
Originally Posted by
The Titan99
You should be getting 1.5 to 2 grams of protein from animal food sources every day. "Protein shake" could mean a number of things. Your probably using whey protein which should only be used post/pre workout due to the speed it enters the bloodstream. You need to figure out what you need for maintainance calories, (google BMR then TDEE) get a macro nutrient program like fitday (google again). 4 cal is 1 gram of protein, same with clean carbs. 9 calories for clean fats, which you need. What ever your caloric maintainance requirements are, add 500 to 750 to that. Subtract the protein from that and split the rest of the calories between carb and fat, keeping in mind the fat grams are going to be a lot lower due to the higher caloric content per gram. For instance, if I'm 240 lbs (which I am) and I'm bulking my maintanance calories are about 3350. So, I eat 450 protein, 280 carb, 100 fat for a total of 3900 calories, an excess of 500-550 calories.
Do this then go to the diet section for some lists of good/bad proteins, carbs, fats.
Good luck.
P.S. Leave the damn drugs alone and don't "quit" working out.