'bout to begin first cycle. How does this diet plan look??

[guitarded]

I'm about to begin my first cycle within a week and just wanted to run my basic daily diet by you guys and see if this looks adequate for an on-cycle plan. I workout in the early a.m. so it's not ideal, but it's what I have to work with.

4:45 a.m.- Banana shake: 1 1/2 cups skim milk, 1 banana, 1/2 cup raw
oatmeal, 1 scoop whey protein, 4 egg whites
-small bowl frosted shredded wheat cereal
-tablespoon olive oil

5:20-6:20 a.m. -workout

6:45 a.m. -EAS Mass shake
-1 slice whole wheat bread with lf cottage cheese on it

9:30 a.m. -meal replacement shake

11:30 a.m. - 1 1/2 chicken breasts, 1 cup brown rice, 1 fat free
yogurt, 1 orange

2:30 p.m. -1 1/2 chicken breasts, 1 cup brown rice, 1 fat free yogurt
and one orange

4:45 p.m. -meal replacement shake

7:30 p.m. -2 extra lean hamburger patties on whole grain bun
-large bowl of organic greens salad w/ fat free french
dressing
-couple handfulls of mixed unsalted nuts

9:00 p.m. -2 scoops whey protein

9:00 p.m. sleep like a baby dreaming of huge muscles lol

***drinking water with meals and throughout day...usually about 4 litres/day. I have trouble drinking much more than that on most days.


So how does that look? Should I add another EAS Mass shake at bedtime or stick with just the whey protein??

I'm open to suggestions.

thank you,

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cheers

 

[Adogg4]

looks good bro, is this a bulking cycle?

 

[guitarded]

Yes, bulking/strength is the goal. I'm 225lbs currently and shooting for a solid, lean 240 eventually.

 

[wolfman]

Just remember that if that's your diet plan to begin with then you're eventually going to plateau at a given bodyweight and you'll need to increase calories. The only suggestion I might have is to increase protein in your first meal of the day. Your body rapidly eats up practically anything you put in it at this point as you've been fasting overnight. My guess is there's only 35-40g protein in there and that's not much to go into a workout with. Good Luck

wolfman

 

[guitarded]

thanks wolf. That first shake is about 700 cals and bout 60g protein. I hope that's enough to keep me strong and energized through the workout.

 

[wolfman]

Yea, your right, I miscalculated. 60g protein should suffice. I've always needed a couple of meals in me before I train but everybody's different. Another thing I just noticed is the 4 egg whites. If you're throwing them in your shake the chance of your body digesting them is slim to none. Cooking them is another story,but if you're going to eat raw eggs, atleast eat the yolk as it digests much better than the whites.

wolfman

 

[mid life crisis]

Another thing I just noticed is the 4 egg whites. If you're throwing them in your shake the chance of your body digesting them is slim to none. Cooking them is another story,but if you're going to eat raw eggs, atleast eat the yolk as it digests much better than the whites.

wolfman

WTF??? Why is that? I eat a dozen raw egg whites everyday???

 

[guitarded]

A good amount of my meals are protein/mrp's because my job is a delivery driver with a heavy schedule and to stop and eat some steak, potatos etc during crunch time just is not realistic for me. I get 3-4 good solid food meals each day...more on weekends.

What's the deal with my body not digesting the egg whites??

thanks for the feedback.

 

[cinnabar8521]

I'd switch your 9:00pm 2 scoops of whey for a big bowl of cottage cheese, slower digesting, but other then that it looks good.

 

[Grizzly]

Steak and potatoes are easy as pie to eat at work. Hell, they're a great choice because they're both just as yummy cold. (now the smartass sets in...) There's this cool new invention called tupperware. Perhaps you've heard of this new fangled contraption. It allows you to take left over food with you.

 

[guitarded]

Lol, some of you guys are hilarious. Thanks for that great tip on tupperware. If you looked at my plan, you'd see that two of my meals at work are chicken breast, brown rice etc. What do you think I carry those in??? My pocket?
My 9:30 shake can't budge. I slam that down in bout 30 seconds and it's all the time I have at that point in the day...no time to eat a tuna sandwich etc or anything else. Same story for the 4:45pm mr shake...no time. I'm a UPS driver and seconds count when it comes to next day air commit time crap. I guess I could toss a bag of nuts in the truck and snack on those in between stops.
In regards to the low fat stuff, isn't it a good idea as long as I'm getting "enough" fat and plenty of calories, protein, carbs etc? I'd rather gain 12 lbs of fairly lean mass on this cycle than 22 lbs and look like I won a pizza eating contest 5 days straight. If I gain a ridiculous amount of weight, my work may become suspicious. One drug test and I'm out of a career, retirement etc. It'd be easy to jump up to 8-9k in calories throwing down ice cream and cheeseburgers, but I don't see how that would benefit my body any more than something closer to what I have listed. I don't claim to know crap so if I'm totally missing something here, I'm all ears.

Thanks again for all the feedback. It's always amazing how many varied ideas and opinions people have on the same subject.

tks,
s

 

[Silverback]

There doesnt seem to be enough calories in there to be a mass cycle---I am currently maintaining at 235 and I eat 3500 cals--- When I bulk again, I will be eating 5000+

That looks like a fat loss diet except for the eas mass shake--- It reminds me of those diets you see in Flex and Muscle Mag

I would add some more calories and some healthy fats---
Take some peanut butter and jelly sandwiches(whole wheat bread) to work and get some milk to drink with them and you can increase your cals quickly
In the morning I would eat some more oatmeal--
When you can, get rid of some of that chicken and add a steak-- your not dieting here some dont be so restrictive about what you eat---just dont pig out on junk
Also at bedtime whey protein is not the ideal source-- Get something that has a slower release to it-- or 16-20 ounces of milk and the whey protein--muscle milk maybe a good choice

Hope that helps