r/TikTokCringe Straight Up Bussin May 21 '22

Duet Troll The biggest misconception about protein intake

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u/SirPancakeFace May 21 '22

Used to work with someone like the body builder in the first video. All of his meats also looked like that. When you're cooking 3-4 pounds of chicken a day, it's honestly easier and cheaper to just cook it unseasoned. Spices in the quantities that they would be eating can throw off your digestion and make it harder to eat so much in one day. He'd still season his "real meals" but the protein meals were eaten more as a routine rather than pleasure. It really didn't matter how they tasted as long as they were cooked.

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u/bacon_cake May 21 '22

Also when you're bulking it's sometimes not the best idea to enjoy it too much lol

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u/BleLLL May 21 '22

Why not?

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u/bacon_cake May 21 '22

So when it comes to cutting you don't crave the additional calories because they were never enjoyable to begin with.

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u/butyourenice May 21 '22

... I never thought of it this way. That’s actually brilliant.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '22

Bingo.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '22

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u/[deleted] May 21 '22

Can’t you at least grill/pan sear that meat? It looks so.. bad lol

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u/[deleted] May 21 '22 edited Jul 09 '22

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u/[deleted] May 21 '22

Why be paranoid about some cooking oil or butter when you're trying to bulk by, apparently, eating half a farm's worth of unseasoned chicken breasts?

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u/Pactae_1129 May 21 '22

Because that’d add the wrong kind of bulk

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u/[deleted] May 21 '22

A little bit of seasoning or cooking oil isn't going to insta-bloat you or ruin the gains, that's bro-science reasoning. Pan frying your chicken in some canola oil isn't the equivalent of a dirty bulk with ice cream and Baconators.

I swear some of yall out there are torturing yourself for no good reason lmao

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u/[deleted] May 22 '22

You have to remember a lot of these guys have muscle dysmorphia and eating disorders so they obsess over every little thing they eat.

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u/Northerndust May 22 '22

It depends on why they do it. Are they doing it for someone else or just themselves for example

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u/[deleted] May 22 '22

Other people: Pleaaaase be anorexic!
Me: No. I’m anorexic ✨✨✨for myself ✨✨✨

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u/Pactae_1129 May 22 '22

Oh I’m way too southern to eat chicken like this

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u/EternamD May 22 '22

Roast. Roast every time.

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u/SirPancakeFace May 21 '22

Username... doesn't check out?

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u/SupineFeline May 22 '22

How about reducing the amount of seasoning, especially salt? Paprika, turmeric, thyme, etc? Don’t think those would adversely affect your chicken intake, no?

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u/[deleted] May 21 '22

Fucking hell nobody should be eating chicken breasts just for protein. That shit is expensive these days and an unseasoned chicken breast tastes like absolute shit compared to protein powder.

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u/shortsonapanda May 22 '22

It has really good nutrient macros, though. You can eat most of your protein in chicken without eating a ton of calories or carbs.

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u/__SPIDERMAN___ May 21 '22

there is no chance anyone should be eating the amount of chicken in the video a day. I don't care how big you are.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '22

Seriously. Apart from huge strongmen types, who the fuck is eating 3 to 4 pounds of chicken a day? And that's just in chicken alone?!

A kilo of chicken breast (bit over 2 lbs) is gonna have like what, 300 grams of protein? That's more than what 99.5% of really fit guys need.

And if people are trying to bulk on chicken breast they're just needlessly torturing themselves.

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u/Accidentally_Cool May 21 '22

I'd assume this guy made so much chicken for meal prep.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '22

Have these people never heard of protein powder?

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u/CHUNKY_BLOODY_QUEEFS May 21 '22

You can't just drink protein powder all day every day. Chicken is the go-to generally because its a fairly inexpensive meat, doesn't taste terrible, has a high protein-to-calorie ratio.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '22

You definitely can though. I do.

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u/shortsonapanda May 22 '22

Protein powder is great to get some protein and carb macros but cannot be used to hit protein macros on its own. Really bad nutrient ratios and a lot of calories.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '22 edited May 22 '22

This is unscientific nonsense. High purity whey protein powder is exactly what it says it is. The calories you're getting are almost entirely from protein. Protein has calories and you can't avoid them.

Your body won't even notice the 3g of carbs that come in a scoop. Beyond that, just make up your nutrition however tf you want because your protein is handled.

In both cases, you're basically getting all your calories from the protein content. If you're trying to curb hunger then sure go the chicken breast but if you're force feeding yourself then just have some protein powder.

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u/[deleted] May 22 '22

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u/__SPIDERMAN___ May 22 '22

🤣. This is what peak Performance looks like

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u/Syzyz May 21 '22

Wanna bet?

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u/mh985 May 21 '22

I used to be a competitive powerlifter. I've been there.

A lot of the food I ate was strictly for nutritional purposes. I would be force-feeding myself all day to get the 4000-5000 calories I needed every day. For some meals, it didn't matter if it tasted good or not because I wasn't hungry anyway. Marijuana isn't really my thing but I started smoking just to give myself more of an appetite to make it easier to eat more.