genuinely how my gym bro roommate would make his chicken

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OddCook4909@reddit

What is wrong with these people? Do they all think seasoning is bad for you or something?

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NonconsensualSniff@reddit

From what I've heard, they try to make food as unappealing as possible so that they don't overeat.

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Glass-Building9904@reddit (OP)

no joke we had to have a conversation with him about how salt is completely fine to eat in normal quantities as he was firmly against it💀💀 ts was unsalted, no pepper no nothing

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Imkindaalrightiguess@reddit

Isn't salt important for muscle growth

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And essential for recovery from a hard workout. You should want a moderate amount of sodium in your dishes. I think the stigma against it has more to do with water retention and bloat than anything else. You’re not getting arteriosclerosis from a pinch of salt in your seasoning rubs

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Samarlynn@reddit

Let's not forget the very important iodine that is in the salt. He's going to be real attractive with a goiter growing out of his neck.

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medted22@reddit

Hyponatremia (low sodium) is virtually non-existent in otherwise healthy people in the modern world. We eat such an excess in general, even without seasoning food you have absolutely nothing to worry about, unless he’s also drinking like 2 gallons+ of plain water, then you might be pushing it, but that’s really unlikely.

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EvaTheE@reddit

Only really happens in either eating disorders or with compulsive behavior related to exercise and nutrition.

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McGeeze@reddit

Or severe diarrhea. Ask me how I know

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AspieAsshole@reddit

Which is still an eating disorder of course.

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Mau5keteer@reddit

Yes, and it's called "orthorexia", if anyone is curious.

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the-big-meowski@reddit

What's the line here? Is a "whole foods only" diet considered orthorexia? Because is that's viewed as strict compared to the standard American diet, and very difficult to achieve if you're not cooking at home.

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hazelbear33@reddit

It’s when the “healthy eating” turns into a full-blown obsession to the point where eating something that is “bad” makes you genuinely upset/anxious and ruins your whole day/week… It’s when you’re unable to eat food that you have not prepared or overseen the preparation of… when you start lashing out at your friends and family when they suggest you join in on eating a shared “bad” meal. It’s when planning meals and counting calories/macros consumed your entire life, to the point that much of your time is spent thinking about those things. Orthorexia is not itself in the DSM (although many scholars and researchers have proposed it should), but it is typically diagnosed as a type of OCD by professionals (I believe, and have read).

I had orthorexia as a running-obsessed teenager. I was eating “plenty” of volume (aka low calorie bulk), but I was also over-exercising, and it got the point where I became dangerously underweight. My body eventually stopped vital hormonal function (I stopped having my period), and I ultimately developed a stress fracture in my femur at the hip (due to low bone density cause by lack of estrogen, called osteopenia) before committing myself to recovery. Today, I have maintained a constant weight by simply caring much less and making sure I eat some fruits/veggies and protein of any form daily!

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ProfitAcceptable4256@reddit

Is there a medical diagnosis for the amount of cum I eat?

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lesusisjord@reddit

Cumzilla‽

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a_wintersmith@reddit

Well how many gallons per day are we talking here?

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OranginaOOO@reddit

It happens in untreated/undiagnosed adrenal insufficiency.

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NearlyBearly@reddit

Treated too. My cortisol is replaced and I still struggled with hyponatremia until doc put me on salt pills 🤮

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NearlyBearly@reddit

Or health issues. I have hyponatremia due to Addison's and am on salt pills for it. I wish I could get all my necessary sodium from food, those pills are nas-tey 🤣

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sepaoon@reddit

You cant convince me someone who chooses to "cook" like this doesn't have an ED

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Samarlynn@reddit

Goiters were super common until we started adding iodine to salt. Then many countries started adding iodine. You still see them often in countries that don't use as much iodized salt.

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Little-Temperature53@reddit

I just read an article about the possibility (maybe slim) that all the cool sea salts and things filling the market are actually crowding out the consumption of iodized salt.

But given the general consumption of processed food, I don’t think it’s a huge population crisis. Maybe something for folks eating a super whole-foods diet to be conscious of.

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aakier24@reddit

Which country? Think Switzerland started it.

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Fit-Flan8284@reddit

Ehlers Danlos Syndrome has entered the chat

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Pumpkinp0calypse@reddit

Wait what? My app is being weird so I have even more difficulty being certain of which comment you're replying to. Goiters being less common since we added iodine to salt.. except for people with EDS ? Or is it that people with EDS are more likely to suffer from hyponatremia even if they consume the same amounts of processed foods as most people or something like that?

As someone with EDS i'm curious to learn something new.

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hegrillin@reddit

you leave my stretchy autism skin out of this /s

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Tru3insanity@reddit

If all hes eating is boiled unseasones chicken then hes exactly the kinda fringe case thats going to have a problem.

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damontoo@reddit

I'm sure he drinks preworkout and/or electrolyte mix also.

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Iskander_39@reddit

I agree with you that the guy is probably just really all over his macros and likely trying to hit protein targets without unnecessary things added. There’s only so many protein shakes a human can consume!

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thefunkylama@reddit

There are some conditions (not as rare as we once thought) where a higher sodium intake is preferable to maintain blood pressure and homeostasis. He prob doesn't have one of those, but it's been interesting being told by a doctor to increase my salt intake after decades of "Stop that!"

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Unknown-Meatbag@reddit

I have a few friends that have blood pressure issues and they take what's essentially salt pills for it.

For most people though, too much salt is super bad for you.

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soundchefsupreme@reddit

My wife has blood pressure on the low side and she voraciously craves salt and will just eat salt crystals sometimes. It’s not low enough that she’s been told to increase sodium intake but I have a feeling if she stopped consuming salt like she does that she would end up being told by her doctor to increase sodium intake.

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Iskander_39@reddit

This was basically me for ages. I would genuinely get cravings for really buttery toast and I’d put loads of salt on it. Everytime it happens it seems to correspond with low blood pressure or other vitamin deficiencies

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SkySong13@reddit

Oh hey, same here!

My doctor has literally told me to have a pinch of salt if I feel lightheaded, and when they tried me on a medication for hormonal acne that is also used to treat high blood pressure I had to stop it because my blood pressure dropped so low that I struggled to get out of bed.

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Little-Temperature53@reddit

My daughter and I are the same. I actually had a seizure that they eventually chalked up to extremely low blood sodium and potassium. Whoops.

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Loose_Flight5776@reddit

Try some seaweed/Nori chips if you can handle the taste. I personally like the flavour but not everyone in the West likes it so if you're trying it for the first time don't buy too much just a small amount.

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AspieAsshole@reddit

And then told by a different doctor to reduce my sodium for a different medical condition. 🙃

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-Invalid_Selection-@reddit

Most people don't actually get their sodium levels checked, and older doctors have it ingrained in them that sodium is bad, when a blood test will tell if your sodium levels are good or not.

Having high blood pressure and low sodium got my doctor to finally realize the studies that say the link between the two is extremely overblown was true.

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thefunkylama@reddit

Can't ever just be simple, can it? 🥲

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Aggressive_Eagle1380@reddit

I put 1/4 to 1/2 tsp of salt in a quart of water every day and drink it in the morning. It really helps me though go out the day and I always feel better minutes after I drink it. I sweat a lot and work out daily so I figure the salt equals things out.

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Ed_Trucks_Head@reddit

I read a case study about a toddler that would eat grams of salt a day. They would dip their finger in salt and lick it. His condition eventually led to a hospital stay, while there, he wasn't getting enough salt from the hospital food and he died.

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kaylynstar@reddit

A couple of my medications combine to make it hard for my body to absorb/retain salt. I drink an electrolyte drink that mainly uses sodium to maintain a barely "normal" level.

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PoppingPillls@reddit

This person is clearly not on a normal diet, most people eat alot of food that gymbros like this probably don't eat often.

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Original_Head_3487@reddit

I've seen someone with hyponatremia (twice). Bloody horrible.

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Sirenista_D@reddit

Check this out. Ive suffered from leg cramps for years. About 6 mos ago, I started adding about a 1/4 tsp of salt in my morning coffee, and I have at least 2 cups a day. Cramps have been relieved, yay! But I had to get blood work done recently for another reason and was curious what my sodium would be. And still, it's only 1 point above the minimum of healthy range!

And btw, I'm not an active person, have a shit diet loaded with canned goods and takeout. How how hooowwwww is my sodium this low????

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simplifried_pancakes@reddit

Salted coffee. Ewwwww. It’s so bad when i accidentally added a Salt not sugar. Wow

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saddinosour@reddit

If he is a gym bro he is only basically eating what he cooks. When I was low carb I could feel salt urges like never before.

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_banthafodder@reddit

I love how everyone is just throwing out their random factoids and tidbits of information that no one took the time to question why the hell you’re talking about low sodium on a post about someone clearly attempting to avoid high amounts of sodium.

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MrCockingFinally@reddit

If you are eating completely unseasoned boiled chicken breast, chances are good you aren't exactly sitting down to munch on processed food in your other meals.

And if you're Gymming hard regularly, you're going to be sweating a lot.

It's a legit risk for someone working out regularly with a highly restrictive diet.

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bb2b@reddit

Hypo- meaning reduced, natrium referring to sodium, -emia referring to presence in blood.

Hyponatremia, reduced sodium presence in blood.

gets the salty sausage ready

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wonkey92@reddit

I heard this in chubby emu's voice

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bb2b@reddit

You got it. He does love any excuse to explain electrolytes.

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Fun_Leadership_5258@reddit

Hypo/hypernatremia are more about relative free water than actual sodium stores

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yoyodaddy@reddit

I've met gym bros that drink 2+ gallons a day for no good reason other than bro science.

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Somanylyingliars@reddit

The only time I cook chicken like this is when I make for my cats who can't have salt. Man, this is hardcore.

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polarbearsarereal@reddit

2 gallons a day seems like a way to get water poisoning

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thegarlicknight@reddit

While I think hyponatremia like where your life is in danger or you need to go to the hospital is quite rare, I don't think it's that rare to get milder side effects from not enough salt especially if you work out regularly (and sweat a lot). From personal experience, it can cause tiredness and nausea which aren't life threatening, but also not pleasant.

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SkeggiGT@reddit

I mean I had an aunt who was super against salt and actually ran into the issue of not having enough. Can't remember what exactly happened. Probably the word you said. But yeah, if he's avoiding any and all seasoning this bad, he might get that tbh

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smallwonder25@reddit

Chronic low sodium can cause internal bleeding for one thing.

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ButteredPizza69420@reddit

Had to google goiter

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mac1905@reddit

They added iodine to salt in the US in 1924 because people couldn’t/weren’t getting enough in their food. It really isn’t necessary in the US and I’d say any first world country anymore.

That being said, salt definitely isn’t bad for you. People mistake sodium consumed in ultra processed foods for being the same as regular sea/kosher/Himalayan (etc) salt. Regular salt is fine and necessary for many processes in the body. A lot of people are under-consuming salt these days because they thing it’s bad for them.

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notOk_Basis_7521@reddit

39F... I havr a goiter growing out of my neck. Thanks for reminding me how attractive I am 😭

I do get plenty of iodine in my diet naturally, but just have an enlarged thyroid. It still works (as of the last time I have my tsh checked - waiting for it to crap out any day now). But yeah, I'm super sensitive about it.

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damontoo@reddit

Is the thyroid problem from cancer/chemo?

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Trolio@reddit

girls wear makeup to attract men just like men go to the gym to attract women

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MuleGrass@reddit

Goiter? I hardly even know her

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SirStocksAlott@reddit

Does your goiter even lift bro?

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Helpful_Location7540@reddit

There are natural sources of iodine. Like sardines.

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mrp8528@reddit

It counts as a gain bro

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B-Georgio@reddit

Been adding a teaspoon of iodine salt to my morning daily hydration drink for years. Never seen any issues with my annual bloodwork that signify a downside impact from it

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Ok_Sport_5135@reddit

That seems like a lot of salt.

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Glass_Covict@reddit

These bean shaped thingies in your lower back do magic.

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Straight-Cell-2008@reddit

There are plenty of other sources of dietary iodine

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Salty_Plantain_6220@reddit

Id make salt bread and eat two before a workout ngl best pumps i ever get anddd feel hella stronger too during

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frostenwolf@reddit

You get enough salt in literally everything else you eat

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NewAccForThoughts@reddit

No, the stigma against it is that we severely overeat salt every day and it's actually really hard to stay below the daily recommended intake.

Now add that on top of the quantities of food that bodybuilders devour and its almost impossible to have a healthy amount without resorting to bland chicken.

(Boiling it like op is still a warcrime though)

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smellygooch18@reddit

You also need it to live

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RedditCitizenScore@reddit

I think the stigma was from boomers making McDonalds a regular part of a weekday menu for their kids

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ultrapiss11@reddit

I mean not to egg on the gym bro, but if you eat canned, jarred or premade anything you’re likely eating more than the recommended 2300 mg of sodium per day (at least where I live). Maybe it’s fine to go higher if you sweat a lot though

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MangoCalrizzian@reddit

Yes but I will say it is incredibly difficult to develop a deficiency these days. Like one electrolyte beverage every couple of days would totally supplement the sodium list from plain foods.

It's still word a pointless, but he's not gonna hurt himself

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TheGrouchyPunisher@reddit

This exactly. It's fear of bloat, but really that would only be at contest prep time, if he's a competing bodybuilder. But even if you're salt averse, get some onion powder and other non salt seasonings in there. Plain boiled chicken is for lunatics.

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jjbananamonkey@reddit

There’s a reason preworkouts taste salty 😭

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beefixit@reddit

Had a PT years ago who also trained competitive body builders. He loved explaining to anyone and everyone how they'd eat that way like a week before a competition because it helped you look shredded but just beat the shit outta your insides. I was happy he told me I could season all I wanted.

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EkbatDeSabat@reddit

If the dude is eating plain ass chicken and a shit ton of it I'd think you can safely assume (or at least hope) that he's targeting both his macros and micros. It's a lot easier to ensure a specific sodium intake when taking supplements than it is to just throw salt on your chicken. But yes I agree he can still salt his chicken. Some people get real serious about hitting their targets though.

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SAURI23@reddit

Well... Some seasoning rubs do have a lot of salt. The recommended salt intake is 5grams per day, and most people eat a lot more than that.

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gmanasaurus@reddit

I wonder if this problem may rectify itself at some point, not that I'm hoping it does with these folks, hope they could just wise up on their own. But they may FAFO

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DeaditeQueen@reddit

I actually worked in a gym for a while and had a gym bro boyfriend and the horrendous misconception around the gym is that the salt will make you retain water so much that it will affect your weight-ins and gains

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ItsKoku@reddit

It really does make you retain water though. I'm around 110 lbs and the app I use to track my macros+micros lets me graph my weight against my sodium intake. High sodium intake 1500mg+ has a noticeable effect on my next day's weight by about 1-3% of my body weight. It's not true weight, but that water retention can matter for someone trying to look shredded (where they can see the striations of an individual muscle).

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PandaBeaarAmy@reddit

Excess anything is bad for your health. No one is saying y'all need to have excessive sodium, just... HAVE. Some. Reasonable amount. Suggested intake.

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ItsKoku@reddit

For sure, I love savory salty foods myself. That said, 1500mg is only relatively high within the context of causing noticeable water retention - it is only ~65% of the 2300mg recommended daily intake that's referenced on nutrition labels. It's only a fraction of serious gym goers into bodybuilding that would/should do this, and only for a short time before a competition or photoshoot.

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PandaBeaarAmy@reddit

For sure, I love savory salty foods myself. That said, 1500mg is only relatively high within the context of causing noticeable water retention - it is only ~65% of the 2300mg recommended daily intake that's referenced on nutrition labels.

Why are we getting our nutrition facts from product labels and not referencing scientists/doctors instead?
Idk where you're from, but i've always known 2300mg sodium as max intake rather than recommended.

Health Canada recommends that most Canadians consume 1500 milligrams (mg) per day and not exceed 2300 mg per day

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ItsKoku@reddit

Because your average person is looking at nutrition labels for a rough guideline and not researching each nutrient from scientific publications or bulletins, and most are not proactively asking a dietician or doctor about these things unless there is some health issue that prompts it. What is colloquially known to most laymen is from those labels. Either way, the average North American is consuming way more than the upper limit for healthy individuals without contraindicative conditions.

Nit picking a sentence's semantics aside, all I'm pointing out is that even consuming around the optimal "reasonable amount" of 1500mg can affect weight and water retention, so it isn't a misconception that salt affects one's weight as the person I originally replied to posed. There is valid reason why some would want to minimize salt, and even water, for a short period. The hard, dry, vascular look that some seek for competition or photoshoots is basically protocoled dehydration. Weight class athletes do similar manipulations to drop down into the top end of their "actual" weight class right before weigh ins.

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InfiniteRazzmatazz50@reddit

Salt is incredibly important to all sorts of athletic performance and absolutely that includes strength training. This guy must not be training very hard or very effectively if he’s this hard-core about salt.

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SummertimeThrowaway2@reddit

And being alive

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sheiciebai@reddit

It’s needed for hydration. That’s why Gatorade has salt in it

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Scrabulon@reddit

You need salt and carbs and fiber to balance out the protein, some gymbros don’t understand that protein poisoning is a thing. And also they thing the spices will fuck up their ~macros~ or something, idk

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ihaxr@reddit

They don't even understand the recommended amount of protein is 1g per kg of body weight and are eating 2.2x the amount of protein for no reason

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Dense-Throat-9703@reddit

Per kg? Absolutely not lol.

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turnipofficer@reddit

Most people have way too much salt for their dietary requirements but you would expect someone who is regularly in the gym would be sweating frequently, in which case they would need salt to replace what was lost. It’s dangerous for him to not have some salt at least in that situation.

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No_Equipment7456@reddit

Yes but sea salt not table salt. Table salt is not great for you in any quantity sea salt has all its minerals and iodine still in it which is essential for hormone regulation through the thyroid glands. Table salt is highly processed and contains little to none.

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capncapitalism@reddit

Yes. It's a balance thing. Too much salt can make you puffy, but we're talking stuff like fried and salty food in that sense. The reason Gatorade got so big is it marketed itself as an alternative to pure water (including sodium and other minerals).

When we sweat we lose sodium, we lose minerals. While excessively salty water isn't good for us and can dehydrate us, a little sodium after a hard workout is beneficial. Enough to replace what was lost in sweat.

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tinchokrile@reddit

for life.

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TallTelevision4121@reddit

Chicken already has lots of sodium. Extra is not necessary in this situation.

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lukumi@reddit

Where did you hear that? That’s not true at all. A 4oz serving of chicken breast has just 2% of daily recommended sodium.

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TallTelevision4121@reddit

It's closer to 3%. With that said, they are trying to get super lean muscle and it is part of the diet. Not sure why so many haters on here.

As for the daily, I would hope they were eating more than just boiled chicken all day every day, so their iodine is most likely fine

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lukumi@reddit

To be clear, I didn’t downvote you. But we need sodium in general, it’s not just about getting iodine through iodized salt. Yes, a varied diet usually provides our required amount of iodine without specifically relying on iodized salt. But sodium in general is an electrolyte and has other uses, there’s absolutely no reason to not season chicken with salt.

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Deep_Mood_7668@reddit

It's also important for brain function

That explains a lot IMO

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ManWithBigPenis69420@reddit

Every time I've gotten a trainer or signed up for one of those boot camp places when I'm pretending im finally losing the weight, salt is never even on their radar when the diet portion of the plan comes up.

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Mimir_aka_Puck@reddit

Assuming this lad is American, his diet is probably already rich in sodium from processed foods to sports drinks. Eating the amount he would need to bulk and adding the salt to the mix? It may be bad for blood pressure.

I can forgive forgoing the salt, but black pepper and garlic powder would make this more... palatable.

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ArcadeRivalry@reddit

I've seen gym bros talk about the evils of salt and sugar while actively drinking electrolyte drinks.

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Sad_Bassalope@reddit

It's important for life. If you don't get enough salt, you die.

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Fubarp@reddit

Sure but you don't need a lot of salt..

Normal daily intake is supposed to be like 2000mg..

Most average people will ingest 2x or 3x that daily..

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Zealousideal_Ad5358@reddit

And you generally get enough sodium from the foods you eat, especially if there’s any kind of manufactured food like bread or salad dressing. If you have properly functioning kidneys, your body figures it out.

