Canned chicken and meat.

[MetalHeadX]

Gonna have to spend a bunch of time in the sticks for work with a mini fridge and microwave for a kitchen. Plan on trying to cut down a bit without losing what I've gained over this past season. Corn dogs and fried burritos probably aren't gonna help me much with this. What are yalls thoughts on eating canned chicken for an extended period of time? Anyone ever do any cutting or clean bulking having to eat lile this? Thank yall in advance.

 

[Diesel59]

I've never been the biggest fan of it taste wise, but the macros are just fine. I've eaten a can every once in awhile for the convenience of it.

 

[CJ]

It's fine.

 

[JeffGoldblumLips]

Thraw that shit in some rice with a little terriyaki or bbq. It'll do. You have a microwave, couldn't you plug in a one pot/airfryer kind of thing?

 

[Yano]

Nothing wrong with it at all , some sauce or rice like Jeff was talking. Hell somedays after a workout ill just open a can of chicken or tuna , and eat it with a fork right out the can. 20g of protein and no fkn around.

If your going to be hiking in and out , you might wanna look for pouch tuna or chicken to save space in your ruck , you haul it in , you gota haul it back out .. roll of emtpy foil bags take up way less space than 20 squished cans.

 

[Yano]

Also .. If you see Franks with Bean Component ,, run away !!

If you get cold do not put it in your jacket to warm you up after you add water ,, you'll end up scalding yourself with steam

Bah just shows as Amazon ,, its a link to cases of MRE

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[snake]

Chicken is chicken. You can't shine a turd.

Protein wise, it's fine regardless of how it's packed.

 

[buck]

The nutritional content will be less then something that hasn't been so processed. But is certainly better than soy protein. May want to take a big jug of whey protein with you.

 

[Bro Bundy]

Gotta be nasty

 

[Yano]

Chicken is chicken. You can't shine a turd.

Protein wise, it's fine regardless of how it's packed.

Buddy Pete says that all the time hahaahha. Another one of his is about vinyl siding on old houses , just a new dress on the same old whore , looks pretty but ya lift it up and ya staring at the same old cracker

 

[MetalHeadX]

Thraw that shit in some rice with a little terriyaki or bbq. It'll do. You have a microwave, couldn't you plug in a one pot/airfryer kind of thing?

Good idea. Thank you.

 

[MetalHeadX]

Gotta be nasty

Definitely not worse than the fields rations I ate in 29 Palms lol

 

[Marineman]

Definitely not worse than the fields rations I ate in 29 Palms lol

29 stumps...worst duty station in the Corps.

 

[MetalHeadX]

29 stumps...worst duty station in the Corps.

From my short 4 years in, I agree lol. Thankfully I only spent a couple 2-3 month stents there. However.....knowing what I know now and if I had a good vehicle....I'd probably make the best of it by hitting up Vegas.

 

[AssociateX]

I've never had canned chicken that didn't smell and taste awful, but it'll work if you can find stuff within your salt range.

On a side note, if you can find cans with pop tops, they are way more convenient than having to carry around a can opener.

Since someone already mentioned tuna, the consistently best tuna that I have found is the Costco big cans of tuna. They are like 9oz or something a little bit bigger than the normal cans size. The contents of the cans are normally all flaky tuna not mush.

 

[Wizbang]

Pouches of Chicken or Tuna can be great, if going for canned tuna Aldi has Line and Pole caught Skipjack that is fantastic and usually $1.09/can, sodium can be a bit high ~340mg per can but you could always rinse it for a slight reduction and it tastes great, 19g protein per can.

 

[CJ]

Pouches of Chicken or Tuna can be great, if going for canned tuna Aldi has Line and Pole caught Skipjack that is fantastic and usually $1.09/can, sodium can be a bit high ~340mg per can but you could always rinse it for a slight reduction and it tastes great, 19g protein per can.

300 g of sodium isn't much at all. Not a concern.

 

[CJ]

Just read your intro @Wizbang. Yes, the sodium might be a concern for you, but not for most. As I'm sure you know, active people have a much higher requirement for sodium. Some whom are very active could easily need 10,000 mgs per day just to replenish and ward off hyponatremia.

In my workout shake, I have 900 mg sodium and 200 mg potassium. When I go hiking, I'll often have 5,000 mg Na and 1,000 mg K, just during the hike.

 

[Wizbang]

Just read your intro @Wizbang. Yes, the sodium might be a concern for you, but not for most. As I'm sure you know, active people have a much higher requirement for sodium. Some whom are very active could easily need 10,000 mgs per day just to replenish and ward off hyponatremia.

In my workout shake, I have 900 mg sodium and 200 mg potassium. When I go hiking, I'll often have 5,000 mg Na and 1,000 mg K, just during the hike.

For sure I mentioned it because its something I tend to worry about so projecting that concern outward I think and to your point I keep hearing total sodium intake is typically less of a concern overall as compared to water intake: sodium intake (think dilution ratio of sodium at a given meal or time) and sodium loss via sweat and things.

 

[CJ]

For sure I mentioned it because its something I tend to worry about so projecting that concern outward I think and to your point I keep hearing total sodium intake is typically less of a concern overall as compared to water intake: sodium intake (think dilution ratio of sodium at a given meal or time) and sodium loss via sweat and things.

Depends upon one's diet. If someone who is very active eats really "clean" foods, there's not much sodium in those. If they drink normal water, they're only replacing the water they lost, not the electrolytes. Not a good thing.

Now most Americans eat shit diets, fast food, convenience foods, treats, etc...so adequate sodium intake is not a concern. They're consuming too much. Couple that with the fact that most sit on their asses all day, and are most certainly not losing much sodium in sweat, well they overwhelm the body's ability to regulate sodium/potassium. Leads to bloat, hypertension... well, you know where that road can lead to.