Tips to Successfully Sustaining Muscle Building Diet
Sep 22th, 2008 by Gorilla Man

Nothing about a diet is overly “easy,” just ask the millions of men and women who try to lose weight every year and fail. On the reverse side of that – the people looking to gain weight – you may think that it’s relatively easy to do. Well, if you’re looking to build a Buddha belly from eating the greasy burgers and jumbo 7-11 hotdogs, then, you’re right, it’s easy.

But if you’re trying to strictly adhere to one of the many muscle building diets, it can be as hard as a weight-loss routine. It takes will power, a positive outlook, steadfast discipline, and a good sense of the foods you eat.

To start off, let’s take an inside look at muscle building diets. What exactly are they? Well, a muscle building diet is simply a diet put in place to maximize your muscle gain, or muscle-weight gain. “Beefing up” as you may be familiar with, entails a hearty eating routine and an even more vigorous workout regimen. Nobody said this would be easy – why do you think athletes and a lot of “professionals” choose steroids for the easy way out?

To start on your diet, let’s first set some ground rules.

Look in the mirror and say, “I’m through with soda, chocolate, white bread, and any other refined carbohydrates.” We want to focus purely on protein (any form; as none is superior to the other, be it whey, soy, egg, beef, etc) and “good” carbs, which include fresh fruit and veggies, whole wheat, and other foods with natural sugars.

Next, we’re going to set up a strict regimen and timetable for eating. With a lot of muscle building diets, they want you to eat around 8 small meals a day. I say let’s cut this number down to five. We want a hearty breakfast (before your workout!) consisting of a 50/50 mix of carbs and protein.

You’ll be energized after breakfast and more than ready for your workout. Right after your workout and subsequent cool-down period (which in total should average around 2 hours), we want to eat again, only this time, we’re going for strictly protein. You can eat a steak, bunless burger, eggs, a protein bar or shake, or any other item that is primarily protein.

Next, you should eat again in about 2 hours. This will be an average, lunch-sized meal consisting of a well balanced mix of fats, carbs, etc. Run the gamut here and eat a miniature 4-courser. Also, remember to drink a lot of water throughout each day.

Your next meal, dinner, should consist of the same healthy mix. This is where a lot of muscle building diets fail; as they’ll have you ingest even more protein at this juncture, thus making your body prone to malnutrition. Protein is excellent to ingest in any muscle building diet, but we don’t want to get carried away.

Eat another well-balanced meal. It’s important to remain healthy while bulking up. Before bed, then you can have another light snack, and mix in a small protein shake. Just stay on this diet and timetable for a few months, and before you know it, you’ll be bulked up.





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