how many cals do you eat in a day?

[BlondBomber]

I have just started to track my nutritional #'s, so I don't know my average.

Here is what I ate today (high calorie/carb day):

2 cups coffee

Breakfast:
10 egg whites w/1 yolk (229/5/0/32)
1 c steel cut oats (680/12/116/24)
½ c raisins (260/0/62/2)
1 tbsp grape seed oil (120/14/0/0)
Breakfast Total: 1289/31/178/56

Meal #2:
1 c brown rice (600/4/128/12)
~8 oz top round steak (428/14/0/72)
15 oz can peaches (175/0/45.5/3.5)
Meal #2 Total: 1203/18/173.5/87.5

Meal #3:
2 (~7 oz) medium potatoes (370/0/84/10)
8 oz ultra-lean ground beef (580/37/0/58)
3 tbsp grape seed oil (360/42/0/0)
15 oz can peaches (175/0/45.5/3.5)
Meal #3 Total: 1485/49/129.5/71.5

Snack:
½ c almonds (340/30/10/12)
¼ c raisins (130/0/31/1)
Snack Total: 470/30/41/13

Meal #4:
1 c brown rice (600/4/128/12)
8 oz ground turkey (320/16/0/22)
Meal #4 Total: 920/20/128/34

Meal #5:
8 oz ground turkey (320/16/0/22)
4 tbsp all-natural PB (420/32/12/16)
3 tbsp flax seeds (140/10/11/5)
Meal #5 Total: (880/58/43/43)

Daily Total: 6247 calories/206g fat/693 g carbs/305 g protein

 

[whoa182]

Wow, I think i'd make myself sick if I tried to consume all that!

Blondbomber... Do you have any recent BP readings or any blood results recently you could share. I'm interested to know how you are doing on that amount of calories.

 

[JoBu]

I'm currently 5'9" ~160 7%BF. Right now I'm eating 3-3.5k per day on average but back 3 weeks ago it wasn't uncommon for me to down 5k and I was still dropping bf. But then again, I was also running 15-20 miles at a time. I'm an endurance athlete...triathlons and running races so I can easily burn 2k+ calories during a single long workout.

 

[BlondBomber]

Wow, I think i'd make myself sick if I tried to consume all that!

Blondbomber... Do you have any recent BP readings or any blood results recently you could share. I'm interested to know how you are doing on that amount of calories.

That day was a high-carb, high-calorie day, so it is obviously not quite representational of my daily caloric intake.

I had blood work done about 2 months ago, and I have a good BP and cholesterol reading. The only reading that was slightly higher was my creatine (sp?) level. I don't have the readout in front of me, so I have no specific numbers to share.

Eating that much is not a problem for me; I am have a naturally endomorphic, lineman's bodytype. When I was fat I could eat 5-6 "cheat" meals a day.

 

[JKurz1]

I have just started to track my nutritional #'s, so I don't know my average.

Here is what I ate today (high calorie/carb day):

2 cups coffee

Breakfast:
10 egg whites w/1 yolk (229/5/0/32)
1 c steel cut oats (680/12/116/24)
½ c raisins (260/0/62/2)
1 tbsp grape seed oil (120/14/0/0)
Breakfast Total: 1289/31/178/56

Meal #2:
1 c brown rice (600/4/128/12)
~8 oz top round steak (428/14/0/72)
15 oz can peaches (175/0/45.5/3.5)
Meal #2 Total: 1203/18/173.5/87.5

Meal #3:
2 (~7 oz) medium potatoes (370/0/84/10)
8 oz ultra-lean ground beef (580/37/0/58)
3 tbsp grape seed oil (360/42/0/0)
15 oz can peaches (175/0/45.5/3.5)
Meal #3 Total: 1485/49/129.5/71.5

Snack:
½ c almonds (340/30/10/12)
¼ c raisins (130/0/31/1)
Snack Total: 470/30/41/13

Meal #4:
1 c brown rice (600/4/128/12)
8 oz ground turkey (320/16/0/22)
Meal #4 Total: 920/20/128/34

Meal #5:
8 oz ground turkey (320/16/0/22)
4 tbsp all-natural PB (420/32/12/16)
3 tbsp flax seeds (140/10/11/5)
Meal #5 Total: (880/58/43/43)

Daily Total: 6247 calories/206g fat/693 g carbs/305 g protein

forget carb cycling bro......you should stick to this for a few weeks.....I bet you make some incredible gains.....seriously......just got the fat to about 100g and it's $$...

 

[danbo]

Usually around 1800, mainly do to time constraints with university, work, coursework, the gym and martial arts.

I dont have the best diet either, when i'm not in work its good. But i work part time in Burger King so all that shitty food i get on my break isn't good for me i guess. I ate 1 burger that had 980 kcal's the other day (thats disgusting).

