My diet, no more gains

[T|CK]

Upon wakeup
1 On Whey protien isolate (24g protien)

Breakfast
5-6 whole boiled eggs
1 helping of cottage cheese
2 peaches

Lunch
1 meat, poultry, or fish and 2 vegetables
or
2 tuna sandwiches on wheat

2 hours after lunch
1 Cytogainer meal replacement (54g protien)

Dinner 1
1 meat, poultry, or fish and vegetable

After workout Whey protien isolate shake

Dinner 2
1 meat, poultry, or fish and vegetable


I work out extremely hard 4 days a week. I'm 5' 7", and in April I weighed 149 lbs, but now I'm at 171 lbs. I want to keep gaining, but I'm stuck around the 170 mark. I tried switching up my workout to do some muscle confusion and maybe cause some growth, but it's not working.

Any suggestions? I'm eating like crazy, and it's to the point that I'm getting tired of eating all the time. lol

 

[Warboss Alex]

hardly eating like crazy. that's a fairly low calorie diet for someone wanting to gain - hence why you're stuck at 170.

you are 170lbs so if you want to grow and are not growing you should be trying to get in at least 350g protein a day. are you doing this? you say '1 meat' - how much meat is that for instance?

where are the carbs? the fats? if you're trying to gain weight you should be eating more carbs than you are now. add some carbs to your pwo shake.

boost the protein to 350g and add in some more carbs or fats to your daily diet, and reassess after 4 weeks.

 

[T|CK]

I'm not looking to gain fat. I'm looking to gain muscle. Will carbs help with that?

 

[Warboss Alex]

in the correct amounts for your metabolism and if they're of the correct type, they will help a lot, yes. muscle growth will always be optimal with carbs in the diet in the correct amounts. you can get GREAT gains without them but at a much slower pace and daily calories generally have to be higher (and you still have to have carb refeeds). of course, the lower your carb the less fat you'll likely gain but if you want to grow past the initial 20lbs you've gained (which is great progress btw) you will have to accept a little fat gain either way.

increase your protein to 350g and slowly add carbs to your diet in small amounts, until you are gaining again (but not getting fat).

 

[yep]

I'm not looking to gain fat. I'm looking to gain muscle. Will carbs help with that?

If you hit a plateau muscle confusion ONLY sometimes might not work by itself. My man you cant only gain muscle 100 percent of the time. Dont be afraid of a little fat. Im doing a dirty bulk right now, im eating around 200 grams of protein and alot of fat, as much food as i can stuff in my mouth.

But in a few months the extra 50lbs im looking to put will be all muscle and hardly any fat. Try it out.

 

[Mavrick]

If you hit a plateau muscle confusion ONLY sometimes might not work by itself. My man you cant only gain muscle 100 percent of the time. Dont be afraid of a little fat. Im doing a dirty bulk right now, im eating around 200 grams of protein and alot of fat, as much food as i can stuff in my mouth.

But in a few months the extra 50lbs im looking to put will be all muscle and hardly any fat. Try it out.

I switched up my workout for the past month, and it helped me increase strength for sure, and I gained about 5 pounds. I guess it just takes time. Maybe you should look into this.

 

[yep]

I switched up my workout for the past month, and it helped me increase strength for sure, and I gained about 5 pounds. I guess it just takes time. Maybe you should look into this.

Nah, im just into the eat hard, work out hard, gain hard routine.