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AsunderXXV@reddit

And maintains you goiter

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Zealousideal_Ad5358@reddit

Only iodized salt. One thing a lot of people don’t know is that salt from fast food is generally not iodized. But you should get enough iodine from other sources if you have a normal diet.

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Minnesotawombat@reddit

Pretty sure it’s an important component in electrolytes, too

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soundchefsupreme@reddit

Without sufficient sodium you won’t really absorb the water you drink. You could become dehydrated while consuming lots of water while pissing constantly and sweating abnormal amounts during every workout. If one completely avoids processed foods they’d NEED to add salt to their cooking. Add to this lots of vegetables and/or fruit containing large amounts of potassium you could end up with heart complications…

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Wide-Suggestion907@reddit

To health in general. Too low or too high levels of sodium can increase the likelihood of a seizure

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Bruin1217@reddit

Not only that but it’s an electrolyte. Your body would be unable to regulate the 70% that is water without it.

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KindInsurance333@reddit

It is and most gym bros know this which makes me believe that most of these posts are fake karma farming/bait posts.

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Fe2O3yshackleford@reddit

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MisterDutch93@reddit

It’s got what plants crave ✋🏻🫲🏻🤚🏻🫱🏻

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Imkindaalrightiguess@reddit

baitin

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VagueSoul@reddit

Yup! Sodium is necessary for rehydration.

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Yawang04@reddit

i bet he “ takes electrolytes”

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ButteredPizza69420@reddit

I talked to one of these guys and they think seasonings are all extreme heavy metal poisons and cancer sprinkles. Theyre delulu

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RnH_21@reddit

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Manezinho@reddit

The problem is that BBs eat so much chicken that they’d eat an unhealthy amount of salt even if moderately salted.

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ketomine_@reddit

not even hot sauce?? that’s usually the cheat code

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Cinaed@reddit

Eating disorder behavior. Food is only for gains, if it tastes good you will over eat.

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sphinxofblackquartzj@reddit

Not officially recognised yet but this could fall under Orthorexia Nervosa. Obsession with eating a certain diet believing it's the healthiest way.

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whisky_biscuit@reddit

This is exactly how they think, and in addition if you're trying to get the food down your throat their theory is the blander the better bec6uts easier to just hork down en masse.

On a show I watched the dude would blend boiled chicken into a smoothie with lemon crystal light as his post workout smoothie. Disgusting.

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crispybacononsalad@reddit

Sounds miserable. You can still cut while having flavor

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Sunny_Cant_Swim@reddit

His dumbass doesn’t know a pinch of salt with your pre is the best pump ever? 💀

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mo0_bitch@reddit

You need salt T_T

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allseeing_odin@reddit

Not only is salt fine but he’s a bona fide stupid dumb idiot if he claims to be any level of athlete while vilifying salt when he likely needs more than an inactive person.

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adamjfish@reddit

Gym bro doesn’t know what electrolytes are? Does he not sweat?

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Another_Name_Today@reddit

Adding salt won’t give him the same data that a bottle of Gatorade will. Type of guy to cook chicken like this is probably obsessing over macros.

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adamjfish@reddit

Right. More of a reason to use seasoning.

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Another_Name_Today@reddit

My assumption is hi thinks that herbs and spices will change those macros. Yes, he’s wrong to ignore that some garlic and rosemary will not materially change anything, but I kind of get it.

A couple years ago, I had two doctors make it very clear I needed to drop some weight. I went all in on CICO and weighed and measured everything. If I made a one pot meal, I measured exactly what percentage I took and calculated - with precise counts of anything that could be considered calorie dense. Red beans and rice? I would weigh the serving and follow up by weighing the sausage in it.

I dropped the weight, but I could see how someone caught up in the world of gains could simplify by just boiling plain chicken.

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Brokenxwingx@reddit

It's what the plants crave.

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Aquafoot@reddit

I've never seen plants grow out of a toilet.

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ECHOHOHOHO@reddit

Kind of makes me think of (Former "Prince" Andrew). Maybe they're just genetically superior super humans who recycle the salt lost in their sweat. Of course this leads to a deficit, eventually. However that's where salty fish and preserved meat comes in... And some fibre and vitamins +minerals etc,... Carbs.. idk what else to tell you. Go back to basics if you have to. Pretend you're feeding yourself as a kid. Porridge, oats, milk, some sugar or salt or w.e is fine. Lunch is whatever you do or don't provide... I was lucky I had free school lunch but just have something to tie you over if you are accustomed to a bigger meal at the end of the day. Some protein, whether that be a steak, or some fish, chicken and pork are cheapest ime though. Cool the Rice unless it's microwave rice. Put it in the freezer if you're hungry but put it at the top as heat rises so, avoid defrosting your other stuff. and some veg, like just at the last minute el dente. Add garlic, chili, half red and white onion and salt and black pepper.

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Bigmtnskier91@reddit

Gym bro is so strong from plain chicken he never breaks a sweat

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smolmushroomforpm@reddit

WHat does he think is in electrolytes? Or does he think those are bad too? I - I just can't.

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OddCook4909@reddit

If it isn't mental illness it does a good job pretending to be

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DescriptionFancy420@reddit

It's an eating disorder that gets normalized mostly because it's males doing it

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NearlyBearly@reddit

The gender distribution seen in orthorexia nervosa is actually pretty much equal male and female, 21% male 19% female. It's normalized because you can just say that you're trying to lose weight or eat healthier and boom, an eating disorder is suddenly seen as something positive. Especially if you don't lose a significant amount of weight because restricting what you eat doesn't always lead to weight loss so nobody will notice because malnutrition in terms of, you know, stuff like sodium, iron and vitamins isn't easily visible. Like with the orthorexic gym bros, nobody will think they have an ED because they're trying to bulk for muscle gain, they're not gonna be skinny enough to gain attention. So they'll live with a restrictive eating disorder and get praise for it, which is, you know, super bad for recovery.

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velveteenelahrairah@reddit

Not just that, but also because it's repackaged as "healthy eating" and "wellness" by the influencers peddling it. Meanwhile those of us who were there back in the mid00s Wintergirls / Nicole Richie / LJ "pro ana" era can clock the ED a mile off.

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avemflamma@reddit

it is; orthorexia

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OddCook4909@reddit

I'm going to try to be less offended by what these gymbros get up to. As someone who loves food and cooking, it's damn near criminal to my eyes

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Downtown_Brother6308@reddit

Sometimes it takes mental illness to do something as difficult as gym bro’ng. 16 hours of the potentiality of fat kid anxiety sounds exhausting

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Rose_Army_@reddit

I make my dog’s chicken like this. Boil a few pounds in a pot and then shred it. I even put some salt in for him and he’s a dog.

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iShrub@reddit

Salt I can understand, but not even pepper? Jeez.

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Double-Singer-6631@reddit

i’m so scared

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Irreverent_Bard@reddit

Gym bro needed more school and less gym if he didn’t understand how seasoning works…

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hitman-13@reddit

He is insane and ill educated, most seasoning have 00 calories and no macros...He is just living miserably for no reason...Professional bodybuilders cut salt before a show in order to be shredded (minimize water retention) but that's not sustainable, It's for a 1 hour show! And many have died...

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justaneditguy@reddit

Makes no sense. I'm a 'gym bro' in the sense I practice bodybuilding in the gym and my diet but my meals are super tasty and always have seasoning. Don't understand this

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Aggleclack@reddit

He has to know this is unattractive

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TheRainbowFruit@reddit

Msg, despite all the crap it gets, actually has a good bit less sodium than table salt does and adds more salty flavor for a smaller amount.

But also salt isn't even necessary if he really hates it.. Seasoning is still a thing lol you can get plenty of seasonings without salt. I don't eat a ton personally because I grew up with very little salt used on anything, a grandparent on a low sodium diet and when I asked for salt, they would pretend to put it on my food. I just never got the same cravings for it that a lot of people do. So I just.. Don't use a lot of it. I still season my food though lol

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jordanundead@reddit

Does he know they at least make No Salt?

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elspotto@reddit

This is nothing new. One of my best friends was a serious triathlete during and after college. He ate unseasoned chicken after workouts “because he needed protein”. 30 years on I really want to confront him on it because he is the one at a large group get together recently that said “don’t we have salt? I’ll go get some.”

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csvega84@reddit

These people have a form or disordered eating. I mean the gym influencers take exact things from OG Pro Ana sites

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KlondikeBill@reddit

That's what happens when TikTok is your nutritionist.

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eriffodrol@reddit

no salt can also mean not enough iodine

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RogueLion@reddit

Mrs.Dash seasoning is sodium free. Tastes great. If he’s a gym bro he should know this already.

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woodhorse4@reddit

Well that keeps “his”gym bro roommate from sharing his food lol

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Lopsided_Heart3170@reddit

Did he look good? And did you?

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skyed_driver@reddit

Salt is essential for life lol

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Takemyfishplease@reddit

Which is wild because pros have like their own brand of seasonings and stuff

https://feastmodeflavors.com/

https://flavorgod.com

https://www.herbspro.com/

(I am unaffiliated with these)

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sweetmotherofodin@reddit

You don’t even have to use salt. There’s a world of seasonings out there to use. 😭

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bigduckmoses@reddit

Idiocracy level grasp of health

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lucky-Dependent126@reddit

No personality or no life either lol

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Angry-_-Crow@reddit

Was he British?

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Schmitty555@reddit

Tell him a friend of mine did this and she ended up in the hospital for three days because her sodium was so low.

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PerpetuallyDistracte@reddit

That's literally how I cooked chicken breast for my old dog when he was super sick and could only eat the blandest food.

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Emotional_Elk_7242@reddit

I cook for my toddler a lot and omit salt from a lot of recipes, still TONS of flavors and seasonings that don’t have sodium in them. 😭 like cmon garlic and onion powder and just dehydrated veggies

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Latter-unoriginal@reddit

Does your toddler not need electrolytes either?

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Fubarp@reddit

You generally don't need sodium..

You get it from just eating food already.

Like good example, pork is really high in sodium. White meats are low but still have a good amount. So not adding sodium to your food is a good thing. Specially if you are worried about your kidneys.

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Emotional_Elk_7242@reddit

I still use small amounts of salt in his foods just not like how I would our own foods (I have a problem 😂). I was always looking into how much salt he could have throughout development cause I made his baby food (and baby babies can have like zero salt).

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over9000totoro@reddit

That's legit how I made it for my dog when he had tummy issues lol

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Vlodovich@reddit

Even if he believes that could he not use any other seasonings that aren't salt lmao

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GravyPainter@reddit

Garlic powder and paprika cant hurt either

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Zippytiewassabi@reddit

Does he take electrolyte supplement or drinks? Maybe he gets enough from that, but yea, there is nothing wrong with salt. We need to stop the war on salt and start the war on sugar.

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bokatan778@reddit

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iraqlobsta@reddit

Is your roommate a house cat?

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Davey914@reddit

People like him don’t realize that salting your food as it’s cooked can bring flavors out more. It’s when you’re done cooking and then you put salt on it is it just making it salty.

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Anna-Bee-1984@reddit

That’s bordering on eating disorder territory

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catonsteroids@reddit

He’s going to end up malnourished and develop nutritional deficiencies.

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roughczech@reddit

Just boil all the fat out it. I think is pretty classic prep with bodybuilders.

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_extra_medium_@reddit

There isn’t any fat to begin with

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EvaTheE@reddit

Skinless, boneless, chicken breast has about 3.6% fat.

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CriticismFun6782@reddit

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thefunkylama@reddit

Thanks, Pete.

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Available-Hat1640@reddit

hopital therapee

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Personal_Factor568@reddit

That sounds concerning..

Plenty of older people around me are getting hospitalized due to lacking salt in their diet..

I also remember reading somewhere that lacking salt results in the same chance of heart problem as consuming too much salt

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QuantumDrej@reddit

He's going to kill himself though, if he keeps this up? The human body is designed to need salts, sugars, carbs, and fats. If he wants to cut back a bit, that's fine, but going for a completely bland diet that provides him with zero nutrition is going to put him in the hospital.

But if he's so terrified of salt and won't budge, have him look into the Mediterranian diet, which is the closest thing to "clean" eating without doing whatever the hell is going on in that screenshot. It's mostly plant based with an emphasis on healthy fats/salts. He should be able to find quite a few recipes that work for whatever he's doing and might actually let him enjoy the meal he's eating.

Like, there's a healthy middle ground between "prison food" and "McDonalds 4 times a day", and he needs to find it before his organs start fucking up.

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scorpions411@reddit

Tell him to cut out all the salt then. Lol.

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Interesting_Bear_678@reddit

“Food is fuel it’s not supposed to taste good. Does gasoline taste good?” -the protein bros at work

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Potential-Boss5599@reddit

Steroid abusers avoid salt because they think that counteracts the damage the drugs do to their organs. You know like salt increasing blood pressure? Normie gym-goers who aren’t even using and don’t even know why they do it but they just think they have to follow them.

They also eat bland food to avoid over indulgence on calories.

It’s mental illness every step of the way.

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pikpikcarrotmon@reddit

What I've heard is that they (gym bros) purposely make food as bland and unappealing as possible so that eating becomes a purely mechanical endeavor and is only for necessity rather than for pleasure. Or maybe that's just what they say to cover for being absolutely terrible at cooking...

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porchwater@reddit

My friend told me to lose weight I should not season any of my food so I would eat less of it

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BudgetThat2096@reddit

Seems counterintuitive. If I'm eating less food I want that shit to taste good

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_extra_medium_@reddit

They aren’t trying to lose weight, they’re trying to add muscle. Which takes a lot of work and calories, so it’s ridiculous to make it taste bland

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UglyInThMorning@reddit

When you have to eat a lot, bland makes it easy to ignore that you’re eating something. I did combat sports in college and my early 20’s and had to eat a fuckload. I wanted something that I could just put into my face and pretend wasn’t there most of the time.

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Drawdehellfire@reddit

Depends on what phase they're in. If they're cutting this is an actual strategy. Get as much protein as possible and make food boring so you don't want to eat more of it. If they're bulking and eating bland food then they're crazy or misinformed.

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Vithce@reddit

Actually this leads to just breaking and binge eating. I lost 30 kg by just learning how to make tasty healthy food. And also had free days eating pizza, cakes and french fries if I wanted in that one day. Worked just fine.

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EntrepreneurAway419@reddit

Yep absolutely same, I cook well at home now and even if we eat more, it's not covered in salt, butter and preservatives (more than necessary)

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alganthe@reddit

losing weight at a low bodyfat percentage is much harder than when obese or overweight, it requires different strategies and in this case the rebound is expected as it's to prepare for another bulk.

I've personally done this (reduce not remove though) and food palatability is indeed a big driver for hunger, give someone a slice of pizza and another the same amount of calories in brussel sprouts and ask each of them if they still want more.

chances are the one with brussel sprouts will look at you weird.

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TheAccursedOne@reddit

i mean, wouldnt there also be a significant difference in volume of food eaten as well between a slice of pizza and an equivalent amount of calories of brussels sprouts?

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Latter-unoriginal@reddit

Like was the free day once a week, every 2 weeks? Just curious.

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Vithce@reddit

Depending on my mood and the progress. Sometimes 1 day a week, sometimes in every 2. That day I not even calculated and checked how much I ate. Almost every time the next day or two I would get even bigger minus on the scales. Probably that helped to manage the basal metabolic rate so the body has not adapted to the reduced calorie intake

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Away-Hope-918@reddit

I lost 140lbs and have kept it off for the last 7 years. One of the hardest things for me to wrap my head around was that sometimes the healthiest meals is a whopper with cheese and a large fry. You are human and need to enjoy your food and life in order for it to be sustainable. None of us are failures for eating crap every once and awhile. I found that healthy eating comes easiest when you just explore, try new foods and find things that are healthy but are delicious to you. I make a lot of curries with beans and tofu, quick stir fry and some middle eastern foods which is a far cry from my meat and potatoes midwestern palette.

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YallNeedToTip@reddit

That is deeply depressing

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Conscious_Ice_9289@reddit

I guarantee you it's not more depressing than being overweight.

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zveroshka@reddit

If your health is at stake, it's far less depressing than the alternative. Sucks, but there are worse things. And hopefully eventually you can learn to enjoy small portions of some things.

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-Striking-Willow-@reddit

If you're at a point where you fall into the gym bro category you are probably healthy enough that some seasoning won't kill you. And if you need to lose weight and have up to that point loved food it's probably not going to be a sustainable lifetime change. That's the kind of restricted eating which leads to disordered eating patterns

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zveroshka@reddit

I generally try to avoid carpet statements on food considering it varies so much from person to person. But I do agree that extreme diets are generally going to backfire. But it does work for some people, and others do it simply because they have to.

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thyme_cardamom@reddit

It probably wouldn't work for most people though. Making your diet a miserable experience is a good way to make yourself quit

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zveroshka@reddit

Extreme diets are hard to stick with, especially in situations where they aren't necessary. But ultimately it all depends on the person and the situation. It can work for gym bros who make it part of their life style. But in situations where it's medically necessary, I think people can also push themselves harder knowing the alternative.

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Impossible_Ad4789@reddit

sounds like the perfect recipe to grab the first overflavoured junk food at every possible ocasion.

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Kahlypso@reddit

These people are essentially ascetics. No different than an extremist monk believing any pleasure prevents/inhibits Moksha.

So serious, like an actor whose forgotten he is at play.

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UglyInThMorning@reddit

Having had to do that when I did boxing and MMA, it’s the opposite. Bland is good because you can eat more. You’re thinking about it from the perspective of a person who thinks they get to eat that much food. When you do that much activity you have to eat that much. You often want to just ignore it. There’s no enjoying eating that much no matter how you flavor it, and you’ll burn out on flavors you do like. I would eat mostly bland stuff so that I could ignore a lot of my calories and so that when I wanted to eat normal person food I could still enjoy it.

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thex25986e@reddit

or they gotta make every other piece of their life as miserable as their gym experience to make their gym experience bearable

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flarbas@reddit

Almost. It’s more that real dedicated weight lifters have to eat so much, that properly seasoning everything like a normal person can get overwhelming over all the amounts of food that you eat. And by not seasoning it so much, makes it easier to eat all the amount that they need to.

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OiFelix_ugotnojams@reddit

Most gym bros have eating disorders. I cook my food as tasty as possible. I'm Indian and I have the spices in my blood

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RustedAxe88@reddit

What a horrible way to live.

Like, I lost close to fifty pounds over the course of a year and I still ate pretty much damn near anything I wanted. I just moderated myself better.

Now I don't have the body of a god or anything, hell, I still have a little beer belly (I like beer) but I still look and feel much better than before and enjoy everything I did before.

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FergusonBishop@reddit

To also be fair, losing a large amount of weight when you're fat is much easier than losing weight when you're already at a low body fat percentage - gets incredibly hard

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Frosty_Challenge1045@reddit

This comment is so mean. What if eating bland food is actually helping them?

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DamnShadowbans@reddit

Oh wow; they might also think your life would be horrible to live! I guess the moral of the story is everyone should judge each other and be unhappy.

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BeBearAwareOK@reddit

It's the last bit.

I guarantee you if you boil that guy a whole chicken with lemongrass, galangal, lime leaf, fish sauce, pepper, and garlic he'll start drooling.

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mr-english@reddit

I think you've heard correctly but remembered wrongly.

When you're bulking eating in general isn't enjoyable because you eat so much that you never feel hungry. Eating full meals when you're not hungry is really tough and seasoning the food doesn't make any difference.

So with that in mind, what's the point? Seasoning your food is a literal waste of time, money and effort.

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OddCook4909@reddit

I think people who get that obsessed about their bodies have serious mental health issues

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DoingCharleyWork@reddit

Of course they do. It's called body dysmorphia.

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zveroshka@reddit

The more I've grown old, I've realized basically everyone has some kind of mental health issues. The only difference is how extreme it is and how acceptable it is to society.

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TheEveningDragon@reddit

For some the mental health issue is food addiction. In my experience moving away from food as a pleasurable experience was what finally helped me get my life on track and stop being controlled by food impulses. I still eat when I'm hungry, but that's only to stop being hungry and to get in my daily recommended nutrition.

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pikpikcarrotmon@reddit

Also physical health issues!

