Nutrition help please

[Shaguar]

Hi Guys,

I am a regular body builder and have been working out for 4 yrs. I recently had a knee injury because of which I am advised not to work out. As per my doctor I will not be able to workout till April 2012. After which I should be able to workout as usual again. Since I am at home I wish to gain size WITHOUT working out. so eating should only be the option I guess. can some1 help me by suggesting the kinds of food i should consider adding to my diet. Currently, I am on a 4 meal plan 3 big ones and a snack to keep my metabolism low ......... but i dont want to gain fat and would like to gain size however

I am 5'8" , weighing 174 lbs as of now. But my normal weight is around 185 lbs (lost 10 lbs in the past 8 months of not working out)

My meal pattern is as follows

Morning: Oatmeal 2 cups 4 egg whites

Afternoon: Regular lunch, + Chicken/egg/ fish

Evening around 5: sandwich

Dinner: egg fish or chicken with rice or similar.

I want to gain size so when I start working out in April I can start working on definition rather than size. Please help

 

[justhav2p]

eat your maintenance and healthy with 1.5 grams protien per lbs....

knee injury..... april 2012,... hmmm...

Give your body a little rest and start doing upper body light excercises.

 

[Shaguar]

Hey thanks........ I try to avg 1.5 gms of protein that should do the trick right!!

 

[ThreeGigs]

We really need a trollface smiley in here.

 

[Shaguar]

y??

 

[ExLe]

Hi Guys,

I am a regular body builder and have been working out for 4 yrs. I recently had a knee injury because of which I am advised not to work out. As per my doctor I will not be able to workout till April 2012. After which I should be able to workout as usual again. Since I am at home I wish to gain size WITHOUT working out. so eating should only be the option I guess. can some1 help me by suggesting the kinds of food i should consider adding to my diet. Currently, I am on a 4 meal plan 3 big ones and a snack to keep my metabolism low ......... but i dont want to gain fat and would like to gain size however

I am 5'8" , weighing 174 lbs as of now. But my normal weight is around 185 lbs (lost 10 lbs in the past 8 months of not working out)

My meal pattern is as follows

Morning: Oatmeal 2 cups 4 egg whites

Afternoon: Regular lunch, + Chicken/egg/ fish

Evening around 5: sandwich

Dinner: egg fish or chicken with rice or similar.

I want to gain size so when I start working out in April I can start working on definition rather than size. Please help

You can have the strictest cleanest bulk diet, but without resistance training all those access calories will turn to fat... This will put you in a regressive state for your goals...

By the time you are able to lift again you are going to have 3 months of fat gains and will want to cut and shed those extra pounds of fat in April...

The problem is that while on a calorie deficit and losing weight you won't gain any muscle mass, plus you will lose some in the process...

You will have to cut untill you are at a low enough body fat percentage to clean bulk and add some clean mass or start a clean bulk with no abs and watch that gut grow more and more durring your bulk...



You are setting yourself back by adding fat right now...

My advice...

Keep losing weight... Eat a calorie deficit and try to do any type of calorie burning you can to get your body fat % as low as you can get it...

By April you will look skinny as hell with no muscle mass, but you will have a clean canvas and be ready and primed for a bulk... You muscles will soak up all the training and carbs you start and in 12 weeks, by June you will have a solid good look with still visible abs...

Gaining fat untill April and then trying to lose it will put you 2-3 months behind where you would be with the other method...

Just my advice on what I would do...

Hope that made sense...

1st option, you wont be ready for a good clean bulk untill May-June depending on how long it takes you to shed the fat and get your body fat % down...

2nd option, you will be ready for a good clean bulk in April...

 

[Shaguar]

thanks man!!

 

[Powermaster]

You can have the strictest cleanest bulk diet, but without resistance training all those access calories will turn to fat... This will put you in a regressive state for your goals...

By the time you are able to lift again you are going to have 3 months of fat gains and will want to cut and shed those extra pounds of fat in April...

The problem is that while on a calorie deficit and losing weight you won't gain any muscle mass, plus you will lose some in the process...

You will have to cut untill you are at a low enough body fat percentage to clean bulk and add some clean mass or start a clean bulk with no abs and watch that gut grow more and more durring your bulk...



You are setting yourself back by adding fat right now...

My advice...

Keep losing weight... Eat a calorie deficit and try to do any type of calorie burning you can to get your body fat % as low as you can get it...

By April you will look skinny as hell with no muscle mass, but you will have a clean canvas and be ready and primed for a bulk... You muscles will soak up all the training and carbs you start and in 12 weeks, by June you will have a solid good look with still visible abs...

Gaining fat untill April and then trying to lose it will put you 2-3 months behind where you would be with the other method...

Just my advice on what I would do...

Hope that made sense...

1st option, you wont be ready for a good clean bulk untill May-June depending on how long it takes you to shed the fat and get your body fat % down...

2nd option, you will be ready for a good clean bulk in April...

How would he gain fat if calories where kept at a maintenance level with most of them coming from protein and moderate fats? Keeping carbs in check to keep from stimulating fat synthesis by keeping insulin levels in check should prevent fat gain correct?