working full time leaves no time for a bulk

[F.E.a.R]

honest to god how can i fit in 3000 calories+ everyday if I spend 9 - 1 then 2 - 6 working

I can eat in the morning.. then a big meal at break.. but by 4 or 5 im starving.. cant eat till after 6 again.. then im off to the gym so next meal isnt till im home gain which sometimes is around 9

im trying to compenasate with shakes for now but i just feel theres a severe lack of real food in the diet.

Anyone ealse have to deal with this sort of lifestyle?.. maybe get some tips for meals that are quick and EASY to transport around for after work and such?

[chriscarr_78]

Have you tried bulk preparation? Cook a load of chicken or whatever you want for your working week on a single given day.

What are you currently eating?

[F.E.a.R]

Well typically I prepare some sort of meal for the next day in work the night before. I might start doing it a few day in advance aswell but this is to save money aswell as save time and make sure I get the needed calories.

I'll take yesterday as an example of how my day went.

Breakfast 7:30pm:
Large bowl of Special K sustain (high protein and fibre cereal)
Banana

Lunch Break 1pm:
Boiled Vegetables
Brown Pasta
2 Pork sausages (usually this is chicken breast)
2 Scoop Protein Shake
1 Scoop Weight Gain Powder

After Work 6pm:
Roast Turkey Roll

Home 9pm:
Protein Shake
Tuna sandwich on brown bread and some nuts

This just doesnt feel like nearly enough most likely because 10 hours of my day are spent travelling to and from or in either the gym or work.

=)

[chriscarr_78]

Originally Posted by F.E.a.R

Well typically I prepare some sort of meal for the next day in work the night before. I might start doing it a few day in advance aswell but this is to save money aswell as save time and make sure I get the needed calories.

I'll take yesterday as an example of how my day went.

Breakfast 7:30pm:
Large bowl of Special K sustain (high protein and fibre cereal)
Banana

Lunch Break 1pm:
Boiled Vegetables
Brown Pasta
2 Pork sausages (usually this is chicken breast)
2 Scoop Protein Shake
1 Scoop Weight Gain Powder

After Work 6pm:
Roast Turkey Roll

Home 9pm:
Protein Shake
Tuna sandwich on brown bread and some nuts

This just doesnt feel like nearly enough most likely because 10 hours of my day are spent travelling to and from or in either the gym or work.

=)

Throw in some baked potato either after work or at home. Do you like fish? Very quick to cook. Can even eat some raw. Prepare yourelf some sushi (actually quite easy and can make loads at a time). Can't you throw in a shake at breakfast too? Then again your saying you want more real food in your diet...

Ok. easy food to transport with you? Boiled eggs. Sushi. Tinned tuna. cold pasta (throw the tuna in there with some sweet corn, olives etc!)

You have a microwave at work? Jacket potatoes with cheese or beans (or even tuna again!)

Protein bars. Nuts (as you said) and loads of other little snack stuff you can much on throughout the day.

You seem constantly on the go. Bulk preparation is the way I'd go but then again I'm not a hardcore trainer nor so anally retentive as to calorie count everything. (Not saying you are either pal).

Hope this has helped some?

[fiction]

my work schedule also places a limitation on my diet. i fix this by eating most of my calories in the morning, and then snacking when i can throughout the day. i'll then have a small meal when i get home and then my last meal right before bed. i also workout first thing in the morning, so that i can get all of the calories in around gym time. i'm not sure if this is the "best" way to do things, but i have to work with what i've got going on, and it seems to work well enough.

now, i'm not currently bulking really. i'm mostly just getting back into things since i have had a run of bad luck with injuries, but i don't think it would be all that much harder to do if i was bulking either. peanut butter helps me a lot. 2 tbs of the stuff is quick to throw down, and 210 calories just with that. i'll also throw in a carrot and some celery, and maybe an apple. 300ish calories in a minute or so of eating is pretty handy when you can't really sit down and have a standard meal. the peanut butter is also nice in that anything else that i could eat that fast would leave me feeling hungry about an hour or so later. i'm usually able to go 3 hours with the peanut butter snack and be good.

[lostboyrufio]

When I had an office job, I was fortunate enough to catch the same snack truck (Full meals aboard tho, from egg whites, to huge chicken spinach salads) that the factory workers caught I would eat:
Breakfast 730
Snack Truck 1030
Lunch 1230
Snack Truck 3
Right before end of work (Saved from lunch) 530.

It's def. possible to bulk working the 9-5. Like Chris said, try preparing the night before. Strip a rotisserie chicken the night before and you should have chicken for a few days. Maybe buy two lunches at break instead of just one. You could cook a crapload of chicken breasts, or ground turkey meatballs, and freeze them for reheat when you need them.

You're gonna have to be able to eat between those times that you posted as well.

[wnxmaximus]

You could get a lot more calories during breakfast. Special K and a banana is almost nothing. Just eat more calorie dense meals. take some almonds with you to work. carry some fruit in your bag and eat 4 or 5 pieces of fruit each day. That will probably make you feel better too.

Precook 3 or 4 days of meals in tupperware. Eat throughout day. its definitely possible.

[Lowrider]

Do you not get Breaks at work? where i work legally its a 15 mintue break for 4 hours work, then like 30 mintues for 6 hours work etc. I used to do a 10am to 8pm shift. On this they would give me a 1 hour dinner break around 1.30 then half an hour round 5.30. I asked my boss if i could split it up and would have like an hour at 1, then two 15 min breaks later on in the day. I work in a supermarket so the food is infront of you to buy.