there is definitly a huge mental block for me. i just cant do it, i cant eat, i dont want to, its not fun...unless im hungry which is rare. but i know i have to.
i honestly wonder if its the same type of mechanism as those people who suffer from compulsive eating and are soo heavy that they never even move. well hello?! why do they keep eating?! but i feel the same way except opposite, my body is starving for nutrients and evergy and fat to heal and be healthy. so hello?! why dont i just eat?? i really dont know. i just cant.
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Oh Kello I'm so sorry to hear that. It really isn't a surprise though I guess after all the pain and trauma your body has been through lately. I really hope it improves as your body heals. Big hugs for you lovely.
Kello, I could have written what you did not so long ago. I can remember standing in front of the fridge last christmas, looking at all these nice goodies in there, and feeling so totally overwhelmed and lacking in interest that I just closed the door. I got to the point where food was just a chore, no pleasure in it at all.
Pain is a massive appetite suppressant, as are a lot of painkillers for me (particularly codeine), but I knew deep down there was more to it than just not feeling hungry, and I had to hold my hands up in January and get some help.
I saw a dietician as a first off, and she was very helpful. We realised that I had a fairly huge mental block with food because I associated eating with nothing but pain - I'd stopped seeing it as something to be enjoyed in any way, and had more or less trained my brain to stop wanting food. The other thing I'd realised was that not eating had become habit (which kind of fits in with your compulsive over-eating theory - that's habit in lots of ways too), and I'd totally lost the ability to realise when I was hungry.
I was losing weight steadily - not huge amounts, but 2lb a week over a long period adds up, and I'd gotten very very thin. She was great, and very realistic - I was terrified she'd want me to eat millions of calories a day, but her advice was to try to increase the calories in what I did eat (add cheese, mayo, etc) where I could, and try and add in tiny snacks whenever possible. A biscuit, a little chocolate, anything that I liked, that would be gone in seconds, and that I wouldn't have to think about. She suggested keeping whatever snack food I could face in open view, so that I would think to have something whenever I walked past it. It's all fairly obvious stuff, I know, but because she was talking about incremental changes, I could deal with it. The thinking was that I'd increase my calories slightly, and by adding in slightly bigger quantities I'd increase my capacity for food (shrunken stomach doesn't help matters - I was full after about 6 bites of anything at that point).
I gave it a try, and after about a month, I weighed myself and for the first time in ages I hadn't lost weight from the previous week. It took me a further 6 weeks to gain anything, but I wasn't losing any more which was a complete result.
The biggest benefit was I noticed I functioned better mentally - again, not rocket science really - if you're starving yourself, you're not going to function all that well - but I hadn't realised quite how little in the way of nutrients I was taking in and what effect it was having on my mood, concentration, etc.
It took a significant amount of mental effort to make myself eat if I'm honest - breaking the habit of just not bothering was much much harder than I expected. Once I'd done it though, it was fine - I still don't eat big quantities, probably around half what everyone else does, but I actually enjoy food again. I still have to make a conscious effort to eat for the first time each day - frightened of pain - and I'm not sure that will ever completely go. I know I could easily go 24hours without food, and not miss it, but I wouldn't feel well.
Not sure if any of that ramble helps, but I know that when I realised I needed help I was at the stage where I felt totally stupid and abnormal - i knew I needed fuel to get well and get on with my life, so why couldn't I make myself eat?? Why did every other person I knew love food, enjoy meals and look forward to eating, when I just wanted to avoid it completely??
Hope you get your head around it - maybe it would be worth having a chat with someone? Happy to chat about it further if you want to PM me xx
Pain is a massive appetite suppressant, as are a lot of painkillers for me (particularly codeine), but I knew deep down there was more to it than just not feeling hungry, and I had to hold my hands up in January and get some help.
I saw a dietician as a first off, and she was very helpful. We realised that I had a fairly huge mental block with food because I associated eating with nothing but pain - I'd stopped seeing it as something to be enjoyed in any way, and had more or less trained my brain to stop wanting food. The other thing I'd realised was that not eating had become habit (which kind of fits in with your compulsive over-eating theory - that's habit in lots of ways too), and I'd totally lost the ability to realise when I was hungry.
