I hear the Costco bars are a knockoff of the Quest bar.
It is substantial. I have a half of the bar and I'm good for the night. I've eaten the **** out of those in the last 12-14 months.
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I hear the Costco bars are a knockoff of the Quest bar.
It is substantial. I have a half of the bar and I'm good for the night. I've eaten the **** out of those in the last 12-14 months.
Which Costco protein bars are you consuming? The Quest Hero bars are awesome because they don't have the taste or texture of most protein bars. They are expensive though, would love to buy the Costco equivalent.
I always grab a box of the Costco bars as well. Can never have too many. Sometimes if I’m struggling I’ll eat two instead of reaching for cereal or pop tarts or cake.
Loosing weight has always been very easy for me, partly because I love to cook almost as much as I love to eat so I gain weight pretty easily if not being careful. Keeping things simple always worked best for me. Track calories using a fitness app like myfitnesspal or Fooducate. For losing weight, this is actually all you need to do. For general health and body composition purposes, a good exercise routine (good meaning one you enjoy and will keep doing) plus keeping your mind on general macro/micro nutrition each day goes a long way.
For long term control of eating I’ve found that some form of intermittent fasting always made things easier on me. I never tracked a window or anything like that, just ate nothing or very little for breakfast and a smaller lunch so I could have a good sized meal at night. It’s easy enough to distract yourself during the day if you’re hungry, much harder trying to go to sleep if your stomach is growling.
For long term control of eating I’ve found that some form of intermittent fasting always made things easier on me. I never tracked a window or anything like that, just ate nothing or very little for breakfast and a smaller lunch so I could have a good sized meal at night. It’s easy enough to distract yourself during the day if you’re hungry, much harder trying to go to sleep if your stomach is growling.
Last year at this time I was doing a workout program and I'd go at 4:15 AM. Due to COVID and still working from home I do a workout at noon and get started working at abou 5:00 AM. It honestly sucks balls but my wife has committed to a lifestyle of fitness and I had being the schlub husband.
A quick search suggests these are the Quest dupe.
Those hero bars are tasty. I just tried the Built bars after seeing ads all over the place. They are darn tasty. No semblance of the typical chalky taste from a protein bar. They do have 12-13g of sugar in each one, so that's how they achieve that, but I just account for that in my carb intake every day. They are also kinda spendy, roughly $2/bar. However, they are the best tasting protein bar I've yet out of Quest, Pure Protein, ONE, etc. Though, I'd say they are on par with the Quest Hero bars.
This is the pack I typically get. Never had a Quest bar, but I can say these are pretty substantial
Edit: I've never paid this much for them in the store
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BeachBody is definitely worth a try. I think you can get a 30 day free trial. I'd recommend trying the 21 Day Fix with Autumn. Get to know some of the workouts, repeat them. Most stuff you can do at home. These are quick and efficient workouts and will kick your butt, no matter what level of fitness you are at. Just do the best you can, and watch yourself improve.
Also, DO NOT eat the Quest protein cookies; speaking from personal experience. They advertise as being full of fiber. Well, they are, but it's from adding chicory root fiber. That's the same stuff in fiber one bars. The side effects are rough on the old exhaust system, if you catch my drift. I suppose maybe if a person works outdoors and is never within 10 ft of other people, those would work. Otherwise, eater beware.
It can be more time consuming. At least for me. Instead of throwing a sandwich together (I try to avoid carbs) in 2 minutes or popping something in the microwave, it does take more time... washing, cleaning, peeling, chopping, prepping fresh proteins, etc. One of my regular go-to meals is a sweet potato hash... peel and cube a sweet potato and fry it up with green peppers, red peppers, onions, turkey sausage, maybe throw an egg in there. Good stuff, but it takes more time for sure.
Agree with this. A person doesn't need to spend hours in a gym to loose weight. Smart changes to your eating habits are the most important and go a long ways.
Superset your lifts for maximum efficiency in the gym. You can go lighter weights and no stopping in between to get your heart rate going. Then walking at the highest incline the treadmill can go for 20 or so mins.
