At 185 lbs, you should be shooting for around 3500 calories consumed per day. Basically multiply your bodyweight by 18-20 calories.
-> Offhand, you're eating roughly
1,840 grams using the high end numbers.
Protein: 278-370 grams of protein per day (185 x 1.5-2.0 grams of protein per day)
-> You're at about 190-220 per day estimated
Carbohydrates: Around 250-300 grams of carbs per day..
Training days could have more carbs than nontraining days obviously. Keep them low GI unless around postworkout.
-> You're at about 150 grams per day estimated.
Fats: 100-120 grams per day
-> You're at about 30-40 grams per day estimated.
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Those are rough estimates of what you need per day. There's so many "X" factor's I haven't accounted for because I don't know anything about you. You could have maybe more fats than carbs, or whatever. I'm not saying to eat a pizza or two to make up the difference in carbs or to drink a gallon of whole milk either. Food selections could be as simple as eating some whole grain pasta or brown rice, or buy a bottle of flax seed oil for fats. Olive oil could be used in your protein shakes as well. Every tbsp equals 12 grams fats.
You stated that you reached your genetic potential eating sparcely at best. While I understand people don't have 24 hour a day access to the refridgerator, there's many many ways to work around that. Prepare meals the night before, invest in MRP's instead of gear, ect! Noone gets naturally big without eating unless they're a genetic superfreak. When people here on the forums talk about how hard they work at the dinner table, they're not just bullshitting. It's a big fucking drain putting in the countless hours preparing and planning your meals. But it's really the only option you got.
Could you disregard everyone's advice and start your cycle? Absolutely. Life will go on in this forum. BUT, will you hit your goals in the opening post? Nope. Gear may be wonderful for those who use it (not speaking from experience), but it's not a cure-all to where you can ditch all the fundamentals and hard work that goes into nutrition and cruise your way up 20 extra pounds. You'd actually need to eat even MORE than you would being natural!
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I submit that you try meeting the minimum requirements of your daily totals for a month before investing in steroids. Without getting your diet in order, you're only hurting yourself as well as your wallet. I spend so much money on groceries every week that the only supplements I CAN afford are a ten pound bag of protein and some CEE. Give it a try and see if you don't put on at least a few pounds.
And remember, this is a slow tedious process. BUT, something as minute as 2 lbs per month of lean muscle equals up to 24 pounds in a year!.. Rome wasn't built in a day, and even if they had access to the sickest steroids.. It would still take longer than a day!
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