I was losing weight steadily - not huge amounts, but 2lb a week over a long period adds up, and I'd gotten very very thin. She was great, and very realistic - I was terrified she'd want me to eat millions of calories a day, but her advice was to try to increase the calories in what I did eat (add cheese, mayo, etc) where I could, and try and add in tiny snacks whenever possible. A biscuit, a little chocolate, anything that I liked, that would be gone in seconds, and that I wouldn't have to think about. She suggested keeping whatever snack food I could face in open view, so that I would think to have something whenever I walked past it. It's all fairly obvious stuff, I know, but because she was talking about incremental changes, I could deal with it. The thinking was that I'd increase my calories slightly, and by adding in slightly bigger quantities I'd increase my capacity for food (shrunken stomach doesn't help matters - I was full after about 6 bites of anything at that point).
I gave it a try, and after about a month, I weighed myself and for the first time in ages I hadn't lost weight from the previous week. It took me a further 6 weeks to gain anything, but I wasn't losing any more which was a complete result.
The biggest benefit was I noticed I functioned better mentally - again, not rocket science really - if you're starving yourself, you're not going to function all that well - but I hadn't realised quite how little in the way of nutrients I was taking in and what effect it was having on my mood, concentration, etc.
It took a significant amount of mental effort to make myself eat if I'm honest - breaking the habit of just not bothering was much much harder than I expected. Once I'd done it though, it was fine - I still don't eat big quantities, probably around half what everyone else does, but I actually enjoy food again. I still have to make a conscious effort to eat for the first time each day - frightened of pain - and I'm not sure that will ever completely go. I know I could easily go 24hours without food, and not miss it, but I wouldn't feel well.
Not sure if any of that ramble helps, but I know that when I realised I needed help I was at the stage where I felt totally stupid and abnormal - i knew I needed fuel to get well and get on with my life, so why couldn't I make myself eat?? Why did every other person I knew love food, enjoy meals and look forward to eating, when I just wanted to avoid it completely??
Hope you get your head around it - maybe it would be worth having a chat with someone? Happy to chat about it further if you want to PM me xx
Right now i am leaning down for a comp so diet is real bland.
Meal 1 - Oatmeal and a shake(isopure)
Meal 2 - 7oz steak, and 1 cup brown rice with parkay spray 0 cal butter
Meal 3 - 7oz steak, and 1 sweet potato with equal and cinnimon
Meal 4 - 1 can of pivot 1.5 elemental
Meal 5 - 1.5 tbsp peanut butter and a shake(isopure)
Calories 2500
I also find when i do bland diets for leaning up, it agrees more with my crohns.
Meal 1 - Oatmeal and a shake(isopure)
Meal 2 - 7oz steak, and 1 cup brown rice with parkay spray 0 cal butter
Meal 3 - 7oz steak, and 1 sweet potato with equal and cinnimon
Meal 4 - 1 can of pivot 1.5 elemental
Meal 5 - 1.5 tbsp peanut butter and a shake(isopure)
Calories 2500
I also find when i do bland diets for leaning up, it agrees more with my crohns.
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GF and sparky-- thanks a lot for your words, you guys are so sweet.
sparky your post made me remember a nutritionist type person i had seen years ago and she was great, im thinking about seeing if she is the right person to consult with...
this really stuck out to me
that is SO spot on to how i feel its almost ridiculous. i know im not alone in this and that many of us on here have varying battles with food, hearing those words really helps a lot though. thank you!!
will be tossing these thoughts around in my head for a little while and talking to my parents and all and then hopefully decide what to do to figure this mess out!
sparky your post made me remember a nutritionist type person i had seen years ago and she was great, im thinking about seeing if she is the right person to consult with...
this really stuck out to me
that is SO spot on to how i feel its almost ridiculous. i know im not alone in this and that many of us on here have varying battles with food, hearing those words really helps a lot though. thank you!!
will be tossing these thoughts around in my head for a little while and talking to my parents and all and then hopefully decide what to do to figure this mess out!
my eating has been out of control... i'm an emotional eater, and ever since the prednisone stimulated my appetite a few months ago, i just haven't been back on track... there's been some improvement, as far as the appetite level, but not much.... there was months of eating like a pig (i mean c'mon, since January, how could i be up 40 pounds???!!!)
