Weight Gain Diet
Weight Gain Diets – 3000 Calorie Weight Gain Diet Plan
Gain Weight Diets
Here is your 3000 calorie weight gain diet plan. This is a great diet to gain weight if you weigh between 150-180 pounds and want to increase 5-10 pounds of muscle to your frame.
I have intentionally designed this weight gain diet to show you that you do not need to rely on the worthless supplement crap that bodybuilders have come to rely on too much. Nothing – I repeat, nothing – is as important as whole foods. Since we are often suckers for advertising, we mistakenly think that supplements can replace a healthy weight gain diet.
As noted, in a future blog post I’ll share a small handful of the best bodybuilding supplements that you can use to compliment this meal plan and we’ll discuss workout nutrition supplementation. For today you are getting a diet to gain weight that is based completely on whole foods.
The following meal plan is based on 35% protein, 45% carbohydrates and 25% fat. Consider this a starting point to discover how your body responds to these percentages and then adjust each nutrient up or down based on your progress.
8:00 am Breakfast:
2 cups Cottage cheese, light/low fat
3 cups Bran cereal, all varieties
2 cups Strawberries
1 2/3 tsp Olive, Flax, Hemp or Salmon Oils
56g P – 72g C – 15g F – Calories: 647
11:00 am Lunch
8 oz Chicken breast, skinless
2 1/4 cups Beans, green or yellow
1/4 cup Beans, black
1/2 cup Chickpeas
1/2 cup Cucumber
1 Pepper (bell or cubanelle)
3/4 cup Pasta
1 2/3 tsp Olive, Flax, Hemp or Salmon Oils
2:00 pm Mid Meal:
8 oz Tuna, canned in water
1 cup Celery
1 cup Cucumber
1 Pepper (bell or cubanelle)
1 cup Tomatoes
1 cup Grapes
2 whole Pita
2/3 tsp Olive, Flax, Hemp or Salmon Oils
18 Peanuts – 56g P – 72g C – 15g F – Calories: 647
5:00 pm Dinner:
8 oz Beef, lean cuts
2 cups Potato
1 2/3 tsp Olive, Flax, Hemp or Salmon Oils
2 Peppers (bell or cubanelle)
1/4 cup Baked beans
56g P – 72g C – 15g F – Calories: 647
8:00 pm Snack:
4 oz Cheese, low or non fat
2 cups Blueberries
9 Almonds, whole
28g P – 36g C – 9g F – Calories: 337
Total Daily Portions: Protein: 266g Carbohydrates: 342g Fat: 63g Calories: 2999
If you want more bodybuilding nutrition information like this, check out my article called A Skinny Guys Guide To Gaining Weight By. Vince Del Monte
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Weight Gain Supplements
The Best Supplements To GAIN WEIGHT!
Supplements For Weight Gain
If you’re a skinny “hardgainer” and find it hard to gain weight, adding a weight gainer supplement to your nutritional program may be a great way to build muscle faster. Oftentimes it’s not under-training that’s the reason why you can’t can weight, but under-eating!
Bodybuilding hardgainers are sometimes shocked when they start to gain muscle fast after adding a weight gain supplement to their sports nutrition program.
Weight Gain Supplements Can Help You Build Muscle Fast!
But There’s A Big Problem Here…
Many supplement companies have turned to loading up weight gain protein powders with tons of sugar and fat in order to increase the calorie count! Sure, you’ll gain weight…but you’ll be gaining a lot of body fat when you really want to gain MUSCLE!
And here’s where things really get interesting… Supplement companies that fill up their weight gain supplements with the wrong kinds of inexpensive sugar know this is an easy way to make a HUGE profit because it costs so little for them to actually make their product. However, when you’re searching for a WEIGHT GAIN supplement, here are some of the key ingredients you want to look for:
Top 3 WEIGHT GAIN Supplements
Whey Protein Isolate:
- Whey protein isolate is the most pure and concentrated form of whey protein available. It contains 90% or more protein and very little (if any) fat and lactose.
- Very rapidly absorbed by the body (faster than protein concentrate) and more bio-available than other forms of protein powders
Maltodextrin:
- Maltodextrin is an easily digestible blend of complex carbohydrates that are derived from corn starch and provide a great source of long term energy.
- Contains linked sugar compounds that are easier for the body to ingest and use, and it is metabolized at a steady rate so that high energy levels may be sustained during vigorous workouts.
Creatine Monohydrate:
- Improves performance in high-intensity exercise by regenerating the ADP-ATP energy cycle.
- Increases energy levels and speeds up recovery time. Increases cell “volumization” by stuffing muscle cells with additional water.
- “Hardgainers” are naturally low on creatine phosphate (CP) stores in their body due to a higher ratio of Type 1 muscle fibers that don’t store as much CP.
Review Of Best Selling WEIGHT GAIN Supplements
Mass Tech
MassTech
The intention of Mass-Tech was to create a meal replacement powder that helps bodybuilders consume massive amounts of carbohydrates and get a fast AND slow digesting protein profile.
Taken twice a day, it provides almost an extra 2000 calories to your diet. Overall, it’s 70% sugar, though fortunately the right kind (Maltodextrin) however the “sprinkle” of extra ingredients jack up the price and aren’t necessary for the formula.
Myozene
MyoZene
MyoZene helps to gain weight by including both fast- and slow-digesting proteins as well as fast
and slow carbs in order to create a surge of anabolic insulin and amino acid uptake into the muscle tissue. This can accelerate muscle synthesis and for skinny “hardgainers” who need the additional insulin boost, this is probably the best option.
Muscle Milk
Muscle Milk were developed to provide a super slow feed of protein to extend protein synthesis Read more