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Muramalks@reddit

Nah they just stupid

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Pretty_Frosting_2588@reddit

That's how my college roommate was 20 years ago. He ate chicken and hard boiled eggs. He'd wake up and just be shoving hard boiled eggs in his mouth while getting ready to go it the door and go to the gym. The only thing close to seasoning that he used was sometimes he would chop jalapeno peppers and chicken up and put them in a bowl and eat them. That was when he'd eat with us/girls so it looked as if he wasn't just shoving eggs or chicken down his throat.

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zveroshka@reddit

It does kind of work TBH. Seasoning, fat, sugar are all things that can activate dopamine in your brain. Which is when people can over eat. If you eat bland food, you are way more likely to eat less.

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lily_de_valley@reddit

I dated a few gym bros. Men refuse to see it but many of them have an eating disorder. I did the same thing as a woman to lose weight and immediately got branded with ED by my doctors. Meanwhile, one of my ex had a full breakdown at a restaurant because he found out the noodles we were eating were high in carb. Again, exactly the same reaction some women with ED have with food. However, for men, it's "no pain no gain" or whatever.

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Swissbai@reddit

This is actually a useful technique for morbidly obese people who can’t lose weight. Idk why a gym bro would do that though. They need more calories and protein.

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ElGoddamnDorado@reddit

The vast majority of "gym bros" don't do shit like this. Yall should actually try going to the gym and getting to know people instead of just believing everything you hear on the internet. The vast majority of them are actually pretty normal, friendly people who just happen to like being fit.

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JoshHuff1332@reddit

This is just a strategy a small portion of the bodybuilding community use. So, a niche group of the greater bodybuilding community of the then larger gym community

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_extra_medium_@reddit

Which is crazy because you need to eat a lot in order to gain muscle

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_-CHUNK-_@reddit

I'm terrible at cooking but still slap some jerk or cajun seasoning on my chicken before cooking it.....maybe like the other poster said, they purposely make it this way so they don't over indulge, I can't think of any other reason lol.

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Elegant_AIDS@reddit

Supposedly it makes it harder to eat in large quantities

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akaynaveed@reddit

It used to be a thing! People used to think this in the 80s and 90s!!! I thought we went away from it.

But it’s also a quick way to make chicken for meal prep

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joelupi@reddit

People think like this now. Look up boiled chicken on social media. It's totally still a thing in the gymbro community.

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OddCook4909@reddit

Without any sear on it? This is ruining chicken, not making it lol

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Used-Love-8030@reddit

I boil chicken and then shred it and pan sear it with seasoning and butter after. Easiest way imo.

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BreadKnifeSeppuku@reddit

You can totally boil chicken. It's great if your dog has a medical condition

In the 80s and 90s you could still smoke inside. They probably couldn't taste seasoning anyway

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Latter-unoriginal@reddit

They needed more seasoning lol. People were just raies by boomers that couldn't be bothered to learn how to cook. And seasonings weren't as plentiful and cheap at one point.

A guy worked with a couple years ago was a 2 pack a day person and we had lunch together every day. He smothered things in black pepper to taste something.

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BreadKnifeSeppuku@reddit

My parents were boomers and I know how to season food and so did they

The best chef I know is a heavy smoker. It was just a joke

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akaynaveed@reddit

I mean gym bros are built different the level of dedication to ruining your body some of them have is undeniable.

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BreadKnifeSeppuku@reddit

Gotta get those macros in. Gut flora be damned.

Like the people ass blasting toilets at the gym. Maybe get a lactose free whey protein or stop chugging grams of creatine. IDK, personally I don't like shitting my guts out

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akaynaveed@reddit

Me neither I take Metamucil For this reason.

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Carvemynameinstone@reddit

I'd much rather put the chicken in a grill like a George Forman type. Don't even need to use oil, but a spritz of a can and you've got delicious chicken with equally low amounts of cleanup.

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SummertimeThrowaway2@reddit

I think we have bigger fish to fry than just seasoning. Is that a fucking rice cooker?!?

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BSV_P@reddit

One of my friend says he loves to eat, but hates to cook, so makes bland food because it’s easy

Dude eats to live. I live to eat

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ImNotGoogleLens@reddit

I've talked to one before and they legit thought plain chicken and broccoli was the only way to go

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SadAbbreviations6205@reddit

It looks like the pillsbury dough boy took a dump in a bowl of water😭

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voteforrice@reddit

Idk dude. Like I'm a gym bro. But I also have a pretty healthy relationship with food and season the fuck out of my food. I've talked to people at the gym and people around me about this type of diet and the people that eat like this just straight up don't enjoy the act of eating and do it out of necessity like they eat to live kinda thing. But like I'm also Asian and like the people I know that eat like this are all white I've never seen a black person, Hispanic, South Asian, middle eastern or another east Asian person say this. Like I want to say it's how these sad individuals are raised. Like they never grew up with good tasting food or food with soul. so they never really leaned the value of flavour.

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Intelligent-Ad1686@reddit

Some people who go to the gym have or have had issues with overeating.

They tell themselves that "food is fuel"

They don't season the foods because it becomes something they are eating for enjoyment rather than it just being fuel

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PreferenceAnxious449@reddit

They're not in it for pleasure. Going to the gym is probably torture for them too. It probably hurts to eat anything other than a snickers.

Some people think self improvement has to be hard, and the moment they make it actually fun they're cheating.

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Arcadiadic@reddit

Its because for years body builders were absolutely adamant about salt and other seasons being the reason youd overeat and that your food should only be used as fuel not pleasure.

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platon29@reddit

A lot of gym guys have eating disorders and body dysmorphia so, in a sense, yes. It's absolutely something they could think.

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dikicker@reddit

This is supposed to be food? Oh no, that's a bunch of tissues filled with regret

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Brokenblacksmith@reddit

If you're heavily into bodybuilding/fitness you can be eating so much that you will end up hating having heavily seasoned food.

A lot of time you're eating without actually being hungry, so theblack of seasoning just helps to choke down the food.

The few people i know that do this do have regular meals as well, something like this would be like a mid-afternoon protein bulk.

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OddCook4909@reddit

That's bizarre and fucked up

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CrustyConCarnage@reddit

The best way to lose weight is to eat less. The best way to eat less is to make eating as miserable as possible.

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KilljoyDivision99@reddit

The mentality is no sugar,no salt, eat the food as fuel, hit the racks and refuel and thats just it. Sometimes when ur to tired to chew,u know wat i did bck then...blend it all, put couple of raw eggs + prewo..and hit the machine or cardio..it suckss! Haha

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thex25986e@reddit

bro you sound miserable

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OddCook4909@reddit

You realize this is mental right?

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KilljoyDivision99@reddit

Hahaha tell that to the other gym nuts, atlest i didnt take it up the bum 'roidup' so yea, u see those bulky dudes..not natural... that y i stopped cuz chick n brocolli aint gonna cut it, + work schduel messed up in the adult life so yea..i chose my peace id rather hv flavors and good grilled chicken w glased honey skin caramelized cremebruled style cracked w a spoon ,cut the flesh juices comes out..fragrant rosemary and thyme fills the air, with a side of potatoes cooking in its own juices anyday tq haha

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ferrouswolf2@reddit

They genuinely believe that if it tastes good it’s bad for you. So if tastes bad, it’s good for your

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thex25986e@reddit

just wait till that person finds out how poop tastes

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Albertagus@reddit

Yes, they're absolutely devoid of rational thought processes because they've been told how to do everything by the internet. They have no critical thinking skills. So they end up just doin' stuff.

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popje@reddit

Kind of ironic because your comment brings nothing to the conversation.. Not everything you don't understand is automatically devoid of rational thoughts, there is a reason; they want to detach/suppress the pleasure aspect of food so they can see it as fuel instead of something you take pleasure in, their priorities are elsewhere.

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thex25986e@reddit

they sound like miserable people. not sure why anyone would want someone as hollow as them to be a role model of any kind unless they are just as hollow and miserable

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Albertagus@reddit

You dont know the person. Wtf are you talking about? Kindly shut the fuck up.

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popje@reddit

Nice critical thinking skills my man, you don't know them either yet they are void of any rational thoughts.

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Albertagus@reddit

Off yourself

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shittyfoodporn-ModTeam@reddit

Insults towards posters and other commenters will be removed, and you may be banned.

Racism, bigotry and hate of any sort will result in an immediate ban. Bans may be over turned upon appeal.

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Chamomila-@reddit

Well, do you know the person?

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Albertagus@reddit

Yes its Stanley. He makes the break room smell like boiled chicke

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Barracuda00@reddit

It’s called orthorexia

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_extra_medium_@reddit

They think food needs to be a punishment

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glittermoney4@reddit

It's really sad honestly, I think a lot of these men don't realize they have eating disorders

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RipStackPaddywhack@reddit

When you're trying to gain muscle mass, at a certain point you basically have to eat way too much for a normal human being your size to create a surplus of protein and nutrients for your body to build with.

It's easier to keep bland, unseasoned food down once you swallow way too much of it and a lot of spices will speed up the digestive process, when the goal is actually to slow it down so you absorb as much nutrients as possible from food before... disposing of it.

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Stunning_Warthog_141@reddit

Especially when you can get zero sodium seasoning and cook it on a grill or bake it and it's still going to be healthy. You don't have to boil it you just gotta lay off deep frying a breaded cutlet.

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OddCook4909@reddit

Our bodies are extremely good at dealing with salt if you don't have kidney issues or hypertension. I'd bet 99% of these gymbros don't need to worry about salt at all.

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Stunning_Warthog_141@reddit

That's a good point, I'm just probably mentioning that because I learned today I have dangerously high blood pressure.

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OddCook4909@reddit

We have fantastic drugs for that now. Glad you caught it sooner than later

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Interesting-Net9118@reddit

Right?? Food without flavor is just sad bread pretending to be a meal season it up, people!

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Rock_man_bears_fan@reddit

If you’re going for this type of diet, you’re going to get sick of eating the same thing every day no matter what you put on it

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Sufficient_Fan3660@reddit

some of them do think this

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TheWalkingDead91@reddit

Idunno someone online once told me they’re (gym bros obsessed with eating such abominations) like this because they feel like the least appetizing the food is, the less they’ll want to eat. So if that person is right about that particular subculture… more like the goal actually is to take all the pleasure out of eating. They see food purely as nutrition/calories/gains. Nothing more or less.

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Kevin1314171@reddit

When I was still in the military my buddy would talk about how seasonings confuse your body so it doesn’t prioritize processing protein for the gains. He spread this piece of knowledge through base like wildfire.

Years later once I was a higher rank and had some juniors of my own, when they started going to the gym I saw them eating plain chicken and asked them why. They spewed the same fucking line back at me. He had fucking spewed that bullshit so much at the gym on base that it kind of just persisted there even after he left like a dormant STD

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6Bachen6Benno6@reddit

These people define themselves by going through a bad time (working out hard) and centering it around bad experiences in general (no fap, eating this bs, standing up early) and they hope to get extreme success out of it. This of course has nothing to do with gym in general, i love working out and I love seaoning. I guess this is cultural, maybe even fragments of religious acts/rituals.

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SpicyPik@reddit

Seriously... Little bit of salt, lots of pepper, Italian seasoning seared and baked, dip in Sriracha, lots of flavour and still really healthy

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Porkenstein@reddit

I suspect sometimes it's just a time efficiency thing. I knew a guy like this who would consume food like medication. Actually enjoying a meal was an entirely separate activity from eating lean protien meant to bulk him up.

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Frostsorrow@reddit

I've legit heard more then a few say "seasoning is to many empty calories". Like bro, how much paprika are you putting on that it even registers?

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IrregularPackage@reddit

to actually answer your question, some people, mostly people really into lifting, choose to take a “food as fuel” approach to their diet. the idea is that by changing how you view food, it becomes much easier to control what goes into your body. if eating food stops being a thing you do for the enjoyment of it, then you’re not gonna be as tempted to go outside of the diet you have planned. another benefit is that meal prep gets really easy, since you’re not worried about if it tastes good or if you have good variety. usually they just have chicken, rice, some random veggies. portion it out, and scarf it down real quick when needed.

i’m pretty sure that at least half of the time, it’s just an eating disorder. but probably not all the time.

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_Noddabot@reddit

When I lost a ton of weight this was something I did a lot a well. Boiled chicken and I dipped it into a mix of mustard and cholula/tabasco/tapatio (whichever one I had on hand at the time). The point fore me, and many others I know that have done the same, is make food that is only acceptable/good when you are really hungry so you don't overeat. Some of us adopt the mindset that food is the enemy and it is strictly fuel to keep us from dying while we try to lose weight/gain muscle.

I get why many people don't agree with it, but when you need results and you over indulge frequently, it can work. Not for everybody, everything takes a certain mindset and history. But it's not super uncommon so it works for enough of us.

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verydepressedwalnut@reddit

It’s gotta be a form of eating disorder right? Like they’re trying not to enjoy food or punishing themselves for having to eat? It’s insane

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Fire_tempest890@reddit

It's usually novices who think they're hardcore/kids who don't know how to cook. No one can withstand this in the long term

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BuddhistNudist987@reddit

I read that a lot of bodybuilders have to eat so much food that if it's tasty they will get tired of it, but if it's bland they can cram more of it into their maws.

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sd_saved_me555@reddit

If food tastes good, you want to eat more of it. These people want their food to be unenjoyable so it's easier to stick to their tight diet plans.

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FinFinMcVin@reddit

Taste reminds them how much they miss the real thing

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Genius_woods@reddit

I work out 6 days a week and do bulk/cut cycles. At a point it becomes more about fuel than food. This is pretty out there but what I eat when I’m in the thick of it can be fairly boring as it’s simply just about getting the macros in. When I have to eat 5 meals a day it can be tough to keep seasoning things rather than just cooking what is available and getting it down.

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JustForTheMemes420@reddit

I think it might be a weird eating disorder at this point

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Master-Dot-2288@reddit

Its fuel not food, you aren't eating for pleasure but to get the protein and calories your body needs to build muscle. Most of them aren't crazy like this guy's roommate and still eat normal meals as well. But when you're simply consuming protein and calories taste doesnt matter, just getting it in you.

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queeriosn_milk@reddit

anti intellectualism is running rampant in gymbro circles. some dude with big muscles probably said “seasoning bad” and they all follow like little beefed up sheep.

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mothzilla@reddit

It's disgusting if it doesn't look like protein shake.

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Goreticus@reddit

It kind of is on their diet. Adding salt to an already high protein diet when you're sweating a lot will make your blood more solute so it retains more fluid and raises your blood pressure.

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IamA-GoldenGod@reddit

Dude’s just raw doging boiled chicken all day

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JackTeargarden@reddit

Protein people lack any understanding of actually enjoying food. They just want be in the protein club

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bmabizari@reddit

It’s an ED for some people. Make food as unappealing to eat so you don’t look forward to eating/so you only eat what’s absolutely necessary.

Funny thing is I think it takes more discipline to force down unflavored food than it does to moderate how much flavored food you eat. But to each their own.

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AccordingBathroom484@reddit

Seasoning is bad for you lmao.

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MellyMel86@reddit

Seasoning is where all the calories hide. Didn’t you know that?

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sixty9urmother@reddit

This would be illegal to serve in Germany fr

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danheinz@reddit

It's just to cook as much as possible as fast as possible. They cover everything in hot sauce and sugar free BBQ sauce.

I had a friend that did this and I made the argument you could just bake them in the oven for 25-35 mins. I think it's mostly driven by never learning how to cook and buying frozen. This is just what the guys on the bodybuilding forums say to do and in their minds you can't argue with "bro science"

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mofomeat@reddit

What is wrong with people passing judgment on others for how they eat their food?

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OddCook4909@reddit

Nothing. We know what that tastes like, and it's not good

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More-Gas-6527@reddit

If they enjoy the food they'll over eat so the eat as a chore

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JoshHuff1332@reddit

Amy deliberately make their food taste bad on cuts so they want to eat less as a strategy, particularly if you are getting bodybuilding lean.

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Bobbiduke@reddit

Seasoning makes gains smol

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AtomBombGoblin@reddit

Not disagreeing that the food looks unappetizing and no doubt that not all bodybuilders’ routines necessitate such practices, but it helps to keep in mind that they can end up eating the same high-calorie, high-protein meal dozens of times per week. It’s easier to prepare and control macros as well as limit salt intake this way.

When someone has to eat chicken breast/rice/protein powder five times a day to hit their calorie and protein goals it will not take long for them to stop caring how the food tastes, looks, or smells. If anything, flavorless, bland food could be helpful in avoiding taste fatigue.

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BtownBlues@reddit

It could very well be Autism. Autistic culinary palets are very bland and the routine of weightlifting goes very in synch with an autistic desire of continuous repetition.

I would and still do eat absolute bland protein gruel such as this unless my wife whips up something proper.

t. Weightlifter with Aspergers

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Dangerous_Patient621@reddit

Some people only feel legitimized when they are being punished. If this guy had been born in the Middle Ages, he would have become a monk, fasted, and flagellated himself.

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Jeramy_Jones@reddit

They’ve removed all enjoyment and comfort from the act of eating,to them, it’s a chore to consume the desired amount of macros. Eating is just another stage of the workout to slog through.

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drsmith48170@reddit

Yeah and lacking basic cooking techniques like roasting, searing, etc.

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ABDLPwincess@reddit

They do. At a certain point professional bodybuilders say that they stop using seasonings and stuff DURING COMPETITIONS. They idolize them and copy them. 🤓

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Hot_Diamond_3662@reddit

The manosphere is really getting to some people hard

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BunnyCat2025@reddit

I dated a bodybuilder. I would make him 2 dozen turkey burgers every Sunday for the week. If I put ANY seasoning on them at all, he wouldn't eat them. It offended me to cook unseasoned slabs of turkey weekly, yet I did it for four years.

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Dmau27@reddit

Did he think the more he suffered eating it, the better it worked?

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BunnyCat2025@reddit

The odd thing was? He seemed to enjoy the tasteless pucks of poultry. I'd rather not eat than consume something with no flavor. When I would cook us dinner, it always involved 2 separate dishes (he took me out a lot because he knew it was a PITA).

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Dmau27@reddit

Maybe his parents cooked that way? Some people woth health issues eat unseasoned unsalted foods.

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Avena626@reddit

Did he say why he wouldn't eat it seasoned?

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BunnyCat2025@reddit

Oddly enough, he never did and when we went out for meals, he would only order steak (no sauce, of course). As an aside, he is half Korean/half Chinese and grew up in a house full of spices and would eat Asian foods with flavor -- but ONLY Asian foods.

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tryingisbetter@reddit

How did you date, and cook, for someone for 4 years, and never ask why he didn't want it to taste good?

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annnm@reddit

How did you date, and cook, for someone for 4 years, and never ask why he didn't want it to taste good?

Body builders aren't eating a single slice of chicken breast a meal. They're eating pounds of lean meat a day. No variety of seasoning makes that more palatable. It does the opposite.

It's a modern thing to have so much variety and hyper-satiating foods in our diets. It's okay to reject that. It's no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.

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I_GIVE_ROADHOG_TIPS@reddit

This post is whiter than the unseasoned chicken

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tryingisbetter@reddit

That's a lot of words to just say that you cannot cook.

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annnm@reddit

That's a lot of words to just say that you cannot cook.

I forget that the average american reads at the level of an 8th grader. Sorry bud.

I'll use fewer than, uh, 8 sentences next time.

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hellraiserxhellghost@reddit

lol someones mad they can't cook and can't use seasonings. Enjoy your bland unsalted chicken buddy.

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annnm@reddit

lol someones buttmad that they can't cook or use seasonings. Enjoy your bland, tasteless, unsalted chicken buddy.

It's not particularly upsetting that I don't need to enjoy food as much as the typical overweight american.

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hellraiserxhellghost@reddit

Bragging about how much you love unseasoned food isn't the flex you think it is. I feel bad for you

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annnm@reddit

Bragging about how much you love unseasoned bland food isn't the flex you think it is.

People are taking ozempic to be how I am.

It's not really a flex in the sense that I'm proud of it, but that I am grateful for it. And also, I am naturally much healthier because of it.

Our society's obsession with flavor and hyperpalatable foods drives many unhealthy habits.

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HorrorAd7996@reddit

You’re a really cool person

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hellraiserxhellghost@reddit

Once again, none of that is a flex. Bruh just admit you have an eating disorder and leave.

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shittyfoodporn-ModTeam@reddit

Insults towards posters and other commenters will be removed, and you may be banned.

