me and my metabolism

darryl0320
darryl0320 Posts: 6 Member
edited November 11 in Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
Hello all. I'm a guy and I'm 1,74M long. My weight is 134 lbs. I've been stuck on this weight for quite some time. I've figured eating about 3300kcal perday works results for me. I've been having a lot of troubles reaching this though. I'm also stuck on my benchpress (PR) of 176lbs for quite some time.
What would you guys recommend me to eat?
So far I eat oatmeal in the morning, pasta or rice in the midday about every 2 hours, a dinner meal (always varies), another plate of rice or pasta and a shake at times. After this it's about bed time.

sidenote: I'm in school so I don't have time for meals such as eggs.

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  • tbfincher
    tbfincher Posts: 32
    Well, I'm on a bulk as well. Need to eat about 3,300 calories a day. Due to working 12 hour days and such I don't have time to make a meal every couple hours. The way I make it work is to build my own mass builder shake, I use....

    1 cup of oats
    2 Tbsp natural peanut butter
    1 Banana
    2 cups of milk
    2 scoops whey protein
    28 grams of walnuts

    It tastes delicious and comes out to roughly

    Calories = 1,350
    Carbs = 85 grams
    Protein = 81 grams
  • darryl0320
    darryl0320 Posts: 6 Member
    I'll defenitly give that a shot! Sounds pretty tasty :)! Could I mix it with a mix of nuts too, or will that become a no-go?
  • Springfield1970
    Springfield1970 Posts: 1,945 Member
    darryl0320 wrote: »
    Hello all. I'm a guy and I'm 1,74M long. My weight is 134 lbs. I've been stuck on this weight for quite some time. I've figured eating about 3300kcal perday works results for me. I've been having a lot of troubles reaching this though. I'm also stuck on my benchpress (PR) of 176lbs for quite some time.
    What would you guys recommend me to eat?
    So far I eat oatmeal in the morning, pasta or rice in the midday about every 2 hours, a dinner meal (always varies), another plate of rice or pasta and a shake at times. After this it's about bed time.

    sidenote: I'm in school so I don't have time for meals such as eggs.

    I'm a single parent, business owner, triathlon training 44 year old woman with a small child and no family to help and I cook breakfast, make packed lunch and cook home dinners.

    You don't have time for eggs? They take 5 minutes!
  • Springfield1970
    Springfield1970 Posts: 1,945 Member
    Springfield1970 wrote: »
    darryl0320 wrote: »
    Hello all. I'm a guy and I'm 1,74M long. My weight is 134 lbs. I've been stuck on this weight for quite some time. I've figured eating about 3300kcal perday works results for me. I've been having a lot of troubles reaching this though. I'm also stuck on my benchpress (PR) of 176lbs for quite some time.
    What would you guys recommend me to eat?
    So far I eat oatmeal in the morning, pasta or rice in the midday about every 2 hours, a dinner meal (always varies), another plate of rice or pasta and a shake at times. After this it's about bed time.

    sidenote: I'm in school so I don't have time for meals such as eggs.

    I'm a single parent, business owner, triathlon training 44 year old woman with a small child and no family to help and I cook breakfast, make packed lunch and cook home dinners.

    You don't have time for eggs? They take 5 minutes!

    Roast a chicken while you study, cans of tuna, protein bars, beans, and then you can eat ALL other convenience food, the heck you like, just keep around your goals and lift lift lift.
  • tbfincher
    tbfincher Posts: 32
    darryl0320 wrote: »
    I'll defenitly give that a shot! Sounds pretty tasty :)! Could I mix it with a mix of nuts too, or will that become a no-go?

    Yeah, you can mix extra nuts in there if you'd like, it's a shake designed for mass, so in reality anything extra you add is just more calories, there's no harm in it.

    But if you follow my recipe then by the time it is all blended up it fills a shaker bottle all the way to the top. So just remember the more stuff you add to it, the more stuff there will be to drink.
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  • butterbear1980
    butterbear1980 Posts: 234 Member
    "Don't have time for eggs?"

    Really I have no words.....
  • darryl0320
    darryl0320 Posts: 6 Member
    I don't have time to make them all the time. I'm never at home. Only for sleep or to change clothes shower etc. I mostly make prepmeals for 2 days to save time. I mostly eat 3-4 eggs a week. Is there alot of calories in it?
  • darryl0320
    darryl0320 Posts: 6 Member
    edited January 2015
    Springfield1970 wrote: »
    Springfield1970 wrote: »
    darryl0320 wrote: »
    Hello all. I'm a guy and I'm 1,74M long. My weight is 134 lbs. I've been stuck on this weight for quite some time. I've figured eating about 3300kcal perday works results for me. I've been having a lot of troubles reaching this though. I'm also stuck on my benchpress (PR) of 176lbs for quite some time.
    What would you guys recommend me to eat?
    So far I eat oatmeal in the morning, pasta or rice in the midday about every 2 hours, a dinner meal (always varies), another plate of rice or pasta and a shake at times. After this it's about bed time.

    sidenote: I'm in school so I don't have time for meals such as eggs.
    Roast a chicken while you study, cans of tuna, protein bars, beans, and then you can eat ALL other convenience food, the heck you like, just keep around your goals and lift lift lift.

    Thanks for the tips on the foods :).
    MrM27 wrote: »
    I'm sorry but how old are you?

    I just turned 20.
  • chrisloz1984
    chrisloz1984 Posts: 1
    tbfincher wrote: »
    Well, I'm on a bulk as well. Need to eat about 3,300 calories a day. Due to working 12 hour days and such I don't have time to make a meal every couple hours. The way I make it work is to build my own mass builder shake, I use....

