05/24/2025
Have a great Memorial Day weekend everybody!
I can tell by the emptiness of my parking lot that most of you are already gone either physically or mentally 😉
I don’t have any special plans this weekend except to have a date day with Annie.
Anyway, I’m working late tonight because, “why not?” I probably won’t see Annie til Sunday, so let’s get some work done and hit the gym!
But right now, I’m taking a “meal break” and picking up where I left off on a NBA G-League documentary. Because “If you don’t stop to refuel, you will run out of gas between stations!” I just thought of that; feel free to borrow it 😁
Since I have time, I’ll tell you what this meal break looks like (for the .5 % of you that might be curious what I’m eating).
It starts with a
-Protein Stick from 1st Phorm (20g protein, 9g total fat, 2g carbs, 170 cal total) followed by a
-Crav’n Tex Mex Bowl (15g protein, 16g total fat, 35g carbs, 360 total calories - this is bad choice, btw, but it’s better than not eating for a hard gainer like myself), and finishing with a
-Chicken Salad Sandwich on whole wheat bread (9g protein, 18g fat, 15g carbs, 255 cal.)
-Water and/or Gatorade to drink. I love Gatorade and can easily drink a gallon of it a day, but that’s a LOT of sugar! So, it’s not only unhealthy, it guarantees that my abs won’t get sunburned this summer because they’ll never see the sun while buried under that comfy layer of abdominal fat - so do as I say and not as I do, if you want a six-pack this summer! Lol
This started as a random post, but I saw partway through it that it is a great cautionary tale. A lot of people would read what I ate (without looking at the macros) and say, “it sounds like pretty good choices, Trev. No soda, no chips, no candy bar, etc. Good job!”
But it really wasn’t a well-balanced meal at all!
My totals for the meal were 44g protein, 43g fat, 52g carbs. This is why America is obese.
Most of us don’t really look at what we’re eating and don’t really consider our macronutrient ratios. I’ll get away with this (this time) but most of us wouldn’t. And if I really want to build my physique, I can’t keep eating like this either. It’s like the Express Lane to a “Dad Bod”. My general rule of thumb when I’m training seriously is to shoot for roughly 45/35/20: that equates to 40 -45%carbs, 35-40% protein, 20% fat for my calorie intake. This meal wasn’t even close!
I don’t want to ruin your weekend, but maybe after this weekend, take a closer look at what you’re eating - your body will thank you!