So in order to fuel my body to be able to work out as much as I do, I want to eat healthy, caloric dense, protein packed food of course. I’ve got my fair share of recipes to follow but I’m always looking for new things. Especially since I don’t eat meat which can make the search for new protein filled and cheap recipes somewhat difficult.
But whenever I go online to look for stuff, the healthy things always seem to focus on weight loss or containing as little calories as possible. On the opposite side of this you’ve got gym bros who advise rating (vegan) fast food to keep up with caloric needs. But the thing is, whenever I eat a veggie burger at McDonalds I feel shit within hours despite it having enough nutrients. It’s mainly because the ingredients used are shit as well. Processed garbage versus my usual lentil pasta that I eat for lunch.
Eating healthy is not just losing weight. It can be gaining weight or maintaining weight as well, but that seems to not be the point for many blogs, vids and articles.
Ok so everyone is already covered beans and stuff so I have another possible suggestion… Look for… And hear me out… KETO friendly foods that aren’t meat based. Keto isn’t about cutting calories but just not having carbs which means fat and protein. Like for instance, I get this bread from Aldi’s that’s “protein bread” that is primarily marketed as being keto friendly (it right next to the other keto breads in the store lol) but it’s not low calorie. 4g carbs per slice but 10g protein. That’s at bare minimum 20g protein for a sandwich if you have nothing else to add protein. And it’s not because it’s made with a bunch of weird shit and non-digestible fake carbs. It’s got like a bunch of nuts and stuff mixed into it and it’s super dense feeling. It’s actually so much “meatier” than regular bread I don’t even crave regular bread even when I’m not doing keto. Like I just only use this bread for most sandwiches now.