My CHEAP university Bulking diet

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Hey guys
So ive decided to go with this diet, which sucks, but i think is better than simply eating 3 cafeteria meal a day and nothing else.
I started it today, so far the eating has been tough, but its ok.


Please have a look a this

Meal 1
Cafeteria
8 scrambled Eggs
6oz baked ham
Baked Hasbrowns

Meal 2-4
6oz Lean Ground Beef
1 cup brown rice
Mixed in there is veggies such as corn, beans, red pepper,
Tomato Sauce
(its supposed to be a QUICk and cheap way of getting in my protein and carbs)

Meal 5
Cafeteria
Chicken Stir Fry or another other source of lean protein..which isnt much.

Meal 6
Same as meal 2-4

At some point after a workout
an Optimum Nutrition Shake with 60grams of waximaize is included

and in the Early morning, an ISO mass shake is included as well.

According to the Daily Plate, these are Totals as follows
Cals Fat Carbs Protein
4,546 151g 390g 380g

What do u guys think of it as a "throw together" diet as i cant currently buy chicken breast and steak.

Thanks!

[Rockin Z28]

i would would be kind of worried about cholesterol with all that beef lol

[2jz_calgary]

id try to get another carb source other than shitty deep fried hash browns, come on bro plain oats are pretty cheap at the grocery store.

[dd0316]

Try throwing in some ground chicken as well

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thats just the breakfast in the caff...and they are baked not deepfryed..im not worried.
I am worried about the cholesterol though..its pretty high.

Any thoughts on this.

[bulldawg_28]

Bro just because the menu labels something "baked" or "grilled" doesn't mean they don't add in margarine or oils for flavor and texture. I would know because I work in a restuarant, and for all our grilled items we spread Flair (butter flavored vegetable oil, partially hydrogenated) on the flat top grill. I would definetly scrap the hashbrowns and add in some oats.

[DenDestroys]

Hey bro, I go to university too and have a meal plan providing 3 meals a day. The only time I go in the cafeteria and eat is to eat a big salad after one of my meals in my dorm, or if they have some roast beef or other lean meat product in there, I'll choose that.

The majority of meals I eat in my room, very easy. Just this morning I had:

4 egg whites/1 whole
cup of oats
banana
Protein Shake

All those things can be purchased at wal-mart for dirt cheap, 18 large eggs for less than two bucks. I bought the oats in bulk, banana (took from cafeteria), and the protein shake was from wal-mart. (13 dollars for 2lb. container)

I keep a stockpile of powder protein, olive oil, walnuts, natural peanut butter, whole wheat muffins, and tuna on my shelf. In the fridge I keep cartons of eggs, chicken breasts and sometimes beef if I can get my hands on it. All this is very cheap and an easy way to really pack in all necessary macros. Oatmeal and yams are cheap and contain a lot of complex healthy carbs; fats are easy to get in with products like olive oil and peanut butter; and protein is easy with all the tuna and chicken breast, not to mention protein shakes. All that from food just within my dorm room, and I still easily hit 3,500 calories a day.

Tuna
olive oil
walnuts
oats
sweet potatos
frozen chicken breasts
eggs
grits
whole wheat muffins (no enriched bs)
natural peanut butter
cheap protein powder (also, look for quality protein at GNC about to expire, they mark it down greatly)
Waxy Maize Starch
Cottage Cheese

That's my diet 7 days out of the week minus one cheat meal on the weekend.

Everything I ate yesterday -

Total 3,553 108.8 312.6 350.2

Calories, Fats, Carbs, Protein
Cereals, QUAKER, Quick Oats 742 13.7 136.4 27.4
body fortress protein 260 4.0 6.0 52.0
whole wheat muffin 240 2.0 46.0 12.0
Egg, whole, 214 14.9 1.2 18.9
Walnuts 371 37.0 7.8 8.6
chicken breast trimmed 425 2.1 0.0 97.8
egg whites 90 0.0 3.0 18.0
Cheese, Provolone 60 4.5 0.4 4.4
body fortress protein 260 4.0 6.0 52.0
Waxy Maize Starch 387 0.0 100.0 0.0
Pork chop 284 16.5 0.0 31.7
Casien Protein 120 1.0 3.0 24.0
smart balance peanut butter 100 9.0 3.0 3.5

*I do not factor in my salads, but they usually consist of Spinach, cucumbers, brocolli, green peppers and mushrooms, I really like to get the fibrous greens in there.

I always consume my carbs: breakfast, pre workout, post workout, post-post workout. No carbs after 6pm. And the casien/cottage cheese is consumed before bed usually with a tbsp. or two of PB.

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Oh wow!
Thats amazing. Thanks so much for posting.
What do you spend a week?