Racism, bigotry and hate of any sort will result in an immediate ban. Bans may be over turned upon appeal.

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Lem0n_Lem0n@reddit

The human race never ceases to surprise me

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Avena626@reddit

I'm half Chinese and I want allllll the flavor. I'm not a bodybuilder though.

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Kharax82@reddit

When youre eating the same thing every single day no matter how well it’s seasoned you’re going to get sick of it, so they just make it bland as possible to stop getting tired of it.

Think how amazing Pizza is, now imagine eating 14 times a week for the next 6 months.

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DesperateAdvantage76@reddit

I've seen the super serious bodybuilders treat food as purely nutrition to avoid any temptation. Food to them was not supposed to be enjoyed or craved.

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Poly_Olly_Oxen_Free@reddit

I would make him 2 dozen turkey burgers every Sunday for the week.

I'm just trying to math this. 24 burgers doesn't divide equally over 7 days. Was he eating 3 most days, and then 4 a few days? Was he eating anything else? 3 turkey burgers a day doesn't sound like a bodybuilder amount of calories. I don't even lift professionally, I just do it for fun, and I eat more than that. Was that just what he was eating for a cut phase? I'm just really curious about this whole thing, I am not trying to be rude at all.

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BunnyCat2025@reddit

That was just for his lunch! He ate different amounts on different days depending on what bits were being exercised. I'm a superbly lazy human so I never quite got his math down quantity/exercise wise.

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Cleansing4ThineEyes@reddit

Sometimes people just round

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One-piece-jigsaw@reddit

Dude must have laid an extra brick for the shit house every morning.

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Suibeam@reddit

Most people dont choose and up with every shit. Atleast you eventually made a decision or got lucky and got out of that

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RatherGoodDog@reddit

Did you break up because he started growing feathers?

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RoyOfCon@reddit

Did you also put a juice in his lunchbox?

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blender4life@reddit

Solid joke 👍

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BunnyCat2025@reddit

Juice??? That has flavor! C'mon I was just a good girlfriend back in the day :-D

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RoyOfCon@reddit

You were a good girlfriend for doing all that.

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courtjester27@reddit

I was hanging out at the bar with my brother and some of his acquaintances, and one of the guys casually mentioned that he makes boiled chicken smoothies to help him bulk. Everyone let it slide like it was normal, it wasn’t until I asked him why on earth he would drink cat food that everyone at the table realized how absurd he sounded.

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LilCheese73@reddit

You gotta be smokin crack to eat this man

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pumz1895@reddit

Did he...did he just boil chicken in plain water and eat it?

At first glance I thought it was battered, then I thought maybe it's the container, then it finally clicked...

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SirWilliam56@reddit

What is that?

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smegmama_@reddit

This has to equate to some sort of eating disorder honestly

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ktami08@reddit

I can’t believe other people have roommates that also do this

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Lt_Dingus83@reddit

Chicken boiled in piss AGAIN?!

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alickstee@reddit

That looks like turds.

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SLC-Originals@reddit

Um, ew

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ku420guy@reddit

You can be built like bricks and still have a sack of potatoes in your head. That's usually the case. The "gym bro" usually doesn't care about anything but. They will eat protein powder with a spoon.

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UnderstandingOld6189@reddit

This is how i make chicken for my DOG mind you 😭

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NickDjukic@reddit

I had a gym bro friend who ate the most bland unseasoned terrible chicken and broccoli every meal - I asked him why he didn’t at least add pepper or paprika or SOMETHING to make the flavor better.

He said if the food tasted too good he’d be compelled to eat “too much” and ruin his abs.

Woof.

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Brewbouy@reddit

I've been joking with my kids about this for a while now, but this is the first time I've actually seen it.

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lazemachine@reddit

Close your eyes and think of England.

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PTBooks@reddit

Show this to a forensic scientist without context and they’ll probably say ‘active bloat’.

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Glass-Building9904@reddit (OP)

LMAO my bio friends and i were joking about how he should served it alongside a scalpel, they almost look like organs 😭😭

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Illustrious_Rice_933@reddit

I mean ... They are organs lol

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spicyukuleles@reddit

Chicken breast is muscle tissue, not an organ. Organs would be liver, heart, giblets, etc.

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Illustrious_Rice_933@reddit

The muscular system is an "organ system": "The muscular system is an organ system consisting of skeletal, smooth, and cardiac muscle" (wiki

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MelonJelly@reddit

I mean, technically...

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fitthatfitting@reddit

tell him to buy Costco chicken instead

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crowwreak@reddit

I thought it was Mozzarella

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MaddieDiggs@reddit

adipocere 🤔

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invalid95@reddit

I used to make something similar for my dog, but she was a dog

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charmredux@reddit

Me too, but for my cat when he had to get his teeth pulled. Unseasoned cooked chicken whilst he was on antibiotics, I miss that idiot cat every day.

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thefakemacaw@reddit

This is literally what my dad feeds the family dog lmao

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1MechanicalAlligator@reddit

I'm half asleep and I first read this comment as "...what my dog feeds the family dad lmao"

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DesperateAdvantage76@reddit

I make this exact same thing for my dogs. It's so easy, just cheap low quality chocken breasts in an instant pot, no seasoning or anything.

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LinkedInParkPremium@reddit

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buffalocoinz@reddit

This and some white rice when they get diarrhea

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invalid95@reddit

Always

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BotGirlFall@reddit

A little canned pumpkin helps too!

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BVRPLZR_@reddit

And pineapple if they like to recycle their meals! (Eat poop)

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pipinngreppin@reddit

she was a dog

What is she now?

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invalid95@reddit

Dead

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pipinngreppin@reddit

Fuck

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invalid95@reddit

Its okay, she lived for 18 years

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Fppares@reddit

Came here to say this lol

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KlooShanko@reddit

There was a guy on Love is Blind who would do this and then blend them into his own protein shakes. No way it was cheaper or tasted better than just whey

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Exotic_Reporter_3309@reddit

Looks like a bunch of pale constipated poops.

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PaleontologistSad448@reddit

Typa shit they'd serve to you in a tavern in 1302 before you got executed

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pocketMagician@reddit

They knew about salt in 1302

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Dmau27@reddit

Yes, they boiled it right off so they could peel the rotten parts off.

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Impossible_Ad4789@reddit

Not just salt there are a lot of wild growing spices even in bland old europe, its just that not a lot of people use them anymore, but Im pretty sure they ate them back then.

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RatherGoodDog@reddit

I hate the "hurr durr no spices" brigade.

European cooking has always used herbs more than spices. It's a false premise to say it has no flavour, it only shows you don't know how to cook.

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littlebottles@reddit

They did! Check out https://www.youtube.com/c/tastinghistory

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sorrowmultiplication@reddit

best youtube channel

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littlebottles@reddit

Totally!!! Max is so great

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PaleontologistSad448@reddit

Yeah but apparently the peasant meal depicted in this image didn't deserve it

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One-piece-jigsaw@reddit

😆😆

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ashmyketchum@reddit

What are they… doing to it

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Dmau27@reddit

Why not bake it with a citris based marinade? It helps with breaking it down for absorption and taste amazing.

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HomerStillSippen@reddit

Seasoning has like no calories, no wonder so many people fail at the gym or their diets. They think you have to eat like this lol

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Ok_Signature7481@reddit

Its literally because if it tastes good it makes it harder to eat only mechanically. These people are trying to separate any pleasure from food so that it becomes just a list of macros that they shovel in every day.

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SummertimeThrowaway2@reddit

That’s just sad

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Honeybadger2198@reddit

So an eating disorder?

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BaronessofBara@reddit

yeah lmfao I was about to say, that's just orthorexia. Don't make these weirdos seem hard and tough for doing this to themselves. This is an ED. Food consumption is meant to be pleasurable, that's why it sets of dopamine receptors.

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Manlysideburns@reddit

Devil's advocate - those receptors are from a time when food was scarce. Those very same pleasure centers make it much harder to eat healthy in a society where food, especially unhealthy food, is abundant. It's a complicated issue

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Trolio@reddit

I long for a time of our children's children when pepole like you understand just like how you don't wear makeup or tights to attract men, these men don't live ultra dicimpllined lives to impress you.

Nobody is trying to be "hard" or "tough". That's you assuming they're performing for you.

There are many ways to find pleasure in life, and nbody has to ask you if their viersin of pleasure is good enough for you.

Yes, it's TECHINCALLY an eating disorder. TECHINALLY they are engaging in disordered and unhealthy eating, even if it's extremely regimented and monitored 100x more then you've ever monitored any part of your body in your entire life.

And realistically, this guy is probably just poor. He can't afford a nationalist with premade meals, so he does bulk unseasoned chicken.

But if you want to classify this as an eating disorder, then you are purposefully conflating the point to suit your own narrative.

So, you're just a mean girl.

Simple as

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BaronessofBara@reddit

thog don't care.

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NotNice4193@reddit

yall always say this shit...but it has nothing to do with eating. They have a goal, and it is the easiest way to stick to the goal for them. Many pro athletes do this as well. Not everyone has to enjoy eating food. its not a disorder to enjoy looking and feeling good while not giving a shit what food tastes like. fatasses on reddit just have to insult someone else to make themselves feel better about being fat.

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Theabsoluteworst1289@reddit

When I was suffering the most from ED (but not a bodybuilder) I also had “a goal”. Wanting to be skinny or wanting to be muscular doesn’t change the fact that they have an eating disorder.

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cave18@reddit

They say eating disorder so that they dont have to use their brain and explain why they think its bad or damaging.

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Altruistic_Dare6085@reddit

You don't think it's bad that someone would deny themselves a basic life pleasure for no reason, even though it's completely possible for them to hit their health and fitness goals while eating tasty seasoned food?

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cave18@reddit

Not really no. Seems like its their choice and it works for them with genuinely no other side impacts

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Altruistic_Dare6085@reddit

If they always ate like that I guess it wouldn't be an issue. I guess it's just depressing and strange to me when you see people who let themselves have flavour before suddenly decide the only way they can get healthy is through denying themself any kind of food pleasure. Why?

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cave18@reddit

Part of it is at the upper levels of working out, the amount of food, especially protein, you have to eat is frankly awful.

Genuinely with working out making sure you are meeting your macros can become more of a chore. That isnt to say they dont eat tasty meals ever. Its just that with how often and how much they need protein, quick and easy route ends up being taken.

Ofc I would recommend seasoning i just dont think its the indication of some imbalance thay most think it is

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DevelopmentHot333@reddit

that’s…. literally what disordered eating is 😂

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NotNice4193@reddit

Orthorexia nervosa is not recognized as an eating disorder by the American Psychiatric Association, and so is not mentioned as an official diagnosis

you LiTeRaLlY dont know shit.

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DevelopmentHot333@reddit

brother the APA also advocated for the use of lobotomies in medicine for like a good decade. they aren’t the end-all-be-all of medicine 😭 it’s like trying to tell me a colloquial term isn’t a real word bc it’s not in the dictionary. that’s not how that works 😭😭

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curious_ape_97@reddit

He doesn’t have an argument so he had to argue from the authority of an organization.

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DevelopmentHot333@reddit

his brain is so smooth :(

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NotNice4193@reddit

wow youre so smarter than I

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NotNice4193@reddit

lol you dont get to define a word. thats not how the world works. trying to bring up something decades ago to give random dumbass redditors more credibility is peak reddit.

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DevelopmentHot333@reddit

what makes you so special that you use reddit but aren’t a “dumbass redditor” 😂

and yes actually ppl do make up and define words, where else would they come from?

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NotNice4193@reddit

what makes you so special that you use reddit but aren’t a “dumbass redditor”

when did i claim im not dumb? im fat as well. I just think its funny that yall want to claim athletes have eating disorders because they are disciplined. its pathetic.

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DevelopmentHot333@reddit

ew i’m arguing w a fat tard? tf am i doing

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CheeseDoodles1234@reddit

an "eating disorder" is not "disordered eating".

Words have meaning. Disordered eating are collections of behaviors that are among common risk factors for the development of an eating disorder. Disordered eating refers to a broad spectrum of problematic behaviors and attitudes towards eating, weight, appearance, and food.

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NotNice4193@reddit

the clown i originally responded to said "eating disorder "

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Fermently_Crafted@reddit

Disordered eating isn't the same as an eating disorder.

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CheeseDoodles1234@reddit

It's textbook disordered eating.

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LikeABreadstick@reddit

How can you link this unironically? "Food regarded primarily as source of health rather than pleasure" is one of seven symptoms listed, and by far the least problematic. This is like saying someone that sets an alarm on their days off has insomnia. You took one tiny overlap between that disorder and a lack of seasoning and then completely ignored everything that makes it an actual disorder.

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CheeseDoodles1234@reddit

I've known a lot of people who got into the gym-bro, macro bullshit and it's always the same - food is fuel not pleasure is a blanket answer to anxiety around dietary practices, obsession over elimination diets, thinking other people who don't eat like them don't care about their health, and a belief that they're better for obsessing over eating unseasoned chicken.

I'm not making a diagnosis over the internet, but eating boiled chicken and because seasoning is "unhealthy" is disordered eating.

Divorcing eating from "pleasure" to psychologically control food intake for aesthetic reasons is disordered eating.

Calling people who disagree with that "fatasses" and claiming moral superiority for these habits is a hallmark of - wait for it - disordered eating.

Disordered eating and "Eating Disorder" are different things. They are alarm bells.

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NotNice4193@reddit

except eating bland food doesnt automatically mean it fits that does it? fat and cant comprehend. wild

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wing3d@reddit

Might want to cycle off the other "Supplements" that are making you angry.

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NotNice4193@reddit

lmaoooo. I eat cheeseburgers and am fat myself. nice try clown.

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Ok_Breakfast5425@reddit

Whines about people on reddit being insulting while insulting people. Pot, meet kettle.

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NotNice4193@reddit

lol fatasses triggered

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cave18@reddit

"Eating disorder" and its just a diet lol

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blamelessfriend@reddit

you can go on a diet without eating boiled unsalted chicken you goblin

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cave18@reddit

And you can also do that with unsalted chicken. I really dont see the issue

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Ace-of-Spxdes@reddit

The issue is that you're putting an extreme definition on food that will potentially spiral into an eating disorder. You cannot have a healthy relationship with your food if you're too busy stressing over whether or not a teaspoon of seasoning will ruin your perfect diet as OP said he was.

Food, in a vacuum, is neither good nor bad, it just is. Now we're not talking about genuinely bad foods (or, more accurately, "empty foods" aka foods that have no nutritional value and are not sustainable to live off of without health consequences), like McDonald's or other fast foods, we're talking about whatever you buy and cook yourself.

When you start assigning any meaning to food that isn't neutral ("bad" foods or "good" foods), your brain goes into black and white thinking and thus creates stress. As a result you get people like this - people that cannot even phantom being able to enjoy seasoned food because they think it's "bad" for them, aka an eating disorder.

The general rule of food is that if you're getting all of your nutritional needs met, you're doing okay on that front. Yes, you can get all of your nutritional needs met even if you season your food. Seasoning your food will not make you addicted to food (however, heavily processed foods will because that's how they're made).

All I'm saying is that OPs friend is on a slippery slope to an eating disorder. This is often how it starts. Ask me how I know.

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Additional_Gene_211@reddit

Great, even food and eating are social constructs! Thanks, now you're going to say health is also subjective.

I'm being sarcastic about the thanks but truthful about the social constructs lol

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TheDevilishFrenchfry@reddit

Even paprika, salt, garlic, onion, pepper, and mixed walmart herb chicken with some seasoned rice like tomato rice or cilantro lime rice isn't so crazy good that I'm like "man I need to shovel 4 lbs of this down my gullet" I think the problem with people who need to eat their food like this is they grew up exposed to so little flavor that even a salt pepper chicken breast was the gold standard home cooked meal with some 7 minute rice, and that's all they've ever known, and to them they absolutely would over eat that

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4r4r4real@reddit

If you're really working your ass off in the gym there's basically no end to the hunger. I could absolutely overeat the fuck out of chicken if I let myself.

I season mine, and just use a food scale and some discipline to stick to what I want to be eating. But I definitely stay away from anything hyperpalatable. If I wanna go crazy I'll eat a big ass bowl of berries or something.

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urbz102385@reddit

My buddy was a 3 time Natural Olympia and 2 time Natural Universe. This dudes cheat day involved something like 9-10 burgers at BK, it was savage lol

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Jarl_Balgruf@reddit

What's his name?

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urbz102385@reddit

Brandon Lirio

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cornstinky@reddit

Yeah you salt all that extra calories and you will be getting like 4x your daily allowance of sodium. It's easier to force feed yourself bland food and healthier.

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Frosty_Challenge1045@reddit

I think people do it for lots of different reasons and you are just talking out of your ass

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Sumoki_Kuma@reddit

That's honestly so depressing

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GardenOrca@reddit

Get them to the Snowpiercer. They’d thrive there.

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sexytimepizza@reddit

Mmmm, protein blocks...

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thex25986e@reddit

and soylent green

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Skoldeen@reddit

Blocks of roaches, my favorite

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glittalogik@reddit

I actually tried some sort protein bar thingy made with cricket flour a while back. I applaud the concept but even as a processed bar it was fkn nasty.

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MourningDove03@reddit

I understand how it's gross and all but like, if there was a bug that had good macros I would eat it. Like, bugs aren't that gross to eat ya know?

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oyst@reddit

I think it's more a texture and how many can you digest thing because the chitin gets stuck in your teeth (I'm guessing, assuming it's like popcorn)

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toweljuice@reddit

Some people that eat like this also have a ED

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pixel_of_moral_decay@reddit

That’s exactly what it is.

Make it not pleasurable so there’s no cravings.

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eekspiders@reddit

So an eating disorder

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cave18@reddit

Sure if it makes you feel better to call it that

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eekspiders@reddit

There's literally zero reason to subject yourself to bland food. It doesn't improve your performance, it doesn't burn weight or build muscle any faster, and it doesn't make you more attractive than if you had food with flavor. And it's not "having discipline," because people with actual discipline around their diet aren't threatened by a little garlic and rosemary

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pixel_of_moral_decay@reddit

You’re taking this way too personal. Not everyone cares about food. For lots of people eating is like shitting, it’s just a biological function so we can do stuff we enjoy.

This isn’t some obscure minority either. Lots of people just don’t care about food. People who do assume everyone else does and that’s the default.

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Ok_Leopard924@reddit

imagine if people were saying they would only breath flavored air, hell people get bent out of shape at the people who only consume water if it's got a fuck ton of sugar and flavorings in it

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pixel_of_moral_decay@reddit

I’ve gotten a lot of shit for not drinking soda or alcohol.

People who are addicted to that stuff don’t like people not constantly consuming it.

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pixel_of_moral_decay@reddit

You don’t have to enjoy food to be healthy. Lots of people eat things they don’t like for the nutritional value, and avoid unhealthy food.

It’s only a disorder if it’s causing harm. Arguably this demographic has less disordered eating than the general public consuming way too much sugar and calories; which is a disorder.

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eekspiders@reddit

It's one thing to eat something you don't like for the health benefits. I don't like beans but I'll still have them once I dress them up with enough seasonings. However, my comment and the one above me are referring to people who intentionally make their food unpalatable to eliminate cravings. I speak as someone who did exactly this for a competitive sport, it was a subtler form of self harm that left me miserable in the long run

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pixel_of_moral_decay@reddit

Making food less palatable isn’t an eating disorder unless it causes you to make unhealthy choices.

And in this case, they’re explicitly doing it to facilitate making better choices.

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eekspiders@reddit

Subjecting yourself to something you find unpalatable isn't exactly the healthiest when there are alternative ways to facilitate making better choices. Plus this type of stuff often occurs alongside other behavior such as obsessions with exercise or tracking calories/macros. The root issue is that a lot of these gym bros struggle with their self-image and society expects men to just "toughen up" instead of addressing those underlying emotional factors

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pixel_of_moral_decay@reddit

You’re really reaching now, to the point I suspect you’re the one defending your disorder and don’t like the idea of other people eating healthy and thus making you feel guilt.

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eekspiders@reddit

My dude, I do martial arts and I've seen the toxic lengths that folks (men and women alike) will go in the name of performance, and depriving themselves of enjoyment is a big one. I was one of them too, and that hampered my ability to enjoy other things, including my sport itself. When I lost a competition, I was angry that my "work" wasn't enough, and when I won, I was relieved that I could justify what I put myself through—but there was a distinct absence of joy or achievement

Thankfully, I found a different space with people who have a much healthier outlook and that's been helping me repair my relationship with food

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blamelessfriend@reddit

there is nothing healthy about removing the pleasure you get from eating food you dumbass.

