Title says it all. I don't really know if it's possible or if anyone has attempted this and has suggestions but I'm attempting to figure out how one could maintain a healthier diet without cooking. I have a very small kitchen and am slow and bad at cooking. I want to improve my macros and lose some weight at a reasonable pace. If anyone has done cutting without cooking I'm curious to know! If it's not really something that can be done well then that's fine too, I've just struggled in the past to cook regularly.

Hi all, I recently started seeing a personal trainer, and as well as the weights and cardio (3x per week) he's also set me a nutrition goal every day of 140g of protein and maximum 2000 calories.

For context, I'm 37, weigh 14st 12lbs (95kg), work an office job, but also play football, take walks every day and have 2 small kids who keep me fairly active.

I'm struggling with the nutrition goals; I've mainly been eating a vegetarian diet for the last few years as my wife is veggie and it just makes things easier when doing the food shop, but I've quickly come to realise that I'm going to need some meat and fish going forward in order to hit my goals. I've also bought some whey protein to help.

So the first couple of days, before I bit the bullet and bought the meat, fish and whey, I hit around 70g protein, whilst also struggling to stay under 2000kcal.

Today was my first day with the whey protein, which has helped, but I'm still only at 100g protein.

Believe me when I say I've done quite a lot of research over the last few days about protein rich foods, and here are some of the outcomes and concerns I have:

• 2000kcal and 140g proten means that I have to try and get in 7g protein for every 100kcal consumed

• There are not that many foods that meet this ration, outside of meats, fish and protein powder

• I don't want to have to pack in meat for every meal if I can avoid it. From a budget point of view and trying to keep saturated fats down. Also it's not logistically easy to be cooking all the time, and I'm not sure when I'll be able to meal prep

• There are obviosuly veggies, pulses and legumes that have lots of protein, but would seem to reqire eating about 300g per meal in order to actually hit that 140g target

• Eggs, and more specifically egg whites, keep coming up as 'great sources of protein', and at around 10g protein to 45kcal they sound great. But realistically you'd need to eat 100g of egg whites for those 10g of protein - which just doesn't feel like a good enough return.

• Fruit seems to be almost completely out the window, with most having very little protein value. A lot of recipes I've seen so far, particulalry for breakfast smoothies, recommend a banana, But at around 1.5g of protein for nearly 100kcal, it's rubbish

Anyway, I know plenty of people post their meal plans on here, but I still find I'm struggling with the requirements. Anyone else find this or have any advice? Thanks in advance

Hey all! Just kicked off a bulk and am centering my lunch and dinner around 500g of chicken breast, 1 cup of rice, and 100g of beans. For extra calories, I go with a shake made from a banana, 2 scoops of protein powder, 500ml of milk, and 2 tbsp of peanut butter.

Recently, I found out chicken thighs have slightly less protein than breast, but with 500g of thigh meat, I should still hit my protein goals. Thing is, thighs are way cheaper for me – like 6.50 euros for 2kg of thighs vs 8 euros per kg of breast.

Aside from the protein difference, is there any real advantage to sticking with chicken breast over thighs? Or would switching to thighs be fine? Also are thighs as simple to prepare as breasts?

Hello there,

A bit about me: 38 male, 5 ft 10, 165 pounds. I have been steadily bulking for the past 8 months after a long hiatus from the gym. I have a family history of type 2 diabetes and was recently told that I'm pre-diabetic, after some blood work.

I don't eat much sweets or sugary foods. I don't snack on chocolates or cookies. I think that my food sin might be the white rice that accompanies my every meal. One cup cooked jasmine rice with lunch, and one with dinner.

We eat a good deal of Asian food in the house and so that's part of the equation, so stewed meats, chicken or beef or sometimes grilled chicken or fish.

Any substitute recommendations for the rice? Would brown rice be enough of an improvement or should I opt for legumes?

Thank you!

I’ve got 1.5 bags of rainbow ice cream flavoured whey protein isolate about to expire and needing ideas of what to make with it that can be frozen.

All the recipes I can find online call for vanilla, chocolate or salted caramel flavoured protein powders. I don’t want to waste a heap of ingredients just substituting for the rainbow ice cream and have it turn out horribly.

Any ideas?

