posted Tue, 07/09/2013 - 05:06
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With my job its hard for me to get enuf calories most days i pack turkey baked potatos and broccoli for my 1100am meal and my 3 pm also eat it at 7pm when i get home at night I do 5am workouts when i get home i have my shake then i will eat eggs with a whole wheat bagel what do you guys eat to get your calories i feel like my diet is hindering my gains but dont want to dirty bulk to hard to get rid of
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5 10
190 lbs
14% bf
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If you are already consuming the amount of protein you need for your body weight, then snack on foods that are high in calories already to begin with. Nuts, peanut butter, and cheese are some good examples of this.
If all else fails, drink some mass gainer smoothies. You can make a 300-600 calorie smoothie easily, and mass gainers will typically make you very hungry again after an hour or two.
I do a lot of homemade beef jerky. Keeps in my pocket well and I can snack on it all day
I do the same but I have to buy mine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZsxFVyqvsY
box fan jerky!
waltrjust put some meat in the oven at 200 degrees for like 7 hours and you've got beef jerky.
the beef jerky sounds good you can do with with cube steak right
Oh... That's easy, don't need to add sodium or anything?? Why is bought jerky fo salty? Taste?
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waltrred meat has a higher caloric content than chicken, but it also has a lot more fat in it.
it might be a solution if you're really struggling to get calories in
also shakes aren't the evil everybody makes them out to be, real food is more nutritionally sound, but protein powder/oats/peanut butter can all be used to help get the needed calories in
There is always time to get calories man, here is what you can do if you work out at 5am....
pre workout 30g Maltodextrin, 10gBCAA
Intra workout 30g Maltodextrin, 10g BCAA
Post workout 50g protein, 75g Maltodextrin
approx 1 hour later when you get home have a big breakfast - 100g oats and 100g blueberries, Omlette with 2 eggs, 6 egg whites and 300g Lean beef.
If you workout at 5am - 6am, then your breakfast would be about 7:15am-7:30am
Next meal 3 hours later at 10:30am - Turkey or chicken and sweet potato, broccoli, spinach
Then you need another meal at 1pm, 4pm, 7pm
I would reduce carbs throughout the day, that way you are getting most of your carbs in and around your workout, so by 7pm you can end up with an oily fish like Salmon, maybe some nuts, veg and then cottage cheese before bed.
By restructuring the times of your meals and adding in more carbs the calories will soon increase. HOWEVER do not go mental with carbs now, work out your macros and increase it slightly each week, that way you will be able to grow with minimal fat gain as your metabolism adjusts over time along with your increased calorie intake.