Thread: Diet help - gonna be making all my own food

I'm heading back to college soon for summer classes, and I'm dropping the atrocious school meal plan, but I'm gonna need some help coming up with my own meal plan. I'm having a hard time getting enough calories for a (clean) bulk. If anyone could give me some suggestions, it would be awesome. Also, please keep in mind that I'm on a student budget when making your suggestions. Thanks.


Meal 1:
1 cup oatmeal
1 scoop whey<--I'd like to replace this with an animal protein
1 whole egg

Meal 2:
6 oz chicken breast
1 cup barley (cooked)

Meal 3:
1 can tuna
1/4 cup peanuts
(This meal isn't quite big enough - suggestions?)
(On workout days I'll change this to another 1 cup of barley as a preworkout meal)

(PWO - on workout days
2 cups skim milk
1 medium banana
1 scoop whey)

Meal 4
6 oz chicken breast
1/4 cup peanuts
(This meal isn't quite big enough - suggestions?)

Meal 5
1 cup fat free cottage cheese
2 tablespoons peanut butter

1971 calories / 206 g protein / 130 g carbs / 74 g fat
(On workout days:
2370 calories / 248 g protein / 182 g carbs / 78 g fat)


I'm looking for about 2600-2800 on workout days, and 2400-2600 on rest days, so I'm about 500 calories short.
Please fire away with your suggestions!

Originally Posted by hobscrk777

I'm heading back to college soon for summer classes, and I'm dropping the atrocious school meal plan, but I'm gonna need some help coming up with my own meal plan. I'm having a hard time getting enough calories for a (clean) bulk. If anyone could give me some suggestions, it would be awesome. Also, please keep in mind that I'm on a student budget when making your suggestions. Thanks.


Meal 1:
1 cup oatmeal
1 scoop whey<--I'd like to replace this with an animal protein
1 whole egg

Meal 2:
6 oz chicken breast
1 cup barley (cooked)

Meal 3:
1 can tuna
1/4 cup peanuts
(This meal isn't quite big enough - suggestions?)
(On workout days I'll change this to another 1 cup of barley as a preworkout meal)

(PWO - on workout days
2 cups skim milk
1 medium banana
1 scoop whey)

Meal 4
6 oz chicken breast
1/4 cup peanuts
(This meal isn't quite big enough - suggestions?)

Meal 5
1 cup fat free cottage cheese
2 tablespoons peanut butter

1971 calories / 206 g protein / 130 g carbs / 74 g fat
(On workout days:
2370 calories / 248 g protein / 182 g carbs / 78 g fat)


I'm looking for about 2600-2800 on workout days, and 2400-2600 on rest days, so I'm about 500 calories short.
Please fire away with your suggestions!

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