I supplement my diet with a heavy daily dose of Fig Newtons. They're a good filler, have great taste, and provide lots of energy.

But that's just as a supplement. I figure I get most of my real nutrition from McDonalds and Arbys.

Honestly, I don't know how people do it. When I'm training more than six hours a week, I can't keep my stomach from growling all day long. I pile on all the carb-rich calories I can find just to keep myself from going crazy. Between the cases of Fig Newtons and the bags of Chips Ahoy, it's a wonder I don't weigh 300 pounds.

So, good luck with the healthy eating habits. I haven't been able to do it.

I have heard a lot of people talking about how whey protein doesn't digest that much in your body and it just goes in and out your system without being used, i used to use that as a after workout/recovery type drink but honestly didn't see any extra muscle but the recovery seemed fine. I now use chocolate milk.. sounds crazy but if you think about it makes sense, you have the sugar, carbs, protein, and fat your body needs to recover and it tastes way better than protein.. i use 1% milk with chocolate syrup.. check out this link:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/24/health/webmd/main1342839.shtml

While using this i have noticed muscle change in my body, i really have and i am pleased with how much more filled i am and the more muscle i have.

As for supplements, just a mens multi-vitamin, flax oil, and fish oil just for the reasons that these are good for you and your body (kind of a health nut). I know its hard but if you can get your diet perfect and just right you perform much much better and feel better

I don't use any supplements. First off, I hate the fact that most of them tear up your liver.

I shouldn't say any though, i do use Redbull before races. I also will occasionly use Vo2 (forget who its made by) its just a huge shot of b12 right before a work out, if im going past zone 3.

Holy smokes! I use supplements, but I also belive that I should eat things that aren't pills! Wow. I do a multi, fish oil, and glucosamine and condrointant. Other than that I just eat a huge salad every day (but do have a "green food supplement if I miss that), as little processed foods as I can, and watch what I'm getting my calories from. if I want to race like a $0.99 cheese burger I'll start eating McD's.

+1 for Chocolate milk, but I use Ovaltene.

Here is my 2¢:

The most important supplement is a Multi-vitamin. If you train to extreme exertion or if you are very sexually active you can benefit from zinc and magnesium supplementation usually called ZMA. Some of these supplements come with other ingredients that will induce a slight increase in growth hormone due to deeper sleep if taken before bed time. Fish oil is essential because Omega 3 fatty acids are found in very few foods in our diet. Fish oil is a better source then flax seed due to the way it is metabolized. You should only need to take Glucosamine and Chondroitin if you are older then 35 or have a history of abnormal joint pain. The fact of the matter on protein is that although it is extremely beneficial some may not be retained and simply pass through your system at high doses. I notice that with supplementation of BCAA's and Protein powder I never miss a beat in training. I will mention that I'm only 20 years old but I have noticed a marked improvement in recovery time when I give my body that combo. There is something to be said for loading sodium phosphate in the muscles although I've never tried it. This is one of the main ingredients in most endurance supplements.

ONE FINAL NOTE: I noticed someone mentioned "MPH Secretologue One". Although it may be possible to increase growth hormone by adding all the right precursor ingredients this supplement contains anterior pituitary substance from animals. This material can transfer CFJ disease which is BSE in humans and may cause death.

Like I said some will frown upon what I use. Please note I don’t take all of them every day. It just depends on what training I am doing. I am a firm believer that with the right training and right diet, the right supplements will help. There are many more supplements out there legal/ illegal that will do more with harsher side effects. I stay away from those.

I just eat a varied and seasonal diet of meat, vegetables, fruit, breads, legumes, nuts, and whatever. I don't really have anything against supplements but I took some for a while, ran out, and got too lazy and cheap to buy more and never noticed a difference in how I felt, looked, or performed.

I bought a bottle of vitamin C and E, but I forgot why I was taking them. Guess if it's not broken, I shouldn't try to fix it.

Last winter I was trying to build some muscle definition with weights, and I used protein powder regularly. For what I do now, I'm guessing that much protein would just be crapped out, so I haven't bought a jug since spring. Still delicious to mix some choc protein powder with bananas, strawberries, milk, and ice, but not a need for it.

For now, it's pb & j sandwich with choc milk after a workout, or whenever I feel like it :) yum.

most important supp is a good EFA formula. Fish oils are great. i take around 10g of fish oils a day, and eat 3-4 servings of fish a day. flax seeds are also good. i also take a multivitamin. and i also take alot of product from a line called advocare. i use musclefuel, arginine extreme, catalyst, thermoplus, spark, slam, post workout, nighttime recovery and zzz's. they are all stuff you can get naturally from food, if you know WHAT to eat, and also are herbs. supplementing the products is also alot cheaper than buying $300 in groceries a week. i also eat 2-3 salads a day, 2-3 servings of fruit(or more a day) eggs, cottage cheese, any type of meat(red or white) and thats on top of my 3-4 servings of fish. yes, i eat about 7-9 times a day. its normally 9 on workout days(a preworkout and postworkout meal.)

calorie tracking is a waiste of time and energy for most people.............learn to eat healthy, learn the basics of weight gain, weight loss, weight maintanence and calorie control, and you don't need to track every calorie.

well, you can ballpark it using a good BMR calculator, and then adjusting the calories burned to a good, accurate calories burned/hrs of certain activity, or certain activity level, which he might be trying to just figure out ball park how many cal he should be getting....which i agree it can vary tremendously from person to person.