Thread: Please Critique My Bulking Diet

How does this look for a bulking diet (I'm in college, so my choices are limited)? I'm 130 pounds, 7% bodyfat, and I am trying to bulk to 140-145. It's hard to tell calorie wise what it comes out to, but I think it might be around where I need to be. I was thinking about staying close to something like this:

Meal 1 – 1.5 cups Kashi Go Lean, 1 cup of fruit or a banana, 1 cup skim milk, 1 scoop whey, multivitamin, flax pill

PRE-WO – 1/2 cup oats with honey, 1 scoops whey, ½ teaspoon creatine, 1 teaspoon (2 scoops) BCAA

PWO – 1/2 cup oats with honey, 1 scoops whey, 32g dextrose, ½ teaspoon creatine, 1 teaspoon (2 scoops) BCAA

Meal 4 – large pasta with chicken, vegetables, and marinara (or turkey sandwich w/double meat, salad), flax pill

Meal 5 – plain chicken breast, 1 TBS olive oil, rice, veggies

Meal 6 - turkey sandwich (lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle) (possibly double meat), salad

Before Bed – small salad with tuna, almonds, flax pill

somewhere around: 2926 calories, 51 fat, 403 carbs, and 236 protein (51% carbs, 33% protein, 16% fat)

Are these numbers good, or should I aim for higher/lower calories? Most calculators say that I should be only having 2500-2700 calories, but that seems a bit low to me, especially since for my last bulk I used about 3000 calories.

Originally Posted by NEW_IN_THE_GAME

Well thing is on training days eat 22cals for every pounds of body weight. non training days eat 18-19. so 2860 on training days, and 2400 or so on non days.

Myself when i bulk i go insane. up to 800g carbs, 400g protein 150g fats, mostly good fats of course . so this is 6100 cals or so. for you i would say 400g carbs 200g protein, 110g fats, good fats are top of the line. this comes out to about 3,400 calories.

Thanks for the suggestion. I think I will definitely up the good fats. I'll shoot for a 50/30/20 diet. I took out the scoop of whey in the first meal (since it is very close to my pre-workout meal anyways) and added more almonds. Now my diet comes to 2953 calories, 68 fat, 400 carbs, 213 protein. (50/29/21) However, I don't know if I should go with the 3,400 calories. On my last bulking diet, I was having about 3,000 and I was gaining weight at a good pace. Also, I will be drinking 2-3 times a week (I know, I know), so I will be gaining excess weight there. How does the new plan look?

Meal 1 – 1.5 cups Kashi Go Lean, 1 cup of fruit or a banana, 1 cup skim milk, .5 scoop whey, multivitamin, flax pill

PRE-WO – 1/2 cup oats with honey, 1 scoops whey, ½ teaspoon creatine, 1 teaspoon (2 scoops) BCAA

PWO – 1/2 cup oats with honey, 1 scoops whey, 32g dextrose, ½ teaspoon creatine, 1 teaspoon (2 scoops) BCAA

Meal 4 – large pasta with chicken, vegetables, and marinara (or turkey sandwich w/double meat, salad), flax pill

Meal 5 – plain chicken breast, 1 TBS olive oil, rice, veggies

Meal 6 - turkey sandwich (lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle) (possibly double meat), salad

Before Bed – small salad with tuna, lots of almonds, flax pill

I will also be snacking throughout the day on low fat granola.