Not gaining on diet

[yorkbell]

Hello all.
Having problem with weight gain.

Current diet is as follows:

8:00am
100g oats
50g peanuts
50g peanut butter

12:00pm
1 wholemeal tortilla wrap
50g rice
100g beef mince
50g cheese
600ml Milk

4:00pm
protein shake(50g protein)

6:30pm
200g chicken breast
130g pasta

9:30pm
2 cans tuna
100g oats

Totals
cals: 3709 Fat: 128g Carbs:326g Protein: 301G

Been eating like this for around 3 months with no weight gain, stayed at around 165lbs the whole time. Height is 5ft 9. Work isnt very physically demanding, what could the problem be? Do I need to eat more:O

Thankss

[darkguitars2000]

What are your workouts like?

[dakoose]

Are you getting stronger? If so, eat more. Also, looking at your diet, why are you starting your day with a carb/fat meal?

[DOHCrazy]

Pics?

[yorkbell]

What are your workouts like?

Im doing The SPBR routine

Are you getting stronger? If so, eat more. Also, looking at your diet, why are you starting your day with a carb/fat meal?

Yeap ,getting stronger. Not to sure why, would it make much of a difference if I didnt?

Pics?

Will post some up in a bit!

[LG1]

why are you starting your day with a carb/fat meal?

X2??? where the protein at???

[DC_catholic315]

if it was me (and im not homon or skip or dante) i would tweak like this (imo)
meal 1 oats, 2 tbps pb and 6-8 egg whites 8am
meal 2 protien shake (as in meal 3) add oats to it 10 am
meal 3 your normal 1200 meal
meal 4 your normal is ok 3
meal 5 chicken and pasta 6
add a 6th meal of protien shake w/ 2 tbps pb 9 (since you may not be used to eating that much).... on training days id prolly try to get a shake w/ some simple carbs (like dextrose or a bottle gatorade) iasap post traning, i would follow that w/ a whole food meal... try that but yea i would say you need to increase by adding that next meal.. i dont know how grams translate to cups or oz.... but if i wieghed that much id try to get like 6 oz of protien at a time.... add the extra meal in and see if it helps. i would say this would help you gain...

[DC_catholic315]

sorry meal 4 i meant the tuna/oats...

[yorkbell]

X2??? where the protein at???

Ders 34 grams of protein, you think I would need more in morning?

[mentalflex]

X2??? where the protein at???

I don't see where the 301g of protein are coming from based on the meals listed.

[darkguitars2000]

Ders 34 grams of protein, you think I would need more in morning?

Don't count protein in foods where protein is not the primary component of the food. (Skip talks about this in his DVD and Dante and MG have spoke on it as well).

So though peanuts and oats HAVE some protein, protein itself is not what comprises them.

[Ethan8]

He might be counting indirect incomplete proteins maybe. To the op if you are doing this only count protein from meat ,fish,eggs and whey and maybe cheese . Don't include from nuts or oats etc.

[yorkbell]

I don't see where the 301g of protein are coming from based on the meals listed.

2 cans tuna - 56g protein
200g chicken - 64.4g protein
600ml milk - 19.8g protein
50g cheese - 12.5g Protein
wholemeal tortilla - 7g protein
100g Beef mince - 23g protein
peanuts - 12.6g protein
200g oats - 22g protein
peanut butter - 12g protein
Protein shake - 50g protein
rice - 5.5g protein
130g pasta - 16.2g protein

Total - 301g protein

If Im not gaining weight which out of f/c/p needs to be increased, or just overall calories?

[yorkbell]

Don't count protein in foods where protein is not the primary component of the food. (Skip talks about this in his DVD and Dante and MG have spoke on it as well).

So though peanuts and oats HAVE some protein, protein itself is not what comprises them.

He might be counting indirect incomplete proteins maybe. To the op if you are doing this only count protein from meat ,fish,eggs and whey and maybe cheese . Don't include from nuts or oats etc.

okkkkk, that would make a big difference in my protein count then....

[darkguitars2000]

2 cans tuna - 56g protein
200g chicken - 64.4g protein
600ml milk - 19.8g protein
50g cheese - 12.5g Protein
wholemeal tortilla - 7g protein
100g Beef mince - 23g protein
peanuts - 12.6g protein
200g oats - 22g protein
peanut butter - 12g protein
Protein shake - 50g protein
rice - 5.5g protein
130g pasta - 16.2g protein

Total - 301g protein

If Im not gaining weight which out of f/c/p needs to be increased, or just overall calories?

Take away grams from pasta, rice, peanut butter, peanuts, oats, the tortilla, and maybe the cheese too. Some people count it, some don't, I don't, personally.

I'm not saying to stop eating these things, but the protein in them shouldn't go towards your daily total.

EDIT: I know this is bad news, but don't get discouraged. You did the smart thing and asked, when something wasn't working for you. Just make some adjustments, and you'll take off.