HELP/ Critique Diet

[Tone Loc]

Hey guys, I've been following an eating routine pretty steady here for about a month now and was wondering if you guys could critique and give me a few pointers here. I am trying to bulk, but not gain fat, so I am eating very clean on this. Right now I am at 6'-2", 220 lbs, and about 12-15% BF


8 am: 1 whole egg, 2 egg whites, 1/2 cup oats, 1/3 cup craisin in oats

11 am: 3/4 cup oats, protien shake and green peppers (or broccoli)

2pm: salad, 1 can tuna (on salad), half or whole sweet potato depending on my hunger

4 or 5 pm: Workout 5 to 6 days per week (doing similar to 13 Weeks workout)

5-6 pm: PWO shake (40 grams protien with BCAA) with a banana

7-8 pm: chicken breast, with slice of swiss and 2 slices bread, veggies

Right before bed (10-11pm): 1/2 to 1 cup of cottage cheese


I recently switched this up, I was eating approximately the same things, only I was eating every 2 hours and not as much at each meal. What I am doing right now is amounting to about 2100-2200 calories a day, with what seems like too many carbs and not enought protien. I have seen pretty good results so far, but since there is so much knowledge on here I figured it wouldn't hurt to get some insight and see where maybe I can improve.

I appreciate any help or criticism you guys may have

[ASINES]

2200 calories for a 220 lb guy at 12-15% is WAY too low to gain mass. Heck, I'd venture a guess that unless your macros are off, you're probably losing weight.

Are you monitoring your weight from week to week? If it's not going up, then you need to add something.

Not knowing any kind of history or other stats, plus being short on time before I log off here, here's a general approach.......try sticking around 1.2g/lb for protien, 1.5-2.0g/lb for carbs, and 0.25g/lb for fats when bulking.

Give that a go for a few weeks and see what happens.

Gotta run.....

[Commander]

Originally Posted by ASINES

2200 calories for a 220 lb guy at 12-15% is WAY too low to gain mass. Heck, I'd venture a guess that unless your macros are off, you're probably losing weight.
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at a BW of 192 my maintenance was 2800, bulking is around 4000!

[Tone Loc]

Thanks for the input guys. I kinda figured I was under eating a little, and yes I have lost about 15 lbs in the last two months. Seems like mostly fat though, as I have made muscular gains. But I am going to take your advise and begin cycling up my calories the next couple weeks until I get to a point where I am actually gaining weight. Does 250 calories per day per week sound like a good number to increase? I just don't want to jump up to 3000 and shock my metabolism.

Thanks again