How to bulk up?

[Anonymous]

i'm going the other way and trying to shift a bit of weight. didn't want to start another thread so i'll stick it in here.

today i'm having/had:

1 cornish pasty and 2 oranges about mid-day.

for tea i'm going to have poached egg on toast and 2 bannanas.

then maybe a light snack later in the evening, maybe a little chocolate and a yogurt.

would you say that's decent?

i also play football 2/3 times a week for a hour each time and go on a run once or twice a week.

 

[AntonDonJuan]

Pasty eggs and bananas????????

 

[quiet_riot]

i'm going the other way and trying to shift a bit of weight. didn't want to start another thread so i'll stick it in here.

today i'm having/had:

1 cornish pasty and 2 oranges about mid-day.

for tea i'm going to have poached egg on toast and 2 bannanas.

then maybe a light snack later in the evening, maybe a little chocolate and a yogurt.

would you say that's decent?

i also play football 2/3 times a week for a hour each time and go on a run once or twice a week.

No breakfast?

 

[AntonDonJuan]

i'm going the other way and trying to shift a bit of weight. didn't want to start another thread so i'll stick it in here.

today i'm having/had:

1 cornish pasty and 2 oranges about mid-day.

for tea i'm going to have poached egg on toast and 2 bannanas.

then maybe a light snack later in the evening, maybe a little chocolate and a yogurt.

would you say that's decent?

i also play football 2/3 times a week for a hour each time and go on a run once or twice a week.

Pasty - Full of shit, fat, saturated and trans fats, avoid
Orange - Full of sugars
Bananas - Full of sugars and carbs
Chocolate - Full of fat and sugar
Eggs - Great for bulking and the gym, not so good for losing weight
Toast - Wholemeal is ok
Yoghurt - Natural youghurt is good

Basically you need to cut down on fats and carbs. Protein will fill you up if your hungry, and ice cold water.

Depends how serious you want to shift weight, if you just wanna lose a bit then just cut out a bit of what you're eating now and you will lose some weight

 

[Anonymous]

i'm going the other way and trying to shift a bit of weight. didn't want to start another thread so i'll stick it in here.

today i'm having/had:

1 cornish pasty and 2 oranges about mid-day.

for tea i'm going to have poached egg on toast and 2 bannanas.

then maybe a light snack later in the evening, maybe a little chocolate and a yogurt.

would you say that's decent?

i also play football 2/3 times a week for a hour each time and go on a run once or twice a week.

Pasty - Full of shit, fat, saturated and trans fats, avoid
Orange - Full of sugars
Bananas - Full of sugars and carbs
Chocolate - Full of fat and sugar
Eggs - Great for bulking and the gym, not so good for losing weight
Toast - Wholemeal is ok
Yoghurt - Natural youghurt is good

Basically you need to cut down on fats and carbs. Protein will fill you up if your hungry, and ice cold water.

Depends how serious you want to shift weight, if you just wanna lose a bit then just cut out a bit of what you're eating now and you will lose some weight

ahh right, i've started doing a lot more exercise now, it's only a little bit i want to lose as i'm not overweight but just want to tighten it up a bit.

@quiet_riot ... never have eaten breakfast. not really a morning person as i work from afternoon to evenings, so i go to bed about 2-3 and get up about 11-12. so normally i eat about 12.30 and then have my tea about 5-6 whilst on my break and then have a snack about 9-10 when i get home.

can someone please give me an example of what would be better than the meals i've eaten please?

 

[Unknown_Genius]

Things I have learnt since I started lifting weights:

- Everyone else is an expert
- Everyone else lifts more than you
- You 'only' ate six times today? Everyone else ate more.
- Everyone squats lower than you

You forgot "putting massive amounts of weight on the bar is more important than good technique".

That does make me laugh. When you see the skinny noobs trying to become Arnie in the space of a week, so they put a huge amount of weight on the bar, or pick the heaviest dumbells. They proceed to move the bar about two inches and think that counts as a bench press. Or with the dumbells, they're having to use swinging, jerky motions to get the weight up, like bending backwards, or swinging it behind them, then using their legs, almost jumping, for momentum to get it up. They're usually the ones who smirk at you, when you pick sensible weights, and use proper form and tempo, while they think they're bertie big bollocks. What noobs.

