Quote: (05-30-2016 06:06 PM)Anabasis to Desta Wrote:
^ Just a heads up, since you're now eating more and getting stronger, try to gauge your strength to weight gained ratio as well.
Say for example you gained 5 pounds of weight but only gained 5 pounds on your bench and squat, that's a 1:1 ratio so it's likely all fat. If you gained 5 pounds of weight but gained 10 pounds on your bench and 15 pounds on your squat and 20 on your deadlift it's likely to be mostly muscle & you're on the right track.
Edit: I was smoking with a cook after dining @ the local Chinese buffet and asked him how they even make money, considering that for $11 bucks eat yourself to death on shrimp, oysters, mussels, beef etc ... He told me there's a huge store in your city where restaurants buy their meat in bulk. 32 full chickens for $11 and 10 lbs of shrimp for $8 for example. Might have to get a big freezer though. Do you know the name of the store/warehouse by any chance?
Might help out on protein costs.
Good tip. I'm not sure if an every day consumer can buy warehouse wholesale food goods though. For example, Restaurant depot requires you to produce a reseller's permit to shop there:
http://www.restaurantdepot.com/Membership
There is this place that may be worth checking out though that looks like it's open to anybody no membership required:
http://shamrockfsw.com/store-info/denver-co
I've also been thinking about just getting a Costco membership as you can buy in bulk pretty cheap their too.