If you do IF on 4000+ calories GTFIH!

[GangaBanga]

share your diet please, i want to start spending my time more effeciently rather then worrying about eating all the time


i know about IIFYM but can you share your specific time frames and what meals you incorporate in them? seems impossible to fit 4000 cals in 2-3 meals

[Lvisaa2]

Take what you eat in a normal day. Now divide that into three meals. That was hard

[MiscDemeanor]

I can't help but question why you'd choose IF while bulking. You're making it difficult on yourself

[GangaBanga]

I can't help but question why you'd choose IF while bulking. You're making it difficult on yourself

i want to save time. I can barely muster the time to eat 3 meals these days. Eating two LARGE meals seems like an optimal choice to save time.

[GangaBanga]

Take what you eat in a normal day. Now divide that into three meals. That was hard

was hoping someone would post their diet/eating time frames as a guideline

[Lvisaa2]

was hoping someone would post their diet/eating time frames as a guideline

Why? It isn't going to translate to your schedule and you'll be infinitely happier if you fit your diet to your preferences. And I'm confused why you can't think up food on your own. Just go to something like mfp and plan out a few things and you'll see roughly the amount of calories or if you track regularly then you can easily just figure out roughly how many calories are in most things you make or could make

Also how does eating take too long? Stop playing with your food and just shove it down. 4 servings oats + 2 servings protein powder = 850 calories in 5 minutes.

[GangaBanga]

Why? It isn't going to translate to your schedule and you'll be infinitely happier if you fit your diet to your preferences. And I'm confused why you can't think up food on your own. Just go to something like mfp and plan out a few things and you'll see roughly the amount of calories or if you track regularly then you can easily just figure out roughly how many calories are in most things you make or could make

Also how does eating take too long? Stop playing with your food and just shove it down. 4 servings oats + 2 servings protein powder = 850 calories in 5 minutes.

cooking and preparing meals is extremely time consuming for me, but thanks, ill check out my fitness pal and try and fit my calories in 3 meals.

[Lvisaa2]

cooking and preparing meals is extremely time consuming for me, but thanks, ill check out my fitness pal and try and fit my calories in 3 meals.

Wake up 30 minutes earlier and cook all your food. If everything was easy then everybody would be shredded and big

[AdamWW]

There doesn't seem to be much point in posting examples TBH.

If you need to eat 4k in three meals, it'd be no different than a diet of the same caloric level spread over 8 meals only condensed down... same foods if you want, whatever.

[miacanesfan25]

I could've made a days worth of food in the amount of time it took me to read this thread.

[FitnessCPA]

Frozen pizzas and Chipotle seem to do the trick for me.

[djansen]

invest in a rice cooker

[necon76]

invest in a rice cooker

Reported for racism.

[YeomenKek]

I can't help but question why you'd choose IF while bulking. You're making it difficult on yourself

Maybe for some but an IF regime makes me stick to 3600+kcal without going over. If I ate during the day I'd clear loads of kcal and be on a one way trip to Fat City. Personal preference I guess.

@OP
My big kcal meals are 1/3 tub of full fat ice cream (800 kcal) and simple homebrand cake mix, $0.70 and 1,200+ kcal. I just mix in bowl until smooth batter then zap in the microwave for 5 mins. Easiest, cheapest, yummiest kcal of the day.

[Lvisaa2]

Maybe for some but an IF regime makes me stick to 3600+kcal without going over. If I ate during the day I'd clear loads of kcal and be on a one way trip to Fat City. Personal preference I guess.

@OP
My big kcal meals are 1/3 tub of full fat ice cream (800 kcal) and simple homebrand cake mix, $0.70 and 1,200+ kcal. I just mix in bowl until smooth batter then zap in the microwave for 5 mins. Easiest, cheapest, yummiest kcal of the day.

Have you ever thought that IF is precisely your problem as to why you can't get full? I think it completely hosed my satiation signaling.

[YeomenKek]

Have you ever thought that IF is precisely your problem as to why you can't get full? I think it completely hosed my satiation signaling.

Hadn't even heard of IF when I was 200 lb, 35+% body fat pre-lifting. Couldn't get full when I was a fatty, can't get full now.

IF has helped me get over my binging eatin disorder, haven't binged in yrs now.

[Lvisaa2]

Hadn't even heard of IF when I was 200 lb, 35+% body fat pre-lifting. Couldn't get full when I was a fatty, can't get full now.

IF has helped me get over my binging eatin disorder, haven't binged in yrs now.

Do whatever works, but I found when I weened myself off IF, I gained back some of my satiation signaling back. I'm always going to be a guy that can pound calories away, but that is precisely why it is important for me to have decently spaced meals. If not, I have crashes then huge spikes when I eat which makes me ravenous.

[Geoloop]

5000kcal in 6hour window 2 meals a day FTW

[Ryan314]

Have you ever thought that IF is precisely your problem as to why you can't get full? I think it completely hosed my satiation signaling.

I know this feel lol. Been on IF for years now (3 I think) and even though I still prefer the schedule of eating on it, my satiation signaling is pretty much no existent. I have no problems getting all my cals in between noon and 7pm. I mainly stick to IF for the fasted training and for the most part not being home for much time in the morning hours to eat.

[brendbro]

1 stick of butter + 4 servings oats + 4 scoops protein of choice. mmmmm

thank me later

[lovingit]

1 stick of butter + 4 servings oats + 4 scoops protein of choice. mmmmm

thank me later

One stick of butter! I am so jelly.