help with diet

Tim Edwards said:

Hi,

I'm a 22yr old guy, 72kg (160 pounds), 180cm (~ 5'11). I think I've
hit a bit of a wall where I'm maintaining strength but only very
gradually putting more on. It seems to coincide a lot with my weight -
it always seems to stabilise around this level and my strength with
it.

Anyway I'm looking to put on a bit more weight so I'm more in the
75-80kg range but I don't want to waste time and money eating [censored]
food. Here's (roughly) my current diet:

Breakfast
---------
2 sausages, cereal
Lunch
------
1.5 sandwiches, apple, hamburger (not maccas or anything) or subway
6inch
Dinner
------
various - often meat or fish and potatoes or chips, ice cream
Evening
-----
protein drink (after gym), snack on cheese, biscuits etc.

What would be some good foods to add in? Esp. stuff that can be heated
in our microwave at the office. I'm one of the those people who has
trouble gaining weight so I spose I need something high in carbs??

Thanks for any suggestions

Tim

For balanced nutrition and micronutrients you should really try to eat
some vegetables! There are other benefits to eating more veges,
too...like being able to [censored] more than once a week...

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Tim Edwards wrote:
:: Hi,
::
:: I'm a 22yr old guy, 72kg (160 pounds), 180cm (~ 5'11). I think I've
:: hit a bit of a wall where I'm maintaining strength but only very
:: gradually putting more on. It seems to coincide a lot with my weight
:: - it always seems to stabilise around this level and my strength with
:: it.
::
:: Anyway I'm looking to put on a bit more weight so I'm more in the
:: 75-80kg range but I don't want to waste time and money eating [censored]
:: food. Here's (roughly) my current diet:
::
:: Breakfast
:: ---------
:: 2 sausages, cereal
:: Lunch
:: ------
:: 1.5 sandwiches, apple, hamburger (not maccas or anything) or subway
:: 6inch
:: Dinner
:: ------
:: various - often meat or fish and potatoes or chips, ice cream
:: Evening
:: -----
:: protein drink (after gym), snack on cheese, biscuits etc.
::
:: What would be some good foods to add in? Esp. stuff that can be
:: heated in our microwave at the office. I'm one of the those people
:: who has trouble gaining weight so I spose I need something high in
:: carbs??

Veggies. Milk. Nuts. Nut butters.

Tim Edwards said:

Hi,

I'm a 22yr old guy, 72kg (160 pounds), 180cm (~ 5'11). I think I've
hit a bit of a wall where I'm maintaining strength but only very
gradually putting more on. It seems to coincide a lot with my weight -
it always seems to stabilise around this level and my strength with
it.

Anyway I'm looking to put on a bit more weight so I'm more in the
75-80kg range but I don't want to waste time and money eating [censored]
food. Here's (roughly) my current diet:

Breakfast
---------
2 sausages, cereal
Lunch
------
1.5 sandwiches, apple, hamburger (not maccas or anything) or subway
6inch
Dinner
------
various - often meat or fish and potatoes or chips, ice cream
Evening
-----
protein drink (after gym), snack on cheese, biscuits etc.

What would be some good foods to add in? Esp. stuff that can be heated
in our microwave at the office. I'm one of the those people who has
trouble gaining weight so I spose I need something high in carbs??

Thanks for any suggestions

Tim

Peanut butter, milk. Stir a spoonful of peanut butter into your oatmeal
and/or your protein drink, make your oatmeal with milk instead of water,
drink milk instead of (soda, coffee, juice, water, beer, et cetera).

T said:

Peanut butter, milk. Stir a spoonful of peanut butter into your oatmeal
and/or your protein drink, make your oatmeal with milk instead of water,
drink milk instead of (soda, coffee, juice, water, beer, et cetera).

Drink skimmed or low fat milk. Those saturated fats soon add up otherwise!

On 8 Mar 2005 03:18:34 -0800, [email hidden] (Tim Edwards)

Quoted message said:

Hi,

I'm a 22yr old guy, 72kg (160 pounds), 180cm (~ 5'11). I think I've
hit a bit of a wall where I'm maintaining strength but only very
gradually putting more on. It seems to coincide a lot with my weight -
it always seems to stabilise around this level and my strength with
it.

Anyway I'm looking to put on a bit more weight so I'm more in the
75-80kg range but I don't want to waste time and money eating [censored]
food. Here's (roughly) my current diet:

Breakfast
---------
2 sausages, cereal
Lunch
------
1.5 sandwiches, apple, hamburger (not maccas or anything) or subway
6inch
Dinner
------
various - often meat or fish and potatoes or chips, ice cream
Evening
-----
protein drink (after gym), snack on cheese, biscuits etc.

What would be some good foods to add in? Esp. stuff that can be heated
in our microwave at the office. I'm one of the those people who has
trouble gaining weight so I spose I need something high in carbs??

Thanks for any suggestions

Tim

Ice cream. And lots of milk.

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