by lotas » Thu May 18, 2006 10:29 pm
NViejeP wrote:I'm constantly taking 100% gnc whey protein. Perhaps I should look into a bigger diet. Right now my diet consists of breakfast, usually cereal, then 2 PB and Js, and then usually some kind of lunch somewhere. Adn then after workout microvable chimichonga. And then dinner, and then sometimes after dinner. Perhaps I should look into buying straight chicken breast from Costco. I heard those are ver ycheap.
That is pretty much a horrid diet for gaining muscle. You want to eat say, 6 meals a day. A large, large majority of your calories, in fact almost all, should come from protein. Instead of cereal, have some eggs, egg whites (relatively) have the most protein of anything next to mother's milk. If you don't like eggs, try cottage cheese. I eat half a container of cottage cheese (one of the smaller containers, not a huge one) in a sitting, and it works out to be something like 26g of protein. That's around what most protein powders have per serving (my Whey powder has 28g). Stay away from PB and J. Bread, fat, sugar. Don't eat stuff like jams, jellies, even too many fruits, fruit is pure fructose, and it's healthy in moderation but many people think they can just eat as much fruit as they want as it's "healthy", but why do you think it tastes so good? Vegetables on the other hand, go to town on those.
Like Scarrell said, tuna, any fish, chicken BREAST (white meat), nuts with high fat and low saturated fat, such as cashews, sunflower seeds, almonds are great, those are where you should get your fat from. Wherever you are getting that small amount of fat, make sure its high in fat and low in saturated fat. Stay away from sugar. Drink a LOT of water. You need to build up your water retention for weightlifting, it's important. You can continue to take your protein powders, but don't count them as a meal. If you eat al ot of bread, try to cahnge it to wheat...don't be eating sweets, cookies, anything like that. I mean, everything in moderation, don't make a gigantic, drastic swing and mess your body up, but just sort of shape your diet around your life.
Diet is far more important than actually lifting...if you've taken a biology class, you'll understand that. Also keep in mind your body HATES building muscle and it hates the upkeep of muscle, because it takes so much.
You need to be eating a lot of calories, though, if you are trying to put on some mass. Lots of fish, chicken, sandwiches (healthy ones), salads, veggies, some fruits, yogurt, eggs, cottage cheese.
[quote="NViejeP"]I'm constantly taking 100% gnc whey protein. Perhaps I should look into a bigger diet. Right now my diet consists of breakfast, usually cereal, then 2 PB and Js, and then usually some kind of lunch somewhere. Adn then after workout microvable chimichonga. And then dinner, and then sometimes after dinner. Perhaps I should look into buying straight chicken breast from Costco. I heard those are ver ycheap.[/quote]
That is pretty much a horrid diet for gaining muscle. You want to eat say, 6 meals a day. A large, large majority of your calories, in fact almost all, should come from protein. Instead of cereal, have some eggs, egg whites (relatively) have the most protein of anything next to mother's milk. If you don't like eggs, try cottage cheese. I eat half a container of cottage cheese (one of the smaller containers, not a huge one) in a sitting, and it works out to be something like 26g of protein. That's around what most protein powders have per serving (my Whey powder has 28g). Stay away from PB and J. Bread, fat, sugar. Don't eat stuff like jams, jellies, even too many fruits, fruit is pure fructose, and it's healthy in moderation but many people think they can just eat as much fruit as they want as it's "healthy", but why do you think it tastes so good? Vegetables on the other hand, go to town on those.
Like Scarrell said, tuna, any fish, chicken BREAST (white meat), nuts with high fat and low saturated fat, such as cashews, sunflower seeds, almonds are great, those are where you should get your fat from. Wherever you are getting that small amount of fat, make sure its high in fat and low in saturated fat. Stay away from sugar. Drink a LOT of water. You need to build up your water retention for weightlifting, it's important. You can continue to take your protein powders, but don't count them as a meal. If you eat al ot of bread, try to cahnge it to wheat...don't be eating sweets, cookies, anything like that. I mean, everything in moderation, don't make a gigantic, drastic swing and mess your body up, but just sort of shape your diet around your life.
Diet is far more important than actually lifting...if you've taken a biology class, you'll understand that. Also keep in mind your body HATES building muscle and it hates the upkeep of muscle, because it takes so much.
You need to be eating a lot of calories, though, if you are trying to put on some mass. Lots of fish, chicken, sandwiches (healthy ones), salads, veggies, some fruits, yogurt, eggs, cottage cheese.