anyone have certain foods they absolutely need to eat to train well? I'm not talking about stuff you've read or heard at the gym, I'm talking about PERSONAL EXPERIENCE only.

Mine are:

Beef
Rice
Potato
soda

You need soda to train well???? why?

I try to eat alot of
Tuna
Rice
Steak
Fruit/veggie
And i know its proably bad but i need a monster.

Meat, veggies, and fruit. If I eat junk, I can't be ****ed to train hard.

Like floyd mayweather sr; cupcakes, donuts, cookies. Thats just for breakfast. lol

Nah but for real. All I -need- is meat. I eat whatever, but I can only go so long without eating meat.

-Fruits( Bananas, Apples, Oranges)
-Fish, Meat
-Eggs
-Veggies( Carotts, Potatoes, Beans, Soups, Lentils, Salads)
-Cereals
-Pasta, Rice
-Milk, Yoghurt
-Water

Those are the only things i eat to stay in shape and too far from the weight i will have to make when i will fight. But just before i train i would say bananas or Apples.

CEREAL- I could live off of that alone :D

chicken...

fried, baked, grilled it doesnt matter.

Cheers to Chicken
soda....i like to make a syrup with sugar water and celery seeds add some seltzer water and i have some really good celery soda i also like ginger ale too

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/celery-soda-recipe/index.html

other then chicken though i need bagels and peanut butter too
definately couldnt live with out apples or apple sauce
yogurt and milk are biggies as well

on all training days i eat oatmeal for breakfast and lunch and fruit in between and a salad with tuna after training.. i dont drink energy drinks or soda .. just water and juice. and coffee in the monring lol

Fish, veggies, fruit, rice. Too much meat is unnecessary.