take in how many calories?

[Drahzarius]

My body weight or my lean muscle weight?

Im pretty fricken tiny for a guy my age like 5'6 5'7 and only 125 pounds...but still have some fat, im very serious about bulking up like a mad man, some advice would rock how many calories do I go for?

[amusclehead]

depends on your bodytype. For bulking, i'd start with 3500-4000calories and see how that does. Myself, I was 5'7, 120pds before i started bulking. Taking 4,000calories did poop for me....i ended up having to take around 6,000calories/day to gain weight. So start with 4k and see how that goes, then up it if neede

[Drahzarius]

I dont know if I could afford all that food ;P I work 7:30 to 7:30 ..1 hour lunch break.

What is a good amount of fat /saturated fat to get ?


I have these supps right now

Zma
Multi Vitamin
Whey Protein
Creatine.

I can usually get around 3k calories if I push myself and basically flip off my boss =P Any Ideas?

[amusclehead]

supps smupps. Only 1 I use is whey powder, and i only started using it recently.

If you can't afford to eat 2pds of tenderloin steak each night, then you can get good calories from really cheap and simple foods. Flax bread(300calories for 2slices), flax seed, flax seed oil, pasta, tuna, chicken(cheap protien here), peanut butter, cottage cheese.


The list is endless, but if money is the issue, then the above mentioned are pretty cheap, can be gotten in big quantities and perfect for bulking. peanut butter is the key staple in a bulkers diet

[Drahzarius]

humm k that makes sense.

How much fat should I take in a day? I saw some stuff on protein being 1.5xbodyweight and carbs being 2.5-3xbody weight...nothing about fat though

Would prefer to stay the hell away from saturated fat =P

[Mark21087]

For fat, .5 grams per pound of bodyweight.