thank you so much lord, this advice i WILL take. i DO, unlike others, listen to those who know. please view my pix i posted on the first page of this thread (maybe second) and help me construct a mass building diet! one that wont break the bank

i WILL follow it. also any essential supplements you can recommend would be appreciated. ill follow this diet for 6 or so months and see what the gains look like before i go poking holes in my self :-/ lol thanks everyone, keep the advice coming, i need and WANT it! im not one of these young guys whos dead set on cheating.
Here's some basic guidlines.
Eat 1.5 times your body weight in protein and 2 times your body weight in carbs. Shoot for 1/2 your body weight or to make it easy say 100g of fat per day
So that's 263g of protein, 352g of carbs, and 100g of fat. For a total of ~3400 kcal. And a good starting point for you imo.
For Protein consume: Chicken, turkey, fish, beef, eggs, milk, protein powder.
For Carbs consume: Potatoes, rice, brown rice, oats, whole wheat bread.
For Fats consume: Raw nuts, olive oil, avocados, natural peanut butter, fish oil.
Eat green veggies a fruit often.In every meal if possible. Broccoli, asparagus, cabbage, green beans, berries, citrus, apples, pears, bananas.
Drink at laset one gallon of water per day.
Eat 5-7 meals per day every 2.5 - 4 hours.
You should make a list of all the foods you plan to consume and use it as a grocery list and also to calculate the macros and kcal for each item. Try to calculate these totals by serving size. A cheap digi scale would be of great use.
Use a site like nutritiondata.com or fitday.com to get all your macro and kcal info.
Come up with a diet for yourself with this info above and them make a thread in the diet forum for a critique. We can go farther from there. You need to do the leg work and figure this stuff out. It will make things way easier in the long run. Good luck and please report back
