A MUCH better day today than days past. First, my overall caloric intake was bumped up to 2250, and second, my protein intake was increased by 10%. On average, my ratio of protein to carbs for the week before today was 20%:47%. Today my ratio was 30% protein to 40% carbs.

I'm going to continue to keep my eye on this and make small adjustments and see what happens.

I squeezed in a workout during my lunchtime today, that way I didn't have to deal with it this evening at home since it is valentine's day.

One of the most common misconceptions when making your body building recipes is that you have to considerably increase your protein intake to build up those muscles. Some people even go to extremes, such that their whole diet becomes composed purely of protein.

As opposed to what most people believe, taking too much protein can give more harm to your body than good. Too much protein in your body building recipes can put a lot of stress on your body organs, specifically your kidneys.

When you have too much protein in your body building recipes, your body produces a lot of ketones, which are toxic to the body. The kidneys then have to work harder to excrete the ketones out of the body. While your kidneys are working overtime to excrete the excess ketones, your body also loses water. If your body loses too much water, especially if you sweat a lot when you exercise, you can get dehydrated. Dehydration makes you lose electrolytes and result in weakness, dizziness, and occasionally arrhythmias.

I'm a big fan of adding good food to my diet as opposed to limiting myself to things I cannot eat. I want my body to be healthy enough so that if I ever decide to eat a package of M&M's or a pizza, I can do it without worrying. So here are 12 foods that I use to make up m base diet.

Mens Health Abs Diet Power 12 Foods.

I recently found a cheap, healthy and tasty canned meal. It's Armour 3-bean Vegitarian Chili. Normally I don't like Vegitarian food at all, but this chili was so good I didn't even mind.

I don't always have a lot of time to cook so I have trouble getting all the fiber and protein I need. So check out the stats on this chili:
Saturated Fat: 0
Fiber: 24g
Sugars: 8g
Protein: 20g

And the best part, a can is only $.96 at Wal-Mart.

Here is a typical day of eating for me. I love to eat good food (read restaurant quality), but I can't afford to eat out much either from a financial perspective or from a fitness perspective. So I have tried to turn my meals in to less of a production and get to a point where eating healthy is normal. That way when I 'cheat' and get to hit a bistro it's actually cheating, not the norm.

The best thing for me to do would be to eat 6 meals. Well I rarely plan ahead that well and have trouble shopping for that kind of diet. So here is what I do:

Breakfast
This is one meal that I got out of the habit of eating while in college so it's been a struggle. It's also the least 'entertaining' meal for me. So I usually get some good quality whole grains like because normally I can't focus on taste much anyway.