Going through a bulking phase and need some ideas for food. Not recipes, just ideas for types of food. Here’s what I normally eat:
Lots of eggs in the morning with oatmeal (one scoop of protein powder mixed in)
Protein shakes
Cheese sticks
cottage cheese
yogurt
tuna fish
peanut butter
chicken, steak, fish
fruit
Am I missing anything? What else can I add? The cheese sticks and cottage cheese is getting a little boring.
Avocado’s are great.
Ground buffalo (bison) is awesome. Its easy to order off the internet if your local stores don’t have it.
Pop tarts, pizza, whole milk…
[quote]mikren wrote:
Ground buffalo (bison) is awesome. Its easy to order off the internet if your local stores don’t have it.
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Ground turkey is also good. Cottage cheese with cut up boiled eggs mixed well maybe a dash of low fat mayo nuked in the micro for a minute. High in cals and protein and believe it or not tasty. For more throw in the ground turkey. I am eating as I type sloppy joe mix made with ground turkey on a whole wheat bun with a side of brocolli and greenbeans. Very good.
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buffets!
Hey for everyone that downs the tuna, are you ever worried about the mercury levels in it?
[quote]magnetnerd wrote:
Pop tarts, pizza, whole milk…[/quote]
Is bulking clean impossible? I love pizza. Used to love Pop Tarts, but can’t stand that kind of sugar anymore. Whole milk? That hurts just thinking about it. My wife would have a heart attack if I brought whole milk into our house. Maybe I’ll start with 2% and work up. I’ll keep it in my fridge at the office.
I’ve gained almost 10lbs in the last month and a half by eating larger quanties of clean food than normal, it’s just getting really boring. I’d say half of that is new fat (My gut was the first to start growing).
One of the problems is that my wife is doing the exact opposite. She is absolutely disgusted with my eating lately. I mean she really gets mad when I pig out. Plus, there is no junk food in our house.
[quote]PGJ wrote:
One of the problems is that my wife is doing the exact opposite. She is absolutely disgusted with my eating lately. I mean she really gets mad when I pig out. Plus, there is no junk food in our house. [/quote]
::whip cracks::
haha sorry had to say it
that’s pretty much IT for a clean bulk man. Anything that was previously alive before you bought it, is stuff you can eat.
Whole animal products and whole plant products, there really isn’t much else for humans to eat.
clean bulks are not impossible. I think it got impossible for me when i started to reach about 3800cals/day, i just, wanted to explode, there is a LOT of bulk in clean food.
if your gaining that much fat your doing something wrong? too many calories probably.
[quote]CrewPierce wrote:
Hey for everyone that downs the tuna, are you ever worried about the mercury levels in it?[/quote]
that stuff is bs
[quote]PGJ wrote:
magnetnerd wrote:
Pop tarts, pizza, whole milk…
Is bulking clean impossible? I love pizza. Used to love Pop Tarts, but can’t stand that kind of sugar anymore. Whole milk? That hurts just thinking about it. My wife would have a heart attack if I brought whole milk into our house. Maybe I’ll start with 2% and work up. I’ll keep it in my fridge at the office.
I’ve gained almost 10lbs in the last month and a half by eating larger quanties of clean food than normal, it’s just getting really boring. I’d say half of that is new fat (My gut was the first to start growing).
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I guess it depends on the weight you want to get to. I found that after a certain point I couldn’t eat more clean food than I was eating - which was a lot. I don’t think that getting to (an admittedly not extremely lean) 220 would have been possible on a very clean diet for me.
I used Pop Tarts sparingly, usually shortly before or after a workout. As a commuting college student, I found they worked very well because you really can leave them in the car for calories anytime.
I made my own pizza once every week or two, again usually the day of a particularly taxing workout.
Whole milk was a staple for me. A lot of protein, calories, and not very filling, so it’s easy to consume a lot of it. Also tastes great with protein powder.
Maybe this seems extreme, but last November I was 175 and all of my lifts sucked. I wanted to get bigger and stronger and I did.
Good job on your weight gain. If you’re eating a lot of meat (and I assume you are), trying different marinades can do wonders. I hate to recommend the site, but bodybuilding.com seems to have a lot of them on there, as everyone is “bulking up” to 170 on chicken breasts. They too need variety. I also like to occasionally grill up some fruit (splenda optional) to give it a different taste.
Also, add olive oil on meats, veggies, in shakes, etc.
Nuts. Walnuts, pistacchios, almonds. Lots of fat but all these are very healthy foods.
i’m just wondering if anyone knows how many calories are in a big deli sandwiches?
i just ate a footlong cheese steak with a ton of meat and cheese and veggies and stuff. how many calories is something like that?
also at Subway the footlong meatball marinara is 1000 calories
yea the only way a longterm clean bulk for someone in the 4000 calorie plus range is to load on the fats.
[quote]CrewPierce wrote:
PGJ wrote:
One of the problems is that my wife is doing the exact opposite. She is absolutely disgusted with my eating lately. I mean she really gets mad when I pig out. Plus, there is no junk food in our house.
::whip cracks::
haha sorry had to say it[/quote]
Bingo!
I’m 5’7" and 190lbs right now. I want to bulk up to 200, then trim down to a lean 185-190. That would be a good size for me…I think. Going from 180 to 190 was pretty easy eating clean, but I’ve hit a bit of a brick wall. I could just start eating junk to get up to 200, but then I’d just be a fat 200 pounder. I’m going to try the milk idea (2%).