Current Diet, Please Critique

[MoneyAddyct]

I've been using this particular diet for a few months now. I gained about 7lbs so far but in the recent weeks it doesn't seem to be doing the trick anymore. Maybe I need to up 500 calories? I dunno. My maintence is 3000 and according to Fitday, I take in about 3500 a day.

Wake up (usually around noon - no class, no responsibilities, I like to sleep in)
8oz salmon (316 cals, 44 pro, 1 carb, 14 fat)
1.5cups cooked whole wheat pasta (1080 cals, 36 pro, 252 carb, 6 fat)

1396 Cals total, 80 pro, 253 carb, 20 fat

1.5 hours later
1.5 scoops No-Xplode

30 minutes later
workout

After workout
1 scoop Cellmass

20 minutes later
1 serving cytogainer

620 calories, 56 pro, 80 carb, 5 fat

2 hours later
8oz New York Strip steak (438 cals, 66 pro, 0 carb, 17 fat)
270g sweet potato (around 9 oz) (250 cals, 5 pro, 56 carb, 0 fat)

688 calories total, 71 pro, 56 carb, 17g fat

2 hours later
8oz chicken breast fillet (205 calories, 47 pro, 0 carb, 2 fat)
1.5 serving Lipton Cheddar Brocolli Rice-Sides (390 cals, 9 pro, 71 carb, 2 fat)

595 calories, 56 pro, 71 carb, 4 fat

1.5 hours later
1 scoop cell mass

30 minutes later
1 serving Isopure (200 cals, 50g 0 fat, 0 carb)

Totals: 3499 Cals, 313 pro, 460 carb, 46 fat

Depending on the time or when I might've woken up, I might eat another meal before I take my cellmass and therefore extend the schedule by about another two hours or so (usually do but not always). Also, a lot of the time I'll substitute the steak for pork (rarely) or chicken or turkey tenderloins so as not to consume so much red meat.

What do you guys think?

[audis4]

Looks like a liquid based diet...go for the whole foods. I would only have one shake PWO (whey and dextrose or oats IMO)

1,396 cals in your first meal??!! Wow bro, I personally wouldn't eat more than 700 cals per meal...eat more meals more often; and are you sure 1.5 cups of pasta is over 1,000 cals?

Before bed should ideally be a pro/fat meal (IMO, egg whites, 2 TB natty PB, cottage cheese)

I personally wouldn't eat steak PPWO especially with a potato...but your bulking so if this works for you, great!

I would eat more rice, oats, WW pasta, WW bread

Hope this helped a bit.

[MoneyAddyct]

I really only consider myself as having 2 shakes. One PW and one before bed. Is that too much? It's roughly 800 cals out of 3500.

I looked up the nutrition facts on pasta a few times from a few different sites, and yes, that's what they all came up with roughly. I was shocked too.

I ran out of natty PB and haven't gotten any in a while but I'll start eating it before bed...I used to, just stopped for a while.

Thanks for the help.

[MoneyAddyct]

I personally wouldn't eat steak PPWO especially with a potato...but your bulking so if this works for you, great!

Then what would you eat PPWO?

[steve0]

steak is fine if your bulking i normally use chicken or fish myself, but put some fat with that bed time shake.

[MoneyAddyct]

Of course steak is fine, but not 7 days a week...I try to limit it to 2-3 but I think that might even be too much.

[audis4]

I eat steak probly 4 times a week while cutting (whether its steak at applebees or if i grill some filet mignon) and it has done great for me.

[steve0]

I eat steak probly 4 times a week while cutting (whether its steak at applebees or if i grill some filet mignon) and it has done great for me.

yeah same here i eat sirloin about 3 or 4 times a week man

[MoneyAddyct]

Yeah, I do too, but I've heard its really awful to eat it that many times per week. I'd eat it every day if I hadn't heard it was so bad.

Anyone else have critiques on my original diet?

[audis4]

Well I'm an endo for sure...when I start gaining fat weight from eating steak this often I'll let you know...so far I love it and it has worked out excellent.

For some reason I knew you were bulking but I'm cutting that's why I said I would go with something other than steak unless it's lean...but chicken or tuna works best for me as stevo stated.