Gennadiy’s “Meat-lover’s diet”
Thursday:
In the morning I ate a big piece of store bought stuffed cabbage. The piece weighed 272 grams with 17 grams of protein. For those who don’t know what a stuffed cabbage is, its a piece of ground beef stuffed with rice, wrapped around a cabbage leaf and boiled. Most of this cabbage was fat and carbohydrates, accounting for the low protein percentage.
For lunch I consumed 4 chicken cutlets, each of with a mass of 85 grams. This yielded a total of 340 grams of protein. I ate this with some buckwheat( I would say 300 grams).
Finally, I skipped dinner and had a glass of milk in the evening, yields a total of 9 grams of protein.
Total protein count for Thursday: 366 grams.
Friday:
In the morning just before class, I bought a bacon egg and cheese sandwich, which i estimate to have about 17 grams of protein. Although meat is composed of primary protein and saturated fat, I was unable to calculate the amount of fat in this meal although I give a reason measure of protein.
For Lunch I consumed 3 chicken cutlets that my mother prepared for me to take to school. Each chicken cutlet is approximately 85 grams, yields a total of 255 grams of protein. Since the chicken breast composing the chicken cutlets is primary lean meat, I would assume I consumed about 240 grams of protein for this meal. I ate this with 3 slices of bread.
Finally, for dinner I ate 2.5 lamb chops, each one being about 85 grams. Thus I consumed about 195.5 of lamb and subtracting the fat( little was left anyway since my father trimmed most of it of) about 170 grams of protein. I also had a little salad and 200 grams of pasta.
Protein total count for Friday: 452.5 grams
Saturday:
Since I was home this day, my parents cooked me a sumptuous breakfast consisting of 3 eggs, half a bagel and a cup of orange juice. Since each egg has approximately 8 grams of protein, I consumed about 24 grams of protein for this meal.
For late lunch (5pm) my mother prepared me “Ukrainian-style” beef burgers. Each one was about 120 grams and I consumed 3 yielding a total of 360 grams. Subtracting fat I estimate about 280 grams of protein. In addition to this i consumed 2 baked chicken thighs. Each one was 57 grams and two yields a total of 114 grams. Again, subtracting the fat yielded about 80 grams of protein.
Finally in the evening(9pm) I ate about 250 grams of pasta.
Total protein count for Saturday: 384 grams
As one can see, I consume a lot of protein daily. I also consume a lot of carbohydrates. Since I’m an athlete and I weight train, I need to consume more protein and carbohydrates daily than the average person. I’ve also noticed a trend in my protein (meat sources). I eat a lot of chicken all three days I’ve eaten chicken, whether it was white meat in the form of chicken cutlets or dark meat in the form of chicken thighs. I also consume red meat such as beef and lamb. I occasionally eat pork but only in the form of bacon. One thing that this meat journal thought me is that I eat a lot more meat than I expected, also I need to eat more fruits and vegetables, I rarely eat that. Out of three days my only source of fruits and vegetables was a little juice and some salad as a side dish. In fact, now that I think about it, I eat salad once every three days, not too good. My total protein consumption over the three day period was 1202.5 grams!!!