I don’t have a ninja or other ice-cream maker unfortunately. But I do have a blender and stand mixer so can do almost anything else.

I notice the flavors on the whey and casein are similarly named. My question is for those who have tried both. Do the flavors taste alike? Like does the vanilla and chocolate, cookies and cream whey flavor taste identical to the casein vanilla, chocolate, and cookies and cream?

I feel a massive energy slump in the afternoon, and only recently have I learned it could be mediated with what I eat.

Currently I eat about 160g of protein, 280g carbs, and 85g of fats a day.

Diet plan: Six slices of whole grain toast 30g of peanut butter Two large bananas (350g)

500ml of milk 500g of chicken breast Tspoon of olive oil Barbacue sauce

Tspoon Olive oil Two large eggs White rice, 100g

I eat this everyday. I make little money, and have barely enough time to cook (busy student with a job), this meal plan is the sweet spot when it comes to time, price, and nutrition… if not for the energy slump.

The slump happens in the afternoon, so before the chicken and milk, and a few hours after having eaten bananas and toast.

I am a highly active person, I train in the gym 4 times a week, run 40km a week, attend dance classes and walk a lot.

This is a calorie deficit for me, I have been consistently loosing about 0.5kg a week with this diet plan.

Before this diet, my meals were far less standardized, I had days when I experienced the slump, days when I didnt, and the only difference was the food I ate. Problem is, I cant remember what foods I ate on the days I felt better.

But even on the less standardized diet, I was loosing weight. I actually slowed down the rate of weight loss, as I was losing a whole kilogram a week before.

I always ate a lot of carbs though.

If its relevant, I am loosing weight from 103kg to 85kg. At the moment I weigh 90kg.

What should I improve / look into with my diet?

Looking to start some meal planning just to better myself (20F) and everything I see has Fish, Sweet Potatoes, and Avocados 3 foods i despise! any ideas of alternatives for high protein meals that dont have those or just things that I could eat that aren't those things that would still help!

Hello people, I usually buy extreme milk chocolate flavor from ON nutrition (gold standard), but i was watching some reviews and saw that cocoa pebbles is a great chocolate flavor.

I love extreme milk chocolate, I don’t think anyone wouldn’t like it. It’s so creamy and it even tastes good with pure ice water.

Personally I never get tired of chocolate milk so chocolate flavors are easy for me, but I was wondering if anybody has experience with both flavors, which did you like better ?

Help please ! I need to buy asap I’m loosing gains haha

I buy the frozen mixed veggies from Walmart. What can I do to actually make them taste good but also on the healthier side?

Hii, I’m trying to do body recomp and my daily intake should be about 1650 calories with 135 grams of protein.

Please help !!!!! I feel so low self esteem and hate my body and want to learn about how to eat right and lose weight properly

I saw this sales from myprotein.com: 1kg for less then 20 euros. It surely sounds like a call for a horrible tastes but I can't be so sure. (the ony flavors in this particular pack are Chocolate banana, vanilla, and C&C (all of which have a bad taste reputation).

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The last thing I want is to get a cough syrup over sweetened powder.
Any recommendation?

Hi everyone! So I am very new at this and been struggling a bit and would love some advice. I joined a gym and work out three times a week however have seen zero results. I went and weighed in 6 weeks ago and then again this past week. The results showed I lost muscle and gained a pound. This I will admit was extremely disappointing but when I talked to my trainer she explained that it had everything to do with eating better because I am not fueling myself as l've always had a hard time with food and don't want to overeat anymore. My new goal is 1500 calories and 130 for protein. So my advice I would love to have literally any advice would be what do yall eat to get there. I've heard of yogurt shakes with protein powder but what kind? How do yall make it? I've heard two snacks a day fruit yogurt protein bars. I heard for lunch and dinner rice chicken and veggies or salmon but seems like it could get repetitive. I would love to hear how y'all get there and any suggestions would be great thank yall in advance.

Protein Powder with no Artificial Sweetener that’s not thick

Hey yall, hoping someone has some recommendations for me.

Artificial sweeteners and sugar alcohols and stuff like Stevia extract screw me up.

I also really really prefer protein powders that dissolve into water like a refreshing drink like Isopure, rather than making a shake.

