Been at a desk for 20-years, now at physical labor. Recently figured out that I’m running a serious caloric deficit, and I’m already a skinny fucker. Also, I’m aiming to build a little muscle and a lot of endurance. How do I eat?!

Back when I was working hard, ate tons of fast food. Too expensive and time consuming, don’t want off the clock to go eat (hour round trip including eating). Took a 12-hour shift today and did OK sucking down granola bars, water and kratom, ate my wife’s kickass meal when I got home.

What can I cook or bring to work to power me? What’s simple and cheap and doesn’t require much on-site prep? (We have a microwave, toaster, all that, I just want calories and protein in my face with no fuss). Afraid I’m half-ass cannibalizing myself.

  • TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    I just find that hard to believe because I am in the exact same situation as OP, and I definitely noticed I lost some weight in addition to going to gym. You definitely need to eat more than what your body is burning.

    • shalafi@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      34 minutes ago

      OP is talking about metabolic changes over time, wether he knows it or not. :) It’s a thing we’re recently learning about.

      Example:

      The “Exercise Paradox”: This concept suggests that even when we exercise more, our body may make adjustments to maintain a relatively stable overall energy expenditure, potentially by reducing energy used in other daily activities like fidgeting or non-exercise activity thermogenesis (NEAT).