Need help planning my 6 meals a day

[Leander]

As of yesterday I just switched over to eating 6 small meals a day. My meals for that day was as follows:

meal 1: 8-10z steak, 1 apple

meal 2: Myoplex shake

meal 3: skinless chicken breast and green beans

meal 4: Myoplex shake

meal 5: 8-10z steak, green beans and 1 orange

meal 6: Myoplex shake

meal 7: (I messed up on this one, I got really hungry right before bed) turkey polish sausage and 2 slices of swiss cheese


With the exception of meal 7 is that a good meal plan for a person with my stats:

Age: 30
Weight: 280 (target weight: a very lean and muscular 200-220, I'm using wide weight range because I'm not sure how much I should weigh once I add on muscle again)
Height: 6'1

Exercise:

20 minute HIIT sprints 6-8 times per week (I know that seems like a lot but I like to push myself, I used to be a former athlete and I performed lots of cardio, weight lifting and sports)

Upper body weight training 2 times per week

Lower body weight training 1 time per week

Random bike riding and b-ball throughout the month.


With a schedule like that what should my food requirements be?

Would I be able to get enough protein for my size based on the above meal plan?

Last question, are there any other shakes I can drink that are similar to Myoplex but cheaper?

 

[Leander]

One last thing I 'm doing a slight variation of the Body For Life program and one of the requirements is that each meal should have a protein and carb. Can someone give me an opinion on that? Is that the best way to eat a meal?

 

[Senior Woonaki]

I would also post the nutritional breakdown per meal... Eating 6 times a day is great - cravings should be under control... You are going to want to decide on a target amount of calories to hit per day and make sure you hit it.. I have heard to multiply your bw should be multiplied by anywhere from 8-11 to get your target calories... You will not be able to gain a lot of mass while cutting... Concentrating on keeping the lean mass that you have built up... I would not eat any fruit while cutting...

you can look up your nutritional values on:
http://www.nutri-facts.com/search.asp

good luck - stay positive and disciplined and you will achieve your goals....