6'6" 176lbs. Here is my diet, please critique.

[bigslick7878]

sweet, thanks for the 2 very informative posts. I'm kind of stuck now deciding between 3.25% milk vs skim milk. I could go with a soy milk which has extremely low fat and higher protein, but less calories overall.

What is 3.25%? whole? There is a big difference between whole and skim. Huge difference fat wise. Personally I would never drink whole, no matter what the goal is, but to each his own. All you are getting is a bunch of bad fat calories vs skim, no more protein or anything.

I don't like mcdonalds at all, but its a really easy way to get those cals in after the workout/before i get home, but it's true that it is dirty bulking and will completely cut it out or at least limit to once a week. I would be better off not eating for 1 hour til i get home to clean eat?

Of course it is "easy" to roll through the drive through and get 1300 calories in 3 doubles. But they are trash calories, and all calories are not created equal. Most of those calories come from fat, bad saturated fat. A 800 calorie CLEAN food meal will be much more effective.

I'm incorporating black beans/ chick peas into my diet now, with tomato's onions and garlic all mixed in as one meal.

I could lessen the oats for breakfast to 1.5 cups, and have 1 cups post workout in a whey isolate shake. my weight gainer is whey protein, i dont understand what the problem is with it? 8 grams fat, 40 grams protein, 125grams carbs in 1 serving. I'm assuming the carbs are too high/ not complex?

You need FOOD. Protein shake is meant to be a supplement, in addition to food. Real food is always better than a shake. For your goals you need real food with every meal, and lots of it. Oats are fine, you need a lean source of protein to go with it. What were we saying about your macro breakdown? Equal amounts of protein and carbs in every meal. 40 and 125 isn't even close.

And Gbrice is right, 6k calories is a little excessive. 4500-5000 for your body is not IMO. But he knows more than me so go with what he says.

[ogstrength]

Ok thanks for the help guys, i revised based on your advice and took out mcdonalds completely, i didn't even like the stuff.

meal 1-
2 whole boiled eggs, 6 egg whites boiled.
1 cup oats
500ml milk (low fat)
Multi, fish oil, vitamin B, D, C


meal 2/post workout-
weight gainer shake (whey, will switch to whey isolate when used my tubs of gainer)
half cup oats mixed in
3 boiled eggs whole (is my cholesterol intake becoming too high with all the eggs?)

meal 3-
10oz steak/chicken
tomatos/lettuce/brocolli (veggie variety)
250ml low fat milk

meal 4-
black beans/chick peas/lentils
tomatos/onions/garlic (more veggies)
250ml low fat milk

meal 5-
Tuna/sardines/seafood
whole wheat bread
250ml milk

meal 6- prebed
cottage cheese, cheese variety
some protein food (figuring it out)


Whats the word on tuna/sardines every day, is the mercury content too dangerous?

Thanks again

edit-- would beef liver be recommended

[gbrice75]

And Gbrice is right, 6k calories is a little excessive. 4500-5000 for your body is not IMO. But he knows more than me so go with what he says.

If he were closer to a 'normal' bodyweight for his height and trying to add mass, i'd be open to higher calories (still not 5000 calories, that's bodybuilder level calories), but at 176lbs, regardless of height, there's no way he needs that much.

If the OP runs a good diet for a while and still can't make gains (assuming the training is also in check), then I may eat those words. But I don't believe a 176lb guy needs 4500-5000 calories to grow - and DEFINITELY not 6k!!