3,500 Calories per Day! How???????

[jwhitner]

I need to up my cals to about 3,500 per day. I have absolutely no idea how I can do this "clean".

I use Cytogainer in between meals but still that only a counts for about 1,000/day.

Eating is hard for me. There is no way in I can maintain a 3,500 cal/day diet unless I am eating pizza or cheese burgers or something! (joke)


Any tips or ideas?????????


Thanks!

[kingkong06]

drink milk

[SouthsideIrish44]

drink milk

Soy milk*

[jerkamania]

Weight gainers can come in handy in your scenario!

[scoch]

damn you, xD wish i could be remotely stuffed with 3.5k

Peanuts
Fatty Steaks
Olive Oil
Nuts
Hard Cheeses
Peanut Butter
Milk

[soundcheck129]

Ha I wish I could keep it under 3500. It's not that hard, liquids like milk and juice will help, as well as Peanut Butter and Olive Oil for healthy fats. Pasta is pretty calorically dense as well.

[JimSkellington]

damn you, xD wish i could be remotely stuffed with 3.5k

Peanuts
Fatty Steaks
Olive Oil
Nuts
Hard Cheeses
Peanut Butter
Milk

x2 on that, good thing I had a rocket metabolism back in high school
Adding a glass of milk to each meal will add an easy 400+ cals. That and I would make huge shakes. Something with like milk, pb, oatmeal, banana/fruit, whey/casein, etc. Easy calories... come to think of it, that's pretty much my PWO shake (minus the pb)

[v4lu3s]

its not hard to do without liquid calories.

[tinyman5000]

lol OP I can give you my old old bulking diet if you want

[FullOut19]

Breakfast/Lunch/Postworkout: 1.5 cups of Oats, 2 scoops of Whey Protein
(690cals x 3 = 2070)

Dinner: Chicken or Steak, Big ass Sweet Potato or Pasta, Milk
(~750cals)

Hour Before Bed: 3 tbsp of Peanut butter, 1.5cups of Fat Free Cottage Cheese)
(600 calories)

~Total: 3420cals

[Wowzer]

I need to up my cals to about 3,500 per day. I have absolutely no idea how I can do this "clean".

I use Cytogainer in between meals but still that only a counts for about 1,000/day.

Eating is hard for me. There is no way in I can maintain a 3,500 cal/day diet unless I am eating pizza or cheese burgers or something! (joke)


Any tips or ideas?????????


Thanks!

I have about 2/3 of a cup of cashews most days. There's 500 cals right there.
Healthy monounsaturated fats too.

[cncretecbwo]

you must hate eating to not be able to hit 3500, i have to make myself stop at 3500. drink whole milk. Its better than soy, skim or 2% for gaining muscle

[masterjb]

700 cals over 5 meals... not that hard... How about heres what I ate today and I'm at about 3500-4000 everyday right now
1.3 tuna sandwiches with a little low fat cheese for one meal.
2. A bagel with pb and a protein shake
3. Chicken, broccoli and rice
4. Asian Buffet (all sushi estimating each roll to be around 50 cals)
5. 3 eggs, protein shake, almonds and pb
There you go, that's how you do it

[Definitelynotme]

oats and natty pb!

my cutting diet is 3600 cals lol

[ruga buga]

I need to up my cals to about 3,500 per day. I have absolutely no idea how I can do this "clean".

I use Cytogainer in between meals but still that only a counts for about 1,000/day.

Eating is hard for me. There is no way in I can maintain a 3,500 cal/day diet unless I am eating pizza or cheese burgers or something! (joke)


Any tips or ideas?????????


Thanks!

look into dense foods like oats, peanut better, chicken, eggs etc... i find it very easy to get 4.5k a day

[Spottydog]

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[Sibrek]

eat pizza or cheeseburgers

[hooked4life]

lol at being pwned by the 117 chick :P

[The Solution]

its not hard at all you just deny caloric dense foods

Use Olive Oil as your main fat source, oil will not fill you up at all pour it on your veggies and stirfrys

eat a lot of Oats and WW Pasta.. very caloric dense and not filling

Try eating lots of cottage cheese, yogurt, drink a lot of milk, and eat things like tuna and chicken and eggs which are very easy on the stomach,

drop those pre-made gainers and make your own with Whey, pb, oats, milk, and fruit

also snack on trail mix or granola throughout the day

[jwhitner]

Wow! Maybe that is the problem! I drink fat free milk and water only with my meals.

I do use:

olive oil
Flax Seed oil
Natural peanutbutter
Chicken Breasts
whole wheat bread
egg whites
shaved turkey breast


I never tried oats though!!! Are you supposed to cook them????

Are you supposed to cook the oats?

[jwhitner]

My food log for today!

[jwhitner]

damn you, xD wish i could be remotely stuffed with 3.5k

Peanuts
Fatty Steaks
Olive Oil
Nuts
Hard Cheeses
Peanut Butter
Milk

Yeah, but I would prefer "clean" foods.


I don't eat red meat or cheese due to the bad fats....

[combs08]

My food log for today!

That sucks (serious).

[Aes_RocK]

its not hard at all you just deny caloric dense foods

Use Olive Oil as your main fat source, oil will not fill you up at all pour it on your veggies and stirfrys

eat a lot of Oats and WW Pasta.. very caloric dense and not filling

Try eating lots of cottage cheese, yogurt, drink a lot of milk, and eat things like tuna and chicken and eggs which are very easy on the stomach,

drop those pre-made gainers and make your own with Whey, pb, oats, milk, and fruit

also snack on trail mix or granola throughout the day

this man knows his stuff

[Sibrek]

Yeah, but I would prefer "clean" foods.


I don't eat red meat or cheese due to the bad fats....

lol@ your 9 servings of cytogainer

you have a lot to learn

try reading around the forums more

[v4lu3s]

i have hit over 3k calories without using milk, having more than 2 scoops of protein powder AND a lower fat diet as well.

i do no recall the absolute break down, but i know there was:
1 cup oats 300 cals
2 cans of tuna 380 cals
2 cup brown rice 440 cals
egg whites 200 cals
8 oz chicken breast 360 cals
2 scoops pro complex 260 cals
8 oz steak 570 cals
3 cups broccoli 180 cals
10 oz sweet potato 250 cals
2 cups cantaloupe 120 cals
then add in the tablespoon of olive oil in my eggs, a tablespoon of mayo with the tuna and the cream in my coffee and you are hitting 3200-3400.

[baarat]

Yeah, but I would prefer "clean" foods.


I don't eat red meat or cheese due to the bad fats....

Wow....it's not hard to see why you think that replacements shakes are better, if you think steak, milk, peanut butter, olive oil and nuts are bad. Now that's fked up.

[SolidSteel86]

Stop being a nancy, do you want to get bigger or not?

Sit your ass down and eat til you've eaten everything you're supposed to.

It can take me 30-45 minutes to finish some meals.

Liquid meals are a godsend. Get a blender and learn some good shake receipes.

[TEmike81]

That sucks (serious).

x2, 40% of your food is cytogainer. eat real food. and 3,500 is nothing at all.
i was eating 5-7,000 cals last summer before football season, only like 2 shakes in there i think.

[soundcheck129]

According to your log, you only had 11% of your intake from fats. If you up that, you'll have no problem hitting 3500.