Giving up carbs for lent... - UK-Muscle Body Building Community

Mikey · 01-03-2006, 01:24 PM

Hi everyone,

new to the site but gained some interesting pointers and as a result I have decided to reform my diet! By way of background I should explain that most of my ideas about diet come from research I did into it when I was still at school (the last time I trained hard) so could be a bit out of date.

Gave up training (along with rugby) four years ago and I'm just getting back into it (been back in the gym for a month). As a result of this I decided to run my diet through bodygain.com and, on their values, found I was getting about 450g Carbs a day with only 160g protein for a total yield of around 3800 calories. Figured this needed ammending, so here is my effort. Any pointers would be appreciated.

Breakfast - Shake containing 1 pint milk, one whole egg and two egg whites, one cup of oats and two bananas (857 calories total)

Mid-morning - One large apple, 300g cottage cheese with fruit (374 calories total)

Lunch - Salad of tuna, turkey slices, chick peas, lettuce tomatoes and mushrooms with olive oil (817 calories total)

Dinner - Chicken, Omelette (three eggs), brown rice (1000 calories total)

Post-workout - extreme build and recover (260 calories)

650g Cottage cheese before bed. (670 calories)

In total (again from bodygain) this adds up to around 4000 calories including 393g protein, 289g carbs and 114g fat.

From my past experience that would seem to be rather a lot of fat but it seems thinking on this has changed in the past few years! As I said, any thought would be welcome!

**big** · 01-03-2006, 01:25 PM

What are your goals and stats?

Mikey · 01-03-2006, 01:30 PM

Should really have included that in the first place shouldn't I?

Looking to put some weight on. I'm 6ft 5 and weight 17 st 6lbs (Started off at around 17st 2 so put a bit on...). When I stopped training the last time (though admittedly that was a long time ago) I was 18st 2 lbs with little bodyfat, however I was training specifically for rugby and used the holiday between the end of school and university nearly solely for training including lots of running and sprint training, as such think it unlikely I will put that much on so cleanly this time (sadly now I have a job I don't have time to train so much!)

**big** · 01-03-2006, 01:34 PM

That looks really good to me then dude.

The only thing you might want to do is take a few more calories in post-workout (normally I'd recommend 60g protein and 80g carbs) and from the calories, it looks like you've got about half that.

But give it a go on what you've got and see how you get on. You've listed up a decent bulking diet for a guy of your size.

Mikey · 01-03-2006, 01:39 PM

I'll stick that in... plenty of protein from the cheese but few carbs except from the B&R.

I'll give it a month or so and report back! Glad to see all that stuff I learned before has not gone entirely by the wayside in the years since it was current thinking...

01-03-2006, 01:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
Mikey Newbie Trainer Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 47	Giving up carbs for lent... Hi everyone, new to the site but gained some interesting pointers and as a result I have decided to reform my diet! By way of background I should explain that most of my ideas about diet come from research I did into it when I was still at school (the last time I trained hard) so could be a bit out of date. Gave up training (along with rugby) four years ago and I'm just getting back into it (been back in the gym for a month). As a result of this I decided to run my diet through bodygain.com and, on their values, found I was getting about 450g Carbs a day with only 160g protein for a total yield of around 3800 calories. Figured this needed ammending, so here is my effort. Any pointers would be appreciated. Breakfast - Shake containing 1 pint milk, one whole egg and two egg whites, one cup of oats and two bananas (857 calories total) Mid-morning - One large apple, 300g cottage cheese with fruit (374 calories total) Lunch - Salad of tuna, turkey slices, chick peas, lettuce tomatoes and mushrooms with olive oil (817 calories total) Dinner - Chicken, Omelette (three eggs), brown rice (1000 calories total) Post-workout - extreme build and recover (260 calories) 650g Cottage cheese before bed. (670 calories) In total (again from bodygain) this adds up to around 4000 calories including 393g protein, 289g carbs and 114g fat. From my past experience that would seem to be rather a lot of fat but it seems thinking on this has changed in the past few years! As I said, any thought would be welcome!

01-03-2006, 01:25 PM	#2 (permalink)
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01-03-2006, 01:34 PM	#4 (permalink)
big UK-Muscle Moderator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Beer me Posts: 5,283	That looks really good to me then dude. The only thing you might want to do is take a few more calories in post-workout (normally I'd recommend 60g protein and 80g carbs) and from the calories, it looks like you've got about half that. But give it a go on what you've got and see how you get on. You've listed up a decent bulking diet for a guy of your size. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

01-03-2006, 01:30 PM	#3 (permalink)
Mikey Newbie Trainer Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 47	Should really have included that in the first place shouldn't I? Looking to put some weight on. I'm 6ft 5 and weight 17 st 6lbs (Started off at around 17st 2 so put a bit on...). When I stopped training the last time (though admittedly that was a long time ago) I was 18st 2 lbs with little bodyfat, however I was training specifically for rugby and used the holiday between the end of school and university nearly solely for training including lots of running and sprint training, as such think it unlikely I will put that much on so cleanly this time (sadly now I have a job I don't have time to train so much!)

01-03-2006, 01:39 PM	#5 (permalink)
Mikey Newbie Trainer Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 47	I'll stick that in... plenty of protein from the cheese but few carbs except from the B&R. I'll give it a month or so and report back! Glad to see all that stuff I learned before has not gone entirely by the wayside in the years since it was current thinking...