Diet Help

[homie1701]

I've posted a thread about taking steriods but have been talked out because of the possible dangers that it can have on my future..

Im 17 5'9 195lbs 15%b/f.. im always either conditioning and or in the gym trying to get bigger.. i havent ever really watched what i ate.. but reading through some of these threads i have learned that diet matters.

I wants to get bigger, so i should eat alot. But i want to decrease my body fat and become cut up 2. i play football defensive end and would love to keep my explosive speed coming of the ball even as i increase body size. On a usual day i would skip breakfest, eat salad with ranch dressing, with a side of tuna & crackers and milk. after practice of conditioning or hitting the weights i will go home and eat a pb&j sandwich. for dinner i would eat wat ever is thrown at me.

i work out 4-5 times a week and need help with a diet because im perfectly fine with my workouts.

[Martano666]

Your basic lean mass building diet consists of:

Minimum of 6 meals per day. (every 2-3 hours)
Every meal should contain:

-High Protein, such as: -Chicken breast, Lean steaks, eggwhite, tuna, Turkey breast, salmon and protein shakes.
-Moderate amunt of CLEAN, fibrous carbs such as: Oatmeal, Brocolli, Spinach, (any green veggie), %100 whole grain\wheat breads\pastas.
-Small amount of Good fats, (poly\mono unsaturates \ omega3 etc.)
-Calcium (some people prefer supps for this)
-LOADS AND LOADS OF good ol' H2O

-NO Dirty\white carbs such as:- White pasta, white bread, white rice etc. (and ANYTHING from McDonald's)

You need to keep in mind that this is a BASIC outline. There is much much more to diet than this, like proper ratios for yourself (which can only really be tweaked by YOU through experience)
Your questions tells me and many others that you don't want to find the information for yourself, but instead you want to be spoon fed to info. You can actually find EVERYTHING you need to know about diet on this site without asking a single question, since everything is archived here. But, I am home from work early and you are young so, there is your outline. I am not going to decide what your meals look like for you. But, here's something to think about:
If your parents decide what you eat, you might as well give up right now. I was in your very postition when I was 16, trying to eat properly and really had no clue, but I made sure that my parents started buying food I needed, or I went out and bought it MYSELF!!!!!!

[Martano666]

Oh yeah, BTW:

STOP SKIPPING BREAKFAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Skipping breakfast can actually extend your fasting from the night before and cause you to burn Lean Muscle Mass instead of fat. BAD CHOICE!

[homie1701]

hey thanks man.. i kno i sound like im nagging but i want 2 learn.. i have 2 make sacrifices 2 get what i want.. thanks for the advice.. im going 2 take ur outline and tweak it a little with some more fruits like apples that digest slowly.

Appreciate all the help will keep looking for more tip though.

[Martano666]

Absolutely. Glad to see you will continue to look for more information.

[FlirtfromHell]

Homie. I commend you for taking the advice given to you and working on your diet.

Best of luck to you!

[paramuscle]

Good advice Martan..............


Keep in mind kid that the only one who can decide for you is you and you have to step up and be responsible. We will all help every way we can but you have to do the work in order to get what you want............


Good luck and keep posting and keep learning. I come here a lot and almost every time I do, I learn something. We all feed each other in some way or another.



~PM

[homie1701]

hey guys thanks for everything you guys have done for me.. i appreciate al the help and support. I've been setting up my diet with six meals a day all the meals about 400 calories and full of protien.. but i need help on the calcium i have no idea were i can get a good amount of calcium and good fats.?? I read a article on how 2 make my body a fat oxidizer and im trying to do that cutting diet.

[biggaz1979]

Originally Posted by homie1701

Im 17 5'9 195lbs 15%b/f...

I think personally 17 is far too young to even consider gear as your body is still growing anyway. So deffo changing your diet will help greatly and be the best option as the guys have said.
Also 5"9 at 195Lbs with only 15% BF sounds a bit hard to beleive to me, i'm not calling you a liar by any means, in opinion at those ratios you should already have a decent physique to work with, i'd be interested to hear everyone else's opinions on this too guys.