Does this diet look strong?

[T129]

Breakfast: 3 whole eggs with spinach
Snack: 200g cottage cheese with apple
Lunch: 1 can of tuna with bok choy
Snack: 500ml raw milk and banana
Post workout: 1 scoop whey with oats & 500ml milk
Dinner: 150g chicken breast with pasta & broccoli
Pre bed: 200g cottage cheese with berries & flax seeds

200+ g of protein


My current diet right now probaly has 120g of protein lol...so i think this may be a definate improvement


Look good?

[twister3634]

Eat Moar

[Arlecchino]

Are you cutting?

[Blindead]

Nutrition forum brah.

[AusLifter06]

Breakfast: 3 whole eggs with spinach
Snack: 200g cottage cheese with apple
Lunch: 1 can of tuna with bok choy
Snack: 500ml raw milk and banana
Post workout: 1 scoop whey with oats & 500ml milk
Dinner: 150g chicken breast with pasta & broccoli
Pre bed: 200g cottage cheese with berries & flax seeds

200+ g of protein


My current diet right now probaly has 120g of protein lol...so i think this may be a definate improvement


Look good?

Like the other dude said, are you cutting?

Carbs are low. Oats for breakfast atleast.

Also fish oil + nuts for EFAs.

[PotKettleBlack]

What are your goals?

[entropy1]

thats a fair bit of protein but not much cals.increase complex carb intake

[fyre500]

Looks like a super boring diet and will probably be tough to stick with. If you're cutting, this probably isn't the best area of the forum to poll. Head to the Nutrition section for that.

If you're bulking, you're going to need more calories than that being 5'10" and 190#. I recommend some form of carbs in the morning if it works for you. If not, leave them out. Just make sure you eat plenty of carbs the night before. Personally, I can't do the complex carbs in the AM before I lift. It bogs me down like crazy and my energy and motivation suffer. In turn, my lifts are terrible. I usually eat 4 eggs, some cheese, and a regular hamburger bun (generally "simple" carbs) before I work out. It works for me.

Overall, just see what works best for you. Track your progress and adjust accordingly. It works for both cutting and bulking.

[ShutUpAndSquat]

Your lunch is just 1 can of tuna along with bok choy...? You need to add some calories on that if you want to bulk. Add in a few more cans, or look into something that's more calorie dense..

[Entkommen115]

I am going to say this in the nicest way possible.

That is the pussiest diet ever.

I am not even sure if that would add up to 2000 calories.

[T129]

I'm just trying to get the 200g of protein

[TonyHoliday]

powerlifting section

diet....


how bout this


eat every bit of whole food you can

then dessert

keep eating

very simple

[PotKettleBlack]

What are your goals?
What are your goals?

[T129]

What are your goals?

Goals are to get atleast 200g of protein and gain strength

[fyre500]

Goals are to get atleast 200g of protein and gain strength

Not going to happen with that diet. Where are your carbs? Where are your fats?

Without calcing it out, I'm estimating that your outlined diet is easily under 40g of fat. This is foolish.

Protein is important but it is NOT the only thing you need to gain strength. You probably won't see a single different in another 80g of protein if you're not eating more calories than you were previously. To truly gain strength, you need to be eating more calories than you are burning in a day. Stop fussing over individual macros. Eat lots of food and just make sure you're taking in protein, carbs, and fats. I wouldn't worry about concentrating on one. This isn't the Bodybuilding or Nutrition section.

However, I don't believe in the "eat everything you can find and then eat more" approach either. There is definitely a limit. It's quotes like this that make people think that all powerlifters have to be fat.

[Entkommen115]

Not going to happen with that diet. Where are your carbs? Where are your fats?

Without calcing it out, I'm estimating that your outlined diet is easily under 40g of fat. This is foolish.

Protein is important but it is NOT the only thing you need to gain strength. You probably won't see a single different in another 80g of protein if you're not eating more calories than you were previously. To truly gain strength, you need to be eating more calories than you are burning in a day. Stop fussing over individual macros. Eat lots of food and just make sure you're taking in protein, carbs, and fats. I wouldn't worry about concentrating on one. This isn't the Bodybuilding or Nutrition section.

However, I don't believe in the "eat everything you can find and then eat more" approach either. There is definitely a limit. It's quotes like this that make people think that all powerlifters have to be fat.

I do believe in the "see food" diet.

Caloric surplus just helps so much.

[fyre500]

Yes, caloric surplus. However, there is a surplus and then there is just absolute excess. It's MUCH easier to put on size by using the "see food" diet (I'm sort of doing it right now and having excellent results), but there is a such thing as too much. There's a great article on T-Nation that talks about the guys everyone sees at the gym with the huge guts who seem to be on a year-round bulk.

This is obviously not the section for this discussion, though. This section is dedicated to strength and competition in the big 3. If it works for you, go for it. I have a disadvantage being a FFB (former fat boy) though. If I wanted to be 310# again, it wouldn't be that difficult.

