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Hi again.

Did you check whether you have enough magnesium?

Back to the proteins:

You should eat as much grams of proteins as your body weight in lbs. High protein foods contain 25% proteins. For you, it will be roughly 200*4=800gms (where 200 is your rounden weight in lbs, and 4 = 1/(25%)) of high protein food per day.

This is to be taken ideally 3 hrs apart in (24-8)/3>=5 servings. Don't get up at night for eating. A good sleep is more important. If you wake up anyway, don't hesitate to get a night dose of proteins.

Continue the maths: 800g/5.333 servings = 150g of high protein food at least 5 times a day.

Don't eat 800g in 3 servings. The >300g will over-fill your stomach, half of it will be "eliminated", and you're going to have too large "protein supply gaps" between meals.

So, it's also a question of quantity.

My problem is that my training only doubles my appetite while I should eat over 4 times as much as I was used to before training.

Let me repeat: No abrupt diet change! While you can go from 3 to 5 servings/day frome one day to another, slowly increase the quantity per serving.



NB: I did the maths only for proteins. I did not do it yet for the carbs.

CU

I don't think cottage cheese is a good idea. It's awfully high in sodium. Eggs are nice. Maybe egg whites.

Why not add a protein shake. Whey or soy or milk and egg. So you're a lacto-ovo-pesci vegetarian. That gives you lots of options to increase your protein intake.

I'd be gradual in my approach to adding foods. I'd keep a journal of my progress. Vince Gironda wrote about taking a scientific approach to the introduction of foods. You might get some good ideas from what he had to offer.

Sure, CC is high in sodium... if you're eating 5 pounds of it a day.

Sodium is not an enemy. I wish people would get over that stupid bro-logic thinking.

Sodium is needed to sustain proper muscle function and fluid levels. High levels of sodium, over long periods of time, *can* lead to hypertension. But that's if someone's taking in something stupid like 12,000mg a day. Every day.

Yeah, maybe for somebody in good health. But here's a guy with self-reported blood pressure trouble, who takes medication for that issue. Probably his doctor has told him to keep the sodium intake low, considering this. There's plenty of sodium in other foods listed in his diet. Sodium probably is this guy's "enemy."