I am 5"8, 140lb's, 11.5% BF and i'm 19 years old.

 

[BiggT]

Here's what I ate thus far today.....

8 AM....2 whole wheat bagels w/ steak, egg, and cheese/ 8 egg whites, a litre of skim milk

9:30 AM -trained.....10 singles of power snatches, 10 singles of power cleans, then I no-no squated up to a heavy 5, then 5 singles at a set weight, then 5 sets of chins

10:30 AM- MetRx 51 gram RTD

11 AM- 2 beef and bean burritos from Taco Bell and a muscle milk

1PM 1lb of 95% lean ground beef, 1 bag of instant brown rice, a package of frozen broccoli, and a litre of skim milk

It's 1:50 and I'll probably have a muscle milk in a half hour....the day is young.....I actually forget what it is like to eat when I am hungry, I just stay stuffed to the point of being uncomfortable all day long, lol.

 

[JKurz1]

Here's what I ate thus far today.....

8 AM....2 whole wheat bagels w/ steak, egg, and cheese/ 8 egg whites, a litre of skim milk

9:30 AM -trained.....10 singles of power snatches, 10 singles of power cleans, then I no-no squated up to a heavy 5, then 5 singles at a set weight, then 5 sets of chins

10:30 AM- MetRx 51 gram RTD

11 AM- 2 beef and bean burritos from Taco Bell and a muscle milk

1PM 1lb of 95% lean ground beef, 1 bag of instant brown rice, a package of frozen broccoli, and a litre of skim milk

It's 1:50 and I'll probably have a muscle milk in a half hour....the day is young.....I actually forget what it is like to eat when I am hungry, I just stay stuffed to the point of being uncomfortable all day long, lol.

is this everyday??????? Stats?

 

[BiggT]

is this everyday??????? Stats?

Everyday man. Not the same menu, I'd get bored, but that's the basic gist of it.

I am 26......I'm a little under 6' with my shoes on and right now I am anywhere between 250-255 depending on when I weigh myself.....my pic is in my avatar. I don't really measue much, arms are about 19"...thighs about 29-30".....chest maybe low 50's....my waist is 36". Last physical I had, my BP was 115/80 and my total cholesterol was 167, I forget the HDL/LDL breakdown, but it was good, tryglycerides were good, no problems.

I try to stay full all day and never get hungry.....I stay consistent because I am not scientific, If I want to eat at say 10:30, and I can't until 11:15, I am not going to kill somebody over it, I use A LOT of variety, especially with fruits and veggies...I find I can keep bodyfat under control by eating foods that are dense nutritionally.....I try to stay away from high calorie foods with no bang for your buck, like candies and cakes and ice cream, for me, that shit just sticks to my waistline and does nothing to improve my lifting. Believe it or not, taco bell is pretty nutritionally dense depending on what you order, lol.....I drink close to a gallon of skim milk a day, sometimes half a gallon.....I drink a Metrx 51 gram RTD post workout, then a big meal about an hr later....I use muscle milk to up cals if need be...I use shakes if I am lazy or if I need to go to the grocery store, or if I physically can't eat anymore...sometimes the food doesn't sound so good, so I'll drink 2-3 muscle milks a day just to keep my clean cals high.....I prefer fresh, whole foods most of the time...meals are chicken or beef or fish with A LOT of a complex carb and some type of veggie or salad..Also, I'll eat baked and mashed potatos, I don't limit myself to yams, I eat lots of oatmeal, only whole wheat bread that has a high fiber count at home, but at a reataurant, I'll a regular bun with a sandwich, I don't get bent out of shape over that.....I eat a lot of yogurt and bananas.....lots of peanut butter...today I grabbed taco bell, sometimes I'll get a pizza, If I am dying I'll eat a peice of a snickers bar, but again, if I do something like that, I look for bang for my buck, The other day I was in a pinch with work and had to stop at Wendy's.....so I got a a chicken sandwich, a burger, and two baked potatos.....for me, it just comes down to using my head when it's time to eat.

Back in college and the first couple years after I graduated, I'd go out Fri and Sat night and spend $100-150 a weekend at the bars......I gave that up, and saved myself $400-600 a month, now it goes to MetRx, Cytosport, steakhouses, sushi joints, and the grocery bill. I don't waste my money on ANY nutritional supplements like creatine or glutamine .....been there, done that, my own personal study conducted by myself on myself says you don't notice them one lick them if you eat an abundance of nutritious foods and train correctly. I just drink MetRx post workout and Muscle Milk to up cals and because it really does taste like a milkshake.

 

[JKurz1]

lemme see this rest of your diet yesterday....you got the right idea bro...protein #1, build mass, sculp it later....what is your training like? Cardio?