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pixel_of_moral_decay@reddit

Not everyone views eating as a highly pleasurable thing. For many it’s just a biological function.

You’re projecting your personal opinions on others.

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FrenchWenchOnaBench@reddit

I'd say their eating is more orderly than the majority of non gym goers.

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eekspiders@reddit

You can be orderly with flavor

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smoofus724@reddit

From what I understand, a lot of the guys that eat massive amounts of calories a day don't season the food because a lot of seasoning is sodium and eating 5,000 calories of salted food is not great for you when the alternative is just to not season it and not have to worry about it.

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mr-english@reddit

That's literally not it.

Eating is hard when you're bulking because you eat so much you're never hungry. You don't need to do anything to "eat only mechanically". Every meal is like that whether you like it or not because you have to eat whole meals when you're not hungry.

With that in mind, seasoning your food is a waste of time because it doesn't make it any more enjoyable.

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Stickybunfun@reddit

I had a buddy who did this because he'd put all the chicken into a blender with other stuff.

The shakes he made, Bless me little baby Jesus Christ, make me gag to think about. Vile food paste, basically.

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Level9_CPU@reddit

Truly psychotic behavior. I'm on a health journey currently and I cannot even fathom not enjoying my food???? Smoothies? Delicious. Salads? Scrumptious. Chicken? The best. Veggies? Roasted and seasoned please. Why would anyone even consider sacrificing flavor?

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ThePsychoKnot@reddit

If they can't control their food intake without making it taste terrible, they have bigger problems.

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AlternativeDraw1795@reddit

I saw a bodybuilder in one documentary about food and he made himself eggs sunny side up and he ate it with spoon. He took one whole egg and just shove it in mouth, chew a little, swallowed and went for another eggs.

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maximumchuck@reddit

You're giving them too much credit. It's because they're lazy and don't know how to cook.

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CheeseDoodles1234@reddit

It's called orthorexia nervosa.

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iReign_x@reddit

I had this chocolate nut bar that I really liked, it was good for releasing energy in different stages and tasted great, so I used it when I did 40-50 mile cycles where I'd eat a few.

Then, last year I cycled the North Coast 500 (Scotland), I was shovelling so many chocolate nut bars in my mouth I felt like I was force feeding myself at some points. Now, I fucking hate that bar.

Maybe this is the gym equivalent to never working with your hobby so your hobby starts to feel like your job.

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Correct-Bet-1557@reddit

Wow this hits so hard, it’s exactly why I always ate bland food during my Olympic wl days when I was trying to stay as light as possible

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i_wish_i_was_bread@reddit

Fr 😭😭 I use to be deep in anorexia, despite that I'd season my food and I remember posting one of my meals on ED twitter (when it was actually twitter) and some girl seriously said "good luck getting fat"???!! All bc God forbid I put salt and pepper and some chilli flakes on boiled veggies? I'm recovered now but I swear on my life a dash of salt and pepper isn't going to make you fat lmao my ugly little bony ass was proof. Excess salt can cause water retention and bloating but a dash isn't going to do that, in fact you kinda need sodium and electrolytes to exist unless you want to be dehydrated 24/7.

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Star_Chaser_158@reddit

I eat really clean and consistently and have been for about 3-4 years now. This is literally my answer when people always give me the “don’t you get bored of eating like that?”. Seasoning!

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SmartTea1138@reddit

I think a lot of gym bro brains think seasoning = salt.

I was working with an avid gym bro and we were having lunch. The guy literally had a boiled chicken breast, white plain rice, and broccoli (it smelled horrible). He said seasoning has salt in it. The next day I brought him little baggies of spices from my pantry and it blew his mind.

You're not adding any calories by using things like onion/garlic powder, cumin, plain/smoked paprika, etc. All you're doing is adding flavor and a nice smell.

I'm not even a chef or have worked in a kitchen! I just learned this from my parents and the internet.

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Shlocktroffit@reddit

If you grew up with boomer or older parents, they probably told him 10000 times from birth that salt=bad.

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1MechanicalAlligator@reddit

And now poor kids and young adults of today are being told 10000 times by idiots on Reddit that all carbs=bad.

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Shlocktroffit@reddit

It used to fat was the enemy, then salt, then carbs...anything but naming the real enemy which is overconsumption of refined sugar

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Cheap_Papaya_2938@reddit

Wow, sounds like he only was exposed to the bottled/packaged seasoning blends like Mrs Dash

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Princess_Slagathor@reddit

Funny you mention Dash, as its whole gimmick is being zero salt.

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Cheap_Papaya_2938@reddit

Huh, I’m definitely thinking of something else then lol

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Princess_Slagathor@reddit

Probably McCormick stuff, it's a sodium overload, yet somehow tastes bland.

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tryingisbetter@reddit

Yeah, I was confused by your first comment, since all Mrs dash has no salt.

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zveroshka@reddit

Yep, and they can be salty as fuck. We rented some airbnb few years ago that had all these seasoning things. I used one without reading the ingredients. Added salt like normal. Turned out the first ingredient in that seasoning was salt. Chicken was barely edible.

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EntertainerVirtual59@reddit

You're not adding any calories by using things like onion/garlic powder, cumin, plain/smoked paprika, etc.

This is not true. A teaspoon of the seasonings listed are 6-10 calories. If you're heavy on the seasoning it could actually be a notable amount in your food.

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CounterspellFTW@reddit

I will push back here and fully claim that some of the best chicken I have made was roasted and only seasoned with salt

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DimensioT@reddit

The seasoning probably has some calories, just not enough to worry about even if meticulously calculating.

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damontoo@reddit

Don't know why everyone's assuming he eats it like this too. He probably shreds it and adds it to burritos with salsa etc. that get reheated later.

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jimjamiam@reddit

seasoning is like the least of this guy's problems .. boiling chicken?! nasty

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MysteriousConflict38@reddit

There's a subset of people, usually gymbros, that go out of their way to take ALL the joy out of eating to separate positive rewards with food.

And because they are joyless.

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U-235@reddit

When you are eating two or three times as much as the average person, and the average person is already eating too much salt based on AHA guidelines, then in order to eat enough calories while being as healthy as you can, your food would have to be like 25% as salty as what an average person would consider a well seasoned meal. This can also become a problem with consuming too much fat, and why you can't just pan fry everything and make it delicious. Although steaming is way smarter than boiling for that purpose. But yeah, you can find hot sauces that are low sodium and that sort of thing.

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deaddeadbees@reddit

My ex had a friend who brought tilapia to a bowling alley. Not a flake of seasoning to be seen. Seasoning without portion was “useless”

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stratusnimbo@reddit

I mean it’s boiled chicken….it looks gross right now but once it’s taken out of the water, shredded up and seasoned it’s fine.

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Robotpoop@reddit

I hope he's rotting in a prison somewhere.

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himewilly@reddit

That looks delicious tho I’d probably steam the breasts and serve with soy, ginger, scallions and hot oil.

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onemoretimex@reddit

I would make it like that as it was the easiest. Didn’t taste bad.. just ate to bulk.

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let_them_let_me@reddit

🤮

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isabeldrerrie@reddit

Looks like hyena poop tbh

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bigdlittlea@reddit

Take that image back, man, 🤮

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CharmingOperation156@reddit

There's nothing wrong with boiling chicken, the issue is that that's all people do.. boiled chicken is actually a base for a lot of Indian cuisine! Like Chicken Korma, or Chicken Masala, or Pish-Pash

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Flutterpiewow@reddit

What

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Ill-Proof-1514@reddit

The chicken of doom and despair (Buy your roommate some bbq seasoning will you)

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Shakemixmix@reddit

Simply, this big pot is envying. me

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cheerioz12@reddit

I think they do this bc if it tastes bad they wont be inclined to eat more

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ratsinmamoufLIXI@reddit

Jail

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SmolVerzn98@reddit

It looks like salmonella has doubled ugh

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Slomowronghole@reddit

My Grandma used to boil a whole turkey for Thanksgiving every year. The smell was indescribable.

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One-piece-jigsaw@reddit

Granny's do have a certain smell...soapy.

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poemsforghosts@reddit

I dated a guy briefly who told me that his favorite meal with “chicken smoothies”. He’d boil chicken then cut it up and put it in a blender with a bunch of stuff. 😷

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One-piece-jigsaw@reddit

Straight from the Dahmer cook book

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Lower_Fan@reddit

I don’t know how much he blends it but well seasoned chicken goes well on a food processor. It’s basically ground chicken so you can make anything out of it.

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poemsforghosts@reddit

That is true! Maybe him calling it a smoothie threw me off lol

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BravestCashew@reddit

Took me a few minutes of reading comments (and a 2nd closer look) to realize that this wasn’t unfried chicken sitting in cold oil, but boiled chicken

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fireguyV2@reddit

He has an eating disorder.

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Gofundyourownfuneral@reddit

Some experts would call this disordered eating

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SecretSoupSlops@reddit

My bf works with someone who thinks it adds too many calories…but with enough encouragement he just started adding pepper lol

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speckledgem@reddit

Oh no, this is how I boiled chicken for my poorly dog. Get well soon gym bro.

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Realistic-Amoeba6401@reddit

Didn’t even know what I was looking at at first until I read the title

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godiegoben@reddit

I’ve never seen something look dry as fuck but also wet at the same time.

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SophieRose24@reddit

Yea no fuck that even when I ate boiled chicken id sear it a little after and coat it in a bit of salt pepper and sesame seeds

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Herbalacious@reddit

I go to the gym 5-6 days a week and there's no way I'm eating that. Calories is calories to me. Just keep everything in moderation so you're not eating half of your calories in sugar for example.

I go to the gym to be healthy, but also so I can eat good food. There's times when cutting that there needs to be some sacrifices to keep calories down but can still eat real food.

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Fish_Brownies@reddit

It's possible he's in a temporary cut, and the simple meal is easy to count macros. Its possible he's bulking, needing to eat 9 of those a day which no amount of seasoning would improve.

It's possible he's training for a show, and salt/seasonings actually DO matter, even a few grams of it can cause bloating.

I don't eat like this because I learned how to cook and don't compete. However, temporary sacrifices for a sport can justify eating this type of unseasoned rubber. Most bodybuilders and gym bros don't eat like this 24/7, and sacrifice for short bursts. Maybe all of you don't know what sacrifice is?

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Urag-gro_Shub@reddit

I mean, this isn't necessarily a bad way to make chicken salad sandwiches or buffalo chicken dip. But you should salt the water and add at least some black pepper and oregano! For chicken salad I add salt, black pepper, a bunch of mayo, ground mustard, white pepper, oregano, and a little thyme. It tastes better the next day, but sometimes after a day or two you need to add more mayo.

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ImComingBack4YouBaby@reddit

Gently poaching chicken is fine and has its uses, but I assume this is just flat out hard boiled to fuck which makes the texture horrible.

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rpgguy_1o1@reddit

I thought it looks like a liner of something like an instant pot, this is exactly what chicken breasts look like after being pressure cooked.

It looks gross like this, but once its shredded its fine. I usually give some to my cats before I season it or add some sort of sauce.

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green_speak@reddit

Poaching was exactly what I thought of as a compromise. A squeeze of lemon, some peppercorns, and herbs into the poaching water isn't that much more difficult or salty while still improving texture and flavor.

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Adjective-Noun-nnnn@reddit

This is what I was looking for. Poaching chicken breasts is a great way to cook them, but you need to salt the water significantly for good results, and it's usually an early step before making a different dish: chicken salad, dip, soup, whatever. Poaching is easy mode for cooking them just enough without drying them out, which is really easy to do with such a lean cut.

I mostly braise dark meat these days but it definitely has higher fat content... and everyone else has figured this out, too, so now it's more expensive.

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wasabiweed69420@reddit

americans dont understand that you can boil and do other things after it...

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green_speak@reddit

This post has nothing to do with Americans, but somehow you felt it necessary to mention it.

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Ogelthorpe-Ogie@reddit

Poached chicken is bomb as fuck

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Urag-gro_Shub@reddit

My mom used to cook it this way for 4-5 hours, unseasoned. Kind of put me off of it, just by itself. I prefer it roasted and not over cooked if I'm planning to have the chicken by itself.

So much of the chicken nowadays is woody anyway so I haven't really been eating much at all

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happy_pad@reddit

for 4-5 hours

Holy shit.

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BVRPLZR_@reddit

My mom also ruined chicken for me as a kid. It was horribly dry and unseasoned. she’d try and make bbq chicken once in a while, it was just charcoal flavored. I didn’t start eating chicken till my mid 30s

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BotGirlFall@reddit

But do you poach it in water or broth?

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GodsFavoriteDegen@reddit

Butter.

Start with Suprêmes de Volaille aux Champignons, which is an old recipe popularized by Julia Child.

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BotGirlFall@reddit

Well thats way different then just plain boiled chicken

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GodsFavoriteDegen@reddit

Correct, in that it's way better than plain boiled chicken. That's fine, though, because only psychopaths eat plain boiled chicken.

If you can lay your hands on a copy of The Fine Art of French Cooking, there's a whole section of Suprêmes de Volaille recipes, nearly all of which amount to "poach the chicken in butter, remove the chicken, and then make a sauce in the pan". They're super quick and simple.

If you absolutely must have chicken boiled in liquid, you can use whatever liquid you want. Water, wine, broth, butterscotch ice cream topping, whatever. Just make sure that it hits temperature.

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FrostyTheHippo@reddit

Exactly. Gently poach in salted water to like 150f, and then flavor it up depending on application? Good stuff.

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irisfaefire@reddit

Poached chicken is fine since most of the time there is some sort of sauce on the side and eat it with a veggie or carb side. And even then the poaching/boiling liquid is usually seasoned. Chicken breast in plain water and consumed as is, which sounds like how OP's roommate prefers it for gym reasons, is depressing af.

I gym too and you wouldn't catch me dead eating like this. Everything is fine in moderation.

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mkfbcofzd@reddit

The national dish of Singapore is chicken rice and it's prepared this way

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10th_Patriot_Down@reddit

Yeah, id normally do this, because I feel the constant need to watch chicken in a pan or grill etc. I guess oven would work, but I like the convivence. But yeah, do this, shred it, put it in a pita with lettuce, tomato, onion, buffalo sauce and some other seasonings. Go to town. Super quick and simple.

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SEND_ME_FEAT_PICS@reddit

Yeah, I cook chicken this way all the time, but I'm not just fishing it out of the pot and going all Gollum on it without any other preparation. I'll toss a couple of bullion cubes or a packet of sazón into there to get a little flavor on it and I'll normally shred it up for a prepared dish.

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Urag-gro_Shub@reddit

Ooh sazón is a great idea, I'll have to try that next time

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Celestia_May@reddit

Then shed it and put spicy sauce on it ? If not it's a crime

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atworkthough@reddit

nooo

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LordButterbeard@reddit

Its a good start. Shred it and sauce it.

My go-to healthy dressing is sriracha mixed with greek yogurt.

Tell roomy to grow a taste bud. Mind is as important as body.

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MagicSwordMagic@reddit

Now that sounds like a good chicken salad! You put that on bread or crackers? Or just eat it from the bowl? Both options sound great!😅

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LordButterbeard@reddit

Usually on top of shredded lettuce or steamed veggies, nuts or seeds for crunch

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fabian7248@reddit

Chicken salad ?

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PmMeBitchingKneecaps@reddit

What the fuck

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k_clouty@reddit

🙏 atleast my food flavourful

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lonesometroubador@reddit

That's how I make it for my dogs!

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Mindless-Mulberry404@reddit

Those that are serious, understand this. It becomes more about just getting quality protein in you and less about making it taste good.

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MagicSwordMagic@reddit

it is so easy to season boiled (and shredded) chicken.

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Mindless-Mulberry404@reddit

Yah, but who cares, you eat so much of this it becomes more about just getting it in you

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MagicSwordMagic@reddit

Yah i get it. My dad was on a tuna/chicken protein kick. He always said the “just gotta get it in” line. Turned a room into a home gym. Pumping iron in between IT work issues as a WFH security guy for WellsFargo😅

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Federal-Alps-2776@reddit

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Yearn4Mecha@reddit

I’ve eaten plenty of boiled chicken breast in my life. While I’ve never cooked it, I can think of the upsides. It stupid simple. I can also see why you wouldn’t season it. You’d need a fuck ton of seasons besides salt for it to really have much impact on boiled chicken. You would just be seasoning the water. It isn’t the boiled chicken that is weird. It is not eating it with anything after it is on the plate that is weird. No dipping sauce, no sprinkle of spices on top. Boiled chicken was never a problem, it has always been the 2nd step being skipped that was weird to me

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MagicSwordMagic@reddit

Salt, pepper, lemon juice, mayo, one boiled egg. Simple, fast and ingredients can be swapped out fairly easily!

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MagicSwordMagic@reddit

great start for chicken salad. Boiled chicken shreds nicely and takes seasoning easily as you add your own slurry of ingredients!

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rapidsnake4@reddit

Is your roommate a dog?

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bigtiddiepanda@reddit

Soooo he needs to be put in jail for that abomination

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GirlThatBakes@reddit

Also how my gym bro roommate made chicken! From time to time I would make us both seasoned oven baked chicken and he would rave about how it was the best chicken ever… he also got takeout frequently (since he clearly can’t cook) so it wasn’t truly a health thing. More laziness.

He also kept the pot with the leftover chicken and water in the fridge for up to 2 weeks until he finished it. So nasty

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whynotmeow@reddit

Looks like a meal my mother in law used to make. Her “famous Italian chicken” and it was just chicken breast put in a crock pot with an entire bottle of Italian salad dressing poured over it along with some water. A crime against food

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SellaTheChair_@reddit

This looks like reclaimed clay in a pottery studio lmao

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pun_in10did@reddit

Remember when dog shit would turn white in the sun due to bone meal content? This looks like someone is rehydrating old white dog turds.

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zangor@reddit

Bro is buying himself a 1 way ticket to ‘having a wet dream about nacho cheese’.

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jdschmi1@reddit

r/brandnewsentence

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luvmibratt@reddit

I remember my grandma yard would have white turds before my grandpa cleaned up from the dogs ,do dogs not shit white any more? Ive never had a dog sadly

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OiFelix_ugotnojams@reddit

My dog shits white, don't worry!

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lemonrence@reddit

All the corn and filler and nonsense in dog food is what makes their poop stink and linger around. If you think about it, a predator in the wild doesn’t want stinky piles of poop everywhere telling prey that it’s around. My dogs and cats eat a balanced raw diet and their poop is light in color, sometimes white, and because it’s what they should be eating the food doesn’t linger in their digestive tract and it doesn’t smell much. In a matter of weeks it crumbles and dissolves

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happy_pad@reddit

Remember when dog shit would turn white in the sun due to bone meal content?

Huh?

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zouss@reddit

I do not remember this either

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Fearfu1Symmetry@reddit

I'm trying to figure out how it's chicken?? It looks like sweet potatoes dipped in batter and just dropped in some water

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Oldgamer1807@reddit

TIL why the shit I used to run over with the mower as a kid was white.

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ReallyNotBobby@reddit

So when I started dating my gf, she would boil chicken for her daughters. She was confused when I asked her why she was punishing the kids. Thankfully she’s become a better cook since then. Definitely helped that I was working in a kitchen at the time and could show her some of the stuff I knew.

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Intelligent-Thing965@reddit

This is exactly how I cook my chicken! (For my dog)

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mydads_dickinson@reddit

This chicken looks disgusting but given your roommate’s hesitance to even use salt I would be careful in the way I approach conversations about food. It seems like he is experiencing some form of ED, so please make sure you aren’t shaming or ridiculing him for what he is eating. He definitely needs to be educated on what is healthy and what isn’t but it needs to come from a place of support i.e not mentioning that hundreds of people have been trashing his eating habits on Reddit.

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Crypto_Stoozy@reddit

If I had to eat this or be fat I would choose being fat

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Arcturus_mayflower@reddit

Wtf? That shit looks like albino stools

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patricles83@reddit

I used to be heavily involved in gym culture and worked out for size. The amount of lean protein calories needed daily makes food a chore. A chore that needs to be completed as cheaply and efficiently as possible.

