Thread: Advice on my bulk diet needed! - newbie

Hey guys.

Discovered this forum last night and have been reading through all the previous posts for a good day now. I’ve been training with weights since I was 16 but never competitively or with a solid nutritional plan. At the moment I’m 20, 5”8 and about 145-150Ibs. I would say my body fat is fairly low and I currently have good muscle definition on my whole upper body, however I’ve finally decided to get serious with my weight training and would like to bulk up whilst retaining definition. Based on all the other posts I’ve read about diet, I’ve put together this plan. Any suggestions are welcome, and also I don’t have a great idea of how much to eat for each of these meals, e.g is one standard bowl of oatmeal enough or should I be having more etc?

Thanks in advance,

Carl.

Meal 1 8am – 1 serving Oatmeal w/chopped banana, 3 Egg Whites, 3 Full Eggs (scrambled)
Meal 2 11am – Tuna Sandwich (1 can) with 2 slices whole-grain bread (perhaps also add 1 apple)
Meal 3 2pm – Chicken Breast, Rice (Basmati) – how much rice is enough?
Meal 4 5pm – Mixed Vegetables, Sweet Potato – not sure of amounts for these also
Meal 5 8pm - Chicken Breast, Rice (Basmati)
Meal 6 10pm – Oatmeal w/chopped banana

Would you say I should drop the oatmeal completely for the last meal, or simply add peanuts (not salted right?)/cottage cheese on top? Oh, and roughly how much of these should I be looking to eat, I can go overboard with nuts easily!

yes drop the oatmeal and opt for the cottage cheese and nuts. 1/6th-1/4c. would be fine. or you could also get natural peanut butter.
Id also suggest better EFA's. Fish oil capsules would be beneficial and convient.

meal 4 needs some protein.


check out www.fitday.com to figure the macronutrients/calories for different measurments on the foods you questioned.