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Hey guys, just want to say that you guys have a great site going here, i have already learned a lot of good information about dieting and lifting. I am about to start lifting myself within a couple days with the intention of bulking up. I am the typical skinny kid. I am 6'5 and weigh 167 pounds and 19 years old. I have done those formulas to help figure out how many calories i need in a day. and i found out that i need 3000 calories to maintain, but i need around 3500 to bulk up.

I have no idea where to start in making a daily diet for myself. There is one problem though, i really need to do this on a budget. I am about to go back for my second year of college in a month and need to save as much money as possible. I have already purchased a 5 lb tub of gnc whey protein though.

The things that i have learned from talking to people is that you should eat 6 meals a day. So if someone can come up with a basic diet for me which involves gnc whey protein, it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

3500 cals would be a fine start. 500 cals over maintaince should give you about 1lb a week as 3500 cals = 1 pound. Everyone is different , so if you gain too much to fast then lower the cals or the opposite . If your not gaining than increase by a few hundred cals.

Not too many people on here are going to write you up a diet.

The basics are :

4 cals = 1g protein
4 cals = 1g carb
9 cals = 1g fat

You can come up with your daily totals with that.

Some food that will help you reach higher calories on a budget are :

Protein powder
Tuna
Nuts
Lean Meats ( grond beef )
Milk
Rice
Whole Eggs


If your trying to gain weight maybe eat higher carbs.

Hope that helps a bit - BTW there are tons of examples in here on how some people went about gaining weight , look into some journals. But you have to remember that what works for someone may or may not work for you.

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okay, so i took some time.. ha actually a lot of time... and figured out a diet for myself. this is my first one so please help out if you think that something should be tweaked or not. And also i am not sure what meal i will eat during the day at what time besides breakfast, pwo and before bed

Breakfast - 585 calories - 28g fat - 47 g carb - 35.3g protein
3 scrambled eggs
2 slices of cheese
1 cup of milk
1 banana

lunch (maybe pre workout) - 310 calories - 12.25g fat - 13g carb - 34.5g protein
1 can tuna
1 slice whole wheat bread
1 serving of mayo

PWO - 345 calories - 4.4g fat - 35g carb - 41.3g protein
2 scoops of vanilla whey protein GNC
1 banana

dinner - 599 calories - 21g fat - 48g carb - 52.4g protein
5oz chicken
1 cup rice
1 cup broccoli
1 slice cheese (for broccoli)

lunch - 580 calories - 41.5g fat - 28g carb - 28g protein
2 servings of all natural peanut butter
1 cup milk
1 slice whole wheat bread

dinner - 599 calories - 21g fat - 48g carb - 52.4g protein
5oz chicken
1 cup rice
1 cup broccoli
1 slice cheese (for broccoli)

bed - 418 calories - 10.7g fat - 45.5g carbs - 36.4g prot
1 cup cottage cheese
1 cup milk
1 banana

this is what i figured out, took me a couple tries but it looks good to me. its 40/39/21 (protein/carbs/fat) and thats what i heard is good. Please leave comments about this diet, good or bad. TOTAL 3436 calories

Thanks again

Go buy Leigh Peele's Fat Loss Troubleshooter E-Book. It will help you like none other.

Link is in my sig.

Your diet looks good. Try it out and see how it goes.

thank you talo