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Weight Gaining Diet - All You Need To Know

Are you looking at gaining some serious mass? Well this article is going to take you through how to do this and show you how to gain quality mass rather than just fat!

Its really important how many calories you are taking in when trying to bulk up so you must set an eating plan and stick to it as you can easily lose track of your food. What you need to determine is how much carbohydrates, protein and fats should you be getting from your diet. A very popular ratio is a 50/30/20 ratio where you are in taking 50% carbohydrates, 30% protein and 20% fats in your diet. As far as the calories go you need to be taking in more calories then you are burning off. If you are not then obviously you are going to be losing weight no matter what!

A good starting method with your diet is to track your calories for a couple of weeks which involves writing down everything that you have eaten within that time period. You then need to determine the calories of each meal and find out the average number of calories you are consuming per day. Once you find out the average calories you have been consuming you are going to add 300-500 calories to your current diet for the first two weeks. For the next at least 8 weeks you are going to add 300 calories to your daily intake each week.

As far as how often you should be eating it really depends on how fast your metabolism is. If you have a really fast metabolism then you should eat every 2 to 3 hours so that all your fuel isnt being burnt so quickly.

Carbohydrates -

Carbohydrates are essential for energy in your diet and you need a lot of carbohydrates as stated earlier, up to 50% of your diet must consist of carbs. For the weight gaining diet there are two types of carbohydrates you will be consuming, simple and complex carbs. You should only eat simple carbs which consist of sugars/dextrose after your workout only as they will provide a large insulin spike in your body and this can cause you to store more fat. Complex carbohydrates on the other hand are great for bulking because the energy is released slowly into your body and do not create a spike. Therefore you will focus your diet on more complex carbohydrates.

Simple carbohydrates include:

Dextrose
Fruits
Sugar
Sports drinks
Candy

Complex carbohydrates include:

Brown rice
100% whole wheat bread
Oats
Pasta
Spaghetti
Beans
Vegetables in particular the greens

Protein -

Protein is very important because it builds lean muscle tissue and thats how you get big. As we stated earlier your weight gaining diet should roughly consist of about 30% of protein and you should be getting about 1-2 grams of protein per pound of your body weight. You will find that your recovery after each workout with a good intake of protein is going to be a lot faster. Besides the food sources for protein sometimes time can be short and you may not be able to cook the food you need for you weight gaining diet as often. Therefore whey protein supplementation is very popular as you can drink a protein shake that gives you about 40 grams of protein and only takes a few minutes to prepare. These shakes are not to be the sole source of your diet as obviously they dont contain all the other nutrients found in other food sources. Its just that its very important when you are sticking to a strict weight gaining diet that you are getting your necessary protein and dont fall behind. Important foods that contain protein include:

Tuna
Salmon
Chicken breast
Beef
Pork
Chops
Turkey
Egg whites

Fats -

The final 20% of your weight gaining diet should consist of fats. Most people today who are training seriously overlook the necessity of fats in their diet. In recent times fats have got a bad reputation and people are trying to avoid it no matter what. Supposedly everyone feels that fat equals fat around your belly. There are two types of fat and thats the most important factor. You have saturated and unsaturated fats. Saturated fats are the fats that should be avoided at all cost as they are the bad fats and have no benefit what so ever. The unsaturated fats such as poly and monounsaturated fats are helpful and help the body and have been proven to raise natural testosterone. Salmon and fish are excellent sources of protein and the fat that we want. Theres virtually no saturated fat in fish and that is good to keep your bulk diet clean. Be sure to consume a lot of nuts and cook with olive oil. Good fats include:

Olive oil
Sunflower oil
Safflower oil
Flaxseed oil
Walnuts
Avocados

Michael Ward is the business owner of Australias leading fitness equipment store called Unbeatablefitness com.au. If you visit -click here.au

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You Are What You Eat - Think and Feel

My journey with fitness and my body started when I was about nine years old and came across an issue of Cosmopolitan magazine. I remember thinking how utterly perfect the models were and how I longed to look just so! Well, for a Cuban girl with hips and thighs, that is a hell of a goal. I remember dieting when I was twelve, drinking those horrendous protein shakes when I was fourteen and so I entered the battle with my body that would ensue through adolescence, pregnancy and most of my adult life.

Well, there is life after Glamour magazine. In my journey of trying to figure out this paradox of health and beauty, I became a personal trainer, a fitness instructor and holistic nutritionist. One of the things that puzzled me most was how some clients - given the same training and nutrition r commendations - could not succeed. It was so frustrating; they just could not stick with their nutritional programs. Why did some diets work for certain people and not for others? Why did SO many people have trouble with weight loss?

Why is it so hard to change your body?

Every month you have a new program, book, equipment, gimmick that will change your body. Millions of people join gyms, buy supplements, and order gadgets in the hopes of changing their bodies. Over and over again they are disappointed, discouraged and give up. Many people earnestly put their all into an exercise or nutritional program and are frustrated when they don't get results. That's because nutrition is not the same for every body. Your nutritional requirements are unique.

You are what you eat!

Your food b comes your cells, your blood, your body. It even affects your thinking. Think of a time when you were low on energy and grabbed a cup of coffee, a chocolate bar or something with sugar in it to give you a lift. You don't make bad food choices because you lack will power. You make bad food choices because you are eating food that is not full of 'life.' Curious yet? Step into a life that is powerful, exciting and totally crafted by you!

Adela Rubio

Adela Rubio is a certified Evolutionary Coach, Mentor and Trainer. She formerly managed technology in corporate America and co-owned a World Gym. Adela also led the Coachville Fully Alive community and training program and served as Coachville Chapter and Study Group Director. She currently co-leads an Evolutionary Coach Training Program via teleclasses and live trainings. She also co-hosts the CoachU Evolutionary Coaching and Leadership SIG. Adela's passion is the body, its energetic potential and bringing it ALL here NOW! To this end she runs a community called Energy Expansion. See her website for additional.netrmation.

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