After your 4th chicken breast in a day, no amount of seasoning makes it better. You just want to get it over with.

These gym bros view eating the same way most people view getting gas. The only goal is to complete the task as cheaply and efficiently as possible. Boiled chicken is great at being cheap, fast, and low effort.

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FergusonBishop@reddit

I'm not sure why this thread is having difficulty understanding this. This is widely common in most gyms with serious lifters or bodybuilders. Certainly isn't my cup of tea, but it's been common for a long time and it doesn't automatically indicate an eating disorder or mental illness. It's the fastest and requires the least amount of effort or thought.

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BootyfulBumrah@reddit

I don't see why you are having a difficulty understanding that adding salt and pepper at the minimum is some gargantuan effort or slows you down lmao

Just because it is widely common doesn't mean it shouldn't be criticized or scoffed upon otherwise we would just accept a lot of things which are bad and wrong around us.

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FergusonBishop@reddit

Because these guys don't give a fuck. Most of them are shoveling this shit in their mouth with rice and hot sauce anyways. Either way, criticizing it is one thing, but assuming it equals an eating disorder is one of the most braindead assumptions I can imagine.

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BootyfulBumrah@reddit

So you agree that your claim that not adding seasoning makes cooking faster and less tedious is plain bullshit? Because I didn't say anything about a eating disorder here, I just said adding salt and pepper doesn't slow down anything, it is just stupid

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archercc81@reddit

Zoe Saldana said Dave Bautista basically had to house boiled chicken between takes to get enough protein to maintain his body during guardians shoots.

I have zero interest in being yoked like that, Id rather have fun.

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suxatjugg@reddit

It's so dumb though, there's exactly the same amount of protein in a baked breast with salt and pepper on it, and it's not like actors are doing their own cooking in the middle of the day

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archercc81@reddit

Oh Im sure baking it and putting some seasoning on it does nothing to prevent its function, I just have no desire to need to eat 8 chicken breasts a day to stay yuge.

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AgileEngineering8184@reddit

lol “gym bro” most of the lifters I know, know how to cook.

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tjekdissebrugernavne@reddit

This is how I make it for my dogs 🤣🤣🤣

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piercedmfootonaspike@reddit

Disgusting.

That said, people need to chill with the "seasoning has no calories!"-comments.

Gymbros who eat this level of depraved protein just don't give a shit about the taste. They just want the protein with as little effort and hassle as possible. It's not about enjoying food, it's about consuming protein.

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Ok-Working2220@reddit

Wanting protein is not the issue, it's that this is a sign of disordered eating; sodium is an essential nutrient in our diets and he's restricting himself of it. This diet is (mentally and physically) unhealthy and unsustainable in the long term.

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BootyfulBumrah@reddit

Mate, he isn't restricting himself of sodium. You know how rare hyponatremia is? That's because pretty much anything you pick up has enough sodium to almost never cause sodium deficiency.

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RatherGoodDog@reddit

Its not that rare in hot weather, especially if you're exercising in it. It's happened to me twice and it's kind of scary how delerious it makes you. The first time I didn't recognise what was happening, and it was my mum who diagnosed it (I was 17 or 18 at the time). I'd been out all day in tropical weather, drinking lots of water but eating a healthy low salt diet. I feel like I nearly passed out. One sachet of electrolyte powder from the first aid kit and I was back to normal in 15 minutes.

No it's not that rare. Since then it's happened to me once again, and I recognised it also spotted it in other people and sure enough, some salt was what they needed. It sorted them right out.

You do not necessarily get enough from your diet. Shitty junk food western diets, yes, but not all diets and not in all conditions.

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FergusonBishop@reddit

This whole thread is just a circlejerk of bad faith insults and arguments from armchair therapists diagnosing an eating disorder on someone for eating fucking chicken of all things.

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JaelKnight_@reddit

His daily food intake isn't going to be only this boiled chicken.

Let me give you an example, for breakfast I have 5 eggs (sometimes with diced veggies) unseasoned and a protein smoothie. For lunch I'll have 4 cups of broccoli and 5oz chicken, unseasoned. I'll have fruit and a protein bar for a snack later, and then I'll have whatever I want for dinner.

By having a healthy simple breakfast and lunch everyday, I know how many calories I have left to spend at dinner time. I can indulge in flavor, especially salt. It also saves me time meal prepping. If you think a gym bro hasn't spent days of his life researching exactly what he needs to eat to be healthy and ensure progress, you're kidding yourself.

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piercedmfootonaspike@reddit

Any high-protein diet is unsustainable in the long run. Anything but a balanced diet is unsustainable in the long run. Gymbros eat like this on a bulk, not continuously.

Re: the salt: There's salt in almost everything, including the chicken itself. You don't actually need to actively salt your food to get your recommended daily dosage.

I'm just being the devil's advocate here.

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jpl77@reddit

they can eat dog food then.

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Pudix20@reddit

Genuine question. Why not both?

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piercedmfootonaspike@reddit

What?

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Pudix20@reddit

Sorry I mean why can’t they enjoy the high amount of protein they have to consume?

I really feel like diet culture made people think seasonings added a ton of calories.

I know some people cite self control, that if it doesn’t taste good they’ll eat less. But I can’t imagine any of this behavior is sustainable for a healthy diet and a healthy relationship with food.

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FergusonBishop@reddit

A lot of gymbros I've met (especially back in college) would cook their chicken like this. Literally dump the package right in. They'd then pull it all and dump sugar free BBQ or hot sauce on it and eat it throughout the week. A lot of people don't really give a shit about seasoning chicken when it's doused in a sauce anyways. This really isn't all that crazy or a sign of an eating disorder.

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suxatjugg@reddit

The hassle of sprinkling salt and pepper on food?

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piercedmfootonaspike@reddit

I'm not defending it, I'm just explaining it.

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jngjng88@reddit

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WTF

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goal0x@reddit

im ngl i love boiled chicken over some salted white rice

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tetlee@reddit

You should introduce him to sous vide. Awesome for chicken breast

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VelvetBoneyard@reddit

Stop him

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Glass-Building9904@reddit (OP)

i kind of have, since me and my other roommates have given him so much shit for his ‘food’ he’s started trying mine, which is packed with tons of flavour. ever since he’s gradually started adding seasoning (like maybe a pinch at most but hey progress is progress) i typically marinate my chicken for a few days when i can and he’s started emulating this after i showed him. i even took a picture of the time he put his chicken in a bowl with some sauce, felt like a proud dad or something the good ending

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MysteriousPassage937@reddit

Giving him shit for an eating disorder ?

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JPeso9281@reddit

I think its time for you to take a break from the internet

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MysteriousPassage937@reddit

I do ?

This person is talking about how he can’t find a clitoris ? Because he eats bland food ?

How is that food related ?

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JPeso9281@reddit

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MysteriousPassage937@reddit

You’re American ?

lol

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JPeso9281@reddit

Unfortunately

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BerbereJunkie@reddit

My long ago ex was a competitive bodybuilder and he had poached chicken breast on hand all the time.

Plain chicken breast, broccoli and rice every day for weeks. Then just chicken and broccoli before events.

The rest of the time he ate a more normal diet. But when in cut mode, he didn’t mess around and it took all the stress away. Food was just fuel.

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ADZ1LL4@reddit

This gives frozen chicken a bad name.

Boil frozen chicken for 10 mins, remove from water. Butterfly the fillets. Season with ceyenne and pepper. Sear on hot non stick pan. Flip. Salt. Consume your delicious protein treat.

Lets go.

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freakmeout123@reddit

is that a flour?

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benno4461@reddit

If that's the price to pay for a fit body then you've already lost.

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Pythia_@reddit

Wtf is wrong with poaching chicken?

You shred it and use it in whatever you like. You don't just eat it like this, fml.

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Guilty-League4468@reddit

Grim.

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IcyThe_Animator@reddit

I actually gag from seeing that

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Successful_Fuel4311@reddit

🤮🤮🤮🤮

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JourneyForMe93@reddit

Scrolling past I thought these are wet durians

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BidAdministrative433@reddit

boiled chicken is a great base for alot of meals...casseroles, salad, burritoes etc. i use it alot ..its healthy and i never have to worry if its cooked through

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1MACSevo@reddit

r/eatityoucoward

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MommaToTheZs@reddit

My mom does the same. I was fully convinced that all chicken was bland, gritty, and strangely dry until I was 21 and I met my husband.

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ulnek@reddit

I'm surprised he doesn't just blend that after and chug it.

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Volnushkin@reddit

I would not criticize the guy, just give some advice that might help him and you a lot:

Get a sous vide and do boiling there, adjusting the temperature and time - usually around 1-30min and 63-65 deg. C. You would get it packed in zip lock or vacuum bags - no smell around the kitchen and also lasts much longer in the fridge (so the guy can do larger batches). Oh, and the texture is much, much better - closer to ham.
Try to do intestines instead of plain chicken breast to get more nutrients. Also they are cheap. Check beef liver perhaps.

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dingos8mybaby2@reddit

Some health nuts have this weird 1700's Puritan style thing going on where they think you shouldn't enjoy eating your food.

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Kyleforshort@reddit

This looks like how bodies look when they find ones that have been in the water a little too long….

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BDFS2@reddit

Looks like he has boiled it so long the protein is releasing from the meat.

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berinyce@reddit

wtf am I looking at

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dadjokingmaterialist@reddit

He needs help like…legitimately. This is very ED adjacent

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Master_Win_4018@reddit

Is this after or before cook?

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Glass-Building9904@reddit (OP)

after

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slick_pick@reddit

Tbf I boil chicken so I can shred THEN mix it with a sauce of some kind. So question is did he eat it like this? lol

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IceSentry@reddit

Yeah, this thread is so strange I do this all the time.

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slick_pick@reddit

Pretty much 1st step for shredded chicken tacos lmao

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wasabiweed69420@reddit

These people are dumb

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MikeBsleepy@reddit

This is what low self worth looks like

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For_realz_its-Me@reddit

Yum

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Mattrockj@reddit

I mean if you're in the "food is fuel" mentality, I suppose. But at that point just order some zoo-grade monkey chow. Literally all your necessary dietary needs, and cheap as dirt.

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Theabsoluteworst1289@reddit

Bodybuilder types are gross to me for many reasons, with the “food” they consume being at the top of that list.

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SubPar-Human00@reddit

Let that man enjoy his bland mushy chicken in peace 😭😭

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sn0wflaker@reddit

Is it picked

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hmistry@reddit

I had an ex who was a body sculptor, she use to eat chicken like that. It was Gross, Bland as hell.

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EmilyGracey76257@reddit

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mleester55@reddit

One of life's greatest pleasures is eating. I rather die than eat tasteless gross looking food like this. Like talk about depression.

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Massilian@reddit

I’m not even sure what I’m looking at

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SpaceLemur34@reddit

How do you cook chicken and make it look like cheese?

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kapshot666@reddit

I boil my chicken in water and chicken bullion, is that enough? Lol

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boyfeminiser@reddit

im rly not sure this is healthy for his gut

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wasabiweed69420@reddit

??????? what the fuck are you on about, its just fucking boiled chicken

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boyfeminiser@reddit

it’s a Jooke a JOKE!

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BasicSulfur@reddit

Tbf if he pairs it with some light carbs and fiber and vegetables it should be fine. A bland diet is actually really great for cutting since it eliminates your want for sugar.

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boyfeminiser@reddit

no no i meant eating boiled chicken like that surely isn't appetising?

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wasabiweed69420@reddit

whats the fucking connection between appetising and healthy for the gut? jesus christ

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boyfeminiser@reddit

bro take a JOKE

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FergusonBishop@reddit

This entire thread is unbearable.

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BasicSulfur@reddit

That’s the point. There’s this pretty good cutting (weight loss while keeping muscle) that is just unlimited eating but only chicken breast, potatoes, carrots and broccoli. Also a tablespoon of olive oil. Now that’s so bland that if you maintain that for a month you kinda just lose all craving due to 0 sweeteners and non starch sugars and want to eat. And of the food you eat like half is protein dense. So it’s a very good cutting diet that’s very hard to start.

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AggravatingIron@reddit

Meanwhile op hasn’t been able to see his own feet in years

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dozazz@reddit

This is exactly how I prepare chicken breast for my dog 😂

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GingkoBobaBiloba@reddit

The fuck are we looking at here, battered chicken in a flower pot full of rain water?

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Glass_Number_1707@reddit

🤮

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SelectionOdd2961@reddit

i cook chicken like this…. usually because i give some to my cat and they can’t have seasonings. i usually end up shredding it and adding seasoning for whatever i’m making, tastes good and have never had an issue.

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shq13@reddit

My dog eats literally this but at least she has carrot and potatoes

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dskids2212@reddit

What is the white people is going on here

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SmeifLive@reddit

I like to soak a chicken breast in flavors first them boil it in those flavors then eat it shredded with garlic aioli and some whole wheat saltines. That is how you up your food game. Granted this is for only the protein so rip

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DavieStBaconStan@reddit

Looks like shit from a snake.

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Organic_Body5244@reddit

Albino turds?

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NotHugeButAboveAvg@reddit

His mom is White, I guarantee it.

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beeatenbyagrue@reddit

get this man a Costco membership ASAP.

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DreadFilledHug@reddit

It took me way too long to realize I was staring at a pot of boiled chicken.

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generatedusername456@reddit

Why doesn't he just cook the chicken in the oven? I just don't understand...

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TraditionalMix288@reddit

Genuinely what am I looking at here. It looks closer to drywall joint compound than food

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FothersIsWellCool@reddit

Why is everyone freaking out, like it's not that weird to boil chicken, you can cut it, you can put it on a sandwich, you can shred it and put it in wraps, you can put sauce on it.

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bar_craze@reddit

My son’s roommate would make boiled chicken smoothies.

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OneRobotBoii@reddit

r/shittromabutt

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ksswannn03@reddit

wtf

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Allthenamestaken10@reddit

I worked at an emergency vet clinic for a while, had to make sure we were stocked on food we could use to make animals eat and/or take drugs. This is literally how we did it, just chicken till it’s soft like that, then shred. I can smell this image in a painful way

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prisoner_human_being@reddit

I cook my chicken exactly the same. No salt, no pepper, no seasonings, nothing. Just plain chicken cooked. It's perfect for my palate.

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Sasuke0318@reddit

The worst part is this person is so stupid yet they still get to vote and it counts the same as the rest of us.

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BabyBackSt3ven@reddit

Did he dip the chicken in a protien batter?

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xDarkphalanx@reddit

Salt pepper.. Add some scallions..

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LinhPhon@reddit

Returned from working night shift and the first thing I saw the moment I open Reddit was ts 💀

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sourpatchghoul@reddit

This is so gross on a spiritual level. Working out and looking fit can be your goals but it’s like a labour of love. There’s no fucking love in feeding yourself this 🤮

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sharpie36@reddit

It was never about love. The opposite, in fact. This is self-loathing made manifest.

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Own_Round_7600@reddit

Yep i think of this bland food is actually a form of self-harm/punishment for not being "at their body goal" yet, so they think they dont deserve to eat nice food

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FamiliarAlt@reddit

Gonna go against the grain here, but you can pull the chicken apart then season after.

Prob best to season in the pot too tho

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Alissan_Web@reddit

Man cook food. MAN. EAT. FOOD.

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riscuitforthebiscuit@reddit

As a powerlifter and someone who loves to cook, I can give a bit of perspective. With the sheer amount of protein that we have to eat, it's simply not feasible for some to properly cook every meal, unless you have a job that gives you a lot of free time.

It's not just about calories, it's about the time and hassle. When you have to plan for a high amount of protein, soluble fiber/insoluble fiber, creatine, etc. within a specific calorie limit, all the math and balancing gets annoying. After a while, I got sick of all the hassle and simply saw food as medicine/supplements. It's easier to calculate food that's just eaten as is. I would eat plain tofu straight out of the package, canned tuna directly, and shovel dry rolled oats into my mouth for the beta-glucans, then do mental math for the macros I just ingested. I'd dry scoop creatine too because I just wanted it over with.

Powerlifters like me are lifting around 2 hours per day, and even more time spent if doing cardio (lol). After getting off work, driving to the gym, lifting, coming home and showering, I've got maybe an hour of downtime before I gotta go to bed. The last thing I want to do is cook (even though I normally love it). It's much easier to eat a can of chicken, baby carrots, plain nonfat greek yogurt, psyllium husk fiber, shovel multivitamins, and go to bed. If I'm feeling fancy, I'll have some quinoa and lentils.

Is it sad? From the outside it can seem like it's a sad way to live. For me, it was just for the cutting cycle to lower my body fat percentage and it wasn't at all sad to me because it was temporary. It's also a voluntary sacrifice/trade for us because we love our hobby of lifting weights and getting stronger/bigger. After my cutting cycle was over, I was back to cooking in the kitchen nearly every day. And yes, I use seasoning. At the risk of tootin' my own horn, I would call myself an advanced cook.

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FYRHWK@reddit

This is way too much nuance and thought for the majority of people disparaging the pictured guy in here. Granted they're right that he could do some small things to help his food be a little more palatable, but most of them have never had to eat that much and don't get how hard it can be to eat enough macros to hit your goals.

I was never able to do it, best I've managed is .5-.6 g/lb of protein on a regular basis. Trying to eat or supplement more just wrecks my stomach and I have to back off. It really is a part time job feeding yourself on a lifting diet.

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fabulousfantabulist@reddit

Poaching is a totally fine way of preparing chicken, but you can’t stop at just poaching it. It shreds immaculately that way and then can be fancied up for particular applications later or have sauces added to it. Low calorie barbecue sauce is a great way to make something like that less boring.

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jen_eric_you_sir@reddit

Shit from a butt

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dhelor@reddit

Geez, at least boil it in some low sodium chicken brother with a few grinds of pepper...

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BaldFacedWhy@reddit

It definitely looks shitty and indefensible. Anyone that skips seasoning because "it adds calories", is an idiot.

Meal prep is a pain in the ass on this level. It isn't eating for fun, it's eating because you need to choke down 150-175g+ of protein per day. It's where body dysmorphia meets eating disorder if you want to see how many check boxes you can hit in the DSM-5.

Sure, you can assembly line 10-14 meals for the week that consist of well seasoned (and tasty) chicken breast, rice, and veggies. Then by the time Wednesday rolls around, you're tired of that whole flavor profile. You could change it up a bit, but again you just get sick and tired of it eventually. OK, you might say do some research and try new recipes, but that takes more time. It's easier to just make a sheet pan full of chicken breasts with minimal salt and pepper. That way I can mix it into a salad, wrap, or add things like salsa, or whatever without getting burnt out on a flavor profile or specific meal. That's when i am trying to gain weight!

Now if it's a cut? Fuck you, because food is the enemy even though I need it and want it. But I can't have it all, and the easiest way to make sure I don't is to make it as plain as possible to get the job done. When you're cutting and see someone eating like a chili dog or meatball sub, you want to kill them. Or at least quietly hope they choke to death on such a wonderful meal. Because I want it and can't have it. I dream about it. I lose productivity during work hours fantasizing about it. That's what I have to look forward to for six weeks at a time. Limiting my food intake to only what my body needs. To do that, food needs to be boring or at least nothing worth looking forward to as much as most people are used to.

So while I wouldn't stoop to this level (I do eat tuna right from the can regularly), I totally get it.

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Evening-Apartment317@reddit

That’s an abomination. I’m depressed just looking at it.

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Synthesis_Omega@reddit

Man i'm tired of gym bros eating like a fatty liver/ liver failure patient. Like at least add onions or celery to your boiled chicken

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teribour@reddit

looks like washed poop

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ZukowskiHardware@reddit

I love boiled chicken

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Round-Medicine2507@reddit

"WE BELIEVE IN NOTHING LEBOWSKI!"

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RoboGandalf@reddit

I remember i had a lady neal prep 7 meals and they were the blandest meals ive ever eaten. Then got mad when i told her that "its for people who work out a lot." "A lil flavor wont kill yall but the other shit yall take will."

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evana3@reddit

He’s going to get violently sick from eating chicken that’s just been sitting in water. The bacteria in that will f*¢k his stomach up BAD one day from this — to the point of emergency hospitalization…

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Pitiful-Sell-9402@reddit

Why suffer like this if you dont have to? You can get gains with fucking seasoning for fucks sakes. This is just masochism

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Discolemonade89@reddit

This looks like the chicken I prepare for my diabetic dog

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DehydratedButTired@reddit

It’s like the chicken equivalent of boiled goose.

