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    Bodybuilding Foods Macronutrient Chart

    (Contributed and Compiled BY: jimmyinkedup)



    The purpose of this chart is to assist you in putting together your diet or as a food reference for anyone. Once you have calculated your total daily calories required (here) you are are now ready to put together your daily eating plan. This guide will provide you with the breakdowns of certain foods that have been acknowledged and accepted over time as bodybuilding diet staples. Each listing will provide the calories , carbohydrate , protein , and fat contained in each food. Of course we cannot list every food here but we have put forth an effort to include the most popular , best suited foods for our purposes.



    A quick example. Lets say your tdee , total daily energy expenditure or calories burned per day (click here to calculate) is 2900 calories. You are trying to bulk so you increase the calories per day 300-500 (decrease amount 300-500/day if goal is cutting). Lets go with 500. So you want your diet to consist of taking in 3400 calories / day. Now a typical bodybuilding macro split would be 40% of calories from carbs / 40 % of calories from protein / 20% of calories from fat. This "split" is not etched in stone - it is merely a starting point as is your total daily caloric intake. Diets need to be somewhat tailored to the individual - if its not working after 3 weeks - change it ! The diet forum here is an amazing resource in helping you come up with or adjust your diet - use it! So back to our calculations. Based on our new caloric daily total we would need 1360 calories from carbohydrates , 1360 calories from protein and 680 calories from fats. Carbohydrates and proteins are 4 calories / gram , fats are 9 calories /gram. So you would need 340 grams of carbohydrates / 340 grams of protein and 75.5 grams of fat per day.



    On to the Data:

    Note - Macros have been rounded off so calories may not exactly match macros if you were to calculate calories per gram and add them up. Also some carb counts include fiber which has 0 calories. Calories are most important. 1/10 of grams when it comes to macros are for the most part incidental and will to an extent balance out over daily eating totals.



    Format: Food - Quantity - Calories - Carbohydrate - protein - fat


    Carbohydrates

    Brown Rice - 1 cup cooked - 218 cal - 46g c - 5g p - 2g f
    Brown Rice - 1/2 cup uncooked - 344 cal - 77g c -7g p - 2.5g f
    Oats - 1 cup uncooked - 300 cal - 54g c - 10g p - 5g f
    Oats - 1/2 cup uncooked - 150 cal - 27g c - 5g p - 2.5g f
    Quinoa - 1/2 cup uncooked - 318 cal - 59g c - 11g p - 5g f
    W. Wheat Spaghetti- 2oz dry - 198 cal - 40g c - 8g p - 1g f
    Ezekiel Bread - 1 slice - 80 cal - 15g c - 4g p - 1g f

    Lentils - 1 cup cooked - 230 cal - 40g c - 18g p - 1g f

    Sweet Potato - 1 medium (5"x2" or 100g) - 99 cal - 23g c - 2g p - 1g f
    Asparagus - 4 spears - 13 cal - 2g c - 1g p - 0g f
    Broccoli - 1 cup chopped (5oz) - 41 cal -7g c - 4 g p - 0g f
    Green Beans - 1 cup (4.5 oz) - 41 cal - 9g c - 2g p - 0g f
    Brussel Sprouts- 1 cup (6oz) - 65 cal - 13g c - 6g p - 1g f
    Green Pepper -1 medium 2.5"x2.5" - 24 cal -6g c - 1g p - 0g f
    Spinach (frozen) - 1 cup (5oz) - 48 cal - 7g c - 6g p -1g f
    Spinach (fresh) - 10oz - 65 cal - 10g c - 8g p - 1g f

    Apple (w/skin) - Medium (5oz or 2 3/4") - 72 cal - 19g c -0g p - 0g f
    Banana - Medium - (7 - 7 1/2 ") - 105 cal - 27g c - 1g p - 0g f
    Blueberries - 1 cup - (100 berries) - 83 cal - 21g c -1g p -0g f
    Kiwi Fruit - 1 medium (skin off) - 46 cal - 11g c - 1g p - 0g f
    Mango - 1 skinned cleaned fruit - (6 1/2oz) - 135cal - 35g c - 1g p - 1g f
    Pineapple - 1 cup - (chunks in water or fresh- not in syrup) - 74 cal - 20g c - 1g p - 0g f
    Pear - medium - (6oz) - 96 cal - 26g c - 1g p - 0g f
    Raspberries - 1 cup (45 medium berries) - 64 cal - 15g c - 1g p - 1g f
    Strawberries - 1 cup (10 medium - stems removed) - 46 cal - 11g c -1g p -0g f


    Proteins

    Egg - 1 large - 74 cal - 0g c - 6g p - 5g f
    Egg - 1 x-large - 85 cal - 0g c - 7g p- 6g f
    Egg White - 1 large - 17 cal - 0g c - 4g p -0g f
    Egg White - 1 x-large - 21cal - 0g c - 5g p- 0g f

    Chicken Breast , boneless, skinless (medium - 3.5 oz) - 150 cal - 0g c -28g p - 3g f

