Cutting and Bulking on dorm food

[lemieux66]

Hey guys,

So I'll be leaving for college this weekend, and I'm concerned about how the dorm food will affect my lifting.

If you guys could give any tips or sample diets for both cutting and bulking in a dorm setting, that would be appreciated.

Now, I will have a fridge, freezer, and microwave in my room, but keep in mind, I'll have limited money while I'm there.

Thanks a lot,
--Mike

 

[Metaphor]

Every college I visited has a pretty big cafeteria. The one I decided on I have unlimited entries. Just always eat clean, because you know most your classmates will be eatign fries day in and day out. Other then that..just pile on something that works. I doubt the chefs will mind giving you double the eggs for example. Also..if you got a protein powder or two in your room with the correct type of milk for bulking or cutting it would help a lot.

 

[semag]

Eating for bulking or cutting is actually REALLY easy when you're at a dorm cafeteria.

First of all, many people complain about dorm cafeteria food, but if you're cutting at least... the food is going to be exactly the same as if you were to have it at home. Tuna, cottage cheese, and egg whites being giant staples.

With my dining commons, I know we weren't supposed to take much out, but I"d sneak out about 6 hardboiled eggs per meal (with 2 meals per day....) I'd eat 4 for breakfast, 4 in between lunch and dinner, and 4 after dinner time.... that's a really good set of about 30-40 g's of protein (I'm only eating the whites), and it's really easy/quick to do.

Because the meals are so regulated, you can get sick of things, but also find it really easy to make a plan and stick to it... The one thing you have to keep in mind, is to go to the cafeteria and pick the food you're going to eat scientifically, and not on how it's going to taste....

peace.

 

[semag]

Ps... here's a basic food plan I used at my dorm while cutting last year. This is what I would eat every day, and then add certain things to hit the 1600 calorie mark...

http://www.sosuave.com/vBulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=22247&perpage=20&highlight=xenadrine%20rfa1&pagenumber=2

 

[lemieux66]

Thanks a lot guys. That stuff helped.

I posted this on bodybuilding.com last night too and they gave me a great article about it.

http://bodybuilding.com/fun/layne6.htm

if anybody else has these concerns, it'll help for sure.

--Mike