No, NO NO!!!!!!!!! NO. I would scream that all in a high pitch voice if I could. You need to get on a diet, not a regular diet. This is how you can figure out how much macronutrients you need.
Find out how many calories you can eat in a week without putting on weight or losing. For instance, I will use 2000 calories for this equation and your body weight.
Total Calories:2000
Protein requirments: 165 pounds multiplied by one=165 grams of protein
Thats the easist part since its based directly on your weight. now this is how you c calculate the rest.
165 grams of protein multiplied by four(since each gram is 4 calories)= 660 calories
50 grams of fat multplied by nine= 450 calories
223 grams of carbs multiplied by 4= 890 calories
Thats a macronutrient breakdown for a 2000 calorie diet. I suggest keeping fat at 20 percent of your diet. Your carb requirments should depend on your protein requirments. Each protein=4 calories, carb=4 calories, fat=9 calories.
Now, a bulking diet requires that you eat at least 500 calories over your normal amount, this is so that you cleanly gain a pound a week that is mostly muscle.
This should be split up between 5-6 meals. You can do 4 meals including two protein shakes, pre workout and post workout, or a morning shake and just a preworkout shake. If you need anymore details on that stuff just ask. |