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    Food calculator accurate?

    Hey guys,
    I've week 7 of a 10 week bulking cycle and I'm not gaining weight as fast as I think I should. In fact, I lost weight for the first 5 weeks. My strength is still going up and I think I look better, but I don't want to be wasting time/gear.

    Now at the beginning of this Gbrice and some other guys helped me put together something to start from but I've been adding 300-400 cals a week and still not there yet. My Stats are as follows...

    46 yrs old
    6'2"
    230 lbs.
    12-13% BF (lower than when I started I think)
    4-5 days a week am fasted cardio, mod intensity.
    5 day split, high volume
    Heavy cycle that I won't go into in the diet section Test/Deca /Proviron /HCG

    I was actually cutting at 3300 cals (Gbrice thought this was crazy, lol) and he suggested I try bulking at 3500 and monitor. I'm now up to 4100 cals, all clean.

    My question is, what food calculator do you guys find most accurate? I use fitday and was wondering if this might be the problem? I weight everything with a digital scale so I know that's right.

    Here's an example of a 4100 plus day.

    4:00 am Units Calories Fats Carbs Proteins
    1 scoop Casein powder 1 scoop 120 1g 3g 24g
    1 cup 0% milk 1 cup 86 .4g 11.9g 8.4g

    9:00 am
    Multigrain bread 152 g 413 6.2g 77g 17g
    Deli ham, lean 310 g 341 9 g 8g 54g

    12:00 am
    Grilled Chicken Breast 200g 327 7g 0g 62g
    Brown Rice 1 cup 215 2g 44g 5g
    Steamed Broccoli 2 cup 109 1.3g 22.3g 7.4g

    3:00 pm
    Boiled Shrimp 1 cup 201 3.3g 1.7g 38.4g
    Brown Rice 1 cup 215 2g 44g 5g
    Sweet Potato 144g 109 .2g 25.5g 2g

    Workout

    8:00
    Whey Protein powder 2 scoops 240 2g 8g 40g
    oatmeal 1 cup 212 3g 43g 6g
    egg whites 13 223 .7g 3g 47g
    whole eggs 2 126 9g .7g 11g
    0% Milk 1 cup 86 .4g 12g 8g
    orange juice 1/2 cup 52 .2g 12g .7g

    9:30 pm
    Lean Ground Beef 220 g 545 34g 0g 57g
    Cashew nuts raw 50 g 276 22g 15g 9g

    11:00 pm
    Casein Protein 1 scoop 120 1g 3g 24g

    Total 4102 104g 346g 422g

    Wow, that's some work!!

    So what's the consensus on this? Should I jack it up another 200-300? I know I could eat another meal after 3:00 pm but I hate being full for my workout and this meal probably ends up closer to 4:00-4:30 pm anyway.

    Any help at all would be appreciated.

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    i use fitday and i find most stuff close to the package label.

    you can add custom food on fitday i have made my own with all the nutrition facts off the labels. it taks a bit of time but i eat same thing everyday so once you get most of it in all ya have to do is adjust serving sizes to maych your meals.

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    Quote Originally Posted by sgt2jay View Post
    i use fitday and i find most stuff close to the package label.

    you can add custom food on fitday i have made my own with all the nutrition facts off the labels. it taks a bit of time but i eat same thing everyday so once you get most of it in all ya have to do is adjust serving sizes to maych your meals.
    Yea man, I do that too, like with whey protein and casein protein powders. I just can't beleive I'm eating 4200-4300 calories a day at 46 and not gaining weight. Sheesh!!
    Last edited by The Titan99; 01-13-2011 at 04:23 AM.

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