Detailed bodybuilder

[Rich Knapp]

If you consider yourself detailed and don't own a digital food scale. Invest in one. Not just for your food but also for your supplements. Protein powders are a bad one for the "serving scoops".

There are way to many variables with this and a lot of companies put a over sized scoop with a serving line on it knowing we just scoop and dump what the scoop holds.

This does 2 things. Over serving dose and makes you go threw more of the product.

Whats a level scoop? Level to the top or the line?
Whats a heaping scoop?
Whats a rounded scoop?

Start weighting your liquid and powdered sups and see how much longer they last.

[emekajokammor]

Awesome post Rich!

[SeventySeven]

I measure and weigh my food, but i dont weigh to the last gram in a bulk, but in prep every calorie counts!

[Fazc]

I have a rough calculation in my head...

Chocolate has negative calories right?

[Hazzard]

Originally Posted by Fazc

I have a rough calculation in my head...

Chocolate has negative calories right?

As long as no one sees you eat it.

[Rich Knapp]

Originally Posted by Fazc

I have a rough calculation in my head...

Chocolate has negative calories right?

lol Thats why till now I never logged I take 5g's pure 100% natural cocoa pre and 5g's post w/o's for the antioxidants, People would jump on the refined crap thinking its the same. lol

5g 100% pure baking cocoa is 15 cals, 3 carbs, 0 sat fat, 1 pro.
and over 10,000 anti's (1/2 cup Blueberries is little over 2,000)

I guaranty you that them Girl Scout chocolate cookies are more. lol

[Rich Knapp]

Originally Posted by SeventySeven

I measure and weigh my food, but i dont weigh to the last gram in a bulk, but in prep every calorie counts!

^5 yep bulk is play time but every gram counts to reach your best conditioning in show prep. Thats 75% of the Competitive Bodybuilding sport.

[Fazc]

Hey Rich, serious question for you. I've heard good things about dark chocolate. Whats your take?

[Rich Knapp]

Originally Posted by Fazc

Hey Rich, serious question for you. I've heard good things about dark chocolate. Whats your take?

Dark chocolate is the closes to pure cocoa. Don't jack insolent levels like other chocolates. Cutting I will even work Hershey Special Dark Nuggets with almonds into my diet once a week.

2nd best for anti's next to pure cocoa and high in Zinc.

Special dark is all I will eat when I cheat. Less refined, no milk sugars.

Only takes 1/2 as much to satisfy a sweet tooth.

[Rich Knapp]

Cocoa and Dark chocolate just got a bad rap just like fats because of it being a sweet and over ate by 99.9% of the population.

If you are looking at it I recommend going with pure baking cocoa and just mix it in a drink or food to take the bitterness away. 1 serving is 5g's. I'd never do more than 1 serving at a time. Thats plenty, it equals 5 cups of blue berries for the anti's.