Critique my diet

[SloppyJo]

bulking diet... stats are 5'9.. 185 12-15%bf

M1 - 8 egg whites 1 yolk, 1/2 cup oatmeal
PWO - Protein shake, OJ
M2 - tuna, 1/2 cup oatmeal, fish oil
M3 - protein shake, either granola bar or pb crackers
M4 - either chicken breast/ground beef/steak with 1 cup of spinach, fish oil
M5 - same as M4 but with 1/2 cup oatmeal
M6 - same as M5
M7 - cottage cheese and protein shake

and i'll mix up the oatmeal with rice and sweet potatoes
and M3 is inbetween my classes so it has to be a protein shake and somethin else
and i also eat some almonds/cashews/peanuts with my meals

[SloppyJo]

any help/comments appreciated

[ROCKETW19]

im just learining this diet stuff my self but i weight 240 9%bf and thats almost as much as i eat you should grow off that.

[YellowJacket]

Originally Posted by SloppyJo

bulking diet... stats are 5'9.. 185 12-15%bf

M1 - 8 egg whites 1 yolk, 1/2 cup oatmeal

I like this but Id change it around for a couple reasons. 1. Youre going to get tired of preparing and eating 8 eggs every morning. Also, at this point in the morning (unless youre nocturnally feeding) your cortisol and other stress hormones are going to be very high, so I suggest you have 4 eggs, 1/2 oats and a 100% whey shake. The whey will independently illict an insulin response and because insulin is an antagonist to cortisol, it will suppress the levels of cortisol and put you back into an anabolic state, not to mention its free protein.

PWO - Protein shake, OJ

Very good. Finally people are catching onto vitamin C as a cortisol suppressent

M2 - tuna, 1/2 cup oatmeal, fish oil

Id save the fish oil for M3, since youre getting significant amounts in the tuna.

[quote]M3 - protein shake, either granola bar or pb crackers[quote]

Ill only allow it since its inbetween classes...

M4 - either chicken breast/ground beef/steak with 1 cup of spinach, fish oil

Good.

M5 - same as M4 but with 1/2 cup oatmeal
M6 - same as M5

Youre going to have M3 (or a variation of) 3 times a day? That could get very mundane.

and i also eat some almonds/cashews/peanuts with my meals

Good. Almonds are an excellent snack.

[SloppyJo]

im just learining this diet stuff my self but i weight 240 9%bf and thats almost as much as i eat you should grow off that.

hopefully i will

I like this but Id change it around for a couple reasons. 1. Youre going to get tired of preparing and eating 8 eggs every morning. Also, at this point in the morning (unless youre nocturnally feeding) your cortisol and other stress hormones are going to be very high, so I suggest you have 4 eggs, 1/2 oats and a 100% whey shake. The whey will independently illict an insulin response and because insulin is an antagonist to cortisol, it will suppress the levels of cortisol and put you back into an anabolic state, not to mention its free protein.

the eggs have been gettin old but ive been forcin em down with water... now that im eatin 4, i can actually enjoy it somewhat

Youre going to have M3 (or a variation of) 3 times a day? That could get very mundane.

its actually not bad... sometimes i'll make bbq chicken, then a steak or some hamburgers, maybe an italian chicken and spinach salad, or maybe another can of tuna... i mix up what im eatin so it actually isnt that bad

and thanks for all the help yj