6000 calories a day?

[CLOMIDCLOWN]

thanks muscleup!
Bodybyfinaplex, can you tell me what a days worth of meals looks like and what your macros would be?

 

[Deleted member 33117]

Break it down into small meals. Eat something like 3-4 oz of steak, 1 tbs of natural peanut butter and 3/4-1 cup of cooked barley or oatmeal per sitting 10 times a day. You can eat that in under one minute if you have too. I'm with muscleup on the pasta, but skip on the sweet potatoes, they are no better than white one's, contrary to popular opinion. Make certain to add 4 tbs of flax through the day, and toss in some salid with as olive-oil based dressing. This doesn't have to be complicated, nor expensive. I'll find you a link to a post I wrote on eating cheap on a clean bulk...

 

[Deleted member 33117]

I wrote a post on how to get 4500 very low GI calories, 250 grams of protien and get all of your essential nutrients for less than $6 a day a few weeks ago.
http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/showthread.php?t=312239

 

[CLOMIDCLOWN]

ok, i read the thread and i thank you for linking me to it.
it seems interesting that your figured that all out on a small budget to be so nutritious. My questions is how much is ate at each meal? 2 cups pearled barley divided by 10 is next to nothing... and im not sure about the protein from sources like lettuce, barley (anything except the meat).

 

[_Yossarian_]

everything listed is one day's food consumption...Im surprised at the protien content in barley too...

 

[CLOMIDCLOWN]

it doesnt seem like that much though, 2 cups barley? How much is that cooked? 6tbs flax seeds is 900 calories? 1 Head of lettuce is nothing, thats one maybe two sittings... how can tha tlast all day?

 

[Deleted member 33117]

Those were dry cups of barley. It will almost fill a one gallon jug when cooked. 24 oz of steak is a lbs and half of meat. Yes, flax seeds are extremely high in calories. 1 tbs has 10 grams of fat (90 calories just from the fat). As for the protien, most of it is coming from meat. The other two sources will make a complete protien when combined. Most guys take their protien intake to the extreme. A 200 lbs individual does not need 500 grams of protien for optimal gains.

I would break something like that up into abut 10 meals. Personally I need more food than that in order to make optimal gains, however most guys can make gains on 4500 calories a day.

 

[CLOMIDCLOWN]

thanks for your help

 

[JuicePimp]

6000k a day is not that hard. I did that everyday this winter when bulking and went higher many days, even over 10,000k for a couple. The key is to eat many more meals, like others have mentioned. And no, not all mashed potatos and pasta either. Try and do it as clean as possible. I would cook a whole bag of frozen chicken breasts on the George foreman grill and then carry them with me during the day. The point is that it is very doable to stay at 6000 cal.

 

[muscleup]

I eat about 5000 or more on training days