Been awhile, but I've still been lifting. Recently sprained my other ankle (what are the chances), but it was only a stage 1 and it healed in under a week. Since I've been out of college, I've been working a lot and my program really has no order. I have a back and bicep day and a chest, shoulder, and tri day since i havent been able to do legs. I hvae been riding a stationary bike on the days i dont lift as well. I realized I been "eating to survive" and not getting anywhere near enough calories to grow or g's of protein. Today was the first day that I've actually eaten pretty good, and tomorrow I start a new training split.
Sunday: No workout or cardio; day spent gathering info on what and how much to eat to grow and devising a new workout/diet regimen.
New (only ever, actually) diet plan:
I used the Katch-McArdle formula (
http://www.discussbodybuilding.com/How_Many_Calories_Do_You_Need_Calorie_Calculators_Includes_Quick_Spreadsheet_Too/m_45013/tm.htm), which is based on LBM, to determine how many calories I need per day in order to see growth.
370 + (21.6 * 81 kg) = 2119.6 cals/day
I have a pretty active job and exercise often so I multiplied that by 1.55 which puts me at
3286 cals/day
and then to gain I used the 20% multiplier and ended up with
3775 cals/day.
I then chose a 25/45/30 ratio of Protein/Carbs/Fats. And I then determined how many grams of each that would be per day.
236g of Protein/day
425g of Carbs/day
126g of Fats/day
I also kept track of my eating record for today:
Info = #cals/Fat(g.)/Carbs(g.)/Protein(g.)
1 cup Great Grains cereal = 420/8/80/8
2 cups milk = 240/10/22/16
2 scoops Body Fortress Whey = 220/3/4/46
1 cup milk = 120/5/11/8
1 large banana = 121/0/31/1
4 slices white bread = 320/4/60/8
3 tbsp grape jelly = 150/0/39/0
2 tbsp peanut butter = 360/30/16/14
1 cup milk = 120/5/11/8
1 cup sauerkraut = 31/0/6/1
subway s'wich = 320/6/47/24
1 cup milk = 120/5/11/8
1 apple = 72/0/19/0
2 scoops Muscle Milk = 350/18/12/32
2 cups milk = 240/10/22/16
3 egg whites = 75/0/0/15
1 slice cheese = 70/5/2/3
1 large lemon = 61/1/20/2
My day's total number of calories is 3409.
My fat/carb/protein numbers are 110g/413g/210g.
I fell short by 366 calories, 16g of fat, 12g of carbs, and 26g of protein, which isn't bad considering it was my first day, and up until today I've probably been eating about 2700-3000 cals of bad, bad food with rough 125g of protein. And of course I can't be expected to jump up almost a 1000 cals/per day overnight, so I'll just keep at it.