I've been lifting on and off for years and really I have no gains to show for it which is rather disappointing. I've never ever got my diet in check and I want to get it in check so I can actually eat health and maximize gains during a bulk.
Using Emma-Leigh's sticky on calculating calories/macros, I figured this out:
5'10, 173lbs | 177cm, 78kg
3126 cals
218g of protein
Between 78 and 156g of fat
Between 351 and 507g of carbs
I've been trying to create a daily diet, and it's far from what I normally eat or want to eat, but I'm just looking for more cheap foods to fill in the gaps. Like I love broccoli but I was looking at it's nutritional info and it seems rather low, I'll add it either way. I guess I'm just looking more more cheap/bulk food options to fill in the gap as my girlfriend will be also be dieting to lose weight and we don't have a large sum of money to spend on groceries every week.
Diet: http://i50.tinypic.com/2zg86zp.jpg
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02-22-2013, 02:52 PM #1on dat dreamerbulk
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More cheap foods to fill in my blanks?
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02-22-2013, 03:00 PM #2Traffic Tactician
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My suggestion is Greek yogurt.
I still see the "me" from 2 years ago that weighed bout tree fiddy...
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02-22-2013, 03:26 PM #3Registered User
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Tortillas. The greatest thing for bulking. When you cook, you should be cooking a LOT of food so you can eat big meals. Then for snacks during the day or when you can you throw some left over meat, rice, potatoes, veggies, whatever you have in the fridge on a tortilla, slap some hot sauce on it, roll it up and you have a nice 400 calorie snack.
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02-22-2013, 04:22 PM #4🅾🅼🅴🅶🅰 🆆🅴🅰🅿🅾🅽
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Staying on and not off for a long time seems to be the only way to make gains for me.Originally Posted by so far away
Be flexible and use the sale flyers from the grocery stores in your area to load up. Somebody always has veggies fresh or frozen, 10 pound sack of potatoes, bread, grains, beans, milk, steak, chicken, ham on sale. Eggs, Oats and peanut butter go a long way for the price.
If the food on sale is not perishable pick up a couple containers when the prices are low and keep on shelf.The most important aspect of weight training; whether for the athlete, bodybuilder, or average person is to better ones health and ability without injury. - Bill Pearl
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02-22-2013, 04:32 PM #5Registered User
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Greek yogurt isn't cheap...Originally Posted by Joehunni
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02-22-2013, 04:51 PM #6Registered User
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Canned goods.
Racks on racks of canned goods.
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02-22-2013, 04:55 PM #7Registered User
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Frankfurts
Deli meats
Hardboiled eggs
Caged eggs
Fish fingers
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02-22-2013, 05:06 PM #8Registered User
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Protein and fat: eggs
carbs: oatmeal
very cost effective
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02-22-2013, 07:31 PM #9
Protein - eggs, cottage cheese, and bulk chicken breasts
Fats-nuts, pb, olive oil
Always buy in bulk whenever possible, it'll save you money in the long run
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02-23-2013, 12:21 PM #10on dat dreamerbulk
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I would like to say thanks for all the suggestions, I'll rep everyone on recharge. Just one more thing though..
Pardon my extreme ignorance but I just want to clarify something with the white rice: http://caloriecount.about.com/calori...-cooked-i20051
The 1 cup per 242 calories/4 protein/1 fat/53 carbs is counted/measured after cooking and not prior? Once again, pardon my ignorance/stupidity.
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02-23-2013, 02:42 PM #11
Yes those numbers sound right for 1 cup of cooked rice
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