Eating for weight gain

I’ll be kicking off Mark Rippetoe’s Starting Strength routine today.  I think i would function better with more muscle and less fat.  I could cut down at my present weight and probably be around 150, but i would not have any more muscle, and most of the guys in juijitsu are big enough as it is.  I would just get flung around on the mat.

I had been logging my food before for a bit but stopped due to laziness, i guess.  Today i started an account on FitDay.  Its pretty convenient, you just enter amounts of what you ate and it calculated all the nutrients.  I can see how much protein, fat, and carbs i am eating.

My plan is to simply lift hard and take in more calories then i expend, which should hopefully result in some muscle.  Starting Strength is three days a week, and ideally should be done on its own.  But i can’t bear to drop grappling, so i will have to manage the best i can and make sure i eat enough.  I am shooting for 3200 calories a day (bodyweight of 160lbs x 20) and will monitor from there.  If i gain weight to fast i will scale back, and if i am not putting anythig on i will have to up it.  I am initially trying to get all my calories from Paleo friendly sources, meat, lots of fat, nuts, veggies, and some carbs like sweet potatoes.  If adequte food intake becomes a problem then i will have to look at less acceptable sources like Burgerville (yum).

Since i started logging today and have been consciously trying to get enough food i have felt really good.   I realize now that previously in my day to day eating i was not getting nearly enough fat.  I have eaten a ton more fat today and have felt great, despite the limited carbs.

If you are interested in check out my Fitday log you can find it here.

I’ll post here at regularly people can see how this is all progressing.

Anton