Quick Q for Karl

[DC1]

Karl - would you share what a typical day of eating looked like when you were losing weight? How many meals, what your general go-to food choices were? I'm curious how you structured things, how many meals, to what extent you relied on protein shakes etc.

Thanks,
Don

[Karl Schudt]

Hi DC1:

I would nibble until midday, unless I was training in the morning. I still do this, which is a problem when I'm trying to gain mass, and get to 10:30pm with 1500 calories left. But I preferred to go to bed full. I don't mind being slightly hungry in the morning.

I used a lot of protein shakes because food $ goes up with protein content, and I'm cheap. I had a lot of chicken and rice. There are various ways to make it not suck so bad. Crockpot, chicken, vinegar based barbecue sauce makes a meal you can stomach. I wish I knew about sous vide cookers back then. Top round steak from ALDI (pronounced All-die) is good, if cooked rare.

I'd have to dig up records if you want more detail. I ate probably 5 meals a day, and hardly ever what my family ate. I ate near my family at meal times, but we didn't eat the same things. This is still mostly true.

[DC1]

Thanks Karl. No need to dig up records...the question was just meant as more high level what a typical day looked like.