First Cycle Diet for 3900 calories @ $5 a day

[Synpax]

Active Cardio and lifting. First time cycle to mostly gain LBM. I expect this to probably be my one bulk cycle before cutting back down for racing season. The heavy diet is encessary because I will be up to about 50 miles run per week, ~3 miles swam per week, and 200+ miles biked a week on top of the lifting for two hours each afternoon.

Oats - 400g
Flax Seed Oil - 90g
Dextrose - 100g
Skim Milk - 4 cups (blend with 100g of oats)
Whey Concentrate - 170.4g
Whey Isolate - 85.2g

Total: 3900
Carb% - 42.2
Protein% - 29.8
Fat% - 28.1

How does the ratio look? I weight 165-170 right now though sometimes I slip to 162 if I do not eat as much as I need.

Daily cost not counting the Milk and Flax seed oil: $4.03.

 

[psychedout]

Looks alright, but expect some controversy regarding all your protein coming from shakes.

I can't say all shakes is bad or good with a scientific evidence-- but my guy instinct has always told me whole food is the way to go.

 

[Synpax]

Looks alright, but expect some controversy regarding all your protein coming from shakes.

I can't say all shakes is bad or good with a scientific evidence-- but my guy instinct has always told me whole food is the way to go.

Shakes are totally natural whole foods. It's whey and water. Take cows milk and dry it out through a sifter and that's what you get left. And actually 70% of the protein comes from the shakes.

Thanks for your comments though. I will be posting up an XLS of the diet so people can tailor it to their needs and see the ratios and costs just by chanigng teh grams consumed of each type.

 

[~SC~]

Nothing replaces solid food, ever.

But, to each his own.

I'm not even gonna go there.

Good luck in creating an interest for such a boring/sub-par approach.

~SC~

 

[ProtienFiend]

What about some meat/pasta... thats cheap and effective. Whole wheat bread too!

 

[Synpax]

Nothing replaces solid food, ever.

But, to each his own.

I'm not even gonna go there.

Good luck in creating an interest for such a boring/sub-par approach.

~SC~

The oat drink is almost solid. Just because you are swallowing it doens't mean it isn't solid.

But what makes it sub-par?

 

[JKurz1]

the whey and the dex.................

 

[Synpax]

the whey and the dex.................

Whey is the most biologically available and complete protein source you can find. It also is the only protein source not to cause any renal stress/damage.

Dextrose? What do you put in your PWO shake to spike your insulin and refule your muscles?

 

[Tom Treutlein]

I personally like it Synpax. My diet has me at 3500 cals for $4.19 a day, but it's also whole food. Actually, I only get about 400 calories from a glass of milk and two scoops of whey every other day.

I think your way is a bit more conveinent. It's just a matter of dealing with carbs. Protein I love, fats are easy enough to down, but carbs...uch! I can't eat that much pasta or oats anymore. I'm doing it, but it's such a pain. And to buy sauce all the time is too expensive so I have to eat plain, bland pasta.

Hmm, maybe I should try oatmeal shakes. It'd be hard to bring those to school, though.

 

[Synpax]

Tom - want to break down your diet? I'm curious what hte components are.