gaining diet

[Joe Black]

OK if I am gonna be honest with myself I would say about 40% effort has been going into my diet recently...

I have softened through regular cheating and am not gaining weight or gaining strength at the rate I was when I was eating well..

So here is my super doopa revised weight gaining diet up untill September when I will cut for November (my holiday in Florida)..


8.30 : (Meal 1)

OMMELETE
(5 egg whites/1 whole egg
1 tomato
a few mushrooms
50 grams of cheese)

80 grams of oats with some milk.....

11:30 (Meal 2)

NLarge (I am trying to think of a food alternative for this meal. Perhaps some beef sandwhiches..)

2:00/4:00/6:00 (Meal 3,5 and 5)

200 grams of lean turkey/chicken
80 grams of oats/brown rice
veggies
15 grams of plain nuts

9:00 (Meal 6) (Post Workout)

3 scoops of prolab 100% whey
2 and a half bananas
15 grams fo nuts...

Phew thats it......

Each meal should be hitting out roughly..

66 grams of protein
55 grams of carbs
10 grams of fat

So roughly a total of 3400 cals....

Protein = 396
Carbs = 330
fat = 60

Yep the Protein is high, but the carbs now are actually the highest I have ever eaten and want to get used to eating that amount.. Gradually I will be dropping the protein and upping the carbs accordingly..

It is VERY clean but I don't wanna bulk.. I am about 17% as it is so just wanna gain and maybe lean some too.. My goal is to be a lean 190 + for nov.... So it means getting over 200 lb's by sept at least....

So what ya think ?

BTW I will be trying to drink 3-4 litres of water a day to start with gradually upping it as I get used to these amounts...

[The_Chicken_Daddy]

I'm starting eating beef sarnies. Roast beef infact. I just need to find the exact breakdowns for it - NSDA has too mnay choices and i ain't sure which it is. Any suggestions?

[the doc]

why the aversion to whole eggs? They have a lot of good fat and natural vit E and good protein. Your fat isn't that high anyway and your eating 50g of cheese-cheese has a lot of sat fat!

Also, I've found the easiest way to stay w/ good diet is to prepare at least half my meals for the week on sunday. I like to make a lot of soups and stews in my pressure cooker w/ whole ingredients like veggie, lean meat and barley that i eat the whole next 7-10 days. I don't mind it though cause i change my evening meals.

Then again you could try the NHE bulking diet. I was on it for couple months and stayed pretty consistant on the scale but made good progression on the lifts and i think i look a little more cut. ( i am between 17-20% bf). I never really charted cals though and am now doing it after my last break. It is a cyclical high fat diet though. i like it because it is much more efficient to eat 2000 cals in fat than to eat 2000 cals in carbs.. Fat is a much more energy dense nutrient. And if you like to eat a lot of salmon, eggs, and chichen thighs it seems like a good plan. If your interested miss abs can hook you up with the info!
Whatever you do give your best effort-that way you wont think you shorted yourself out.

[Chris Rodgers]

How are you gonna eat half a banana? You just gonna throw the other half away? Give it to your dog or something.


Anyway, looks good. I am learning that the best diet is a consistent one. You can write up the perfect plan, but if you don't stay with it, you won't succeed. Good Luck!

[Maki Riddington]

Looks good Dano,I have found recently through experimentation that friut smoothies really pack some caloric power.

I usally have 2 a day.
If you can buy fruit from a stand it will keep your wallet nice and fat with all those notes.Well then ya have some more pounds to buy some more food:)

Anyways here is something I have been using,
2 cups tropical fruit juice(all natty)
40 grms carbs
2 5 ounce bannanas
60 odd carbs
200 grms frozen berries
24 grms
2 scoops whey
34 grms(Designer Whey)
Falx oil:2 tble spoons (Omega 3&6 Blend)
30 grms
Total Cals:
Carbs:496
Pro:136
Fat:270
Total Cals:902 cals
Keep the flax out if your using the smoothie for a postworkout shake.
To throw off the flax flavor which is barely detectable I would throw in some cyrstal light(kiwi bannana etc...)

Compared to a N Large ya can't beat the freshness and feeling of a cold friut smoothie.:)

[Bam Bam]

hey why leave out the flax if its post workout?

I always used flax after workouts

[Avatar]

BamBam, I think fat intake after a workout will slow down the absorption of protein which you need the most.

[Yaz]

Looks awesome Hulk.

I dunno, just personal preference of mine as so not to disturb the intensity of my workout. I don't eat turkey except after my workout. The tryptophan kicks my ass.

[Maki Riddington]

Fat intake after a workout intefers with the insilun levels
This is when they are at their highest, so you would want to shuttle those carbs as quickly as possible to your muscles.

[Yaz]

I didn't mean directly after. I just meant later in the day after. :)

Or did you mean his 'nuts'? Man that sounds bad...

[Joe Black]

Cheers for the commenst guys :)

Mac, thats one hell of a smothie ! If I wasnlt so lazy I would probably try it...

As you can see from my diet it cnosists of about 5 or 6 things all week lol... However I might give it a whirl soon :)

Also thats intersting abuot the fat.. I always used to take 2 or 3 teaspoons of flaz for my post workout meal.. I wonlt any longer :)

Ahh well oits day 2 and yesterday was SPOT ON, and I am feeling good.. So day 2 now !

[The_Chicken_Daddy]

Originally posted by Hulk
Cheers for the commenst guys :)

Mac, thats one hell of a smothie ! If I wasnlt so lazy I would probably try it...

As you can see from my diet it cnosists of about 5 or 6 things all week lol... However I might give it a whirl soon :)

Also thats intersting abuot the fat.. I always used to take 2 or 3 teaspoons of flaz for my post workout meal.. I wonlt any longer :)

Ahh well oits day 2 and yesterday was SPOT ON, and I am feeling good.. So day 2 now ! [/B]

Hey Dan, maybe if you weren't so lazy you would learn how to spell eh?...:)

[Joe Black]

screw spelling.,.. I can spell it just takes longer for me to check after my suuuuuper fast typing..... :)

[The_Chicken_Daddy]

I bet you double checked and made sure you hadn't mis-spelled any words there though didn't ya! :)

[Joe Black]

yeah or corse I did :D