Can someone critique my diet?

[soshiv]

I am about to start an 8-10 week bulking phase where I will try to put on as much muscle as possible. Could someone please critique my diet and let me know if I am on the right track.

5'10.5", 163 lbs, 15-16% bodyfat, age 26
BMR is 2969.

Obviously sometimes my day changes and I dont get started until 11am but for the most part im up around 8am... but here is a typical meal plan...

Meal 1 - 8am - 8 Egg Whites, 2 Whole Eggs, and I was thinking either a Bagel or 3/4 cup dry oatmeal and multivitamin

Meal 2 - 1030am - MHP Up Your Mass powder shake (around 550 calories), 1g HMB

Meal 3 - 1pm - Two 5-6oz Grilled Chicken breasts and a Large Potato with fat free sour cream

Meal 4 - 330pm - MHP Up Your Mass powder shake ( around 550 calories), 1 gram HMB

Meal 5 - 6pm - 8-10oz Lean Ground Beef, brown rice, green beans or broccoli, BCAAs

Meal 6 - 830pm - 2 slices of Wheat Toast with Peanut Butter, almonds

Meal 7 - 11pm - 2 scoops of protein powder in Milk with EFA's (This meal is time permitting, as in if my workout backs my meals up an hour or two I will not have this meal)


Depending on whether I work the morning shift or evening shift at work will determine whether my workout will be in the morning time between meals 1 and 2 or in the evening between meals 4 and 5, my workouts are going to be brief but they will be intense... preworkout I will be taking NO Xplode and BCAAs(and possibly some animal stack 2 packets that I have left over) and post workout will be a shake of Maltodextrin, Whey, and glutamine

BCAAs will be taken pre workout and post workout with my big meal

[Control]

What does this have to do with steroids? You aren't thinking of taking steroids at a bodyweight of 163 are you?

[soshiv]

no absolutely not, i want to do it all naturally, i posted this in the wrong place my bad, funny that you should reply cuz i am about to try your upper/lower regiment and was trying to tweak my diet before I start

[NYCmitch25]

Diet looks pretty good. Some minor changes. Maybe more food instead of shakes.

[coffee-guy]

I am about to start an 8-10 week bulking phase where I will try to put on as much muscle as possible. Could someone please critique my diet and let me know if I am on the right track.

5'10.5", 163 lbs, 15-16% bodyfat, age 26
BMR is 2969.

Obviously sometimes my day changes and I dont get started until 11am but for the most part im up around 8am... but here is a typical meal plan...

Meal 1 - 8am - 8 Egg Whites, 2 Whole Eggs, and I was thinking either a Bagel or 3/4 cup dry oatmeal and multivitamin

Meal 2 - 1030am - MHP Up Your Mass powder shake (around 550 calories), 1g HMB

Meal 3 - 1pm - Two 5-6oz Grilled Chicken breasts and a Large Potato with fat free sour cream

Meal 4 - 330pm - MHP Up Your Mass powder shake ( around 550 calories), 1 gram HMB

Meal 5 - 6pm - 8-10oz Lean Ground Beef, brown rice, green beans or broccoli, BCAAs

Meal 6 - 830pm - 2 slices of Wheat Toast with Peanut Butter, almonds

Meal 7 - 11pm - 2 scoops of protein powder in Milk with EFA's (This meal is time permitting, as in if my workout backs my meals up an hour or two I will not have this meal)


Depending on whether I work the morning shift or evening shift at work will determine whether my workout will be in the morning time between meals 1 and 2 or in the evening between meals 4 and 5, my workouts are going to be brief but they will be intense... preworkout I will be taking NO Xplode and BCAAs(and possibly some animal stack 2 packets that I have left over) and post workout will be a shake of Maltodextrin, Whey, and glutamine

BCAAs will be taken pre workout and post workout with my big meal

Get a protein shake in as soon as you wake up - they aren't that hard to stomach and will really help you with bulking (none of this getting up at 8am and not eating until 11am :nono: ).

I don't see a PWO shake anywhere.

Lose one of the Up Your Mass shakes and replace it with whole foods like your chicken meals etc (either meal 2,4, or 7).

Make your last meal of the day the peanut butter one.

Also, at 15%-16% bodyfat (and natural) I wouldn't gain too much more bodyfat during this diet so keep an eye on your carbs and use cardio to your advantage at least 2 sessions a week. When you've put on a little more muscle I would challenge you to go on a serious cut where you get down to around 6%-7% bodyfat (maybe by the end of the spring). Your body will make some really good gains when you go back to maintaining/bulking and they will be much leaner (increased insulin sensitivity after a cut can be quite the blessing).

[NYCmitch25]

^nice job FH

[soshiv]

my bad i didnt clarify, what i meant by the 8am and 11am difference was what time i went to work, no matter what time i wake up, i immediately eat meal 1, and i ALWAYS have that post workout shake of whey, malto and glutamine immediately following training

[coffee-guy]

my bad i didnt clarify, what i meant by the 8am and 11am difference was what time i went to work, no matter what time i wake up, i immediately eat meal 1, and i ALWAYS have that post workout shake of whey, malto and glutamine immediately following training

Well in that case disregard that part :P...

[coffee-guy]

How's this working for you bro?

[soshiv]

it has been working pretty good, i have managed to put on about 12 lbs since that last post and now i have changed my diet to try and cut up for a cruise :)

this is what it looks like:
cardio is a 3 day on, 1 off cycle:

wake up cardio for 35-40 min on treadmill with HR abround 125-130 (day 1 and 2); jumping rope or wind sprint intervals (day 3) for 7-8 sets with warm up and cool down

meal 1 right after cardio: 8 egg whites with fat free cheese, 1/2 cup oats with splenda

meal 2: this one is tough so i usually have either an ISS Pro 42 bar or an Up your Mass shake (both have at least 42 grams of protein and 1 and 3 grams sugar respectively

meal 3: either fish or turkey breast with brown rice

meal 4: 8 oz extra lean ground beef patti with mixed veggies

meal 5: either an ostrich meat stick or beef jerkey (no carbs) and 1 scoop of peanut butter

meal 6: 1.5 scoops of ON whey protein in water


what do you think about this for a cutter?