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Magnon@reddit

Mommy, grey

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mrkillfreak999@reddit

My mouth literally turned dry seeing ts 🤢

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Whoppertino@reddit

Ok guys - so much vitriol against someone who's literally just eating chicken.

I love food. I would never eat this but if someone wants to eat unseasoned chicken and tuba straight from the can is that upsetting you.

It's not "unhealthy" like so many people here are trying to suggest. There's nothing wrong with boiling chicken - I do it for certain recipes. Some people aren't that interested in food.

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FergusonBishop@reddit

This is reddit where I'd assume 75% of the comments in this thread are from people who either overeat or meet the criteria for being obese

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Minimum-End-9464@reddit

Does he have high blood pressure? It is understandable wanting to reduce salt and seasoning for this reason. Other than that, I can’t understand not using seasoning.

Even though I admit that chicken stock looks good.

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ElLoboNeverDies@reddit

For all we know he puts some sauce on it when he eats it or his stomach is super bad and needs plain food lol people worry too much about what other people eat

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mad_dog_94@reddit

I've boiled chicken that looks better than this

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FallingEnder@reddit

That is genuinely the most disgusting thing I’ve ever seen

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Whiskey_McIrish@reddit

It looks like a watter logged turd turned white

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Funny_Bunny_LG@reddit

Boiled unseason chicken

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Dry-Mulberry-7285@reddit

what the fuck

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ATG_19@reddit

Roommate is a gym bro

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Secret_Garden6635@reddit

That's how I make my dog's chicken. She seems to like it haha

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GSDNinjadog@reddit

This and rice is what you feet to a dog when you want to push out an obstruction or if they are sick.

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bazilbt@reddit

I've seen pictures of brains in jars that look better than that.

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tmotytmoty@reddit

That literally looks like my monday shit

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Just-Another-Users@reddit

What’s happening here lol

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Dependent-Way6345@reddit

This chicken is passed dead.

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SadDog5489@reddit

People don’t realize you can literally eat whatever tf you want as long as you are in a deficit and if your bulking then just keep on eating lol it doesn’t have to be cardboard food. Just eat why you enjoy but made better and you’re good.

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TehZiiM@reddit

I hope there is rice in there as well for maximum efficiency

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EatRibs_Listen2Phish@reddit

…what exactly is going on here?

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ironicallydead@reddit

I love all the fat redditors in here who have never touched a dumbbell a day in their lives being like heckin yikes, no salt??? He's gonna have a fatal stroke!!! Also no fricken flavor hheheheh

I am not a gym bro, I love food. Wholeheartedly. However, we are in a fucking obesity epidemic. If this is what works to help this guy stay in shape, why do any of you care? Nobody gives a fuck if someone shoots up ozempic, but when someone tries to naturally regulate their hunger cravings via a tried and true method, all the coping sweaty stinky redditors who probably eat garbage quality food on the daily are all of a sudden psychologists/nutritionists/coaches.

Being able to treat food as this hedonistic gastronomical wonderland is a PRIVILEGE. If anything it actually makes more sense to treat food as fuel for 99% of your meals, and then treat yourself to something yummy every once in a while. I don't do that, cause like I said, I love food, and I'm not an athlete, but if you can't make sense of what this man is trying to do, you clearly live in a very comfortable bubble.

Please, downvote and reply to me talking about how this guy is promoting eating disorders, I will relish in calling you a regarded redditor.

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wasabiweed69420@reddit

Americans think the only way to make food is frying shit

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washcyclerepeat@reddit

Well said!

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Noeyymama@reddit

It took me so long to figure out what I was even looking at

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jostensking@reddit

In a fucking heavy duty 15 gallon wash basin?

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ABDLPwincess@reddit

I hate gym men who can’t cook disgusting. 🤢 like if what you eat is that important to your goals? You would think they would spend more time learning some culinary skills.

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ltbr55@reddit

They really think cooking with seasoning isnt masculine because our cavemen ancestors didnt have seasonings. Or that "food is fuel" so it shouldn't taste good.

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Ok_Engineering_1938@reddit

It's to limit carbs because they're tracking everything.

Boiled chicken is pretty tasty, imho. My German grandmother used to make it often, alongside mashed potatoes and cabbage.

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SightUnseen1337@reddit

That entire meal is gray.

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GoldHorusSixSaturnus@reddit

So no problem eating 5 chicken breasts; but adding a few sprinkles of seasoning is crossing the line? Makes literally zero sense…

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ltbr55@reddit

Most seasonings dont have carbs.... thats why gym bros not seasoning their food doesnt make sense. They are purposely eating bland food when it doesnt need to be.

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HopeAdminsKidsSuffer@reddit

Oh god can we start making fun of these people like we do with fat people, except worse? I think the time has come

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SightUnseen1337@reddit

As a fat person I wouldn't wish being treated like this on my worst enemy.

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duncdog10@reddit

It’s an intentional decision to reframe food as fuel and not for enjoyment. I don’t agree with it but i get it.

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ABDLPwincess@reddit

More like a silly eating disorder excuse because they’re doing more work to make the food less enjoyable

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Hopeful-Substance697@reddit

When youre eating 5-6 meals a day, you don't typically worry about how you cook it, just get it done and eat. This dude on the other hand is exaggerating not using any spices at all!

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_extra_medium_@reddit

If I need to eat 5-6 meals per day I better enjoy it. Otherwise I’ll eat as little as possible

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Hopeful-Substance697@reddit

Of course you have to enjoy it, you choose the foods you like and cook them in the simplest and healthiest ways

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cut_rate_revolution@reddit

I wouldn't call boiling chicken more work. It's the easiest way to make chicken.

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ABDLPwincess@reddit

If you don’t know how to cook in your meal prepping and you’re skipping the easy steps like adding onions and salt to some water while you’re boiling chicken, you are giving yourself more work. Especially to make the food taste good. But it didn’t have to be you could’ve just dumped the ingredients in the water. That’s what I mean.

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TelephoneDesperate84@reddit

lol how is skipping steps more work

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ABDLPwincess@reddit

When you season raw chicken, you’re using the cooking process to your advantage. Heat helps the salt and spices penetrate the fibers of the meat, creating a deeper, more cohesive flavor. If these people are already lacking culinary skills. ( which many of them admittedly are that that’s why they look towards bodybuilders for recipes) Doing it during the cooking process is going to be easier for them. Simply.

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TelephoneDesperate84@reddit

Yeah I know how cooking works. But boiling unseasoned chicken is still easier than properly seasoning and cooking chicken

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ABDLPwincess@reddit

OK, then we disagree.

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ContingentMax@reddit

A lot of the time it's an eatting disorder. That shit isn't healthy.

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Saint_Furby@reddit

Seems like one of the few mental health issues people still get away with shaming, but it absolutely is a disorder.

Body dysmorphia and eating disorders are rampant in gym culture, and it's truly sad that such a healthy activity gets saddled with both of those disorders.

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Deepfriedomelette@reddit

What’s it called? Orthorexia?

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ContingentMax@reddit

Eatting disorders are associated with women, especially young women that's why. Yup, it would be great if people understood what it looks like beyond the stereotype.

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blowinmahnose@reddit

It absolutely is. An unhealthy obsession with calories and food in general

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OversizedMicropenis@reddit

I get the impression that eating horribly bland and dry food is part of the lifestyle. Like maybe to force themselves to only eat for nutrients?

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Rhorge@reddit

Brother, eating whole pots of boiled plain chicken is horrible for your nutrition. Only clueless people eat like this, that or people with serious eating disorders.

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MonkeyCome@reddit

Do you think these people only eat plain chicken? They almost always have some form of vegetable and starch as well. Typically broccoli and rice or similar

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OversizedMicropenis@reddit

I think you mistook my attempt at diagnosing these people's reasoning as an endorsement of their reasoning

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_extra_medium_@reddit

Which is ridiculous when you need to eat as much as they do

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Electronic-Buyer-468@reddit

I CAN cook. But i am NOT a gym man. Do you hate me too? Serious question lol

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SuckAndDie@reddit

Is that…. Boiled?

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Additional-Tax-5562@reddit

why are these people so dense? salt isn't bad, this is quite literally an eating disorder

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420StonedAF420@reddit

I have boiled chicken breast before, I usually put salt pepper and maybe cajun(also sometimes hoi sin sauce) on it after and either put it in kraft dinner after cutting it up, or put it in spagetti sauce after cutting it up.. Pretty good, but definitely npt just eating it with no seasoning at all lol..

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iSliz187@reddit

I have trouble identifying what I'm looking at here. Is it a chicken that's coated in butter? And the butter coated chicken is sitting in water? What the fuck

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Wise_Art_1377@reddit

If gains taste good, then they aren't gains.

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JazzyKins18@reddit

Jfc I thought they were bananas. And I just cooked some chicken in the oven. I feel like he's barely getting any protein cooking them like that.

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Old-Dependent-9073@reddit

That's disgusting and like something out of a horror movie.

And is that water the chicken's in, by the way?

That's a war crime in some countries (and should be in this one).

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GoodOneFella@reddit

I’d rather eat $5 Costco chicken everyday

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Material_Warning8377@reddit

My mom cooked like this 😭😭

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let-it-rain-sunshine@reddit

Get him a sous vide

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BruisedWater95@reddit

For a "gym bro", he seems quite ignorant when it comes to nutrition.

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DoubleCactus@reddit

Honestly if he shredded it and mixed in vegetables and seasoning he'd get better nutrition and it would look/taste better as a simple stew.

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jedooderotomy@reddit

First of all, eat some fat.

Secondly, even if you're avoiding fat, grill the goddamn chicken.

Seasonings are all basically zero-calorie foods. You know what else usually has almost NO calories? Mustard.

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TheLadyEileen@reddit

I make shredded chicken in the pressure cooker but a natural release and s&p make it delicious and easy to throw into whatever I need

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Outrageous_Ad3592@reddit

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DaftDisguise@reddit

Gym bro = eating disorder

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sdmcdaniel@reddit

Bro is eating a goddamn whalefall lmao

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AlternativeAioli9251@reddit

Shi looks like bleached poo 💀🙏🏾

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Merci_Melee@reddit

Does he shred it and use for different meals? No way he's just eating plain boiled chicken. Please God, noooo.

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MmmmmSacrilicious@reddit

I know some people that don’t season their food so they only eat until they aren’t hungry anymore. I believe it’s an eating disorder tbh. That said, he sounds like he’s a Neanderthal that thinks he knows everything already instead of reading and understanding.

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Glass-Building9904@reddit (OP)

spot on tbh 👍

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truthequalslies@reddit

This is how my partners roommate makes his chicken, he's not at all healthy he just likes it 🥴 somehow he used to be a cook at a nice bar and grill I don't know how he eats like that if he supposedly knows how to make fancy food

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BravoWhiskey89@reddit

I feel attacked because I genuinely eat and love boiled chicken breast. Of course I season it before I eat, i'm not a monster.

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deffinnition@reddit

This is not as bad as it looks TBH as it's not ready yet. I'm assuming the idea is to shred the chicken and then mix it with seasoning, usually tomato sauce + seasoning, to achieve the final product. Pretty sure that's the goal.

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Bethlykitten@reddit

My mother in law, genuinely sometimes just has me boil her chicken and potatoes like this for dinner. She then rips it up and eats it with salt, pepper, and steak sauce.

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jaedaddy@reddit

if he doesnt mind... why tf does it matter to you? lol

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kingamara@reddit

This is how I made chicken for my dog when he was dying

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NotStrictlyConvex@reddit

He thinks eating tasteless is a virtue and makes him better

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captainzigzag@reddit

What is that on it though 😰

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NonDescript2222@reddit

One time I went on a date with someone that blended their chicken. They were not even “jacked” or gym bro status. Never saw them again, that was the straw

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12TapPat@reddit

Dudes that eat like this will tell seasoning your food will ruin your “gains”, and in the next breath will tell you to add Celtic sea salt to your water to help with hydration.

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truenoblesavage@reddit

is that a fucking bucket

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LiLMoGravy@reddit

This is how I make chicken for my dying dog.

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RealOzSultan@reddit

Ah, 1730s British Cuisine

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PsychologicalSnow476@reddit

I sometimes make chicken like that...when my dogs are sick and have to have a gentle meal.

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Bloomfield95@reddit

Nothing wrong with poaching chicken breast. You can shred it with forks for stir fry’s etc

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chronoffxyz@reddit

This reminds me of that old picture of a bathtub full of human brains

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Super_Bakon@reddit

Are you sure that's chicken and not cheese?

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Madax777@reddit

Never seen chicken look like a boiled white turd before.

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mulder-its_me_915@reddit

Ew thats how I make it for my DOG. If I'm starving ill rip a lil piece off for me... but otherwise that shit isnt fit for humans

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Memory_Future@reddit

Hell no, oven for 20-25 with seasoning. Get a wired thermometer for a perfect cook.

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Mad-chuska@reddit

Boiled chicken done right isn’t bad. Just need to cook really low and add a bunch of salt and garlic.

Tbh this looks like chicken prepping for chicken salad or enchiladas or something like that.

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Peshurian@reddit

This is exactly how my chicken looks when I make enchiladas or tostadas. People in this thread are being really weird about it.

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KettchupIsDead@reddit

It's legitimate, some people need to think of food as just a source of energy without enjoyment to stick to the diet. If it helps you congrats, if it doesn't, move on, idk why people always freak out ab this

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Z0idberg_MD@reddit

I’m boiling a roast. How hot and wet do you like it?

Verrry hot. And awfully wet.

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Minnesotawombat@reddit

Boiled chicken. Only time I’ve seen that is when it was made for a dog as a training aid

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pxoxod@reddit

shows how much of a difference how you grow up makes. when i was a child if we had anything better than moldy bread to eat it would make my eyes light up and i’ve lived that way ever since and am grateful for any food put on my plate. this is GOOD FOOD, add some salt, a bit of pepper, have it with some fresh bread and it’s a fucking tasty meal i don’t care. i’ll enjoy this just as much as i will burgers from mc d’s or pizza, because i eat when i’m actually hungry. people here generally have never felt actual hunger it seems.

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suxatjugg@reddit

I think the point is he's not putting salt and pepper on it

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IFeedSquirrelsAMA@reddit

jfc steamed is at least juicy. Why would you do this to yourself on purpose?

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djoddible@reddit

Poaching is okay for chicken salad but this is another planet altogether

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Imaginary_Sky_1786@reddit

LOL I cook for my dogs and buy the big 6 packs of chicken from Costco and throw them in the pressure cooker like this…again for my dogs

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AncoraPirlo@reddit

Real real bad.

Why live that way?

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cosmic-untiming@reddit

Good god he boiled them so bad that they look like famine sick potatoes.

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Hot_Inevitable_9055@reddit

I'm going to get some hate for this, but I really couldn't care less how or what people eat, how they prep it or how they season it. I dont think my life could ever be that low and shitty to actually upload a photo and look for others with my opinion for some kind of validation online. Its Reddit all over I get that! But its just getting worse. Yes the food looks bland, but im not eating it so im not really that bothered. Im just not a judgmental arse hole.

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ThirstyStallion@reddit

Does he drink the water?

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Henghayki86@reddit

This is why women like dad bods!!! I want to set pot roast down in front of my man and just watch him go to town 🥹

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EPIC_NERD_HYPE@reddit

the fact the gym bros straight boil chicken in water is horrific. at least use broth. add some potatoes ffs. carrots. cut the chicken up before throwing it in?

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peva3@reddit

These folks have eating disorders, period.

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Pencilcolour@reddit

They look like s***s

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VodkaSoup_Mug@reddit

Are they OK? I thought those were turds in a pod. What is wrong with them? Just because you’re trying to build up muscle to lose weight does not mean your food should not taste good they should see a dietitian. I used to be the same way and my dietitian advised me of this. She said even what my meal planning depressed her eat something with flavor 🤣😭

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Perfect-Presence-200@reddit

This guy probably looks like how their chicken tastes…

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bigduckmoses@reddit

Is... Is that finished?... That is it's final form?...

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f1lth4f1lth@reddit

This is a crime against humanity

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MmmmCrayons12@reddit

Is that water?

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FionaBear1@reddit

No seasoning bothers yall.. Not the fact it’s BOILED chicken

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SousVideDeezNuts@reddit

That’s also what a dead fish looks like when it decomposes in the water.

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TheLostUnicorn90@reddit

Adding seasoning won’t mess up his macros. You don’t sacrifice taste to get the body you desire

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golgol12@reddit

The look is mostly from the gunk he didn't clean off before cooking.

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Beneficial-Policy@reddit

I am actively making this chicken as we speak BUT after slow cooking it will toss the shredded chicken in some type of delicious low-calorie sauce

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Kurainuz@reddit

Low calorie sauces exist, seasonings can be used, ill never understand this type of guys, there is 0 reason to eat the blandest if chicken in existence

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Starcat75@reddit

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BeneficialBarber409@reddit

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jennag08@reddit

I just had to do this for my sick dog this morning. I felt like a monster not being able to at least boil it in chicken broth for some sort of flavor for him 🤣 no seasoning is wild.

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ContingentMax@reddit

He probably has an eatting disorder, encourage him to get help.

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Shoulda_Ben_Aborted@reddit

There’s zero chance he knows where a women’s clitoris is

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Glass-Building9904@reddit (OP)

YOU CALLED IT HE DOESN’T 🙏🙏🙏

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Shoulda_Ben_Aborted@reddit

🤣🤣🤣

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ZGraves@reddit

Okay this is actually how I make my chicken going on like 4 years now. I used to do it just like this but after a couple years I got bullied into adding salt. Right now I'm doing 150g of shredded chicken, 1 cup of frozen broccoli, a cup on minute brown rice with quinoa, and some kind of Japanese sauce. It gets the job done and it's super easy.

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Consistent-Menu-6629@reddit

Gym bros hate themselves, that's why I won't date them.

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epochpenors@reddit

It looks like someone shit out half digested Weißwurst

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Big-ghadaffi@reddit

Looks like chalk

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JackTeargarden@reddit

Im gonna start selling chunks of meat as "protein soap" since these protein people are so obsessed

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Significant-Ear-6363@reddit

We do the same thing for our dog.

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BiggieBigs34@reddit

What the fuck is this? Is this just boiled chicken?

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SpeedBlitzX@reddit

I thought it was some kind of starchy root vegetable at first glance.

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Arkevorkhat@reddit

Multiple chickens died to create this pot of garbage.
I'm no vegan, but a line has been crossed here.

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Eurymedion@reddit

I'm a lifter, too, and I'd never torture myself with bland meals. Meal prep repetitiveness is already suffering, but eating the same tasteless thing every day for several days a week is too much.

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crinngle@reddit

it looks like those specimens in formaldehyde they keep in the back of museums

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CreativeFraud@reddit

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Background-Lecture-6@reddit

This is vaguely what I’d guess body parts being dissolved in acid look like, but less red

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Defiant-Worth-5973@reddit

I boiled chicken for years when my ibs was pretty bad! It is very tender and good in my opinion, I couldn’t use spices for the longest time and I was very restricted on what I could use for oils and such to cook my meat in. Chicken hurt my stomach the least especially when it was boiled. Definitely not in that boat anymore and ideally I wouldn’t be boiling chicken, I now fry it up in a pan or bake it with many other ingredients in the oven. The only things I still can’t have are pepper and spicy seasonings like chile!! Pepper is spicy to me still lol. With my ibs I had to restrict myself and eat one or a couple things a day and see if I had a reaction to it. I’m very blessed not to have to do that anymore and eat so many different foods!!

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sloecrush@reddit

That’s how I make chicken for my dog!

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Hynch@reddit

I boil my chicken often, but it's then shredded and tossed into a stew or seasoned and used for tacos.

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bohiti@reddit

I make shredded chicken breasts in a crock pot (high 4:30) that looks like this before being removed and shredded. But I add a shit ton of seasoning salt, pepper, cumin, thyme

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Bobsagit14@reddit

It is looks disgusting but you guys know most times you boil chicken… you are making shredded chicken and season it after. Seasoning chicken and then boiling it does nothing.

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Packagedpackage@reddit

Trying to eat most in fewest possible bites while spending least possible amount of money. Trying to spend the least amount of time doing meal prep. Going for as few as bites as possible with a whole meal, there isn’t a reason for seasoning… not trying to taste much. Trying to get it shewed and down. I don’t want to spend 10 mins eating and 20-30mins prepping. I’m looking for 15mins prep and eat time total in my routines.

