Stricter diet

[BennettBoy]

I'm going to a stricter diet for 4 months of 3700 calories (20 x bw) hoping to add some weight. Here is what I want to do. Now I need to figure out what this breakdown is, and I hate digging for this info. So, this might need tweaking. Anybody good at this feel free to step right in and help:D I'm shooting for a 40/40/20 breakdown. Feel free to comment on this and make better suggestions.



Meal 1
Optimum Nutrition MRP
1 cup oatmeal
10 grams flax seed oil

Meal 2
8 eggs (6 whites)
4 slices turkey meat
2 slices whole wheat bread

Meal 3
5 oz. grilled chicken breast
1 cup brown rice
4/5ths cup peas

Meal 4
1 can tuna
1 apple
2 slices whole wheat bread
5 grams Flax seed oil

Meal 5 (Post workout)
40 grams whey
35 grams malto
35 grams dextrose
1 banana

Meal 6
8 oz. steak
1 baked potato
1 cup peas

Meal 7
Optimum MRP
8 oz. skim milk
2 TBSP natty PB
1/2 cup 2% cottage cheese


Now I just need to figure up all my calories to see where this lands:eek: This is something I think I could stick with and not get so tired of daily. I do not plan to use any more creatine. I will use glutamine later when I start cutting. Supplements for now will be only protein, multis, Vitamin C, Vitamin E and flax seed oil.

Comments or suggestions?

[DasTylZ]

LookS Good
i would put the eggs in the morning with the oatmeal

[heathj]

Stricter? More strict* Fool!


Originally posted by heathj
Looks good, but why the flax before your workout

;)

[DasTylZ]

heathj
Is That Ure Ass On That PiC? :D

[BennettBoy]

Is it bad to take flax before bed? I could move that to then since I want to put the flax in either a shake or mix in with tuna. I just need the fat and not sure the best time to take it.

[Manveet]

Don't know about the flax, but the diet sounds good. Maybe I should start to count my cals :hide:

[Stray]

I had read somewhere that flax was best taken at bedtime..I forget why but I've always done it that way.

[BennettBoy]

Thanks stray. I'll move the flax to evening and cottage cheese to earlier in the day.

You win heathj:D

[galileo]

Heath asked about before workout.

Before bed is very good because if you eat a slow digesting protein like casein and some flax the food will take longer to digest and you can spare some of the 8-hour fasting catabolism.

[BennettBoy]

galileo, yeah but in my journal heathj suggested I move the flax to night and swap with the cottage cheese.

Good to know that. But should I eat the 2 Tbsp natty PB too with the flax. Is that too much fat before bed?

[heathj]

;) How about moving the pb to either meal 3 or meal 6. Doesn't seem like you have much fat in those.

[galileo]

I think the more balanced the better, so I agree with heath there.

I try to keep my meals in the split I am using. Not only does it make it easy to plan meals, but it makes my energy levels stay pretty consistend throughout the day.

[BennettBoy]

OK, but if I have 2 Tbsp of PB that way.....it will have to be Jif. That way I can eat it right out of the jar LOL. Love Jif like that. I can take natty PB in a shake.....but that is about it.

[Shao-LiN]

Eat cottage cheese and flax before bed.

[galileo]

What brand of Natural PB do you have? I have Smuckers and it's great no matter what.

[heathj]

If you want to keep that shake, how about switching meal 7 with 2, taking one piece of bread out of there and throwing in the 5g flax before bed with that meal...So:

Meal 2
Optimum MRP
8 oz. skim milk
2 TBSP natty PB
1/2 cup 2% cottage cheese

Meal 7
8 eggs (6 whites)
4 slices turkey meat
1 slice whole wheat bread
5g flax


Or...if you don't want to eat two MRP's in a row...Make meal 7, meal 3, make meal 3 into meal 2 and make meal 2 into meal 7. Then take out the slice of bread and throw in the flax....:D