libertysnake
.338 Win Mag
Yeah part of the problem is I'm a very fussy eater. Don't eat chicken or eggs (some eggs if included in something else but hardly ever by themselves) don't like milk or pretty much anything "creamy" so eat cereal dry for example. Haven't been eating a lot of cheese just a few slices off a block of Swiss, parmesan etc. I'm eating much more food than I ever have before, breakfast/lunch/dinner vs just dinner before so that in itself has added a lot of additional expense and I've been focusing on eating nuts etc which I've never done before so $8 - $10 a small bag adds up fast. Even the cereal I've been eating is like $10 or $12 a box I never bought cereal before past couple of months so it's just added cost from my perspective. I've been adding some sun flower seeds and either raisins or cranberry so $30 +/- for about 2 weeks. It adds up.
As far as creatine I've been doing 5mg per day no loading phase.
ETA just checked label on multivitamin that I'm taking (Vitamin Shoppe Ultimate Man Gold) it includes 150mcg Iodine and 200mcg Selenium so hopefully good there.
I'd avoid tablet vitamins. They have poor absorption rates. I used to take one. I stopped.
If you want vitamins your best bet, I shit you not, is just a box of cereal. Most cereals are fortified with a ton of vitamins if you check the side. It's not a compressed tablet you're going to shit out most of.
I say finish the vitamins, but after switch to just a bowl of cereal (bran flakes, raisin bran, etc is pretty ideal) and the iodine drops. Might even be cheaper. It's actual food as well.
Also you don't have to overeat nuts. Dietary wise, my understanding is the human body doesn't use much more than 50g of fat per day. One of the main reasons to have some fats in your diet, a really minimal amount, is to keep your gallbladder working and moving bile. If it doesn't move bile you'll wind up with gall stones. Low fat diets are NOTORIOUS for this reason.
But even 20+ grams of fat daily is more than enough to keep that moving. I'd say target about 60g daily as your low end. Throw a little olive oil on some salad, eat a few nut or sunflower seeds, it all adds up fast.
The rest, put into lean protein and carbs and fiber. That's going to fuel your lifting and exercise.
Also side note: Sunflower seeds are also a decent selenium source. Whole wheat stuff as well.