One thing I want to add is find some good resources on social media that you can follow. I like Legion Athletics (the company of the guy who wrote the book I referenced). They cover lots of ground and Q&A for folks who are new to their approach, but it's good, research based info, if you're interested.
Another great one I follow on IG is Jordan Syatt (@syattfitness). He does lots of stuff for "regular folks" who are just trying to stay healthy and in shape. He does a Q&A it seems like everyday on his IG stories. And he is far from a lunk/fitness freak. Carter Good is another good one for us "regular folk" as well; he's a guy who was obese and is now a fitness coach). Dr Spencer Nadolsky (@drnadolsky) does a lot for diet culture and obesity, as well (he loves a good meme, too). Dr. Layne Norton is another one (@biolayne); though he's more into weight training/lifting. Norton does a lot of reviews of recent fitness research, as well, and is good at debunking some of the myths around fitness.
How old are the kids? I have one toddler so I'm a noob compared to you. But - my time to workout is like my church time. When it wasn't negative bajillion, taking the toddler for stroller runs was a good way to combine tasks. We have an unfinished basement with some toys - much of the time toddler just wants someone near kinda watching him play so I'd bring my weights to the basement and workout while he rode his bike or whatever. For a while we'd get up Saturday mornings, let Dad sleep in and toddler got Elmo time while I did a 45 min circuit. One day a week I'd get up at 5:30-6 to workout before baby got up. That sucked but it felt good when I was done. You're gone almost 12 hours a day though, that's pretty hard. When I still went to the office, I'd do a class 1x a week on the way home but that only pushed me to 6:45. Can you do lunch stuff? Not ideal though if you need to shower or clean up.
Yeah, doing a re-hab on an old apartment building thought if there is some sort of ignition source near by I'm going up like the space shuttle. I won't eat those ever again.
I used to compete in Men's physique contests. I did my last show when I was 50. I'm now 55 and retired from the competing. On show day, I would get down to about 8% body fat and was pretty ripped.
The trick to dropping weight is eating CLEAN. You will feel tons better and it works. Lift weights, do cardio... but the biggest difference is going to be what you are eating. Do your best to eliminate simple carbs. Complex carbs are so much better for you. Eat white meats, lean red meats are ok occasionally, veggies. Limit the fruit because of the sugars. When you eat, make sure you are eating your protein and complex carbs in the same meal. For example, a chicken breast and a sweet potato. Breakfast is a little trickier so I would eat oatmeal (simple carb) and egg whites (protein).
You don't need to limit the amount of food.... just the type of food. When I was training I ate 6 meals a day and was never hungry. Yet the fat flies off the body.
BTW, whoever invented burpees should be shot between the eyes. I f**king hate them.
The trick to dropping weight is eating CLEAN. You will feel tons better and it works. Lift weights, do cardio... but the biggest difference is going to be what you are eating. Do your best to eliminate simple carbs. Complex carbs are so much better for you. Eat white meats, lean red meats are ok occasionally, veggies. Limit the fruit because of the sugars. When you eat, make sure you are eating your protein and complex carbs in the same meal. For example, a chicken breast and a sweet potato. Breakfast is a little trickier so I would eat oatmeal (simple carb) and egg whites (protein).
You don't need to limit the amount of food.... just the type of food. When I was training I ate 6 meals a day and was never hungry. Yet the fat flies off the body.
BTW, whoever invented burpees should be shot between the eyes. I f**king hate them.
I'm not a person who boasts about my flatulence. I ate those cookies for about a week before I realized what they were doing to me. I was working outdoors with a couple other guys during that period and was able to relieve myself quietly. However, one guy ended up downwind and said "Man, I smell something dead out here. There must be a dead deer in the woods over there or something."
My wife threw this stuff out for reasons listed above.
Really didn't agree with me in the slightest
I was an early adopter of FiberOne bars when they hit the market, but I quickly noticed they went too far. Hard to work in a cube farm and keep that kind of pressure inside you all day. After that, I learned that any sort of "health" bar that talks about having high fiber usually accomplishes it by adding chicory root fiber. That's the substance that makes me bloat like a dead whale. I stay away from anything with that in it.
