Here's what i've been eating. how screwed up is it?

[Too-$mall]

Ok, so i use MFP to track my eating and i sorta of eat what i want. i'm not cutting at the moment, but i am trying to Power build. I do increase my calories from an unmodified TDEE calorie and macro distribution.

CALS total for TDEE. 2,250.00 without working out
CARB 225g
PROTIEN 225g
FAT 50g

today i slayed my chest with like 15 or so sets and and a couple different angles and exercises. i'm feeling it right now. I added 1,069 calories.

i need to eat a total of
332g protien
332g carbs
74g fat

i don't count the candy bars i eat after working out and i dont count the ketchup i put on my rice, and i don't count the Parmesan cheese i put on my rice. just saying i dont count sugar, or topping stuff because i dont feel like i really need to and it's crap carbs.

ok, today's eating was kinda shit. but how shit. 1 being the absolute most garbage and 10 being "hey, you're doing alright. keep it up"

please discount the above and tell me if i need to increase my calories and rethink this whole eat to grow thing.

timing today hasn't been great so i won't include it in detail. please ignore'ish. another thing i need to work on
breakfast
50g isolate 240cal
half a jelepeno cheddar bagel 175cal
2 bean burritos from taco bell 740cal
pure isolate240cal

lunch
dymatize BCAA 50cal
here is where i hit the gym 3:45pm
dairy pure whole milk 1200cal <-working on this one right now
core power protein chocolate 240cal

here's what i plan to eat tonight.
cottage cheese 40 g protien (will eat 2.5 hrs from now)
egg whites 40g protien (will eat b'fer beddy bye)
2 cups of rice (will eat with cottage cheese)
26oz v8 low sodium
roqefort cheese with glazed pecans and rasberries

eating this is actually going to put me over my recommended amounts, but i don't care. cutting is easy using the MFP app.

glad to be getting back to this stuff! i love it. always learning, always improving. never satisfied. thank you.

[Too-$mall]

yesterday was really shit. i ate a triple steak burger from steak and shake. that's unusual for me. it wasn't a work out day. i'm gonna do a fat assessment now.

triple steak burger510cal
2 bananna210cal
pure isolate240 cal

2 cups white rice410cal
lime juice10cal
egg whites 200cal
pure isolate240cal
greek yogurt low fat170cal
nonfat yogurt180cal
26oz v8 low sodium

actually if i sit back and post about my eating habits i'm not proud... lol. i'm in the middle of a move right now and all my stuff is packed. no sweet potatoes, and no steak...

actually now that i think of it. i can bake a potatoes. that's not a bad idea. my chest is wrecked. i did at least 16 sets.

[Too-$mall]

i think the 7 point caliper test is inaccurate. says my body fat is 10.7% i don't believe it. i don't have any tape right now to see what my waste size is. that'd synch it.

there is no way this is 10% probably closer to 12% or 13%!

Attachment 176912 that's 187 ish

This was about 2 months ago
this is at 175lb
this is way closer to 10%

I supplement with Iron, vit K, D, Magnesium, B6, and Zinc. v8 and bannanas takes care of my other concerns. currently on TRT 62mg/E3days

and i have another question. is (1) beer going to mess with my protien synth to the point that it's going to ruin my work in the gym today?

[Windex]

Protein intake is beyond excessive.

Way too much shakes.

I only read part of your posts before getting a headache because it's all over the place. It has no focus.

Each meal your plate needs to have
- protein source
- carb source
- fat source
- fruit and/or vegetables

Don't count calories
Don't count macros
Don't try to be fancy
Don't drink your calories
Pick any source of food for each macro, it doesn't matter


Follow the above program 6 times per day. If you don't see progress, buy bigger plates.

I am not insulting you or intending to be rude, but one of the big problems people face is they end up overthinking nutrition and just go down a rabbit hole.

[Too-$mall]

ok, i guess. i had no idea. i began doing better once i started eating like this. i'm terrible at eyeballing my meals. i could try this, but i'm 100% sure that i'll mess it up in a few different ways. I like counting my macros and tracking. you're basically saying change my eating habits. stop with all the shakes, eat real vegetables and and eat (6) times a day. yea, i'm certain i'll mess this up. I've been told this before. i don't do well with loose structure. it freaks me out. i do better with highly structured stuff. but i will take what you said to heart. i need to stop with all the v8 and eat more meat and veggies. tracking helps me keep my purpose in mind and ensure i'm not overdoing it with fat, or carbs. i tend to naturally not eat much protein.

[Windex]

ok, i guess. i had no idea. i began doing better once i started eating like this. i'm terrible at eyeballing my meals. i could try this, but i'm 100% sure that i'll mess it up in a few different ways. I like counting my macros and tracking. you're basically saying change my eating habits. stop with all the shakes, eat real vegetables and and eat (6) times a day. yea, i'm certain i'll mess this up. I've been told this before. i don't do well with loose structure. it freaks me out. i do better with highly structured stuff. but i will take what you said to heart. i need to stop with all the v8 and eat more meat and veggies.

If you want structure that's fine but you can't count your food but skip counting cheese, ketchup, and candy bars. That's 500 calories unaccounted for.

[Too-$mall]

well yea, but i'm good with a margin of error that size. i'm not worried about getting fat [i am], but i see your point. no need to get fuller from crap. lol. there is a certain amount of fat i'll accept. i need some tape...

[ryanfisher]

You need to track your macronutrients, carbohydrate, protein, fat.

[Too-$mall]

every last calorie? why?

[ryanfisher]

every last calorie? why?

Well, I think of the following way if you have already hit the macronutrients, you will not have problems with additional calories when the goal is to gain weight not concerned with body fat .. But many will disagree with what I am talking about, the more I do in phase of weight gain. I do not deprive myself of eating bullshit, I'm adding some extra calories to my diet because I do not care much about accumulating body fat in my body .. I'll also burn those extra calories with aerobics. So I think it's silly to deprive yourself of eating. The rule is simple, if we want to grow, we have to eat. If nois has already hit all the macronutrients of the day, it is okay to add some extra calories with sauces, ketchup, etc. Just do aerobics, burn the extra calories.

[Windex]

well yea, but i'm good with a margin of error that size. i'm not worried about getting fat [i am], but i see your point. no need to get fuller from crap. lol. there is a certain amount of fat i'll accept. i need some tape...

500 calories per day is 3500 per week or 1lb.

That means after 15 weeks you could have a discrepancy of 15 lbs or almost 9% of your BODYweight.

That's what I mean when it doesn't make sense to count food some but not others.

To give you a comparison, I weigh 50 lbs more than you, with 2-3% more body fat, and my daily protein intake hovers around 170 grams. All 336 grams of protein is giving you is an expensive+inferior fuel source.