Think I have been going about this all wrong.

[lamont]

When I started working out I was about 25 and about 130lbs between then and now I have done 3 cycles. The first 2 I gained about 25lbs and kept about 15. The last one I put on about 10lbs. I am 170 at the moment but the most I weighed was about 190lbs. I think my diet is all wrong. Here is basically what I have eatin this week.

monday
9am frosted cheerios with milk
11am turkey and ham sandwich
1pm pork chops, mac and cheese, and green beans
4pm protein shake
7pm protein shake
930pm chicken alfredo

tuesday
9am frosted cheerios
11am turkey and ham sandwich
1pm chicken alfredo
4pm protein shake
7pm 5 chicken soft tacos and some nachos from taco bell
11pm pepporoni bagel bites

weds
9am hardees frisco sandwich add bacon
11am brown sugar cinnamon pop tart
1pm 3 chicken planks fries and corn from long john silvers
4pm protein shake
7pm protein shake
8pm 1ft meatball and cheese sub from subway

Is anything ok with this?

stats
5'9"
170lbs bf% is I am guessing 12%
training for 6 years
1 cycle a year for the last 3 years

What adjustments could I do and what could I add to gain weight. I plan on doing some sust in sept. I would like to end up around 190 again.

Thanks for all your help. Sorry for it being so long. I am going to do alot of research in this section but I thought I would throw this out here.

[jamyjamjr]

we need your bmr/tdee..
Welcome to the diet forum....

please take the time to follow these directions, they will better prepair the both of us for the critique and tweaking of your diet..

you need to figure our your BMR (this is the basal metabolic rate of your body... which means if you were to do nothing all day, ur body would burn these many calories)

once u'v figured out your BMR, u need your TDEE (this is your total daily energy expenditure, it's based upon your activity level)


But first things first, please post up your current diet.. you have to be brutally honest about what you've been eating on average for the last few weeks so i know where your metabolism is at..
please include macros

MACROS = pro/fat/cal/carb of every meal and a daily total on the bottom
you can use fitday . com to help you our with this... be as detailed and specific as possible

please include the time of when u eat and the time of your workout

also tell me what your workout reg is...



BMR formula


BMR (men and women) = 370 + (21.6 X lean mass in kg)



in order to figure out your bmr, you need to know what your lean body mass is.. so, in turn, u need to know what your body fat percentage is...

if you dont know your bodyfat percentage, go to your gym and get tested (please dont use electronic scales to get your bf checked, they're horrible)

if you cannot find a gym to get tested at, please post up a picture for estimates, we're pretty good at it (you also have the option of pming it to me if you have more then 25 posts)

Total weight x bf in decimel form = total bf weight

Total weight - total bf weight = total lean body mass

if your total lean body mass is in lbs, u can divide it by 2.2 to get it in kilograms..

for example..

i am 6'4 275lbs at 14% bf... so i would multiply 275 by .14 (converted from percent to decimal)= 38.5lbs

275 - 38.5 = 236.5lbs lean body weight

236.5 / 2.2 = 107.5 lean mass in kg

370 + (21.6 x 107.5) = 2692 BMR (this is high for the average person, im a big guy)

TDEE

Once u have you bmr, u need to calculate your TDEE, this is simply done with some multiplication...

you can multiply it by an activity number to figure out your daily caloric expenditure, be honest here as this is the very cornerstone of your diet, if you are between two of the below activity levels then just multiply by a number in between them

To determine your total daily calorie needs, multiply your BMR by the appropriate activity factor, as follows:


If you are sedentary (little or no exercise) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.2
If you are lightly active (light exercise/sports 1-3 days/week) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.375
If you are moderatetely active (moderate exercise/sports 3-5 days/week) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.55
If you are very active (hard exercise/sports 6-7 days a week) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.725
If you are extra active (very hard exercise/sports & physical job or 2x training) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.9



Once you have your TDEE, i need you to watch these videos

Milos Sarcev "Secret of the Pro's" on Nutrition

http://forums.steroid.com/showthread.php?t=323516

this video will give you a great idea as to what your diet should be looking like and the foods you should be eating..

it's also very informative as to how dieting works and what you need to be doing..


once you've aquired this vast knowledge and done what i'v asked of you, please post up a new diet for critiquing and finalization...
please include macros and times just as before...


try to remember that dieting is not an overnight thing.. it takes time and patience....

[lamont]

Wow didnt know there was a science to all of this. This has been a long time coming though. I answered most of your questions except bmr/tdee. Where do I start?

[eatrainrest]

Wow didnt know there was a science to all of this. This has been a long time coming though. I answered most of your questions except bmr/tdee. Where do I start?

hers a start-start by answering what you didnt answer... since thats what we asked for... then watch the vids... actually.. just follow J3 sticky word.. for word.