Does anyone know of a good protein powder that’s refreshing that only uses real sugar, or no sugar? I can’t find anything that fits both on Google.

I would appreciate someone pointing me in the right direction so much, thank you.

Hi

It seems the liquid egg whites i can buy are pasteurized, but after opening the recommandation is to consume them in 2 days.

I understand there are some really nasty issues that can occure, botulism being one of them.

Is there a way to make the egg whites last 3-4 days?

Thank you

To start I’m not sure if this is the right subreddit for this or not, if I am in the wrong spot please let me know where I should go!

I am a fat 23 year old male looking to really start loosing weight. Over the last couple of months I have lost a decent chunk of weight through just fasting. One meal a day around 7pm. I have hit a wall (which was expected) where I’m no longer losing anything. So now it’s time for me to deal with my fear of public gyms and go for it. I know a diet is a HUGE part of losing weight and I feel like combining the gym plus one meal a day would work well/ feel good for me.

So now that I’m done blabbering, I’m looking for diet plans or tips to make my own plan for loosing weight. I’m pretty tight on money but need to do something.

Anything helps! Thank you!!

So I eat my lunch around 3pm and dinner 8pm and my rest days

But on days I workout I need more calories so I plan on having a banana pre workout

Is it more optimal to just add this banana to my lunch 4hours before my workout

Or eat the banana 1 hour before my workout (3 hours after lunch)

The second sounds better because u are getting a sugar boost before the workout but at the same time u are slowing down digestion from lunch and then might be still digesting food during the workout

540 calorie, 77g protein, 22g fat, 45g carbs Used 1 whole chicken breast, 2 keto tortilla, plain Greek yogurt and sriracha for the sauce, some lettuce, and low fat cheese.

So, I don't make much money. I get paid bi-weekly, and most of my money goes to bills and gas. I struggle to find healthy prep meals that don't take 40min- 1 to prep since I get off work and home late. I need to lose weight for my health, but all the meal preps I see have lots of sodium or are red meat or just microwaved meal from the store. I'm not sure how to prep on a budget.

I also only make food for myself and don't want to wasn't food, which sadly happens a lot because I can't eat it all in time before it goes bad. Any advice, please?

UPDATE: I wanted to say thank you for everyone's super helpful advice and recipies! Cooking on my own has always been hard. I'm happy there were so many wonderful people to give advice to me. Thank you, everyone, and thank you to those who continue to comment! I've ordered a slowcooker and am planning out meals so that I can try to portion it so I don't have too many ingredients that go to waste! I appreciate everyone here! Thank you!

I’m 21M and weight 228 last I weighed myself and I wanna get down to 200 but I often struggle with binge eating and I crave soda a lot , not really looking to gain muscle just want to lose fat and be slim

Best recipe for protein rich beef stew?

I’m struggling to find a brand of protein powder that offers good non-dessert options (e.g. citrus). I have a pantry full of flavors like vanilla/chocolate/blueberry cheesecake and I’m sick of all of them.

I’d prefer plant-based proteins but whey is fine if there’s a brand/flavor you really like. Also, recipe recommendations would be welcome. I need to switch it up.

Trying to lose some weight and wanting to change how I’m eating. Usually always junk food.

Currently eating Chicken, Rice, Broccoli. 706 calories, 50g protein. Breakfast is there not included in this post.

What are some other meal ideas. This meal I have is great and tasty. Very boring after 2 weeks 2 times a day. I need to change it up. Please.

Idc what it is, I’ll pick and choose, I just need recommendations. Thanks!

Hello, I'm a 45 year old male, currently 6'4 320 lbs. To give my body type I'm very similar to a football lineman.

Recently started back in the gym and hitting it very hard. It's become a passion.

I've dropped some weight already but want to bulk on the muscle and continue with the fat loss and would love to do so rapidly. I've done keto before and that's part of what I've been doing now, but I've read that carbs are also needed for muscle growth. My ideal goal weight is probably somewhere around 250-275 as long as that's mostly muscle.

Should I be hitting the 250 or so grams of protein per day and what amount of carbs would be good to continue with muscle gains while not affecting fat loss? Also up for whatever supplements may help. Taking daily creatine pre workout, protein shake post. Vitamins, etc.