New to nutrition, how am I doing so far?

[ThemB]

Hi all, I recently lost 82 lbs and realized that I am not where I want to be strength-wise so I decided to start working out. After my diet ended I decided to see how going meatless would be and for 2 months it has been a piece of cake I lost more weight without evem trying and was happy with the way I felt. After reading up on what it takes to gain muscle (1g of protein per pound per day) I decided that I would never get there without re-introducing meat into the diet so I have been eating tuna to help up my protein intake. I have kept a little record of what i have eaten for the past few days and wanted to get some opinions on it. Any advice would be great...

I am 6'4" and today I way 254lbs

Wednesday
7:30 Protein shake Syntha 6 40 grams of protein, 1 table spoon of Naturally More peanut butter with flax seed/oil 10g protein, 1 banana, half a cup of almond milk- Supplements Vitamin D3, Fish oil, Niacin

11:30 2 packets of tuna in extra virgin olive oil 36g protein, 2 hard boiled eggs 14g protein, diced bell peppers on a 7 inch French roll- Multi Vitamin

2:00 Odwalla Chocolate Protein monster 25g Protein

4:00 Builders Choice 20g Protein Bar

5:30 Protein shake 22g of protein

10:00 A few tortilla chips and some hummus for late dinner (late softball game)

Thursday
7:00 Protein shake 44g protein, 1 banana, 1 TBS peanut butter/ flaxseed, oil 5g protein, Vitamin D Milk 8g protein, 1 hard boiled EB egg 7g protein
Supplements Fish oil, Vitamin D3, Niacin

10:00 2 hard boiled EB eggs 14g protein multi vitamin

11:30 1 hard boiled EB egg 7g protein, 2 packets tuna(1 in olive oil one in water) 36g Protein, diced bell peppers, 2 pieces of whole wheat bread

2:00 1 hard boiled EB egg 7g protein, 1Bolthouse farms Protein Plus (3 servings of fruit) smoothie 30g protein-(Cutting these out-WAY TOO much sugar at 52g)

4:00 1 Builders Choice 20g protein bar

6:00 Soy Chorizo 18g protein and 1 ½ EB eggs 10g protein, 1 Whole Wheat flour tortilla

9:00 Post workout Protein Shake 44g protein, almond milk

Friday(so far)
6:30 1 HB EB egg 7g protein, 1 packet oatmeal 4 g protein

7:00 protein shake with milk/almond milk 44g protein, 1 tbs PB 5g protein/flax seed/flax oil

9:00 2 HB EB eggs 14g protein Multivitamins

11:00 1HB EB egg 7g protein

12:30 Lunch I am planning on eating 36g of tuna on whole wheat with diced bell peppers-Vitamin D3, Niacin, Fish oil

[sawoobley]

Read the stickies. Post macros and not food choices.

[Siafu4Life]

Read the stickies. Post macros and not food choices.

^Pretty much, that.

OP, you need to learn how much protein and dietary fat you need to consume at a minimum, to reach sufficiency. And you need to learn how to use those figures to calculate total caloric intake properly.

You also should learn that meal timing, and frequency are largely irrelevant in terms of bodyweight and composition. Thus you need not consume calories seven times per day. Also, the use of protein powders, and other supplements... are not necessary...unless your diet is deficient.

Please take some time reading these stickies...

Critique My Diet!!
Nutrition Section - Must Read Threads! Updated 04/24/11
Calculating Calories and Macronutrients!!
IIFYM!!

[WonderPug]

I presume this isn't a joke thread and thus I'll recommend you read:

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=129523333
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...1&welcome=true
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...1&welcome=true




EDIT: Siafu4Life beat me to it.

[ALI2K9]

Read the stickies. Post macros and not food choices.

If your eating right than food shouldn't be a problem..

But ya food choices + macros = the way to go.. Read the stickies like dude said.

[Siafu4Life]

EDIT: Siafu4Life beat me to it.

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while...

[WonderPug]

If your eating right than food shouldn't be a problem..

But ya food choices + macros = the way to go.. Read the stickies like dude said.

What are you trying to say?

[ironwill2008]

Far too many supps/not nearly enough food, hardly any fruit/veg, and an unrealistic "meal" schedule that will crash head-on with RL after only a short time. It looks like something out of a muscle magazine, OP.

You need to scrap it, and follow the advices you've been given by others in this thread.

[sawoobley]

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while...

IsThisRealLife? How did your reps skyrocket so quickly? My goodness, I remember when you first got here a few months ago and were a nutrition newbie (if I remember right). Did you get quadruple mod repped a couple of times? lol. Good job bro, you've come a long ways real fast. Not that it matters its just surprising to see.

[Siafu4Life]

IsThisRealLife? How did your reps skyrocket so quickly? My goodness, I remember when you first got here a few months ago and were a nutrition newbie (if I remember right). Did you get quadruple mod repped a couple of times? lol. Good job bro, you've come a long ways real fast. Not that it matters its just surprising to see.

LOL, yes...it's RL. I've been the fortunate recipient of a few mod reps, yes. As for your memory...it's excellent! When I first got here (back in late June)...I was probably the biggest nutrition newbie, of all times! It was quite embarrassing (and eye-opening/humbling), actually. And I'm glad it was...or I don't think I would have made the positive changes to my fitness, nutrition, and overall lifestyle. My diet now enhances my life, rather than hinder it. I greatly appreciate your kind words!!

[ALI2K9]

What are you trying to say?

What I'm trying to say is.

You can meet ur daily Marcos by just eating simple things like meat, wheaties, etc thats what my problem was back in the day, not enough veggies, fruits, nuts.. The little things can also be a big part in bodybuilding

[WonderPug]

What I'm trying to say is.

You can meet ur daily Marcos by just eating simple things like meat, wheaties, etc thats what my problem was back in the day, not enough veggies, fruits, nuts.. The little things can also be a big part in bodybuilding

Are you trying to say that proper caloric intake and micro/macronutrient sufficiency are the primary determinants of a diet's efficacy?

[ALI2K9]

Are you trying to say that proper caloric intake and micro/macronutrient sufficiency are the primary determinants of a diet's efficacy?

Emm yes? Lol

[ThemB]

Far too many supps/not nearly enough food, hardly any fruit/veg, and an unrealistic "meal" schedule that will crash head-on with RL after only a short time. It looks like something out of a muscle magazine, OP.

You need to scrap it, and follow the advices you've been given by others in this thread.

Thanks, yeah I literally googled muscle building meal plans and saw that most of them included eating every couple of hours. I am definitely going to incorporate more nuts and veggies in my daily meal plans. To tell you the truth it's been harder trying to eat all of that food than it was dieting to take the weight off. I will check the sticky's for sure. Thanks all.