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Originally Posted by wdsguy
I just started with p90x, i have a pretty high metabolism so losing weight isn't really an issue. I actually need to intake a huge amount of calories a day. The problem with working at home and being busy is I don't have the time it seems for quick small meals. I'm trying to make meals in advance and have healthy snakes/ protein shakes. Just curious what your daily meal plan/schedule is like when trying to gain lean muscle?
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~ 6 meals day
carbs/vegetables divided b/w 3 meals during the day
protein with all 6 meals (3 meals are solid food protein, usually chicken and tuna, some salmon or sirloin beef)
i cook all the chicken in a big batch 2x a week and the same with rice.
i drink myofusion protein shakes (gaspari nutrition) in the day and syntha6 (eas) in the evenings.
i found the p90x nutrition guide to be very good and the formula for required calories is very close to right on for me.
for muscle gain it's important to keep your protein intake high, but not so high as to put stress on your kidneys, 1 gram per lean pound of body weight seems to be working for me, that translates to ~150 grams of protein daily. i split that into 25 g servings as that is about all i can process effectively at a time, so 25 grams every 2 hours or so.
is that the kind of info you were looking for?
good luck, it's a great program, imo.
