Help on diet.

[Aaron_369]

Anything I can do to improve my diet.. I seem to burn a lot more off then I use.

Here is what my diet is like..
Meal 1 - 8 eggs, 2 cups oatmeal.
Meal 2 - Weight gainer shake. Contains 2 cups milk, banana, and 3 tablespoons of peanut butter.
Meal 3 - 2 salmon filet. 2 chicken breast and can of random vegetable.
Meal 4 - Same as 2.
Meal 5 - 2 - 3 chicken breast or any type of red meat. (varies) Large salad and can of random vegetable.
Meal 6 - Same as 2 and 4.
Drinking 120 oz of water a day and half gallon to gallon of milk per day.
Random snacks through out the day as well. Meals can also vary.

[BrownGirl]

If you can you should post macros for each meal. Also IMO you should eat fresh or frozen veggies as opposed to canned. It seems like you're not getting much carbs...Try stuff like brown rice and sweet potatoes. From what I've learned, carbs are essential on a bulk even if it's a lean bulk.

[--->>405<<---]

Wat r ur stats? Age weight height bf%? Basically ur havn a hard time gaining correct?

[Aaron_369]

age 19 height 5'7 weight 165 bf n/a not much though. I'm pretty solid. I can make gains just not like i'm wanting. That should be a lot bigger for what I eat and what I do.

[jypoll]

it would help to have macros and your TDEE.

meal 2: you shouldnt need milk unless you are a hard gainer. possibly better to add better food choices and more calories. 3 tbps pb? that is 24g of fat. which is probably about half your daily intake at your weight.

and this meal is 3x a day???? way too much milk and fat, along with 2 salmon fillet and 8 eggs?? you are overdoing it on the fat. my rough guess (assuming you have skim milk) is you are way over 150g of. you need less than half of that. i dont think you have enough protein, and you definitly dont have enough complex carbs.

i also dont like canned veggies. eat fresh (appropriate) veggies

your problem is poor food choices. you may have the right amount of calories (still to be determined i need your macros and tdee) but you do not have the correct ratio and have terrible food choices.

[--->>405<<---]

How many days per week do u lift? Do u do cardio if so how much?

If u workout 5days/week then ur tdee is @ 2800cals... based on that for a bulk if i were u id start at 3300cals.. Run it 40/40/20 split.. This gives u:

330g protein
330g carbs
73g fat

Id suggest posting a diet hitting these macros for critique.. Id be curious to see the macros of ur current diet..Cals may be close but alot of the carbs ur eatn IMO r inferior..

8 whole eggs/ day will wreak havoc on ur cholesterol eventually dude

[--->>405<<---]

^^ i sugest getn ur bf% taken.. I dont like estimating tdee on total body weight..

[Aaron_369]

Any advice on how to clean up my diet? What food choices I can change to give me better gains?

[jypoll]

1st, i suggest chill on the shakes
2nd NO MILK
3rd- max 2 whole eggs, rest whites
4th- hit the macros suggested by 405
carbs:
brown rice
oats(not instant oatmeal)
-i only eat oat bran
sweet potatoe/yams
2 cups of chopped broccoli

protein:
egg white
lean meat
cottage cheese

fats:
natty PB (1 tbsp a day maybe 1.5 not 9)
fish/fish oil
flax oil
avocado

if you need more ideas look through this forum, there are many good diets on here

after you have a diet plan that hits those macros post the diet here and we will do the finishing touches.
then track your result on the diet and depending on your progress you can change kcals by 100 or so every week or two to meet your needs