problems eating?

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Obshobs

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Having gained 10 kg of weight, though much of it not muscles, during the last year, i suddenly reached a 'limit'. Going to the gym regularily and being sure that i do the required exercises with good reps and so on, i have a question to you guys.

I've read from several places that you should eat 5-6 meals per day if you want to gain weight and muscles. It's close to impossible for me to do this. Assuming it takes half an hour to cook, eat and wash the dishes of one meal, it will make 3 hours of daily spending on food.

Not only this, i read that the meals should contain 25% proteins, 25% carbs or some other values close to those mentioned above. Literally none of the meals i cook contain that much protein. All the chicken / turkey / meat products and milk contain less than 15% of proteins. And i don't eat eggs.

Lastly, i sleep on average 10-12 hours a day, now that i don't have any school or job and as such there is no need for me to wake up early. This means i'm awake 13 hours a day, give or take an hour. That makes one big meal every 2 hours. Again, assuming half an hour for each meal, it means you have only one hour of spare time after your meal until you have to prepare your next meal.

So i'm asking some help from you guys, how do you manage to eat so many meals a day, with a high amount of protein and good carbs?
 
Please do not give this diet as a healthy example!

Meal #1: Low Fat Milk with Just right Ceral Not enough protein. Cereal may be too processed and have too much sugar.

Meal #2: A glass of Up and Go. Not sure what this is but clearly not enough and not balanced. Needs to be protein + good carb (e.g. wholemeal pitta with turkey or chicken breast, you can spread little peanut butter on the pitta)

Meal #3: WW bread with salad and low fat ham

Meal #4: an Apple and some raw Veg Where's your protein? Maybe you can have a protein shake here.

Meal #5: Museli Bar Again, where's protein? Muesli bar is just sugar and sometimes fat

Meal #6: Grilled Fish with salad and some brown rice This is good. Just make sure you're not eating too much rice

Obshobs,

If you spend do much time sleeping you probably not going to burn as many calories as a person who only sleeps 6-7 hours. You can still eat 5 times a day but your portions should reflect your calorific and nutritional need, so you'll probably have small portions.

Many people use the ratio of 40/30/30 (protein/carbs/fat)to determine how much they should consume.

As to protein a 100g chicken breast contains roughly 25g of protein so it shouldn't be that difficult to find protein. Eat lean meat, poultry, fish, shellfish, egg whites. You can also supplement with whey powder.

I hope this helps.
 
hello_kitty is absolutely right. You need to have a protein with all the EAAs at every meal.

The good sources: meat, fish, eggs and dairy.
 
the best idea, cook most of your meals, two days per week.

example: on sunday I steam a pot of brown rice, and cook 5-6 chicken breasts.
I weigh out everything into gladware containers and put em in the fridge. (I tend to have chicke and rice 2x a day...its a staple).
and I repeat on wednesday night.

this way I have no excuse to eat poorly.
 
No body said it was easy....


Well one think I do is make big amounts of stuff, just 20 min ago I made a HUGE pot full of brown rice... It'll last a few days.

I have chicken nuggets a lot too - healthy brands of it. All I need to do is use my best friend - the microwave.

Sometimes you have to cut down on how it tastes, to save time. I can't cook, so all my food tastes like wood... Meh, at least it's healthy.
 
I just tell myself, food is fuel. food is fuel.

stuff like crystal light is good for satisfying a sweet tooth now and then.
 
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