Post Workout Meal

I want to attemt to maximize the efficiency of my post workout meal with regards to helping replenish my sysyem, build muscle, and cut the fat from my midsection. Tomorrrow for instance I will be getting up early and going to the gym to run on the treadmill for 45 minutes and then do the elliptical for 15 minutes with a few sets of weighted abs afterwards. I've read a lot of articles about the best meal to eat after a workout to achieve the kind of results I am looking for, and the overall consensus that I seem to be seeing is that the meal should have: lots of protein, some carbs, and pretty much zero fat. In addition, meals throughout the rest of the day should be the opposite: healthy fats with protein and very little carbs.

If after my workout I had for instance an egg white omelette with veggies and then a grilled chicken sandwich on whole wheat bread, would that be a good option? It would give me protein and carbs with very little fat. In the middle of the day I would then have perhaps an apple with 3/4 oz of peanut butter for healthy fats and then some grilled chicken with veggies and hummus for dinner. Does this sound alright?

IMHO, since you are now seriously training, the best meal after that workout is protein.  Eat a steak, chicken (no skin and not in a sandwich, just the meat) or fish. 

When I weight trained heavily, I used to have a protein shake right after my work out.  Check with GNC or any body building shop.

Good luck

After my workout, I eat pretty much what you said - a 4 egg white omlette with 2 slices of whole wheat flax toast.  A little black pepper, oregano, and ketchup. Gives me about 30 grams of protein, 3 grams of fat, and a good amount of carbs.

 I'm a vegetarian, so while my choices are limited, I think this is an ideal meal and I have it everyday.  I actually crave it on my drive back from the gym because I've made it such an basic part of my day.

I work out on the elliptical 5x a week for 45 minutes and strength train 2x a week.  So far (3 weeks), great results. 

GNC has this package of 3 flavors of muscle milk in 1 LB jugs, only 25$ and i have to say i was pretty amazed at the taste

how much better is your plan over a diet that equally mixes fats, carbs and protein with each meal?

How do you plan on measuring your efficiency gains, so you can prove to yourself that you're not going to all this trouble for nothing?

For the guys who've posted about using supplements, how did you all determine what portion of your progress came from the supplements, and did you set a tradeoff point for progress versus $?

Here's an example- Did anyone say "the routine I followed this month should have added 100lbs of muscle (haha), but I see that I actually gained 125lbs of muscle. 25lbs must have come from the supplements I was taking. The supplements cost me $5000. That wasn't worth the extra 25lbs."