Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 382, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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Nutrition Plan

ashantieaton
ashantieaton
Posts: 6
Joined: 2007/07/30
United Kingdom
2007/09/06, 06:24 PM
I looked through the forums but wasn't able to find a nutrition plan or a set. I'm trying to build mass but also burn a bit of the tummy fat. I think I'm about 12% body fat. Is there a place that had nutrition plans on this site that I can use? I have to get regimented because I don't think I'm eating 2500 calories a day and after reading this site again and again I believe I was keeping my gains back from eating too few calories.
Mel4Short
Mel4Short
Posts: 59
Joined: 2007/06/29
United States
2007/09/07, 11:37 AM
I have never done any type of calorie or nutrition planning and this is a hard one for me too. I see the numbers and the words, but what are the foods? :)

I use the list of foods from this site and anything not on there, I look up on the net, like celery. Planning the meals is the toughie.

I found this site...maybe you can use it as a starting point?

http://www.compass180.com/meals/m2000.html
thepoohguy
thepoohguy
Posts: 114
Joined: 2006/09/26
United States
2007/09/07, 11:55 AM
Okay so I looked at those meals, they will definitely NOT help you to gain mass. Some of those only had 80 grams of Protein in the whole day. :surprised:

To gain mass, you need to eat at least 1 x your body weight in grams of protein. And for building, you should be doing more like 1.5 or 2 x your body weight

Also remember, it's very VERY difficult to gain mass and lose weight at the same time.