    Beef , bottom round , trimmed of fat (3.5 oz) - 169 cal - 0g c - 28g p -5g f
    Beef , ground , 90% lean , 10% fat (3.5oz) - 230 cal - 0g c -28g p -12g f
    Beef , ground , 95%lean, 5% fat (3.5oz) - 193 cal - 0gc - 29g p -8g f
    Beef , tenderloin (fillet) , trimmed of fat (3.5oz) - 235 cal - 0g c - 27g p - 13g f

    Turkey Breast , boneless ,skinless (3.5 oz) - 135 cal - 0g c - 30g p -1g f
    Turkey , ground , 97% lean , 3% fat (4oz) - 140 cal - 0g c - 26g p - 3g f

    Pork , tenderloin , trimmed of fat (3.5oz) - 173 cal - 0g c - 28g f - 6g f
    Pork , canadian bacon , per 1 oz slice - 43 cal - 0g c - 6g p - 2g f

    Fish , flounder/sole (1 fillet /4.5oz) - 149 cal - 0g c - 31g p -2g f
    Fish , orange roughy (4.5oz) - 114 cal - 0g c - 24g p - 1g f
    Fish , salmon, fresh (3oz) - 175 cal - 0g c - 19g p - 11g f
    Fish , salmon (pink) , canned (3oz) - 118 cal - 0g c - 17g p -5g f
    Fish , tilapia (3.5oz) - 128 cal - 0g c - 26g p - 3g f
    Fish , tuna , bluefin , (3oz) - 156 cal - 0g c - 25g p - 5g f
    Fish , tuna , yellowfin , (3oz) - 118 cal - 0g c - 25g p - 1g f
    Fish , tuna - chunk light , canned in water (1 can) - 191 cal - 0g c - 42g p -1g f
    Fish , tuna - white , canned in water (1 can) - 220 cal - 0g c - 41g p - 5g f


    Fats

    Almonds , (1oz - approx 20) - 164 cals - 6g c - 6g p - 14g f
    Almond Butter , (1 tablespoon) - 101 cal - 3g c - 2g p - 9g f
    Macadamia Nuts , (1oz - approx 10) - 204 cal - 4g c - 2g p - 21g f
    Natural Peanut Butter , (1 tablespoon) - 100 cal - 3g c - 4g p - 8g f
    Walnuts , (10z - approx 14 halves) - 185 cal - 4g c - 4g p - 18g f
    Olive Oil , (1 tablesppon) - 119 cal - 0g c - 0g p - 13g f
    Flaxseed Oil , (1 tablespoon) - 120 cal - 0g c - 0g p - 13g f
    Flaxseed Oil , Capsule (1000mg) - 9 cal - 0g c - 0g p - 1g f
    Fish Oil , Capsule (1000mg) - 9 cal - 0g c - 0g p -1g f



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    Thanks man!

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    cheers Jimmy

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    GREAT INFO JIMMY! THANKS A LOT. Now all I have to do is look here for my info. Appreciate it.
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    Good stuff Jimmy!

    PS - this needs to be made a sticky.

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    Really good macronutrient chart, but I prefer using macro calculating program.

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    Just printed this out and placed it in my binder and on the refrigerator!! Great stuff..

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    this seriously saved me like an hour of research. thanks jimmy!!

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    Glad this is proving useful to some.
    Thanks Guys.

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    Good quality information. Thanks for posting.

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    I have a question about the brown rice. I know that companies are notorious for putting wrong nutritional data on labels but I cooked brown rice for the week and looked at that label and it showed 1/4 cup dry was 35g carbs and this site shows 1 cup cooked as 45 grams. After cooking the rice I measured and it gained very little in size and I was just wondering why there is such a difference in this information. But, I do want to thank you much for posting this as I use it every week!

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    I use this site (http://www.calorieking.com.au/) along with an excel spread sheet. Much easier than doing it manually.

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    this probably sounds like a dumb question but for clarification..
    when you say FOR EXAMPLE your having 5 egg whites and 1 whole egg is that egg white from the whole egg counted in the 5 egg whites already said? if that makes sense. sorry for dumb question
    but thats how i understand 5 egg whites and 1 whole egg.

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    Yes
    I am having 1 whole egg and 5 whites total of 6 eggs

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    Great information! Thanks for sharing.

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    This so needs to be stickied!

    I've been making my own chart in word recently and im gonna add a bunch of this to it. Great thread!

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    amazing post man

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    quick questions, regarding proteins the lean chicken breast is giving 3.5 oz at 150,28,0,3 and also the tilapia at 128,26,0,3

    my labels are giving per 4oz of chicken 110,24,0,1.5 and talapia per 4oz 100,20,0,2.5

    thats quite a bit of macro difference just wondering why? chicken should be chicken right no matter what brand I figured? probably stupid questions but id just like some input

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    chadcuz,

    Not sure where you are located but the USDA allows for a whopping +/- 20% of what is listed on a label.

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