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LiftAllThePizzas
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Today my goal is over 4300 calories with exercise. I still have almost 2000 calories left for today. I'm looking for ideas for foods to fill out my calorie goals.
I obviously already know about pop tarts, ice cream and cake, etc. But I'd prefer not to live in food coma all day. Fast food is fine for me here and there, but even if I wanted to eat it every day I really don't want to drive 20 miles each way just for that. I'm looking for foods that are calorie dense but relatively nutritious or at least not super heavy on the carbs.
I obviously already know about pop tarts, ice cream and cake, etc. But I'd prefer not to live in food coma all day. Fast food is fine for me here and there, but even if I wanted to eat it every day I really don't want to drive 20 miles each way just for that. I'm looking for foods that are calorie dense but relatively nutritious or at least not super heavy on the carbs.
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cheese, it's tasty, high in protein and no carbs.0
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eat nuts. Dried fruit is high cal but not low carb. I think it's pretty hard to eat 4000+ calories with barely any carbs though.
I'd love to know how you burn so many calories.....I wish I had a problem with having too many calories every day.0 -
eat nuts. Dried fruit is high cal but not low carb. I think it's pretty hard to eat 4000+ calories with barely any carbs though.
I'd love to know how you burn so many calories.....I wish I had a problem with having too many calories every day.0 -
I wanna eat 4000 calories per day!! :sad:
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peanut butter. cheese, avocado, big serve of chicken and well if it was me some chocolate and icecream lol0
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Avocado!!!
Make a big omelette with avocado and cheese Proteins and yummy fats!
Peanut Butter too.....if I had 2,000 cals left in a day I would drown myself in PB0 -
Natural peanut butter--no salt, no sugar, all yummy all the time.0
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go to a supplement store and buy a huge tub of weight gainer
1200 calories a serving will do it! about 4-7 dollars a serving though on average so basically the cost of a meal. 60 dollar 5lb bucket will give you about 8 servings0 -
eat nuts. Dried fruit is high cal but not low carb. I think it's pretty hard to eat 4000+ calories with barely any carbs though.
I'd love to know how you burn so many calories.....I wish I had a problem with having too many calories every day.
>two week long bulk
>doing excessive cardio
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Cool thanks, these will help add some good calories. I will also check out the weight gainer. I do use whey protein with milk so far.0
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eat nuts. Dried fruit is high cal but not low carb. I think it's pretty hard to eat 4000+ calories with barely any carbs though.
I'd love to know how you burn so many calories.....I wish I had a problem with having too many calories every day.
>two week long bulk
>doing excessive cardio
LMAO! I swim once a week, and lift heavy three times a week.
This is my second two-week bulk, last time my strength increased substantially. My squats went from 180 X 5 (nearly failing) to squatting 210 X 9 reps. :happy: (It had similar effects on my OHP and benches.)0 -
eat nuts. Dried fruit is high cal but not low carb. I think it's pretty hard to eat 4000+ calories with barely any carbs though.
I'd love to know how you burn so many calories.....I wish I had a problem with having too many calories every day.
>two week long bulk
>doing excessive cardio
LMAO! I swim once a week, and lift heavy three times a week.
This is my second two-week bulk, last time my strength increased substantially. My squats went from 180 X 5 (nearly failing) to squatting 210 X 9 reps. :happy: (It had similar effects on my OHP and benches.)
My point is that two weeks is a really short amount of time for a bulk (especially if natty) and that cardio hurts your gains. Sure, you could get stronger but that's myofibrillar hypertrophy, not sarcoplasmic hypertrophy.0 -
Today my goal is over 4300 calories with exercise. I still have almost 2000 calories left for today. I'm looking for ideas for foods to fill out my calorie goals.
I obviously already know about pop tarts, ice cream and cake, etc. But I'd prefer not to live in food coma all day. Fast food is fine for me here and there, but even if I wanted to eat it every day I really don't want to drive 20 miles each way just for that. I'm looking for foods that are calorie dense but relatively nutritious or at least not super heavy on the carbs.
Avocados. Glucose (the industry name is dextrose) is a better source of concentrated calories than is sugar (sucrose) because the fructose portion of sugar must be metabolized in the liver. Glucose is utilized immediately. You can make your own chocolate with baker's chocolate and dextrose. It turns out that chocolate is very good for you. It is one of the few "junk" foods that could be considered a "health food". I think you can probably buy dextrose-sweetened chocolate somewhere. That will use up a lot of calories in a healthful way. Organic grass-fed butter yields a lot of nourishing substances that are hard to get elsewhere. What about some nice organic popcorn dripping with organic butter?0 -
That's nothing. I had that for breakfast. My goal for today is 8,000 calories.0
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Ok, I have been having the same problem but i have been struggling just to eat 1,800 calories a day. i have been this way my whole life. i am not hungry and i dont like sweets. i dont like fast food. so how do i eat good healthy food and get the calories. i gave up the pop and sugar.0
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My point is that two weeks is a really short amount of time for a bulk (especially if natty) and that cardio hurts your gains. Sure, you could get stronger but that's myofibrillar hypertrophy, not sarcoplasmic hypertrophy.
I'm still in the process of researching so I'm happy to do further reading if you have any recommendations. Do you have a specific timeframe or length of cycle that would be better? My goal is recomposition: lower bodyfat (currently 21%) and higher LBM (currently 147) as well as better endurance and strength. I'm not looking to be "elite" or competitive and not on a schedule or in a hurry.0 -
eat nuts. Dried fruit is high cal but not low carb. I think it's pretty hard to eat 4000+ calories with barely any carbs though.
I'd love to know how you burn so many calories.....I wish I had a problem with having too many calories every day.
if you are bulking quit doing Cardio0 -
I don't know how you do it. I had 1800 calories today, and I feel like I'm going to burst.0
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Trail mix works for me real well. There's a walmart brand called indulgent trail mix that's so addictive it's so easy to eat 600 calories in a matter of minutes with the stuff.0
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eat nuts. Dried fruit is high cal but not low carb. I think it's pretty hard to eat 4000+ calories with barely any carbs though.
I'd love to know how you burn so many calories.....I wish I had a problem with having too many calories every day.
if you are bulking quit doing Cardio0
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