Critique Bulking Diet

[SaSqUaDgE]

Hey everyone Im currently cutting right now trying to lose a few pounds before i get home from Iraq and when I get home I wanna bulk up so I was wondering if this would work please any advice is helpful.
Stats
Age : 20
Weight : 210lbs
BF% about 12 13%

heres the diet
Meal 1
12 egg whites
1 whole egg
2 cup steamed broccoli
2 tbsp peanut butter or 18 almonds
99g blueberries

49g protein 30g carbohydrates 20g fat

Meal 2
2.5 scoops muscle milk
3 cup steamed broccoli
2 tbsp peanut butter + 12 almonds

49g protein 30g carbohydrates 20g fat

Meal 3
7oz grilled chicken breast
3 cup steamed broccoli
2 tbsp peanut butter + 12 almonds

49g protein 30g carbohydrates 20g fat

Meal 4
2.5 scoops Muscle milk
3 cup steamed broccoli
2 tbsp peanut butter + 12 almonds

49g protein 30g carbohydrates 20g fat

Meal 5
7 oz chicken breat
1.5 cup steamed broccoli
2 tbsp peanut butter + 12 almonds
99g blueberrys

49g protein 30g carbohydrates 20g fat

Meal 6
7 oz chicken breast
3 cup steamed broccli
2 oz avocado + 12 almonds

49g protein 30g carbohydrates 20g fat

Meal 7
7 oz chicken breast
3 cup steamed broccoli
2 oz avocado + 12 almonds

49g protein 30g carbohydrates 20g fat

Meal 8
2.5 scoops muscle milk
3 cup steamed broccoli
2 oz avocado + 2 almonds

49g protein 30g carbohydrates 20g fat

Total of:

Protein 392g
carbs 240
fat 160
Total Calories 3968


I wanna bulk but keep it kinda lean.

[_CrossroadS_]

Complex Carbs - you'll be tired and won't be able to lift weights=gain weight if you're body is tired. Oats for breakfast, and swap brocoli for sweet potato or brown rice in your lunch meal, and last meal of the day

Protein shakes - PWO/before cardio is really the only time you'd see a benefit. Or maybe before morning cardio. Eat as much real food as you can.

Brocoli - in 8 meals? you'll either start puking when you see it or develop food allergies. Make sure you are changing up the food sources to keep you sane and get the stuff your body needs.

Real meal before bed - this meal is going to sit for 8 hours, make it something that takes your body a long time to break down,(eggs, beef, complex carbs) not a protein shake.

Try to keep fats/carbs in seperate meals - Eat oats and protein for breakfast. then next meal should be fats and protein(almonds and chicken, etc.)

Start with one of the Bulking diets in the stickies and adjust as you see fit.

[SaSqUaDgE]

Okay so if i add the brown rice into the meal instead of broccoli how much of it would i want like a cup or 2 cups? and for breakfast would i like go lets say 4 -5 eggs whites then a bowl of oatmeal?then just switch my last protein shake with the meal before

[_CrossroadS_]

You need to figure out what works best for you. You need to be sure you are getting enough carbs to allow you to work out to your full potential and grow. That's the point of bulking. Better to have too much over too little. You can adjust as you go along.

[gbrice75]

Of course real food is always going to be much better, but it's hard to choke down beef right before hitting the sack - especially when you're ready to drop already.

If you have to have a protein shake before bed (I do), at least go with Casein protein which is processed much more slowly than Whey, and for the record I think Muscle Milk products are $hit. ON (Optimum Nutrition) makes a DELICIOUS Casein protein powder, check it out.