Eat like a man: Homemade Chipotle

The homemade Chipotle salad bowl.

Do you like to eat Chipotle?

I too, like to eat Chipotle. 

There was a time when I ate Chipotle over 15 times in one month.

I got a job there because of my food bill.

Pictured above is around $4 in groceries put together in a nice ceramic bowl.

Comparable to an $8 salad bowl served in cardboard at Chipotle Mexican Grill.

Why is it better to make your own Chipotle salad bowl?

For many reasons.

Half the price. It's like having my employee discount from when I actually worked at Chipotle. (It was short-lived, but I actually did use that discount)

More steak.

I get to cook it as rare as I want.

You bet I love it rare.

Fresh spring mix + spinach 

is comparable to some shitty lettuce.

I load it up with more sour cream and cheese
than I can request.

Your food isn't served in cardboard.

Cooking EXP. 

Enough said.

Please allow 4-6 weeks

for your 6-pack abs to arrive.

They finally came, though the lighting and camera doesn't really do a good job of picturing it.

Sitting around 165-167 LBs, 13% BF.

Eat like a man: Steak and Eggs

Steak & Eggs.

If you're a real man, eat like one.

Steak, eggs and butter. 

Wow Chris, how can you afford to eat like this every day?

In truth, it's not as expensive as you would think.

It's about knowing when and where to shop.
It's about knowing what to buy.

Eating three McChickens is cheap too, but which one is healthy, quality food?

Aren't you ever bored of just steak, eggs and butter?

I'm not limited to these three things.

I do change it up, but I do genuinely enjoy it too.

Progress Update - More pictures

March 16th vs May 19th, 9 weeks.

What's different?

*My pectorals actually look like pectorals
*More deltoid definition
*Bicep vein more vascular
*My face looks more chiseled
*More stomach is more controllable

*My deadlift tier plummeted from level 4 down to level 3.
My weight has shifted nearly close to 20 LBs, so there's not much
I can do about that as of now. I'll work it back up when I bulk.

Current lifts:

Bench - Lv. 2
Squat - Lv. 2.5
Deadlift - Lv. 3

Progress Update - The Difference, Exposed

Every morning I hop on the scale.

Every morning it was pretty much the same three numbers.

This morning I took a picture of myself and compared it.

I think we can all agree a difference is seen between these two pictures.

Left, May 7th - 7th day on Keto.

Right, May 17th, 17th day on Keto.

Never satisfied? - The urge to eat

Ever since switching my diet, I felt as if I was never full.

Or so I thought.

The feeling of being full is actually one in the same with being satisfied.
So I thought to myself, how come I never feel FULL FULL anymore?

I could eat endlessly and never be 100% full. Only hunger-satisfied.

It's not just about the amount of calories or food you intake anymore.

The carbs are what allowed anyone and everyone to be what "full" is.
The carb-version of "full" is just really just being bloated.

It seems that's not possible anymore eating <30 carbs a day.
Your stomach can never really be bloated without carbs retaining water.
I really am going to miss that feeling for awhile.

It all makes sense though now. The trade-offs are as follows.

In return for being able to eat lots of high fat foods, lose weight quickly, and have a low tolerance for "hunger", you trade eating carbs and feeling "bloated" full. That's why you'll never get fat no matter how much you eat if you don't eat any carbs.

Learn something new every day.

Keto - Goals and Core diet

Being restricted on a diet, there's only really so much I can actually eat.

No carbs means no bread, rice, beans, potatoes, or sugar.

That's a lot of good stuff to miss out on.

The first three days were extreme. I had headaches and felt nauseous with no carbs in my system. Being on no carbs is already extreme. I'm trying to make it worth my while by accomplishing my goal.

By June 13th, I aim to reach 10% BF.
That is my goal.

Now for my diet ...

Eggs
Butter
Peanut Butter
Cheese
Various proteins (chicken, steak)
Greens formula

Everything else must be in close moderation.
Don't go over and don't eat if you aren't hungry.

Keto Jump - A new approach

168 LBs down from 184 LBs this morning.

Even my wisdom teeth being pulled out didn't stop me from eating this week.

I surprised even myself. I have been on Keto since the beginning of the month. Thought i'd change things up a little and see how it works for me.

It's my 6th day into it and I have been consistent. My first few days were filled with fatigue, lack of energy and cravings to eat chocolate muffins but i'm glad I didn't.

Macros are currently set at 144 F/24 C/146 P. 

I went over 900 calories one of those days and I still dropped a pound. Last night at around 3:00 AM I ate some scrambled eggs topped with melted butter and they were delicious.

Progress picture (to the left) taken 5/2 on my second day of Keto weighing in at 171. My body fat is estimated at 14%.

Starbucks drink pictured (to the right) is 1/2 black tea, 1/2 ice coffee, 5 splendas and a splash of half and half. Sponsored by my favorite barista :-)

The journey continues.