Example Cheat Mode meals

I call this the 'poor student on a cutting diet with a surplus of protein powder sitting around':

• Fast breaking

6 eggs, scoop of whey, fruit extract in a shaker bottle with cinnamon, DMAE, and leucine. (Bulk supplements be cheap!)

• Peri-workout

3 scoops whey, 1.5 scoops glucose and 1.5 scoops sucrose. Creatine, leucine, DMAE, beta-alanine, electrolytes, bromelain.

• PWO feast

2 scoops casein protein mixed with chocolate syrup and half cup oats to make a thick pudding.

2 bowls (cereal sized) of Borscht; to get mah veggies in.

10 timbits

I'll post yesterday's diet. I took pictures of most of my post-workout meals. Goal: cutting.

Fast (10pm-3pm)

• 5 cups of tea (oolong, green, and rooibos)
• EC stack x2

Fast-breaking (3pm)

• Cup of cottage cheese
• 1/2 scoop of milk chocolate whey
• Organic strawberries
• 2 tablespoons of peanut butter

Peri-workout (5pm-6pm)

• Beta-alanine
• Creatine
• DMAE
• BCAAs (testing this one out)
• EC stack x1

Post-workout

• BSN Syntha-6 Mochaccino protein shake with ice, milk, and egg whites
• Blueberry protein pancakes with calorie-free syrup and strawberries (80 grams of protein, 800 calories) (picture) (recipe)
• Broccoli soup (picture)
• Pita pizza with chicken, onion, chili peppers, and cheese (picture)
• Frozen Greek yogurt with some cake batter whey, frozen blueberries, zero-calorie chocolate syrup, and some peanuts (picture)

Fast Breaking (apx. 2pm)

• Two scoops whey protien

• 1 tbs psyllium husk

Peri-Workout

• 2 cups Vanilla Almond Milk (16g carbs per cup)

• 1 scoop whey protien

Post Workout Shake

  (This is right when I walk in the door from the gym, while I'm cooking the feast)

• 2 scoops whey protien

• Banana

• What ever other shit I've got laying around and feel like throwing in

Feast

(This will change most nights, while the previous meals are rather static)

• 2-3 cups rice
• 1 lb salmon

• 1/2lb Spagetti

• Sauce with 1lb of 80/20 hamburger meat

  • Note: I've never actually finished this, but I'm getting better

• Frozen pizza....all of it

• Shit Loads of sushi (I wish I could afford to do this every night)

Just wanted to say as someone at the very beginning of cheatmode, this is the sheeeeeeit. We need more stuff like this!

I'm currently attempting to bulk (but without too much extra fat, hence Cheat Mode, yay!). My main problem is that I typically work out around 5:30, 6:00, and have no time apart from lunchtime to eat, so I'm just not bothering at the moment.

PWO/Intra:

• 2 scoops whey

• Equal amounts dextrose

• Creatine

• Leucine

• Beta-alanine

• Geranium extract (pretty small dose currently, just enough to perk me up after work)

• Choline

Feast:

Basically whatever I want. I live with my girlfriend and a friend so I'll have whatever they've made for dinner (but a lot more of it), a bunch of other carb and protein sources (I like to bake occassionally), and food in general.

I prefer to eat solid food, hence the only two scoops of whey. I don't track calories all that regularly, though mentally I typically end up anywhere from 2,700 to 3,500 calories. This is for the five days a week I workout.

On off-days while I try and eat paleo-ish as recommended, I'm typically out with the girlfriend or whatever so it tends to be whatver.

Here's what I did yesterday. Currently trying to lose fat while preserving muscle. Estimated Maintenance: 2700 calories. I didn't have a good pre-workout meal with me at lunch so I ended up snacking on some cashews and having a proper meal when I got home.

• Breakfast: Fish Oil
• Lunch: Tea
• 2pm: Cashews (180 calories) - I was just too hungry >.<
• 5pm: Cottage Cheese + Chopped Banana + Raisins (370 calories)
• 7pm: Protein Shake containing 10g BCAAs, Workout (350 calories)
• 8pm: Post-workout shake, Psyllium Husk, instant oatmeal with cinamon and chopped banana, bacon, eggs (of course fried in bacon fat), Daily Vitamins (1200 calories)

Total: 2100 calories

Edit: details

No idea of my calorie count. I'll have to check it out soon:

• Fast break (~5pm): piece of hand fruit, spinach salad, usually some Greek yogurt
• pre-workout (~6pm): 2 turkey burgers, sauteed mushrooms, 1/2c. mixed frozen veggies
• peri-workout (8:30pm): usually nothing, sometimes milk with 2 scoops whey, 5g creatine. If I don't have this during the workout I will immediately post.
• post workout meal: 2 cups lobster ravioli, 1/2c. homemade pasta sauce, 8oz. grilled chicken breast, few squares of dark chocolate w/ almonds

That's what I did yesterday. I try to change up dinner but the rest is usually the same. Due to my schedule I start/stop eating later than most of you seem to (eat from 5pm-midnight) but things seem to work well enough.

Fast: 10pm-4pm Morning: 2x fish oil pills, nexium pill, 2 cups of coffee Break Fast 4pm- 1/2 lb steak or chicken, 2 oz of pepper jack, 1/4 lb frozen broccoli or romaine lettuce. Pre-workout 5:45ish 2 scoops when, orange (NEW: 10g of creatine... loading, will be cut to 5g soon) PWO 7-7:30ish: 2 scoops of whey, 10g/5g creatine, banana Feast 7:45: 1/2lb pasta with broccoli, lb of chicken shredded over the pasta and in 2 ww tortillas with salsa, hot sauce, and a tiny bit of cheddar. Bedtime: one scoop of casein in water

I've been eating mostly slow-carb based meals myself and to tell the truth the pounds just keep shedding. My normal breakfast consists of 3-6 eggs, 2 slices of bacon and half a can of beans. Lunch is generally light, 2 muscle milks or some fruit (Not necessarily slow-carb but I like the modification to the diet... Fruit Rocks!!!) Dinner I usually have some type of meat, a vegetable or two, or maybe some beans. It just depends on the day.