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Dororothy@reddit

Imagine dying for this mess…

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Potential_Ice4388@reddit

That’s a war crime

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BathAutomatic6972@reddit

It looks like the floating dead elves with the glowing eyes that call to Frodo on his way to Mordor.

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BathAutomatic6972@reddit

it looks like it died on it's way to summit Everest.

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Nimue-the-Phoenix@reddit

That looks like part of the Titanic's outside.

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BTC-Yeetdaddy69@reddit

It's like his ass 3d printed a shit and didn't color it yet

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bagelcheese420@reddit

How the fuck did your man make meat look like wet, unprocessed clay

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TheOgGhadTurner@reddit

What the hell is happening here

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PublicToast@reddit

After cooking this for my dog for years, the disgusting smell of boiled chicken was no small part of deciding to stop eating meat entirely.

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Silver-Instruction73@reddit

That’s a crime against humanity. It’s also a crime against chicken, and really, all life on earth.

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iameveryoneelse@reddit

These dipshits will eat everything absolutely plain, no salt and then spend $150 a month on “electrolyte powder” for energy and muscle growth.

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espr-the-vr-lib@reddit

Dude wth am I looking at¿ All I recognize is a pot

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DoctorMbisonDoom@reddit

This is how we made the shredded chicken at Ruby tuesdays

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Turg0r_@reddit

The unseasoned chicken I sometimes cook for my dogs looks better than this

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luvmibratt@reddit

How many calories in pepper sea salt and some onion and garlic powder

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MayhemWins25@reddit

Idk maybe it’s cause if that were me I’d struggle to eat ANYTHING if it was all that bland.

As long as you don’t get the pre prep mixes, herbs and spices are just plant matter and shouldn’t hurt? It took me a whole year to convince my MIL that paprika doesn’t have salt in it cause she’d only ever seen it in premade rubs. Now she puts smoked paprika on almost everything.

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New-Leader-7891@reddit

Could use a little, anything lol

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Timely-Neck-9503@reddit

Fucking resident evil food, make sure your bro ain't a nemesis

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RaisonDetritus@reddit

Jfc, comments are so annoying.

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tiny_blair420@reddit

Joel Kim Booster admitted to doing something similar and putting the chicken into a blender and drinking it.

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PomegranateSoft1598@reddit

Is he British or something?

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momentarylapse-@reddit

I've done this to shred it after it cools and season it or make chicken salad. Maybe the case here?

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notyourpeach427@reddit

Yeahhhh that's an eating disorder

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thr0w4w4y84y3tt3221@reddit

Eww my old roommate used to do that, boil the chicken and eat it with a ton of barbeque sauce and white pasta he'd cook in the same water that boiled the chicken. Revolting, truly.

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Ricka77_New@reddit

Derek Poundstone shake special...

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Zestyclose-Share7576@reddit

seasoning has no calories

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No_Comb_8551@reddit

This looks like it had already went trough intestines once. Maybe second time tastes better.

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sealosam@reddit

That's what I really don't understand about these gym bros. Seasoning doesn't add any calories or anything "bad for ya" (unless it's a ton of salt obviously) so why skimp on the flavor? Is it some kind of bro code for "I'm tough" or something?

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Wiknetti@reddit

You know when you prepare it like this, it looks an awful lot like poop, just not passed through our digestive system.

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KaiRayPel@reddit

That's... That's chicken?

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sealosam@reddit

Heard of gefilte fish? Try this one trick!

Let the liquid cool and congeal around it and you've got yourself some gefilte chicken.

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Sensitive_Chicken_87@reddit

Yeahhhh I’ll stay chubby as long as I don’t gotta eat that horribly cooked bland chicken

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Walt_the_White@reddit

Used to work with a guy like this. Ate 1 boiled chicken breast, no seasoning, and 1 baked sweet potato, no seasoning every single day m-f for lunch for the 2 years I worked with him

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Doomsday_Holiday@reddit

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CRISPRcremes@reddit

Is that a starch?

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Medford@reddit

Punishing his tastebuds extra hard.

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DerHachi04@reddit

Kill him

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ImplementOk3861@reddit

Probably in a high protein and low water retention diet.

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OrangeClyde@reddit

They’re just poached/boiled chicken breasts

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CoconutEmotional4902@reddit

Some people chasing that put themselves through this torture need to be studied and admitted to an insane asylum. This is abuse to themselves and the produce

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SwordTaster@reddit

This looks like what my dog is currently getting for meals due to being unwell. Boiled chicken, pureed squash, and mashed potato. Good for a dodgy belly

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SnooCapers5126@reddit

Mind your business. What gratifaction you looking by posting his meal? Clearly he's got no issues eating it..

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Mattthefat@reddit

My gym bro roommate in college would do this shit too. He’d just sprinkle some lemon pepper on occasion, he’d also drink olive oil in the morning, cut the fat off of steaks because he didn’t like gristle, and just wouldn’t season shit in general.

He never looked swole and always had like 20%+ body fat at 5’7, 200ish pounds.

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sec713@reddit

Fuckin' wretched

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l1brarylass@reddit

This looks like to died with the other villagers at Mount Vesuvius.

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Usual-Plantain-1991@reddit

I really hope he’s adding this to something else or seasoning it afterwards is some way 😬😭

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Man_Without_Nipples@reddit

I think it's all about maxing results to gain muscle and keep fat off but yea this is over the limit.

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EquivalentSnap@reddit

Knew someone who made sandwiches with frozen bread

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Dingleberries4Days@reddit

Something I might make my sick dog

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Combat_wombat605795@reddit

Dog food/ sometimes I will do something similar but boil in broth before shearing and seasoning to throw in some enchiladas or something like that.

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Exciting_Macaroon_64@reddit

during my study in university we had some lectures in anatomic museum / morgue there were bins with human organs and they looked almost like it

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Aceventure_Time@reddit

My friend asked his personal trainer why they do this 4 years ago. He said it's because they're supposed to see food as just fuel, not something to enjoy.

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1906cam@reddit

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skaterfromtheville@reddit

shred this on some beans and rice and hot sauce???!?!! Are we serious? Like I know salting during cooking stages and how to flavor shit but are we all scared of some seasoningless chicken?

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krakmunky@reddit

Get bro a grill. At least a George Foreman. Damn.

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hillbilli13@reddit

hugh jackman intensifies

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bonaynay@reddit

Wait did he just boil this and eat it as is?

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Ok_Trash1264@reddit

All brawn no brain that’s how most muscle heads are 😜

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Sweaty-Willingness27@reddit

I don't get it. It's boiled chicken and people here are acting like it's human flesh. You don't have to have a visceral reaction to everything.

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No_Current3675@reddit

dawg wtf

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KermitHendrix@reddit

What the fuck is this?

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COVID19Blues@reddit

I used to make chicken like that.

For my diabetic dog.

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VinshinTee@reddit

every person who just got into bodybuilding and went 110% into it the first year has gone through this phase. I can relate.

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ferris2@reddit

This is how i do the chicken for a dog.

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KalamityKait2020@reddit

Wish I didn't just get lasik because I don't want to see this shit

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ExcellentQuality69@reddit

I eat like this (although not as soupy) and I don’t understand. If my food is edible and I like it why should I add anything to it. If it has spices I’m happy to eat it but if Im making it for myself and enjoy it what’s the harm? Feels like something people shouldnt get so worked up about

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Kitchen-Book-7076@reddit

Then he shredded it and made chicken salad right? Riiiiiiight?!?!

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pizza-mage@reddit

Is he a Labrador retriever?

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AppUnwrapper1@reddit

I gagged

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Mysterious_Cry_7738@reddit

I’ll occasionally be lazy as cool chicken like this for my dogs. But even feeeding it to my dogs, I’m like, “sorry babies, I’ll use the oven next time and make it good, I’m tired.”

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NebulaGhosty@reddit

Okay sometimes I make this chicken too just to have something light with some white rice, but ill season the water with garlic powder, onion powder, and sea salt so it's not bland 😅

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Andie_OptimistPrime@reddit

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It’s so… caucasian

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Dull_Experience_6969@reddit

Looks like a corpse

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nem0ne1@reddit

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UnderstandingWeak292@reddit

I’m not mad about season as much as I am mad about poached chicken. Bland and dry af. At least sear or bake it.

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Either_Dream_9748@reddit

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BokChoyFantasy@reddit

Boiled chicken? I hope your roommate also drinks the water.

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meohmy5@reddit

did you mean to post a picture from your pottery class instead of the alleged chicken?

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DimensioT@reddit

I sometimes use Kentucky Kernel seasoning. At most that adds 80 calories to two chicken breasts.

Other times I use a Cajun style seasoning that is even lighter.

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Rhyznak@reddit

What is it with gym rats and their aversion to seasoning?

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Andras1100@reddit

If u call that a friend then ur in love w satan

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black-kramer@reddit

one of the simplest and most consistent pleasures of life, and they ruin it

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dev_ating@reddit

nooooo

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Netflxnschill@reddit

OKAY I sometimes cook a bunch of chicken like this because I am using it for different dishes so I just season it in the dish I make.

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PierreOnTheEclair@reddit

Oh good lord

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Fickle_Scarcity9474@reddit

I prepare it like that for my dog as training treat! Exactly like that. She loves it

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Nwaccntwhodis@reddit

Yep, just boiled some for my dogs as a kibble topper. They get shredded chicken and boiled sweet potatoes.

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DunkTheBiscuit@reddit

It's how I batch cook chicken breast for my half-tongued cat (he's fine, washes himself adequately, eats mostly well but I supplement sometimes). I admit I sometimes slice up a breast to make a sandwich or salad with a lot of extras and it's okay. It doesn't taste bad, it just doesn't taste of very much. Texture is horribly dry, though.

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whatisavienna@reddit

bro on a prison diet

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sono_ona@reddit

This level of “nothing tastes as good as skinny feels” is an abomination

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TocSir@reddit

Why?

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bolanrox@reddit

only cares about the marco's

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JJJHeimerSchmidt420@reddit

This is a crime against humanity.

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picklejuice82@reddit

Now he has chicken stock to make rice in

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jfkrfk123@reddit

I thought it was fresh mozzarella at first

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rasta_pineapple2@reddit

I am definitely not a gym bro, though I work out almost everyday. I exercise to manage my mental health, not to get shredded. I also like to cook delicious, healthy food. I can't understand why these dudes think they have to eat plain, flavorless food to get big. There is literally no rational reason to eat like this other than some fitness influencer making some baseless claims about what you need to eat to get gains. Maybe it's time for your roommate to put down the barbell and pick up a book.

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bolanrox@reddit

it is a disease / mental issue at that point. i get if its your job (pro builder or actor or something) and this level of dedication is needed, but for the average person? yeah no

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margosaur@reddit

People like this should just eat lab grown meat, plant protein and crickets and leave the poor birds alone. An animal with a complex, emotional, social brain lived and died only for its corpse to be disrespected with this shit

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Crotean@reddit

I wish I could just do the food as fuel thing. I would weigh a lot less. People who can just eat and not care about taste or texture have such a leg up on being healthy.

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IndustrySufficient52@reddit

I can smell this photo and I don’t like it.

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DeadEnglishOfficial@reddit

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AnalysisOk7430@reddit

He cooks chicken like my family cooked vegetables.

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Troubled_Red@reddit

One time a guy invited me over and said he’s made me dinner and served me something very similar to this.

There are many things he should be ashamed of in his life, and this is one of them.

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SmileParticular9396@reddit

That’s how I make chicken for our dog … not for human consumption. It takes zero effort to pop chicken breast into the oven with idk some seasoning

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The_Amazing_Shlong@reddit

Everyone’s talking about “reframing eating food as mechanical” or whatever but tbh i think it’s just all these early 20s white dudes just haven’t yet learned how to cook and season for real lol, all they know is how to heat chicken to the point of it being cooked so that’s all they do

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skronk61@reddit

“My dog is sick” cooking 😆

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Away_Construction199@reddit

Fed my dog this when he had parvo

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TheDiabeT1c@reddit

That's how it comes out too.

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richard-564@reddit

My ex used to make chicken like this lol. Which was weird because she was a pretty good cook for everything else, just made super bland chicken like this for some reason.

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RegisterOk2927@reddit

This is what dogs eat when they’re sick

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MysteriousCall8507@reddit

Been there, food is just a task at that point, gotta find the most efficient easiest way to cook and consume

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proxypoxon@reddit

Ah so that’s where all the white dog shit ended up.

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TotallyNotPizza@reddit

It looks like it's just sitting in a bucket.

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snyexz@reddit

what even am i looking at? i thought it's chicken covered with flour

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okay065@reddit

it looks like shit if it was white

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pigeones@reddit

bro has an eating disorder, genuinely, not in the way he thinks though

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Boring-Bus-3743@reddit

I just eat canned chicken breast for lunch... A little hot sauce or picked onions it's pretty good cheap and fast high protein

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Mammalanimal@reddit

I keep a giant mixing bowl at work and do a bag salad and can of chicken breast. It's like $7 and pretty good. Veggies and like 50g of protein.

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Boring-Bus-3743@reddit

Hell yeah! I love the Mexican street corn bag salad with a can of chicken. Weekly go to

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Difficult_Price7132@reddit

He eats for function not pleasure. As long as it’s not leather fuck it

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Fledermausmann69420@reddit

Spices won't make you gain weight.... just saying. Also yes, salt in moderation is okay.

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Rhorge@reddit

Salt in moderation is necessary to function properly. That and potassium from a supplement or loads of bananas is also how seasoned lifters prevent constant cramps

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junkronomicon@reddit

Spices are basically zero calories. Whoever made this hates themselves.

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Teddy_OMalie64@reddit

Feels like a punishment thing tbh…

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Shot-Associate4472@reddit

Boiled chicken is delicious. Idk what's wrong with y'all.

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HerbaDerbaSchnerba@reddit

These kinds of gym people are so fucking stupid. There’s literally nothing wrong with seasoning your food. They do it just to be hardcore so they can brag that they have it rough.

I used to boil unseasoned chicken to feed to my dog when he had an upset stomach though, so it’s good for that at least.

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Sm00gz42@reddit

That chicken died twice. Rip, chicken, you didnt deserve this.

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upsitdown@reddit

Bros locked in.

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Playful_Math_2117@reddit

Eating disorders

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celticblacksmith@reddit

This is depressing. A chicken had to lose its life.... to end up like THAT?

Samuel L Jackson voice Seasoning, mothuhfuckuh, do you have it!?

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FrozenBibitte@reddit

I thought this was a stool sample of steatorrhea

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tykron13@reddit

roasted is so easy and better

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junglebooks@reddit

genuinely this is how i used to cook chicken breast to train my dog 💀

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wookiex84@reddit

Yes the ever important aspect of building muscle, no flavor.

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Luxy2801@reddit

Looking at that I can imagine it tastes like I'd rather be hungry

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Ukvemsord@reddit

Who hurt him?

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krazye87@reddit

Water. Isn't. A. Seasoning.

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nobodyhadthis@reddit

And my mom… and then she would freeze it in portions. It was crazy in hindsight.

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kimchijihye@reddit

i thought perhaps these were some weird looking potatoes until i read the title and looked closer.

does your gym bro roommate’s room look like a prison cell? is it just griege? these are the vibes i get from his unseasoned chicken lumps.

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Cosmonaut_Cockswing@reddit

My understanding is that when bulking you want to treat food as a utility, a fuel source and not a pleasurable way to gain nutrition. The point is, or so I've been told by people whom I knew work out like this, is that you want food for bulking to be all bland macros so that when you arent bulking, the foods you do like still taste good.

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username12345654321q@reddit

They do make no sodium seasoning

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CrispyControllr@reddit

All this just to have the physique of someone that hasn’t touched a weight

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Little_Broccoli_3127@reddit

I make a big pack like this from grocery outlet weekly. For my dogs. They love it.

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Suspicious_Abroad424@reddit

What the fuck

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DaniT0n@reddit

Meanwhile, I coat all my food in a thick layer of seasonings before cooking. Also, boiling pain chicken should be illegal.

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waybeluga@reddit

Why does it look like it's dissolving...

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Character-Elk3139@reddit

Nice, boiled for safety

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slick_pick@reddit

I boil my chicken to SHRED but obv mix it with a sauce of some kind AFTER so idk maybe we’re not seeing the whole end result lol

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Forman420@reddit

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Lower_Chip3785@reddit

I do the same for my dog

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Distinct-Crow4753@reddit

British food core 😔

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ZFtw11@reddit

I used to do this, but then I’d shred it and put hot sauce or salt and pepper over rice and you’re good 👍. This is just suffering though

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Greenheart220@reddit

Ew :(

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regionalgiant@reddit

I just... What happened here?!

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andrey_not_the_goat@reddit

That's how eating disorders start...

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Sure_Lavishness_8353@reddit

I imagine he just lifts the entire pot up and shlorps it all out before slurching down into a sewage drain.

There’s a gym in the sewers, that’s part of it.

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gummypuree@reddit

I’ve done that before, for my dog when he had GI issues. 👀

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No-Today-3064@reddit

This is how I would make chicken for my 17 yo Westie who was dying of kidney failure. And even if for a dog, I simmered in low sodium chicken broth. My elderly dog got tastier food than this guy.

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Hamster_Strudel@reddit

The chicken we cook for our dog gets more seasoning than that 😭

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extrawater_@reddit

“Food is just fuel….

So that means it has to be completely unpleasant to eat.“

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marceline407@reddit

Yeah that doesn’t look very good. Although if you’re just gonna shred it up and put it in chicken salad or something I think it would be ok.

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BigWienerPapi999@reddit

The fact that an animal died just for it's carcass to look like this is depressing.

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gogogumdrops@reddit

i don’t even know what i’m looking at

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m3t4lf0x@reddit

I know lifters that do this because any seasoning they use in a food will eventually become disgusting at the volume needed for your protein intake.

I also suspect it’s a kind of neurodivergence or even an eating disorder for some of these folks

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ChefAsstastic@reddit

Well, you can then shred it and turn it into anything you want. Add it to pastas, tostadas or quadillas. Make a shredded chicken cheese steak.

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Rofellos1984@reddit

What was it boiled in? Formaldehyde?

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_ak@reddit

To weightlifters and bodybuilders, food intake is strictly transactional. They simply do not approach it from a sensory-hedonistic perspective.

As German bodybuilder Markus Rühl often said, food "does not have to taste good, it just has to work". His signature drink was a canned tuna, rice cakes and water blended up (seasoned only with a bit of salt and pepper), another food he recommended was low-fat Quark (a kind of acid-set cheese common in Germany) with artificial sweetener.

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PMURMEANSOFPRDUCTION@reddit

This is how I cook chicken for my dog lmao

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Cough-on-me@reddit

This is how I made chicken when I was anorexic. Seasonings freaked me out because of the sodium.

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BasicSulfur@reddit

Please tell me this man’s cutting aggressively cus other than the bland cutting diet I cannot think of anything or reason to do this.

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steveurkel1999@reddit

Even my dog won’t eat this

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Ok_Engineering_1938@reddit

I like boiled chicken 😋 There's something fulfilling, to me, about such a simple preparation.

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Pure_Assumption973@reddit

Blur please

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EXEC_MELODIE@reddit

People think if they make food tasty they'll be tempted to overeat

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IIJOSEPHXII@reddit

That's what Cristiano Ronaldo used to eat. All his teammates were shocked when they went round to his house.

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ArtJunkie628@reddit

I had a girlfriend who did fitness modeling. She would eat this plain boiled chicken with salsa 3 times a day. It made me want to cry for her!!

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samson_strength@reddit

I compete in physique. Made it to National and got crushed.

That being said, I absolutely understand why they are eating like this, but it doesn’t need to be so painful.

Herbs and spices are just fine, it’s the salts that trip people up, because that shit is in everything. Meaning a level of performance anxiety when it comes time to cook and eat.

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CapN-_-Clutchh@reddit

I see that your roommate is a man of culture as well. 🧐

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Mindless-Bad-2481@reddit

It’s because many “gym bros” on Reddit have this mentality that getting fit and suffering go hand in hand.

It’s almost like some weird unnecessary right of passage they’ve created all on their own.

Meanwhile educated gym bros eat good and just work out consistently and make all the same gains.

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