Flatting? How do you cope?

[Pseudonym]

This is half a question, and half a rant.

 

As dedicated bodybuilders/powerlifters/gym junkies/whatever, we may have a few quirks in our daily routines that don't always fit in with "normal" people.

For instance, if you're eating a lot, chances are you're also cooking a lot. But if you're flatting, that puts pressure on the kitchen when everyone else wants to cook as well.

My flatmate gets frustrated by me cooking late into the night. Meanwhile, I get frustrated when he invades the kitchen and I can't get there to cook my next meal. I've been intermittent fasting all day - now I need to eat!

(Besides, he's only doing this to impress his new girlfriend. When he was single, his dinner was two-minute noodles, and we never had a problem.)

So... does anyone else know my pain? How do you co-exist with YOUR flatties?

 

[Kalidane]

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How do you co-exist with YOUR flatties?

 

Increasingly poorly.

 

The different approaches to alcohol, food and exercise seems to wear thin after a while.  In a typical week my flatmate would walk about 500m.  That's his exercise.  His unintended bulking diet takes about 1/3 of its calories from alcoholic beverages.

 

I can't see how a guy my age and height would benefit from the 55kg of fat he has above what I have.  When every day is another quick step to a probable early grave I find it pretty depressing.

 

People reading this forum are generally better off flatting with people who have similar interests/lifestyles.  With all our food prep and eating we probably seem quite strange to most people...

[Pseudonym]

Does he eat a lot of takeaways? Bro, flatmates like that are to be treasured! They leave the kitchen empty for us.

[Kalidane]

lol true!

 

Takeaways some days and big meat fry ups other days.

 

On the whole though I think I'd prefer competing for the kitchen with a more energetic goal-focussed individual.  Having a live-in TP sounds awesome to me!

[Phedder]

In my final year of study I lived with 7 other people. The key really is routine and communication. If something is creating an issue, talk about it! Nothing worse than passive aggressiveness being left to age. 5 of them actually did meals together, so that was easy to work around. They agreed to have dinner ready around 7pm every night, so I always knew I'd need to use the kitchen either before 6-6.30ish, or after 7.

Particularly with IF, when I had more freedom to structure my training and eating as I liked, I'd usually have my first big post workout feed around 4/5ish and just cook enough to eat more later on. Thinking back, especially with so many people, we actually had very little issues with the kitchen.

[jimmybro1]

I have had a hard time in the past, especially with room in the fridge!

But my current flat mates are good one is hardly ever home and the other also travels a lot but is into the fitness lifestyle. Its a pretty quite flat in terms of parties etc, perviously was flatting with students and parties were the norm enjoyed those times but they are behind me now, don't have the energy. I recall a few times coming home from work to the lounge room being hot boxed, the aftermath of parties was the worst! 

It is hard to find good flat mates though, mine are both co-workers so knew them reasonably well before moving in. 

 

[Gym rat]

I don't have any problems when going about making my meals  since I live at while I am dieting down for my comps.I make my tea before my mum doses and it works out well plus I get my mum to buy food for me as well which helps but for my supplements that I take I pay for them