    1 cup of oats
    2 Tbsp natural peanut butter
    1 Banana
    2 cups of milk
    2 scoops whey protein
    28 grams of walnuts

    It tastes delicious and comes out to roughly

    Calories = 1,350
    Carbs = 85 grams


    Hi . I tried a shake like this before I think I put a mars bar in there as well. How do your oats come out ? I couldn't stomach the bits going down. Is there anything else I could use.

    Thanks
  • tbfincher
    tbfincher Posts: 32
    edited January 2015
    chrisloz1984 wrote: »
    tbfincher wrote: »
    Hi . I tried a shake like this before I think I put a mars bar in there as well. How do your oats come out ? I couldn't stomach the bits going down. Is there anything else I could use.

    Thanks

    Yeah, the ingredients I posted is nothing revolutionary, in fact it's a pretty common bulk shake recipe in the bodybuilding world.

    As far as the bits, I use rolled oats and blend for about 60 seconds, it still has small bits in there, but it doesn't bother me. If texture is the deciding factor for you, then you could always just do without the oats, but it would drop the calories by about 300 and reduce the carbs significantly.

    For the protein scoops, right now I am using the Cake Batter flavor from Optimum Nutrition and also adding in about a Tablespoon of cinnamon as well. It tastes like I blended up a Churro covered in peanut butter.
  • zipa78
    zipa78 Posts: 354 Member
    Try ground up oats like "Instant Oats", they work like a charm in shakes.
  • darryl0320
    darryl0320 Posts: 6 Member
    I tried your shake and mixed it with the monster mass (good amount of kcal in it). I tried it with pecannuts at the time and it worked. It's not that bad in the taste. The peanut butter is pretty overwhelming in taste though (vanilla (from the shake)and peanut butter mix great in my opinion)

    Which shakes do you guys take for kcal?
  • tbfincher
    tbfincher Posts: 32
    edited January 2015
    darryl0320 wrote: »
    I tried your shake and mixed it with the monster mass (good amount of kcal in it). I tried it with pecannuts at the time and it worked. It's not that bad in the taste. The peanut butter is pretty overwhelming in taste though (vanilla (from the shake)and peanut butter mix great in my opinion)

    Which shakes do you guys take for kcal?

    I've never tried Monster Mass. I do have an unopened 12 pound bag of Serious Mass just sitting in my room. I bought it for 20 bucks from my buddy. But I stay away from the market bulking mixes because they derive almost all of their calories from Maltodextrin, which is essentially just a complex carbohydrate not very different from sugar. I prefer to get my carb calories through oats and peanut butter when I make my shakes, as I feel it is just a better quality. Not to mention you save a ton of money just doing it yourself.

    However, that's not to say that commercial weight gainers aren't effective, they most certainly are. But you may as well just eat a handful of sugar since that's basically what you're doing.

  • ruqayyahsmum
    ruqayyahsmum Posts: 1,513 Member
    darryl0320 wrote: »
    I don't have time to make them all the time. I'm never at home. Only for sleep or to change clothes shower etc. I mostly make prepmeals for 2 days to save time. I mostly eat 3-4 eggs a week. Is there alot of calories in it?

    i made breakfast muffins yesterday

    Mix eggs, chopped ham, chicken or sausage and cheese

    Grease or spray oil into a muffin pan, pour the mix into the pan and cook in the oven for around 20 minutes

    cool and store in the fridge or freezer

    when you want them just chuck a couple on a plate and nuke in the microwave

  • ruqayyahsmum
    ruqayyahsmum Posts: 1,513 Member
    I also boiled a dozen eggs and then stored them in a box with some water in the fridge

    Easy to grab and peel as a snack when wanted
  • Packerjohn
    Packerjohn Posts: 4,855 Member
    darryl0320 wrote: »
    Hello all. I'm a guy and I'm 1,74M long. My weight is 134 lbs. I've been stuck on this weight for quite some time. I've figured eating about 3300kcal perday works results for me. I've been having a lot of troubles reaching this though. I'm also stuck on my benchpress (PR) of 176lbs for quite some time.
    What would you guys recommend me to eat?
    So far I eat oatmeal in the morning, pasta or rice in the midday about every 2 hours, a dinner meal (always varies), another plate of rice or pasta and a shake at times. After this it's about bed time.

    sidenote: I'm in school so I don't have time for meals such as eggs.

    Where, other than possibly the shake is the protein in your diet? If you're lifting, most sources will suggest .7g-1.0g of protein per pound of bodyweight.
  • Wheelhouse15
    Wheelhouse15 Posts: 5,575 Member
    darryl0320 wrote: »
    I tried your shake and mixed it with the monster mass (good amount of kcal in it). I tried it with pecannuts at the time and it worked. It's not that bad in the taste. The peanut butter is pretty overwhelming in taste though (vanilla (from the shake)and peanut butter mix great in my opinion)

    Which shakes do you guys take for kcal?

    I would say that most if us just eat food and don't drink shakes for weight gain. I personally can't think of a reason to drink a weight gainer snake unless you just can't eat enough for some reason. Enjoy eating anything you want but just up your protein since your initial post shows that you probably don't eat enough. Try eating more meats or beans.
  • ndj1979
    ndj1979 Posts: 29,136 Member
    ice cream, bagels, cookies, steak, full fat yogurt and cottage cheese, etc….also, you don't have time to scramble eggs, really? I run my own business and I have time every morning to make my own breakfast..takes about ten minutes...
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