Being on a loose schedule where I don't wanna eat before shows for fear of throwing up on stage and being in random places all the time, it's hard to make a regiment and stick to it. Often times the options are...limiting at best. Sometimes we don't have a fridge so I can't store that kind of stuff for later. So what do I usually do? Eat the one thing that's available after the show ~11p...pizza. I usually have an entire medium thin crust pizza to myself and I'm still starving after. So I had to work out some sort of diet that I could sustain while eating a shit ton of carbs at night.
You know how usually they say to avoid carbs after 6p or so? Well my coworker was a personal trainer and he is a wizard with the science behind all that. I still don't understand. But he told me that the body burns off carbs as it sleeps, and he flipped the equation upside down, convincing me to eat no/low carbs before 6p, and afterwards eat whatever I want.
And it works. He's ripped, and I've had the energy to keep pushing.
Now the trick here is that I have to work out 5-6 times a week in order to stave off all those calories I'm taking in every night. But before 6p, it's just protein. To answer your question, @GMan, goin for fats, protein and fiber before 6 is the way to go. And obviously not putting in more calories than you're burning. So I don't eat breakfast. In this regiment, I'm told not to eat anything until 2 hours after I wake up. Dunno why, I just do. Eat cheese, nuts, have bacon or other meats without processed starches and carbs. Work out during the day. Right after working out, supplement with protein shakes and Quest Bars. (Quest bars btw taste great, are high in fiber, and have almost no net-carbs. Can't go wrong there). Take creatine. I don't even know what that is, but it looks like cocaine and the TSA will swab it. And I take a tablespoon every day. Then when 6p hits, eat whatever I feel like.
Now this is my own regiment for leaning and bulking. Losing weight is eating less after 6. Gaining muscle and weight is eating more after 6. Before then stays the same. And it's amazing the stuff you'll come to realize is high in carbs. EVERYTHING has carbs. Had a hits breakfast with the trainer and I rolled up with a muffin, breakfast sandwich, juice and a banana. Fruit is literally nothing but carbs. Muffin obviously. Bread. Was left with meat and cheese. Like an animal. I feel like a caged animal sometimes with this diet. But it feels good to be in good shape, so...you know. Weather the storm and all that.
My gf just recently switched from alcoholism to exercising, and it's done wonders for her self esteem! I can agree.
Uh, cardio? I recently got into cycling classes. Flywheel is my thing, because it's literally a competition against the other riders in class. Really pushes me because I'm a competitive person. Tried soul cycle. HATE IT. Too much culty bullshit. I don't need a primpy queen moaning out that "Cycling is the soul" and "Every pedal is a push to make you a better you". Argh it sucks!!
Anyway.
Working out is the secret to more energy during the day and the releasing of endorphins makes you a happier person in general.
But be forewarned that if you make it your life, you will become a douchebag. There's a fine line
