Starting A Food Intake Journal...

[Simmers]

Hey everyone, I am 17 years old... 5'11" and 142 lbs. I am starting a food intake journal to keep track of what I need to start eating more and less of. I want to gain weight, so I will probably do high protein and high calorie diet. Should I go with low carbs? Or do carbs matter? And if they do, what is your definition of "low"? Just yesterday I had this meal:

Mcdonalds - 2 Double Cheeseburgers, Large Fry, Medium Coke
Calories: 1650
Total Fat: 70g
Saturated Fat: 27g
Trans Fat: 9g
Cholesterol: 165mg
Sodium: 2620mg
Carbohydrates: 203g
Dietary Fiber: 10g
Protien: 57g

Now, what should and shouldn't I eat a lot of? I am new to the eating healthy to gain weight gig, so any help is most appreciated. Mind you I don't want to be as monsterous as Beast, but I wanna get up to around 150-155 by the end of the year or so.

Thanks

 

[TheAssholeFomerlyKnownAsDBBT]

Hey everyone, I am 17 years old... 5'11" and 142 lbs. I am starting a food intake journal to keep track of what I need to start eating more and less of. I want to gain weight, so I will probably do high protein and high calorie diet. Should I go with low carbs? Or do carbs matter? And if they do, what is your definition of "low"? Just yesterday I had this meal:

Mcdonalds - 2 Double Cheeseburgers, Large Fry, Medium Coke
Calories: 1650
Total Fat: 70g
Saturated Fat: 27g
Trans Fat: 9g
Cholesterol: 165mg
Sodium: 2620mg
Carbohydrates: 203g
Dietary Fiber: 10g
Protien: 57g

Now, what should and shouldn't I eat a lot of? I am new to the eating healthy to gain weight gig, so any help is most appreciated. Mind you I don't want to be as monsterous as Beast, but I wanna get up to around 150-155 by the end of the year or so.

Thanks

eat 2.5grams of carbs per pound of bodyweight you have

 

[TheAssholeFomerlyKnownAsDBBT]

eat 2.5grams of carbs per pound of bodyweight you have

and work your ass off in the gym and sleep lots

 

[Simmers]

I talked to someone else on here, would it be bad to up the carbs from 2.5 to like 3.5 or even more?

 

[~SC~]

McDonalds??

WTF??

Put down the journal, pick up a baseball bat, and hit yourself across the head.

~SC~

 

[Simmers]

Why? haha

 

[JKurz1]

Why? haha

Cmon bro...your 17, not 7.............you know the basics.............stay the hell away from fast food...........

 

[Simmers]

Yeah, fast food puts on weight, or is that unhealthy weight? It's a pain in the ass getting a lot of cals, carbs, and proteins from non-fast food foods...

 

[JKurz1]

Yeah, fast food puts on weight, or is that unhealthy weight? It's a pain in the ass getting a lot of cals, carbs, and proteins from non-fast food foods...

It's not as hard as one may think......dedication is key in this game.....you make the choice.