Please critique my diet :)

[hyphstar]

Hey guys,
First post for me so hope your not too rough. Been working out for about 1.5 yrs.

22yrs old. 180cm (6 foot). 71kg (156pounds)

I have about 3 months over uni holidays to really get into a bulking routine.

Below is my planned diet. Ive put a bit of effort into it so im just hoping for a bit of advice as to how to tweak it. Also just wondering if my fat intake is too high.

Thanks in advance

 

[joe d]

i cant see the file. training 1.5 years 6ft 156lbs says you dont eat nearly enough. eat 2g protein, 3g carbs, .5g fat per lb bw per day split between 6+ meals. if you list out a diet you where following and the diet you intend to follow maybe i can be a little more helpful.

 

[hyphstar]

Ok so i think the file is working now. Obviously i wasnt eating enough before cause i wasnt gaining size but ive still put on 30 pounds since i started so its been decent. Im not a big guy so telling me to eat 5000 calories isnt going to work cause i wont be able to stomach it at the moment. i just want to be eating 500 over my maintanence. Just wondering if the ratios are ok. As for my previous diet, there was no structure to it so after i made the initial muscle gains in the first yr, weight gain slowed right down.

 

[joe d]

pre w/o eat a real meal or at least oats with protein powder

during w/o just sip water

meal 3 is bad. eat steak, sweat tater, and broccoli ir similar

dinner should be a quality protein source such as beef or chicken with vegies ans a small amount of complex carbs

last meal is extremely important. swapping it out for sups is a big mistake. eat whole eggs.

take a good multi v. drink milk between the meals. if you cant handle it all drop some of the fats and take digestive helpers.

thats what i think you should change.

 

[hyphstar]

Thanks for your reply. My pre-workout meal is actually meal 2 which i have 2 hrs before gym 30 mins before i take an energy booster. Meal 3 is while im at work so cooked food is not really any option. Are there any other snack foods which you could recommend that dont require cooking or reheating? Also would cottage cheese be just as effective as eggs for pre-bed meal? Also dinner is always meat, carbs (rice, pasta or potato) and veg.

Cheers.

 

[joe d]

Thanks for your reply. My pre-workout meal is actually meal 2 which i have 2 hrs before gym 30 mins before i take an energy booster. Meal 3 is while im at work so cooked food is not really any option. Are there any other snack foods which you could recommend that dont require cooking or reheating? Also would cottage cheese be just as effective as eggs for pre-bed meal? Also dinner is always meat, carbs (rice, pasta or potato) and veg.

Cheers.

i think you should replace the pre w/o energy booster with food.

hard boiled eggs and rice cakes, cold chicken sandwhich on whole grain bread with fresh spinach on it, tuna sandwhiches, milk, milk with added protein powder, ect could all be packed in a little cooler. stay away from lunch meats. even beef jerky and a granola bar would be far better than just nuts.

cottage cheese is ok but eggs should be a staple so why not use them.

milk, eggs, steak, sweat tater, broccoli should all be a part of the every day diet for anyone trying to increase muscle stregnth and or size which happen to go together.

the protein you are getting from nuts is crap, dont count it. nuts are good for fats.