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Easy 2,500 Cal, 6+ Meal Diet?

Supplements and Nutrition
#1

Whats up guys. For the past two years my workouts, sleep, and supplementation have been right on track. I am making some good gains, but for my next cycle I would really like to get my diet in better shape. I try my best to get my 6 to 8 meals a day, but being a student and working it is sometimes hard.

I was hoping that someone with a little more expertise could lay out a simple sample meal plan for a week. The biggest problem is I usually have 10 mins to prepare my meals. I don’t wanna go over 3,000 cal a day and would like to get as much protein as possible.

Thanks for the help

#2

You have more than 10 minutes to prepare meals if you do them ahead of time. Cook a bunch at once, store as individual meals, nuke and eat.

#3

You can fry up ground beef and eat it in less than 10 minutes.

#4

Hard Boiled eggs, Whey shake and a couple tablespoons of peanut butter, hamburger patties lots of them, mixed nuts, fruits, chicken breasts. Pre-cook all this stuff and just take what you need in tupperware.

Cans of tuna
Oats
Olive oil

#5

You don’t need to eat 6 to 8 meals a day. Just eat bigger ones, it shouldn’t be hard especially since you’re only aiming for 2500 calories.

#6

I was just having a discussion with someone about the difference between eating fewer meals more often. Since I started training I have always been under the assumption that eating less, more often will help me get rid of excess fat while gaining muscle. Is there no real evidence for this? I am starting to feel like I have been too worried about when and how often I eat vs. what I eat in total

#7

[quote]EzP wrote:
I was just having a discussion with someone about the difference between eating fewer meals more often. Since I started training I have always been under the assumption that eating less, more often will help me get rid of excess fat while gaining muscle. Is there no real evidence for this? I am starting to feel like I have been too worried about when and how often I eat vs. what I eat in total[/quote]

If calories are the same it shouldn’t matter.

#8

The whole “more meals a day speeds up metabolism” is BS in my opinion.

If you carry a lot of muscle, eating more meals spread out through the day might help in maintaining that muscle on a diet, but I see no other benefit when losing.

If you’re gaining more meals a day, you could get more calories in while bulking, especially if you don’t have the appetite for large meals.

#9

Ive been hearing a lot of this lately. Maybe I need to reinvent the way I eat a little bit. Thanks guys