First cycle diet help!

[bewarewolf5]

i am looking to start my first cycle pretty soon 500mg test e a week. need to polish up on my diet any help appreciated

age: 25
hight: 5'9
Weight:160lb
12% bf

looking to bulk up without increasing to much body fat.


Diet is as followed:

6am: 3 eggs, 2 bits wheat toast, banana, 100g fat free ham protein shake

9am: 20 natural almonds, orange

11am: 150g grilled chicken breast, 100g brown rice mixed with some mustard and garlic

1pm: 150g tuna, 100g mixed beans

3pm: 100g greek yoghourt with 50 muesli

6pm: 200g steak with salad and 100g sweet potato

9:30 100g cottage cheese with scoop of protein powder

all up around 3000cal marcos are 40/30/30

this is my starting block and will adjust up or down depending how my body reacts.

is there anything that needs to be changed?

[digsy1983]

I'd swap the almonds to later in the day, preferably before bed with the cot cheese. ( the steak and cot cheese will be slow releasing, but the almonds early in the day would slow down the digestion of carbs) just how I would do it.
what about veg?
When do you workout?

[bewarewolf5]

I thought carbs before bad wasn't a good idea for lean bulk?. I try throw vegetables in my meals during day and usually swap between salad and veg for dinner.

I workout mid afternoon I eat yoghourt and muesli before and add protein shake and a piece of fruit after

[digsy1983]

I didn't mention anything about carbs before bed. The almonds early in the day (meal 2) would be digesting for a long period of time delaying the other carbs your eating. It's nothing major in the scheme of things, just something I personally shoukdnt do.

Carbs before bed could help protein synthesis, but excessive carbs could lead to gaining fat. But a point of view from a few experienced guys in here is, as long as your hitting your daily macros, it's not gona matter which was round you consume it.

[bewarewolf5]

Thanks for the advice! Defiantly going to leave almonds out tillater in day

[digsy1983]

No worries man, I'm just sitting at work bored!

Just another point, 30% fat is slightly high. Maybe drop this to 20% and add the remaining cals to carbs and/or protein. See how your diet fairs tho, n if you're gaining a bit too much fat switch it up.