Protein Power Success Diet

by Mike
(Virginia)

If you want a diet that will compliment a serious workout regimen then the protein power diet is for you.

For nearly a year I followed a strict diet of eggs, chicken, turkey, nuts, milk, and protein packed cereal in addition to a 3-5 day a week weight lifting and running program. The results were excellent!

The most important part of the diet is breakfast. I would often eat a large breakfast of egg white omelets with turkey and cheese, Kashi Go Lean Crunch cereal and coffee.

Lunch was subs or salads and dinner was usually chicken and every meal could be supplemented with protein bars.

Special K makes cereal bars that have 10 grams of protein and taste great. I would also eat whey protein based bars with 20+ grams of protein.

Getting a large amount of protein is the name of the game with this diet. When I started I was taking in 50-60 grams per day.

As I took a liking to the food that number would increase to 80-100 grams per day on average.

On nights when I have a large steak or chicken dinner and compliment a workout with a protein shake I could get up to 150 grams of protein per day.

The thing that kept me in the diet for so long was the results that I was witnessing. I noticed quick improvements in muscle tone and recovery speed from workouts.

The diet has worked so well when I started that I am still on it on some subconscious level.

I don’t have to count grams of protein anymore but I am careful about the foods I select and I am still able to fit in a few workouts each week.