Easiest 1600 calorie meal plan?

FREECRACK6 · 2019-05-19T09:29:57+00:00

Boiled eggs and steamed chicken? Ur gonna be miserable. Just find some decent easy recipes online

INNASKILLZ2K18 · 2019-05-19T12:05:22+00:00

Damn, I have a mass gainer powder which alone gives me about 1200 calories per serve. 1600 shouldn't be difficult.

Google is your friend.

slippersweatpants · 2019-05-19T09:38:55+00:00

Can't tell if this is a shit post - but I'll give you the benefit of the doubt.

Firstly what stats you dealing with? 1600 is a retardedly low amount of calories for someone who hoping to gain muscle (I understand the caloric deficit, but those "suggested" meals are quite frankly criminal).

Here's a step by step of what to do:

1. Find Weight Now

Probably the easiest - step on a scales.

2. Calculate your Macros

Forget the calories, it's a good rule of thumb but thats it. The macros is where the money is.

If losing weight, or gaining the magic number is like 1-1.5g of protein for every lb of bodyweight, the rest of your caloric deficit can be made up from carbs. You eat more to get bigger, cut them back when cutting. The protein is non negotiatable.

3. Plan Your Meals

The more times you eat a day the less protein you need in each meal, and in turn the smaller the meals have to be - good factor if you're an alpha out sticking your dick in the world consistently.

Sample of my meals (I'm on about 3500 calories)

Breakfast (4 eggs on chunky brown bread)
Lunch (Gainer shake - oats, milk, protein, banana and peanut butter)
Snack (depends where I am, this week I'm fucking bossing college work, so in the store beside me there's protein bars and popcorn for sale)
Dinner (meat cooked twice weekly, yesterday was a turkey stir fry, veg and rice)
Pre bed meal (Porridge - porridge, milk, granola bar, apple and peanut butter)

Basically, don't go on the supermodel diet you have mentioned. That shit will have you cranky in the worst mood, your testosterone levels will be fucked and you'll basically be a little bitch.

Instead - look into intermittent fasting.

rpsheepdog · 2019-05-19T09:41:24+00:00

The options are essentially endless if you know how to track your foods correctly.

"Big on a Budget" series by animal is pretty good, the only problem is it's region dependent, but watch a few and you get the idea.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNctsEFp7Zs

le_king_falcon · 2019-05-19T12:18:03+00:00

First you need to know your goals. So where are you now and where do you want to be physically?

Based on the target you've asked about it suggests that you are potentially very overweight and that dropping pounds is the main or only concern at this point. If that doesn't describe you, then you need to look at your goals. This level of dieting will likely result in significant lean muscle loss as well as fat, which if you are obese is a workable option, but if you aren't obese you'd be better off with something more focused and better fuelled.

As for tracking calories, apps like Myfitnesspal are great way to track calories and macros too. You need to invest in some food scales so that you can accurately track the amount of food that you are making and thus properly track macros and calories.

Finally you need to address the time, not cooking or money issue. Fact is the quickest way to an unhealthy diet is being broke, time poor and refusing to cook.

Being broke is no issue, but cheaper ingredients take longer to cook and better treatment to taste nice. Being time poor means using more expensive ingredients/pre prepped food and more restrictive cooking methods. Being unable or unwilling to cook means you cede control of your diet, yes time and money can help but cooking for yourself is the gold standard.

Sort your goals out and then sort your life out as your current attitude or situation will hamstring you.

Title	Easiest 1600 calorie meal plan?
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Date	May 19, 2019 9:24 AM UTC (7 years ago)
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