Diet for the Muscle Obsessed Car Guy
Opening up a thread to get some ideas on a diet program that would allow me to lean bulk, but really to get fairly damn big, but functionally big. I doubt driving a car is fun for Jay Culter or Ronnie with their massive arm-cannons.
I have a number of issues with lean weight gain that I'll list below:
1) Highly Active...Desk Job; I'm on my rear for a good 9 hours a day, so I tend to have to eat while I work. Food prep and mid-day workout is pretty much a "No."
3) Being a desk job, I sometimes have to compromise on meals because of time and because the execs don't like a lunchbox in the conference rooms.
3) Asthmatic: Cardio drains all my endurance and I can't lift heavy for strength and size on days where I do a lot of cardio.
4) Probably an endomorph, but not sure if that's because I just don't run as much.
5) Beer and BBQ are my bane, I love both of these things, I doubt that they are really that great for me.
Some positives though:
1) I am very aware of the food that I eat, and I attempt to eat healthy.
2) I drink water like it's my job.
3) I am currently on an 7 meals per day plan. The plan also includes my whey shake pre-workout protein.
SO yeah... morning and mid-day workouts are just out of the question due to logistics. Can only lift at night during the week; weekends I'm free. I normally eat my dinner; then take a mass-builder shake that's something like 100g protein (4 scoops of Gold Standard Whey); then head to the gym. I was able to gain 10lbs in a month this way, and that wasn't fat, surprisingly.
I'm 5'10" around 196 lbs; was 205 but I cut down a little bit just by changing the diet. My BF is around 15%, still need a good way to check that. Not too much water retention, I sweat profusely all day, even during the coldest day in winter.
I don't have a crazy structured program because...frankly chicken and tilapa all the damn time does not excite me.
Morning Meal 1: Oatmeal & Egg Whites, maybe a tiny bit of fruit. Coffee (deskjockeys need this shiz)
Morning Meal 2: Fruit (Banana), Whey shake about 30g protein, handful almonds
Midday Meal 1: Lunchtime, some sort of meat, chicken, beef, pork, fish...fairly big portion, as big as my hand? Veggie;varies, normally broccoli or brocolini. Sometimes I throw in legumes as my carb; sometimes brown rice
Midday Meal 2: Remainder of lunch, same meal composition; Another 30g of whey if I don't have the time
Nighttime Meal 1: Dinner, sometimes not as large as lunch, same meal composition
Nighttime Meal 2: 100gs of whey protein 30min before I lift
Nighttime Meal 3: Sometimes a post-workout casein
My trouble with this is that I sometimes feel full but I know I probably need to eat more to grow. I don't do a lot of low-weight hyperthropy exercises. I hit a moderately challenging weight then just keep ramping it up for my set until I'm sweating and fatigued...and drink more water. Sometimes I'll plateau and need to call it a night because of low energy, not sure if I need some sort of workout drink to boost me through it. Normally don't by 10pm each night...sleep 7 hrs then up again at 6am.
So feel free to show off your diet plans; I feel like I'm not gaining as much as I did when I started back in November 2011, and I wasn't sticking to this plan back then just eating 3 massive meals each day. I want to be a good solid, svelt240 lb moster in a business suit someday.