Lean bulk carbs

Nutrition
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I’m trying to limit my carbs so as not to gain fat during my lean bulk.

This is my current meal plan and swaps would be appreciative. I eat a some plant based proteins for environmental and health reasons but still consume dairy and meat.

Breakfast: 2 scoops of protein, 1/3 cup of dried unsweetened blueberries, protein oatmeal packet. 1/4 cup of textured vegetable protein(80 cal 12g of protein), 1/4 cup of almonds

Lunch: 2 scoops of protein, banana, 4 rice cakes, 1/2 cup of almonds, steamed veggies, 200 calories of roasted chickpeas, Korean lean beef

Dinner: quest protein bar/chips, 1/4 cup of almonds, Korean lean beef, 200 calories of roasted chickpeas

I’ve seen a lot of bodybuilders consume cornflakes post workout for their carb source. Is that better than a banana and rice cakes?

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I’m not quite sure I understand the intent of the topic.

You’re trying to limit your carbs. You just listed out your foods.

Assuming you know what carbs are: take out some/most/all of the carbs and replace with a combination of fats and protein.

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Well I don’t want to COMPLETELY want to limit carbs. I’m away at 250g of protein and 100g of fats. I guess my question is what would be superior carb choices for lean bulking.

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Though I don’t eat carbs, I look at your carb sources and nothing seems alarming to me. I’m more concerned with the sheer amount of almonds you’re consuming every day. Almonds are a pretty high source of oxalates, and eating a cup of them everyday (4 servings) is going to accumulate pretty rapidly. I would consider rotating in different fat sources.

I’d also ditch those quest products. Processed stuff like that is just going to work against goals for health.

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Which side of the equation is tougher for you? Eating enough to grow, or not eating everything in sight and gaining too much fat?

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What fats would be better options to mix in? Avocados or other nuts?

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I’m a fan of animal fats myself.

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I could swap some slim Jim’s for fat and protein. Would that be an ok substitute and go down to 3 servings of nuts a day? Or is that still too much

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In no way, shape or form would I ever want to include Slim Jims in a diet. Have you looked at the ingredients of that?

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For myself, I like things like ghee, butter, tallow, and the fats that come naturally with meat for animal fat sources. Cheese can be ok as well.

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Stan Efferding has a “meals in a minute” video on Youtube consisting of rice, broth, veggies and chicken (but any lean meat would work).

Quick to prepare, cooks in an hour, and you could easily cook a days worth of food for a few dollars.

Should also add that this is a one-pot meal. Been using it lately to great convenience.

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Thats a whole 1900cals.

What exactly is your caloric target?

Whats your current weight?

Lean bulking is a BS term.

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Fatty beef and eggs. AMAYCE

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The word “bulk” makes my skin crawl. Should be vaulted.

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Yep :100: % with that.

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And unnecessary

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Dont know about you…

I look at it in these terms.

  1. Your staying on a maintenance level phase
  2. Your on a leaning out phase.
  3. Your in a building phase… basically enough to fuel recovery ,progression /performance in the gym.
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This is the man to listen to OP. Get some basic nutrition education under your belt. Plenty of good podcasts for that these days. That being said, I’m in a similar boat as you. I completely cleaned my diet up and my biggest problem is actually getting enough calories. I took all processed food out, completely stopped eating out, and only drink water after my coffee. I started feeling run down and couldn’t figure out what was going on. I did a calorie count and was below 2000. I took the calories out but did not replace them. Weird thing was I wasn’t even hungry. The hunger came back when I had to add some carbs back in. Now I make myself eat a few small snacks a cpl time a day. My go to is every third day I have a baked potato with plain yogurt instead of sour cream. If I’ve been short on calories that seems to catch me up.

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