[PotKettleBlack]

Eating that much protein isn't really a goal, but to gain strength, calorific surplus certainly is important. Work out your BMR, and whack a fair few hundred calories on top of that, then eat that, or possibly more, depending, I'm not arsed about gaining fat, but you might be. Do that consistently and train hard, and you will reach your goals.

[SoaringSwine]

Looks like a super boring diet and will probably be tough to stick with. If you're cutting, this probably isn't the best area of the forum to poll. Head to the Nutrition section for that.

If you're bulking, you're going to need more calories than that being 5'10" and 190#. I recommend some form of carbs in the morning if it works for you. If not, leave them out. Just make sure you eat plenty of carbs the night before. Personally, I can't do the complex carbs in the AM before I lift. It bogs me down like crazy and my energy and motivation suffer. In turn, my lifts are terrible. I usually eat 4 eggs, some cheese, and a regular hamburger bun (generally "simple" carbs) before I work out. It works for me.

Overall, just see what works best for you. Track your progress and adjust accordingly. It works for both cutting and bulking.

40gm of fats? Err you might want to read that again...a litre of whole milk, 400gm of cottage cheese, whole eggs, tuna and flaxseed oil. The lack of carbs is why it sucks.

[fyre500]

40gm of fats? Err you might want to read that again...a litre of whole milk, 400gm of cottage cheese, whole eggs, tuna and flaxseed oil. The lack of carbs is why it sucks.

I didn't catch the other 500ml of milk with whey. He doesn't specify that the cottage cheese is whole or lowfat so I assumed 2% lowfat. A can of tuna only has a few grams of fat and there is no flaxseed oil, only flax seeds. No specified amount on that either.

Overall, not a lot of fat in the diet. Fat is a great source of calories on a bulk and is necessary for overall health.

And yes, it does lack carbs.

[T129]

Damn....Is there anyway I can add more carbs to it without messing the rest up?

[SoaringSwine]

Damn....Is there anyway I can add more carbs to it without messing the rest up?

Scrap that ****. Eat lots of meat, rice, oats, potatoes etc.

[SnoCone]

need more carbs imo

[RyHam]

Wtf is raw milk? Are you suckling that sh!t from the udder?

[nekkidbear]

spinach for breakfast? ick

[fyre500]

Damn....Is there anyway I can add more carbs to it without messing the rest up?

Messing what up? You still haven't explained if you're cutting or bulking. If you're cutting (which I doubt since this is the Powerlifting forum), then what you have listed sounds fine. However, if you're bulking (most likely), your calories and carbs are too low. A simple fix is just to add more carbs to your day.

[Rawngus]

carbs are very low id try to ass 100-150 more grams of carbs and 200+ grams of protein isnt very useful because your body will burn the excess as energy which you could be getting more efficiently from carbs

[T129]

I'm trying to maintain my weight and gain strength

[Diana Meeque]

I'm trying to maintain my weight and gain strength

are you competing in a certain weight class soon? if not just gain weight

[T129]

are you competing in a certain weight class soon? if not just gain weight

So should I just throw some more carbs in there?

[Diana Meeque]

So should I just throw some more carbs in there?

yes, do all the stuff they said earlier in the thread like oatmeal in the morning

[erikhutson]

wheres ur veggies and fats? should have some sort of vegetable and some efa's with every meal

[T129]

wheres ur veggies and fats? should have some sort of vegetable and some efa's with every meal

Man this **** is harder then I thought it would be

[erikhutson]

Just keep this in mind

If you want to be healthy heres a good approach, mind you this is not needed for weight loss or bulking but rather to lose weight or bulk and also be healthy (there is a difference)


Every meal there should be some sort of vegetable (1-2 cups) or some fruit(fruit amount depends on your insulin sensitivity) some protein (20g+), some EFA's (fish oil, mixed nuts, flax seed, olive oil) I could go more into it but I just want to keep it relatively short

Heres what I had today (Mind you Im cutting at around 2600kcal)

Workout

Calories: 2600
Protein: 244g
Carbs: 184g
Fat: 104g
Fiber: 53g

Meal 1:
1c dry oats in water
1/2 cup mixed berries
1 scoop strawberry whey
Crushed Almonds

Meal 2:
2 scoops Whey
1c Mixed Tropical Fruit
4 tablespoons ground flax seed

Meal 3:
6oz Ny Strip
2 cups green beans
2 tablespoons olive oil spread over green beans

Meal 4:
2 scoops whey
1c Mixed Berries
4 tablespoons Flax Seed

Meal 5:
7oz Extra lean ground beef
1/4c feta cheese
Sliced whole tomato
Slice whole cucumber
1oz Mix nuts

[PotKettleBlack]

Man this **** is harder then I thought it would be
Not really. You're overcomplicating the **** out of it. Just eat a bunch of stuff, get in your protein, carbs and fats in every meal, and do that a lot.

[entropy1]

Goals are to get atleast 200g of protein and gain strength

muscle growth is a combination of adequate (ie slight excess) of protein and calories, with obvious weight training. without protein AND cals you wont grow

[NC_Tarheel]

Wtf is raw milk? Are you suckling that sh!t from the udder?

I LOL'd @ work


spinach for breakfast? ick

Popeye did it....but I concur...ICK!!!