Is my Diet OK

[LoneSilver]

Breakfast.... I eat cereal with strawberries with soy milk and have my whey protein and 2 cups of green tea.

Lunch.... I am either eating whole grained pasta with tomato sauce or skinless chicken with chick peas and a potatoe or having turkey burgers on wheat buns around 3 burgers if I am hungry.

Before dinner I'll have a protein bar.

Dinner.... I'll have about the same as lunch as the above.

I drink ice tea I brew myself and pretty much drink it off and on all day long.

I eat yogurt in the evening.

Before I go to bed I may snack on wheat thins or have a salmon sandwich or peanut butter sandwich and the bread I eat is 15 grain or less.

I find it hard to come up with a meal plan to feed my body after my workouts also I have about 5g creatine every morning as well until after my workout I'll up it to 10g.

Is there a product I can buy that will supplement a meal but has calories or the protein I need to keep my weight or body ready for my next workout?


I have run out of ideas in what to eat or fix but I like easier meals I can perpare in a short period of time but I do feel refreshed and always ready to go with my next workout.

I realize protein is the key to building and keeping muscles happy but getting those 6 meals a day is hard for me any ideas or just keep with what I am doing.

Just a note: I workout in the evening around 6 o-clock sharp for about an hour to an hour and 15 minutes.

LoneSilver

 

[EFFORT]

Wont gain with that diet, not enough protein or calories for that matter

 

[LoneSilver]

Any ideas on uping my protein and calorie intake like shakes or something?

I find it hard to consume these meals throughout the day there has to be easy ways to make high protein meals and high calories.

LoneSilver

 

[ryannath]

Proteins shakes for sure. I gained 7 lbs by drinking 2 proteins shakes a day for about 3 weeks and lifting. You need alot more protein.

 

[shaunuk]

Yeah, if you're having trouble getting calories and protein, liquid food is your friend. Search the internet for all sorts of cool protein shake concoctions. Some ideas are...3 scoops of whey + peanut butter + berries + oats etc.. You can carry em round in a big met-rx shaker bottle and drink them anywhere. You definitely wanna mix a fat source with your whey shakes (except post-workout!) so that the whey doesn't get digested too quickly..i.e. use some olive oil or some peanut butter.

Taking your oils (fish oils, flax, olive) will also help you get more calories down. A mere tablespoon of oil is itself about 120cals, peanut butter is also high in calories.

Also, are you broke? If not, I don't see why you can't just buy loads of chicken breast fillets and beef mince etc, cook them the night before, and then take them in a tuppawear box to wherever you're going...8oz of chicken breast is 50g of protein...just imagine how quickly the protein mounts up.

Assuming you're 150lbs (what are you really? ), you want at least 1.5g/lb of bodyweight of protein..preferably 2g. So 230-300g and beyond.. And you need to find a whey (no pun intended! ) to get it all, so use shakes if you have to...but the more solid food the better (lol, you might be a bit hungry if you ate protein shakes all day )

-shaun

-shaun

 

[John_Galt]

You're not eating often enough. Shakes should be used for a minimum amount of time. Over using protein shakes will **** with your protein synthesis.

Eat every 2-3hrs. Try to consume the same amount of protein for each of these meals. There's absolutely no reason to have any more or less. Say you decide to stick with 40g, than stick with it. Muscles build over days and giving them a taste of 40g every 2-3hrs will get them to grow.

Keep your carbs high during intense periods such as pre and post workout.

 

[LoneSilver]

OK I'll give it a try.

Thanks

LoneSilver