I think my body is messing with me

[abrocketsfan]

I started trying to gain mass in mid-June, and I was taking in 3100 calories. I made some decent gains for only sticking with it for 8 weeks, after which I switched to about 3700-3800 calories. I've been on this for a little over 2 weeks, and I may have barely gained a pound!!

I've cut out a lot of cardio..I just shootaround on my off days , whereas before I'd jog two miles and play some pickup games. Still, teh weight just won't go up. I'm only 139 lbs 5'7.5", so I have the potential to grow (it's not like I've hit a plateau or anything), so what gives?

Note: I'm thinking of eating even more, but I don't want to exceed the 270-280 grams of protein I eat everyday (that's definitely enough). What should I add to my diet ? BTW, I take in about 110 grams of fat and about 400 or so grams of carbs.

Thanks a lot

 

[diamonddiceclay]

I am your height 151 lbs and my trainer has me on 325 protein per day

 

[abrocketsfan]

diamond,

My average protein intake averages out to be about 280 grams; the times I do push 300 I can tell that I'm just crapping it out. That's why I think increasing the carbs or fat would be wiser.

 

[blood_drinker]

bro post your diet - the problem is probably there, or in your lack of sleep or your poor training routine.

 

[abrocketsfan]

here's the diet

Meal1: 1/2 cup natural cracked wheat, 3/2 cup Triple Threat, 1 cup milk, 1 banana, 1 tablespoon flax oil 46 g pro, 18 g fat, 100 g carb

Meal2: 1/2 cup cottage cheese with 1/2 cup Almonds 22 g pro, 15 g carb, 15 g fat

Meal 3: Chicken sandwich (2.5 oz breast, 1/4 cup cottage cheese, 1/2 whole wheat pita bread) 29 g pro, 18 g carb, 2.5 g fat

Meal4: 1/2 cup cottage cheese with 1/2 cup All Bran 17 g pro, 28 g carb, 1 g fat

Meal 5: Chicken sandwich (same as the first one) 29 g pro, 18 g carb, 2.5 g fat

Meal 6: Lunch (usually about 400 calories, 20-25 g pro) + apple

Meal 7: 1 cup kidney beans + orange OR tuna sandwich (1/2 can tuna and 1/2 pita) + orange (this is preworkout)

Meal8 (The minute after I finish working out): Whey + 2 tablespoons honey + 1 cup milk (29 grams pro. 46 g carb, 1 g fat)

Meal9 ( 30 min after workout): 4 oz pasta, 3-4 oz ground beef , very little sauce 35 g pro, 90 g carb, 18 g fat

Meal 10 (30 min before bed usually): 6 egg whites + 1 tablespoon flax oil 21 g pro, 2 g carb, 14 g fat

If I feel particularly hungry on a day, I always eat something healthy on top of all this (fruit, almonds, etc.)

I like splitting it up into small meals because it's the only way for me to fit all that food into my stomach

 

[abrocketsfan]

i get about 7 hours of sleep a day...

I can't help it , I have to get up for work three times a day at 6, and I have to wake up at 8 for school on two of the other weekdays.

I try to make up for this on the weekends, so it comes out to like 7-8 hours of sleep on average, although there are some days when I'll get like 5 hours of sleep (they're rare, though)!

I don't just wander around all night or anything...I just get work done around the house (preparing meals, homework, cleaning, random chores), which takes a long time so I can't go to sleep any earlier. I have a class that ends at 10 PM, and then it's like 12 by the time I go to sleep , and then I wake up at 6.

What can I do? Could that be the reason?

 

[blood_drinker]

Bro your diet looks fine. I would try some more fats like peanut butter and flax. you only have 1tbsp. Try that. If that doesn't work, I think you have plateaued. Change your workout and add the fats. Your body has probably adapted to your workout. Go to the training board and get yourself a new split.

SO, change your split, and add fats. If not , you might give circuit training a try if you have completely plateaued. I seriously doubt this.

What could not hurt if you are not either gaining fat nor muscle is to up the cals a bit more (300-500). This would equate to about 2 tbsp flax and 3 tbsp pb.

 

[abrocketsfan]

blood drinker,

I am taking in 110 grams, sometimes even 120 grams of fat a day. Even though most of that is from good fats, do you recommend that I increase my intake my adding a couple of tablespoons of peanut or some wheat bread/ fruits/ good carbs?

Just wondering because my carb intake is 400g , which isn't already that high, as opposed to the fat intake which seems high enough to me, although I might be wrong.

Doesn't make a difference to me...I just expected the answer to be "eat more carbs"

 

[blood_drinker]

Yeah - I would up both the fats and the carbs.
Take alook at some of my meals for example

2 cups oatmeal (plain)
w/ whole milk
3 tbsp peanut butter
3 whole eggs with ham
1 grape fruit with sweetener

2 cottage cheese sandwiches (200g cottage, 25g P) in 2 ww breads.

lunch- 1 cup brown rice
1 potatoe with sour cream (low fat)
beef broccolli (broccoli in olive oil, stirred)
1 can tuna with mayo

post workout
100g maltodextrin
25g whey

30 mins after
same as meal 2

Beirute (an arab sandwich on whole pita bread, with some red meat, tomatoes, lettuce, and cheese). Westernized version probably...

paella (latin specialty) consisting of (brown) rice, and all kinds of seafoods.

Salmon steak in 2 tbsp olive oil
spinach
cashew nuts




2L water per day
random tbsp of PB spread throughout the day at will
(usually a total of 10)

As you can see my carb intake is rather high.
Your wheat cracker probably has less than optimal amounts. Load up on the carbs bro.

Change your training split. Add more fats, and more carbs. Your protein sounds right. Up the cals overall by 300-500 like suggested or more if you want. Other than that, I can't see what else could be wrong. You should be well on your way to gains.

 

[MS]

How old are you Abrocketsfan??

Diamondiceclay are you a male or a female?? And how old are you

Please no lieing from anyone if you can help it.