Quick diet question

[langs13]

I've been lifting for about 7-8 months now and I'm just starting to eat right and I now want to increase my calories/protein intake. How should i start this? Do i just wanna jump right into it or increase like 250 cals every couple of days till i get up to where i should be?

[taiboxa]

go use a calorie calculator.
find out how many cals ur burning and how many you need to consume so u have an excess caloric intake so that your body will always have ample nutrients to grow. bout 500+cal icrease is ideal.

[langs13]

We'll i used the calculater and it said i should be consuming 3700+ calories a day but its real hard cause i dont have the appetite to do that. Should i just try to increase slowly until i can eat that or is there like something to speed up my appetite?

[ricogl40]

start eating smaller and more often. depending somewhat on your age, it will boost up your metab and give you a lot more appetite. plus you wont be getting filled up and not feel like eating for 4 or 5 hrs. start off just adding some small snacks between meals and not eating too much at main meals. begin balancing them out so your diet is consisting of 6 to 8 equally sized (calorically) meals throughout the day

[barondumonde]

One way to do it is to eat 3 good solid meals a day, and have 4 snacks:



Immediately after waking up: Take necessary pills, drink water, and protein drink

BREAKFAST: Big Breakfast

Late morning SNACK: Fruit

LUNCH: Big Lunch

Late Afternoon SNACK: Fruit
Preworkout: Water & Fruit
PWO: Protein Drink, electrolytes, antioxidants, and glutamine

DINNER: Big Dinner

Late Night SNACK: a little bit of protein/something easy to digest

[novastepp]

We'll i used the calculater and it said i should be consuming 3700+ calories a day but its real hard cause i dont have the appetite to do that. Should i just try to increase slowly until i can eat that or is there like something to speed up my appetite?

i would start eating more protein, it takes a little while to get used to, but the more protein you eat the more your body can handle. as stated, eat about 7 times, and do your best to eat a quality protein source each time and then a fat or a carb. i do the fat/carb split but it isn't necessary at all. fats are a good way to help you increase those calories. have you met all natural peanut butter yet???