My Bulk Diet
For my muscle building phase the nutrition calculator says I should be eating (based on my BMR) 342 g of carbs a day! This along with 108 g protein and 35 g of fats. That is so many carbs compared to the measley 30 g a day I was eating for months prior to competition. I don’t even know what to eat to consume that many, I’m so used to my tuna and chicken salads. So today I added in oats, then brown rice for 2 meals, a sweet potato one meal, then post workout I had white rice with pineapple chunks and an hour later some more brown rice. Then tonight for carbs I had 4 rice cakes and cottage cheese. All this only equaled to around 200 g of carbs and I feel humongous! My muscles feel like they have exploded into new growth but my stomach is also like a pregnant woman !! Am I totally messing up my metabolism and everything I’ve worked so hard for? My body got SO accustomed to low carbs that I hope I’m not screwing everything up now, but I want to put on muscle! Is this calculator only for a man? Do any women follow this? What more should I add in each meal to fulfill this carb requirement?