 

[FantasyIreland]

can someone please give me an example of what would be better than the meals i've eaten please?

First off eat breakfast...<a class="postlink" href="http://phillearneyblog.wordpress.com/2012/01/13/the-most-important-meal-of-the-day/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://phillearneyblog.wordpress.com/20 ... f-the-day/</a>

Base the rest of your meals around lean unprocessed proteins,wholgrain/fibrous carbs(mainly around times of energy demand or glycogen depletion) and healthy fats.

Eat 5 or 6 small to moderate size portions a day.

Snack on nuts,boiled eggs,tins mackerel/sardines,protein powders etc.

Exercise with weights 3 times a week covering all muscle groups(including legs....)
Cardio twice a week for at least 30 mins each session.

Drink plenty of water/herbal tea,the occasional coffee(no more than 2 a day)

Cut out cigarettes and alcohol(or limit dramatically)

Plenty of sleep.

 

[n_mcfc]

Could someone post a typical 'cheap-ish' weight building diet that could be used as a basic outline for people? I've tried Googling but there are so many options by so many 'experts' on unusually suspicious websites it's quite annoying.

I've recently bought some dumbells and don't really want to bulk up as such, but put on some weight as I too am of the 'skinny' stature so to speak.

Cheers to those contributing in this thread, really helpful for some of us!

 

[didactic]

i'm going the other way and trying to shift a bit of weight. didn't want to start another thread so i'll stick it in here.

today i'm having/had:

1 cornish pasty and 2 oranges about mid-day.

for tea i'm going to have poached egg on toast and 2 bannanas.

then maybe a light snack later in the evening, maybe a little chocolate and a yogurt.

would you say that's decent?

i also play football 2/3 times a week for a hour each time and go on a run once or twice a week.

The football part was probably the only part of your post that I thought was good.

Firstly why are you skipping breakfast?. The human body becomes used to certain patterns of eating you shouldnt cut out meals in a bid to lose weight. When you do the body stores the little you do eat as fat for an emergency because it feels starved. So when people who diet like this lose weight it is usually due to drops in water retention and as soon as they start eating again its back on even faster.

Structure your meals in a way that you have about 4- 6 a day all smaller portions this way your body burns off the food you ingest quicker as it knows it will be replenished quickly.

1 - 2/3 Egg whites and Oatmeal with a spoon of honey.
2. 6-8 oz of turkey/chicken breast with brown bread/rice or baked potato.
3. Salad with tomatoes, cucumber, peppers, onions drizzle dressing preferably dijon mustard/balasmic vineger.
4. Can of tuna remove the oil/water with brown bread/rice or side salad.
5. Starchy fruit apple, mango, pear or watermelon pieces (or whatever you prefer).
6. 6-8oz turkey/chicken/fish (grilled), baked potato (can be sweet), broccoli as side.

Now this is an example you can mix and match as long it works out to 4 - 6, meals a day. If you dont start to see results in 4 weeks I will close my account. Also mushrooms are a wonderful addition as a side too also for desert low fat cheeses and yogurts are fine. Also nuts are a wonderful snack and the oils contained are good for you.

Could someone post a typical 'cheap-ish' weight building diet that could be used as a basic outline for people? I've tried Googling but there are so many options by so many 'experts' on unusually suspicious websites it's quite annoying.

I've recently bought some dumbells and don't really want to bulk up as such, but put on some weight as I too am of the 'skinny' stature so to speak.

Cheers to those contributing in this thread, really helpful for some of us!

See my reply to ban.

 

[smudgedj]

Could someone post a typical 'cheap-ish' weight building diet that could be used as a basic outline for people? I've tried Googling but there are so many options by so many 'experts' on unusually suspicious websites it's quite annoying.

I've recently bought some dumbells and don't really want to bulk up as such, but put on some weight as I too am of the 'skinny' stature so to speak.

Cheers to those contributing in this thread, really helpful for some of us!

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