Energizing Foods

[GOD GODDY]

A year ago I was able to down 3/4 of an extra large pizza from Papa John's, some chips, and some juice, all in one half-hour sitting. That's a lot of food for a 5' 9" guy who weighs 120 pounds (with a regular stomach size, I might add).

These days, I cannot. This is because in the past couple months I haven't been eating as much per meal. You see, my brother lacks food in his apartment, or at least noticeable food since it's mostly ingredients. I spent a lot of time at his apartment in the summer time, so naturally I didn't eat as much. My stomach cannot handle large amounts of food anymore. I am left with two choices:

1. Eat food more often and bring myself back to my impressive mansion of a stomach and irritate my (larger) friends.

2. Eat foods that provide energy.

I have school everyday with an hour and a half break in between two of my classes. This is a good time to eat something small. Then I have an hour before work, to which I ride a bike. 4 hours of walking later, I bike back home. What I need is food that can provide me with a decent amount of energy. I find myself buying orange soda before work so I'll have this energy. I obviously need to change my eating habits to conform to the smaller amounts I can hold. More fruits and veggies?

This past weekend I ate out twice. I was unable to finish both meals (I ate around half, the total cost was around $25). I've been putting too much food in bowls and meals! I'm not used to this yet.

So, any pointers?

[illusory_light]

You might need a vitamin or two in order to get yourself energized, but you definitely need a banana or something. That energy drink by Arizona tea helps me too. Never eat anything too rich, because that will put you to sleep immediately. I know that if you want to have high metabolism, you should eat more smaller meals throughout the day. Hope this helps.

[MC Malicious Gravy]

- Multivitamins couldn't hurt, for one.

- Small portions for meals with snacks in-between (bananas, orange, trail mix, granola) keeps you energized without filling you like a balloon.

- Along with those small snacks, plenty of water, especially while you're on your bike.

- Veggies also would help, but if it's too much, a side salad with dinner is just fine. No one's close to perfect.

[mono-type]

Anyone familiar with this Filipino delicacy called balut?

[GOD GODDY]

Ok. Yes. But NO. I will not eat that. That just ain't my style, my friend. T_T

[deepbluevibes]

Originally Posted by .fetus

- Multivitamins couldn't hurt, for one.

Actually, they can hurt;

vitamins A, E, K, and a few others, are not water soluble.

meaning, you go over 100% on them, you're talking mild sickness if done repeatedly over a week or so, you go over 500% like most multivitamins do every day (some even go up into the 1,000% range), you're talking anything from sickness to hospital visit.

People have died from overdosing on vitamin A :x

one thing though i'd look for is omega 3; you will find that in salmon primarily (gorton's salmon filets are wild so they're good and healthy and have a ton of omega 3), along with the actual oil/seed extract of omega 3.

omega 3 is basically equal to oil for your car, except for your body; getting around 800mg to 1.5g (any more than that starts to become harmful) is speculated (from tests, although FDA hasn't confirmed it yet) to improve;

-heart
-liver
-brain
-blood vessels
-circulation
-bones
-flexbility

etc.

and if you don't believe me, consider this; i stopped eating fast food and ate two filets (there's two to a box) every day; i can now do fascination maxx 25 times in a row, without being tired. :O

[GOD GODDY]

Originally Posted by deepbluevibes

and if you don't believe me, consider this; i stopped eating fast food and ate two filets (there's two to a box) every day; i can now do fascination maxx 25 times in a row, without being tired. :O

That is fascinating (lol). I find that if I do not eat food for a few hours my game improves.

[-mex-]

Who likes aborted duck fetuses, that's fucking disgusting. How is that a delicacy?

[Axem Rangers]

Heh heh, the board index page said

Energizing Foods
by mexicans

[Angel of death]

fruit and lots of it. Fresh(or as close as can be) is excelent in my opinion. But hmmm, if you do have a high metabolism go with grazing through out the day. or just have a light dinner and breakfast and have a giant lunch! I've heard that thats the best way to do it for energy usage. also just change your diet every once in a while. Break away from the everyday sort of stuff and for some reason that also helps.

[Avskull]

I don’t know about “God” but I find most fruit to be really sweet after eating a lot. Usually after a sugar rush I end up falling sleeping. Giant lunch might log your body if you don’t eat breakfast or dinner. Angel of death you have an interesting Dietary schedule.

[MADX]

For quick energy, nothing more than an energy drink That's for when you need it on the spot.

For long-term energy, I recommend anything with lots of long-lasting glucids, which is basically pasta, potatoes or other heavy sugar foods. Don't take candy or overraging sweets, I'm not saying that at all since you'll have a down after.

If you're an active guy, do NOT follow the fucking carb plans to "reduce your carbs", because think of it, carb = energy, damnit! Eat stuff that are high in carbs if you know that you're real active, that'll make your body much more energized.

You're just like me, I could eat so much and gain so little since I'm very active [DDR/ITG addict] and I used to weightlift and did some sparring with friends like wrestling to kid around.