i'm wondering if i have a hormone imbalance as well.
but looks like i got through today on 600 calories. i know that's really low. but i'm desperate (yeah yeah, don't wanna see the lectures, i know - you gotta eat to lose weight blah blah).... i'm just gonna see if this helps suppress my appetite again... and i'll exercise.... i'm so fat now!!!!! i feel terrible about myself.
self esteem is nonexistent.... my skin is looking bad too (thank you imuran *eyes rolling*).
if i lose at least 20 by the end of summer (when i return to work), that would be a good start
there are so many days i have it in the back of my mind i wish i could quit these pills... just seems like the medication makes me feel more miserable.
/end of rant.
i'm wondering if i have a hormone imbalance as well.
but looks like i got through today on 600 calories. i know that's really low. but i'm desperate (yeah yeah, don't wanna see the lectures, i know - you gotta eat to lose weight blah blah).... i'm just gonna see if this helps suppress my appetite again... and i'll exercise.... i'm so fat now!!!!! i feel terrible about myself.
self esteem is nonexistent.... my skin is looking bad too (thank you imuran *eyes rolling*).
if i lose at least 20 by the end of summer (when i return to work), that would be a good start
there are so many days i have it in the back of my mind i wish i could quit these pills... just seems like the medication makes me feel more miserable.
/end of rant.
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It's so weird. Sometimes I can literally eat up to 4000 calories a day. Other days I'll have trouble getting anything in my belly.
Up until this last year, I've eaten awful, JUST AWFUL. I'm embarrassed to even talk about it, because you wonder if I knew I even had Crohns or not.
-Wake up, probably a bowl of cereal, maybe some leftover pizza or breadsticks.
-somtimes a mid day snack would be a protein shake
-lunch would usually be fast food, usually cheeseburger and curly fries from hardy's and an extra thick milk shake (about 700 calories on it's own). Or I would go to the dining hall, buffet style, and eat all the junk I could find. And chug a whole glass of milk before I was finished.
-dinner - fast food. pizza, burger, or i'd go back to the dining hall and pig out. oh and lots of soda
-protein shake before bed.
you'd think I'd weigh 400 lbs, I only weigh 130 lbs though lol. Garbage in, garbage out as they say.
Was on the SCD diet for awhile, but stopped for various different reasons.
I eat a lot better now, even though it's still hard being in school and having no time plus dealing with Crohns.
-lots of fruit, apples, grapes, bananas, strawberries, blueberries. Lots of tuna sandwiches on wheat bread, along w/ deli meat. steak and fish when I have time to cook.
no milk, no french fries, no soda, no pasta, no crackers.
Up until this last year, I've eaten awful, JUST AWFUL. I'm embarrassed to even talk about it, because you wonder if I knew I even had Crohns or not.
-Wake up, probably a bowl of cereal, maybe some leftover pizza or breadsticks.
-somtimes a mid day snack would be a protein shake
-lunch would usually be fast food, usually cheeseburger and curly fries from hardy's and an extra thick milk shake (about 700 calories on it's own). Or I would go to the dining hall, buffet style, and eat all the junk I could find. And chug a whole glass of milk before I was finished.
-dinner - fast food. pizza, burger, or i'd go back to the dining hall and pig out. oh and lots of soda
-protein shake before bed.
you'd think I'd weigh 400 lbs, I only weigh 130 lbs though lol. Garbage in, garbage out as they say.
Was on the SCD diet for awhile, but stopped for various different reasons.
I eat a lot better now, even though it's still hard being in school and having no time plus dealing with Crohns.
-lots of fruit, apples, grapes, bananas, strawberries, blueberries. Lots of tuna sandwiches on wheat bread, along w/ deli meat. steak and fish when I have time to cook.
no milk, no french fries, no soda, no pasta, no crackers.
