Meal/Supplement Schedule

[Mandias]

Okay so I'm trying to figure out order of operations.

The plan is to eat 3 meals a day and take Creatine, Whey Protein, and BCAA's (all I can really afford). I'll do my lifts 3 days a week, and most likely in the early evening, possibly morning, depending on when my wife wants to work out.

The part I'm having trouble with is when to eat/take what. Do I just stick with my normal three meals and sprinkle all the supplements like fairy dust over my noms? Or do I mix up a shake with all the things? A Smoothie? Elevensies?

For instance do I eat breakfast, Lunch, something pre-workout (protien shake?), dinner?

Do I follow the same schedule on my rest days?

[Jordan Feigenbaum]

Have you read any of the articles in the sticky? This is has been discussed mucho.

[Mandias]

Yeah, and lots of posts here on the forums as well as the book (3rd edition). I guess I'm just having trouble visualizing how a typical diet schedule would work.

Assuming an afternoon workout would it look like this?

Breakfast
Lunch
Pre-Workout Shake (30 minutes before?) w/Whey, BCAA's, and Creatine all in the shake
Workout
Dinner/Post-Workout

Or am I spreading the supplements out through the day like maybe adding to my morning coffee, or maybe a smoothie. Then in maybe a glass of milk or water or something around lunch. Also am I spreading the Whey Protein out as well or is that best all at once in my pre or post workout?

I'm probably just confusing myself, so apologies if I'm missing something obvious, and thanks for taking notice, you guys are beyond awesome for all you do.

P.s. I know you suggested snorting the Creatine in a previous post, so I bought a small mirror and have a rolled up hundred dollar bill ready for that so I should at least be good there.

[Jordan Feigenbaum]

So, I'm not sure why this has persisted but under no circumstances should someone take whey with BCAAs. I've mentioned this multiple times before so it's getting a bit old hat, you see. BCAAs you'll take stand alone between meals and/or directly pre/post workout. Whey is not really a supplement IMO, it's a meal replacement. Take it as needed for a protein source (e.g not spread out). For creatine, take it any time you remember to take it daily, perhaps first thing in the AM.

Again, this has all been posted about here somewhere around a hundred times, which is why I asked if you've read the posts.

[Mandias]

My bad, thanks for the info. I'll keep searching.