is somthing like spaghetti bolognaise good if heart label and fat free meat is used for an evening meal?

PS. im clean bulking!!!


cheers

Not ideally. Pasta isn't one of the better carbs you should be using to clean bulk. You would be better off sticking with basmati rice or sweet potato. Really comes down to how picky you want to be with your meals. Lean red meat is ok. Check the sodium levels on the sauce also.

thanks mate much appreciated, mayby you could help me with this im about to go shopping tomorrow as i dnt have much good food to eat at my place(reason for the topic question).... my list will include:

Frozen egg whites
Mushrooms
Metamucil
tins of tuna in springwater
vegies in frozen single serving bags(steamed)
tins of plain salmon
raw oats for breakfast
walnuts
almonds
cashews
brazil nuts
mens multi vitamin( dont know which one yet)
small cans of bake beans
green tea
fish oil tablets
chicken(will buy 1 cooked every week or so )


what you rekon????

As B unit said, stay away from pasta for dinner (way too many carbs before bed).

Just a little tip aswell, The heart smart label only goes on low- fat food (well it's a little more complicated than that but it's the main criteria, goes on fat and sugar percentage mostly), so it doesn't neccessarily always mean it's good for you. Regardless of any heart foundation ticks, testimonials or advertising, ALWAYS read the labels.



I think your on the right track. Throw in some more good complex carbs i.e

some Basmati rice, sweet potatoes, fruits - especially bannanas and apples

Things like wholegrain bread and wholegrain pasta are ok for things like lunch, but no meal should consist of only just carbohydrates, so you would make like a chicken/ tuna sandwhich or chicken pasta/rice e.t.c.

ok I will stop stealing B units thunder now, although i'm sure he will have more to add.

cheers mate i added some of your suggestions

Haha please by all means, I don't mean to hog this forum. Very happy we have it, and seem to get some good input from a few people such as yourself. I need to practice what I preach a little better these days, have been a bit lazy with my eating. I bought some groceries today, and my list was not as good as OP's

Instead of those packs of mixed frozen vegies you steam in the microwave you'd be much better off steaming vegies yourself in my opinion. The quality of the vegies could end up much higher as you can buy them fresh and scrutinise which one you buy, choosing organic if you like. Plus, you avoid using the microwave.



All you need to do is find a steamer for around $5 in a kitchen or department store and put it in a pot with an inch of boiling water in it. They look a bit like a folding colander. You just add vegies to the pot depending on their cooking time, most things like beans, snow peas and broccoli will be done in under 5 mins, somoe things like sprouts will need to be added a few minutes earlier for the extra cooking time. Nothing like a massive plate of freshly steamed broccoli, peas, corn, beans, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, carrot and pumpkin with some meat on the side!



I still use my microwave a lot to reheat things but have heard it mentioned at a lot of medical conferences I've been at how bad microwave cooking is for you. It can cause vitamin loss in foods and even change the molecular strucutre of some foods. Evidence is appearing that it may be linked to the occurence of cancers.

Why so little chicken?
Infact why such a low amount of food at all? Thats not enough to cleanly bulk. You need more vegetables, cottage cheese, milk, eggs(frozen egg whites? dont be a pussy lol)
Im eating to loose weight atm and im consuming 3.5kgs of breast chicken a week, 28 eggs a week, 1.4kgs of cottage cheese etc

Also ive found frozen vegies are pretty much the same as steaming yourself, just depends how much time you have to prep your food