I need some serious help. experianced, but not.

[TheRippedReverend]

First post towards a fresh start.
5'11 225ish~lbs, been weight lifting on and off since i was 17. Got really serious about it when i turned 18-19. Blew up from 160 to 220 in 6months on a dirty bulk. 4 years have passed of on and off lifting, and I'm looking to become bigger and stronger then i was in my prime, looking for that next level.

I have good knowledge of the training aspects of the gym, but the diet is where I lose track. I have never ever followed a strict diet, and I obtained very good results from just pounding weights religiously. If I combine the best of both worlds I can achieve great things. This is where the elitefitness community comes in.

Spent the last 2 hours checking out stickies and did my TDEE/BMR calculations, and after a 20% cut in the calories, I'll be sitting around 2000 a day which should give me -1lb of fat per week.

What I need help with is what exactly I should be eating, and how often. I know a little bit, but not that much. What has worked for you guys and girls out there? Any feedback is much appreciated

You mean to seriously tell me you gained 10lbs a month!! Wow my dude.

Post up diet and training so someone can better help you. 2000 cals ed my girl is 120 she eats 1800 ed. Not sure that you heading in the rite direction

 

[germaine91]

For breakfast cut out the cereal for oatmeal. For meal4 cut out bread completely. Throw in a sweet potato instead.

Why? It won't effect body composition at all if macros are the same.

 

[germaine91]

"What I need help with is what exactly I should be eating, and how often.

Well for what you eat the answer is: It doesn't matter

When you eat: It doesn't matter

Eat foods that help you reach micro/macro sufficiency. Eat whenever suits best. Use MyFitnessPal to track calories if you want.

 

[TheRippedReverend]

Well for what you eat the answer is: It doesn't matter

When you eat: It doesn't matter

Eat foods that help you reach micro/macro sufficiency. Eat whenever suits best. Use MyFitnessPal to track calories if you want.

You gotta be kidding! Dude really stop posting.

Doesnt matter what you eat...

 

[germaine91]

Doesnt matter what you eat...

Not if you manage to meet macro/micro sufficiency. Why would it? The body doesn't see foods, it just sees the nutrients it contains. It's basic physiology.

 

[TheRippedReverend]

Not if you manage to meet macro/micro sufficiency. Why would it? The body doesn't see foods, it just sees the nutrients it contains. It's basic physiology.

Oh, god!! Okay Ill get me a double double then.

F n 21 year old!

 

[Jigga14]

Well for what you eat the answer is: It doesn't matter

When you eat: It doesn't matter

Eat foods that help you reach micro/macro sufficiency. Eat whenever suits best. Use MyFitnessPal to track calories if you want.

I'm pretty sure it matters when and what you eat. If you go all day without a meal and then consume 3000 calories for dinner you have been:
1- in a catabolic state all day
2- now have a huge load of food that your body cannot utilize.

As for what you eat, Germaine I'm sure you aware that wheat is not an optimal carb source. It causes inflammation and is poorly digested. Many people are gluten sensitive to an extent.

It matter what and when you eat, especially when you are trying to lose bf.

 

[Jigga14]

Not if you manage to meet macro/micro sufficiency. Why would it? The body doesn't see foods, it just sees the nutrients it contains. It's basic physiology.

Hahah ya I might as well order me straight McDonald's all day. As long as my macros line up and I'm taking multivitamin for my micros I'm bulking Germaine style.

 

[Murker]

You mean to seriously tell me you gained 10lbs a month!! Wow my dude.

Post up diet and training so someone can better help you. 2000 cals ed my girl is 120 she eats 1800 ed. Not sure that you heading in the rite direction

hmmmm shit... :/... I did my calculations off the stickies of the forum.
BMR (men) = 66 + (13.7 x weight in Kg) + (5 x height in cm) - (6.8 x age in years)
66+1479.6+355-156.4 = 1678.2 Daily caloric needs to survive. I x this by 1.55 for the moderate exercise which = roughly 2600cals. I then took off 20% of this total to be able to lose the weight, which gave me 520cals. 520-2600 = 2080.


Cant post links until I have 25 posts, but I've been following the thread "dieting information"
for this info, and as far as the 10lbs a month goes, that was a loooong time ago, when I first started getting into the sport, so alot of that was beginner gains. But aside from that, what do you think of those calculations? Are they incorrect?

Edit :
diet...
Meal1 : half cup of egg whites with oatmeal

Meal2 : Why iso shake

Meal3: Lean chicken breast with brown rice

Meal4: Lean chicken breast or lean ground beef with sweet potato

Meal5: Casein whey shake
It's kinda just some shit I put together for now honestly...

Training is :
Monday - Chest/Tri's/Cardio
Tuesday - Back/Bi's/Cardio
Wednesday - Legs/Calves/Ab's
Thursday - Shoulders/traps/rear delts/light cardio
Friday - Bi's/tri's/cardio
Saturday - Ab's/ Cardio
Sunday - Rest/Maybe light cardio

If there is any other info needed let me know!

 

[germaine91]

Oh, god!! Okay Ill get me a double double then.

F n 21 year old!

If you can't grasp that you must have a very low level of nutritional knowledge. You are in no position to be giving advice to others.