Exodus Strength

SnakePlissken wrote: ↑Sat May 14, 2022 9:02 am Also what do you mix protein powder with to make it bearable. I used to do smoothies with full fat greek yogurt and it was good, but sounds like a bad time with protein powders.

augeleven wrote: ↑Sat May 21, 2022 7:59 pmWhen chicken breasts are on sale ($2 a pound for conventional) are butterfly them, then freeze them lined with parchment paper so they are easy separate out servings.

FredM wrote: ↑Sat May 21, 2022 7:01 pm

SnakePlissken wrote: ↑Sat May 14, 2022 9:02 am Also what do you mix protein powder with to make it bearable. I used to do smoothies with full fat greek yogurt and it was good, but sounds like a bad time with protein powders.

Overnight oats with greek yogurt or cottage cheese.

Smoothies -- my favorite is frozen strawberries, frozen spinach, chia seeds, a banana, and vanilla whey. If I'm cutting I'll use almond milk. If not, I'll use real milk. When I'm cutting this is my first meal of the day every day. ~400 calories, 30g of protein, and filling AF because of the fiber.

I also did cream of rice with vanilla protein powder and honey for a while. I got sick of it after a few months -- but initially thought it was pretty tasty. You need casein or a mix though, not pure whey. I was using Granite's protein powder which is casein/egg white/whey.

On topic, you legit can't shop at Whole Foods anymore (again). We almost never went but when Amazon took over and prices dropped paying a 10% premium over Market Basket was worth it for the convenience (we live next to one and can order online and pickup with no additional charge -- which is a life saver with 2 babies). The premium is back to something absurd. Our grocery bill goes up like $5/wk for the same items every week and now that it's hit almost $200 I'm pulling the plug.

Guess we're eating like we did in college again. Although in college I could have legit eaten out for every effing meal for less than we're spending on groceries now -- which includes such extravagance as vegetables, frozen chicken (which has gone from $7/lb to $12), and organic milk. Milk is actually one of the biggest killers. My family is basically on GOMAD between me, my wife, and two 90th percentile young sons who prefer 80% of their calories come from milk. Whole Foods brand milk has gone from like $4/gallon to $7 in a year. Organic Valley is $9/gallon rofl (which I purchased a few times as it was marked as a substitute before realizing what was happening).

augeleven wrote: ↑Sat May 21, 2022 7:59 pm I can’t wait to see if my local Hmart has canned eels!

hector wrote: ↑Sun May 22, 2022 10:07 am
Do you life in SF or Hawaii or some other high COLA type place?

I go to Costco and a local grocery store and a latino mercado and cannot imagine prices like these.

augeleven wrote: ↑Sun May 22, 2022 1:55 pm There was no conventional 80/20 ground or chicken breast in the two stores I went to. Again.

Allentown wrote: ↑Sun May 15, 2022 12:22 pm My parents are obsessed with Aldis, but my n=1 is that most of the stuff I have had from there is kinda sub-par.

mgil wrote: ↑Mon May 30, 2022 6:19 amI’m not paying premiums for organic meats anymore. I don’t think it’s worth it regardless. Shit tastes the same.

dw wrote: ↑Tue May 31, 2022 9:03 pm Was there ever any health related argument in favor of organic meats?

For produce there's the matter herbicides and insecticides but I figured for meats it was all just about animal cruelty.

Anaphase wrote: ↑Wed Jun 01, 2022 12:49 am

dw wrote: ↑Tue May 31, 2022 9:03 pm Was there ever any health related argument in favor of organic meats?

For produce there's the matter herbicides and insecticides but I figured for meats it was all just about animal cruelty.

Non organic/non cruelty free tends to be bred in absolute horrorshow conditions with tons of weird antibiotics and other heavy chemical usage along with sometimes being fed god knows what. I'm not super well versed on it but I'd imagine cheapier/shittier meat will literally give you ass cancer, or at least give it to you far faster than better options

dw wrote: ↑Tue May 31, 2022 9:03 pm Was there ever any health related argument in favor of organic meats?

For produce there's the matter herbicides and insecticides but I figured for meats it was all just about animal cruelty.

Anaphase wrote: ↑Wed Jun 01, 2022 12:49 amNon organic/non cruelty free tends to be bred in absolute horrorshow conditions with tons of weird antibiotics and other heavy chemical usage along with sometimes being fed god knows what. I'm not super well versed on it but I'd imagine cheapier/shittier meat will literally give you ass cancer, or at least give it to you far faster than better options.

mouse wrote: ↑Wed Jun 01, 2022 2:33 amIt's pretty awful if someone might have been mean to my chicken sandwich, but I'm glad to be living in a part of the world where I have ease of access to (relatively) cheap high quality meat compared to what some people are eating.


Unless they personally know the farmer who is slaughtering the cow (which is a great option btw), I have no interest in hearing someone preach to me about the "organic" sticker on their package of meat.

Renascent wrote: ↑Wed Jun 01, 2022 8:46 am

dw wrote: ↑Tue May 31, 2022 9:03 pm Was there ever any health related argument in favor of organic meats?

For produce there's the matter herbicides and insecticides but I figured for meats it was all just about animal cruelty.

I don't remember exactly when I jumped on the organic meat train, or even the impetus for the conversion, but I do recall the little sticker graphics at the Whole Foods butcher's counter illustrating the circle of life and such.

If the cow's eating good, healthy grass, then the meat's going to benefit from the lack of artificial contaminants. And if the cow lives a relatively stress-free life in an invisible cage, then something something about the meat quality.

Good eatin' all around, or so they say.

Seems logical to me, even if the steward-of-the-earth ideal some of these large-scale processors are peddling seems a little heavy-handed (and dubious).