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yeah i go to school too, and work in a college... so temptation is everywhere...
i try to tell myself that eating this way will make me sicker, but it's difficult to control it.
i have the odd day where my appetite is very low too.... but out of nowhere it shifts and i eat a lot.
except i'm not 130 lol, diarrhea has never been a problem... i get sometimes get constipated instead.
my boyfriend tries to tell me to look on the brightside 'would you rather have to run to the washroom 20 times a day or would you rather feel well and have a little more weight and a couple of pimples?'... he's a good guy lol, and he's right.
i'm gonna try not to focus on the weight so much, and just try to take care of myself... eventually it'll come off i hope.
i try to tell myself that eating this way will make me sicker, but it's difficult to control it.
i have the odd day where my appetite is very low too.... but out of nowhere it shifts and i eat a lot.
except i'm not 130 lol, diarrhea has never been a problem... i get sometimes get constipated instead.
my boyfriend tries to tell me to look on the brightside 'would you rather have to run to the washroom 20 times a day or would you rather feel well and have a little more weight and a couple of pimples?'... he's a good guy lol, and he's right.
i'm gonna try not to focus on the weight so much, and just try to take care of myself... eventually it'll come off i hope.
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I'll be honest - my diet sucks 
That said, this is probably what a typical day looks like:
Breakfast: Quaker Oats chocolate chip granola bar
Lunch: Veggie Patch Chik'n patty on a whole grain wrap with raw carrots
Snack: Skinny Cow ice cream sandwich
Dinner: Veggie Patch Meatless Meatball sub with Healthy Choice Garlic and Herb sauce
Snack: An entire can of green beans or a green apple
So not fattening or anything like that. But I'm a vegetarian and it's so hard to be one and not eat things that are going to kick my ass that/the next day! A lot of us know how fruits and veggies don't like our intestines (or is it the other way around?).
That said, this is probably what a typical day looks like:
Breakfast: Quaker Oats chocolate chip granola bar
Lunch: Veggie Patch Chik'n patty on a whole grain wrap with raw carrots
Snack: Skinny Cow ice cream sandwich
Dinner: Veggie Patch Meatless Meatball sub with Healthy Choice Garlic and Herb sauce
Snack: An entire can of green beans or a green apple
So not fattening or anything like that. But I'm a vegetarian and it's so hard to be one and not eat things that are going to kick my ass that/the next day! A lot of us know how fruits and veggies don't like our intestines (or is it the other way around?).
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Apparently I eat too much now! Went to the GI yesterday and he said he was shocked that I was over weight. Gained 12lbs. since Jan. (that I didn't need). Back to eating healthy. I was having a blast gaining my weight back. I could eat and eat and eat. I miss those days. Now that I can tolerate much more I am trying to eat more veggies and fruits. I was eating probably 2500 calories a day. Will have to cut back and get back to using the treadmill.
On a healthier day I eat...cereal and orange juice at breakfast (only good for you cereals-low sugar 10g or less, 3g fiber or more) for lunch I eat a Healthy Choice frozen dinner (usually 280 calories or so), at dinner maybe some wheat pasta, chicken burger, or burritos with wheat tortillas.
I just have to not eat too much sugar or too much fiber. Both make my tummy hurt. I gained so much weight by eating chips and cookies in between meals and some sort of dessert after dinner. Not to mention the 2 to 3 servings of dinner. What can I say I love food and when I could eat again I vowed to enjoy myself!
On a healthier day I eat...cereal and orange juice at breakfast (only good for you cereals-low sugar 10g or less, 3g fiber or more) for lunch I eat a Healthy Choice frozen dinner (usually 280 calories or so), at dinner maybe some wheat pasta, chicken burger, or burritos with wheat tortillas.
I just have to not eat too much sugar or too much fiber. Both make my tummy hurt. I gained so much weight by eating chips and cookies in between meals and some sort of dessert after dinner. Not to mention the 2 to 3 servings of dinner. What can I say I love food and when I could eat again I vowed to enjoy myself!
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Maverick7 said:
How's the cut going now, are you going to carb deplete and load Maverick?
I'll come back tomorrow and post a typical diet right now, I'm slowly bulking, I'd be hardcore bulking, but with just starting out, I can't mess with my stable status of almost remission, plus I can only create so many hypercaloric situations before gaining too much fat, it's not like I juice or anything. Creatine has been agreeing once again, never found a problem with that one...
