Diet Writeup, Critique

[Lee]

First real diet that Ive written specially for myself. Need some critiquing if you guys would help. Im going for a clean bulk. Ill be using Lipoflame in the AM as a stimulant and Amp02 preworkout. Water intake will be 1gallon a day. Green tea will also be drank throughout the day, usually around 300mg of caffeine a day from the green tea. I am comming off a low carb diet and am currently 6'5" 231 pounds and I would guesstimate around 15% bodyfat. Any info would help, thanks guys.

Breakfast 6am:
5 eggs, (2 yolks, 3 whites) 350 Calories - 30g Protein - 0g Carbs - 25g Fat
1/2 Cup Oatmeal 150 Calories - 5g Protein - 27g Carbs - 3g Fat

Lunch 11am:
1 ANPB Sandwich (2tbsp ANPB 2pc Bread) 370 Calories - 14g Protein - 33g Carbs - 18g Fat
1 Banana 120 Calories - 1g Protein - 31g Carbs - 0g Fat

Pre-Workout 4pm:
1/2 Cup Granola 200 Calories - 5g Protein - 34g Carbs - 7g Fat
1 serving Amplify02

Post-Workout/Dinner 6pm:
2 Chicken Breasts 460 Calories - 90g Protein - 0g Carbs - 12g Fat
1 1/2 Spinach 40 Calories - 2g Protein - 10g Carbs - 0g fat
2 tbsp ANPD 210 Calories - 8g Protein - 6g Carbs - 16g Fat



TOTALS: 1900 Calories - 155g Protein - 141g Carbs - 81g Fat

 

[partagus]

It looks pretty good, but I would eat more meals/snacks. Are you using fitday to guide your diet? If not, you should. If we're splitting hairs here, I would cut out at least one, if not both of your egg yolks, The difference is One egg has approx 84 calories, one egg white has 16 calories. You will also cut 6 grams of fat and one carb per egg (according to fit day).

On your bread, I would use a whole grain low-carb bread, again, cutting calories is key when dieting. Two slices of low carb bread will give you 10 carbs (5 per slice). I would eat an apple instead of a bananna (The difference is 28 calories, 1 fat gram, 7 grams of carbs)....you get the point. By taking an active approach to diet, you can make minor changes here and there to save your self some calories. It all adds up. As you know, you have to burn 3500 calories to lose one pound of fat, so count every calorie. Stick with it, and good luck!

 

[Speakerman]

Need more meals. Up the egg whites. Add in two or three shakes.

 

[Lee]

Well im not really worrying about burning fat. Im going for a clean bulk, but i know i will have to put on a little fat over time. I just want to keep that to a minimal while putting on some decent lean mass. Not trying to be a monster, just in shape.

 

[Sim882]

1900 Calories - 155g Protein - 141g Carbs - 81g Fat is not much food for a bulk for a large man.

This is more of a cut diet, and a low calorie one.

MEals 2-3 need more protein. Meal 4 has more than your body can handle at one time

 

[Lee]

If i throw in 2 protein shakes, 1 with meal 2, and 1 with my preworkout meal mixed with skim milk, itll add a few hundred cals, around 50g of protein, and a few carbs, would that help much or should I try to use solid food instead? Problem with meal 2 is im at work and dont have access to any type of heating aparatus. Maybe pack a few hardboiled eggs for meal 2 along with the sandwich?

 

[Omegasox]

You need a lot more calories if you want to put on weight. I understand the hesitation for eating too much when you're attempting a 'clean' bulk, but there is just no way you are going to gain weight on less than, I'd say, ~3000 cals. This is just an estimate, as all bodies are different, and I don't know if cardio is included.

At 6'2 195 lbs I'm losing about 1 1/2 pounds a week on 2300 cals - 3 lifting days, 2 cardio days.

 

[poysyn]

you need more than 3,000 cals to probably even make gains - how many cals did you consume on your cut? If below 1900 you probably had a great deal of muscle loss.

Increase cals to 3k - increase water intake to at least 1.5gallons (kidney issues suck)

 

[OMEGA]

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will post later this week

 

[mm107]

i think its a nice balance, for bulkin its nice to have carbs...

but if you want to lean out a little while gaining LBM, try adding more snacks to it.

Even 1 handfull of peanuts would be a great snack.

And Also,

Bananas. I have read since they containt fructose, that they can be stored as 'fat' without a huge insulin spike, so be carefull with these. I love bananas especially with ANPB, but it was leaving me stored up with fructose.

But 1900 Cals is a 'cutting' diet it seems. But dont let no one tell you, its impossible to get bigger while getting leaner, i did it with pics to proove it.