Pistachio Nuts yay/nay?

Gym Halpert

Hi all,

Am struggling currently to meet my calorie needs for adding size, am currently aiming to be above 3000 but am coming in around the 2500 mark so my idea was to add Pistachio nuts as a snack into my diet a few times daily to rack up my cals/protein/fats.

Are Pistachio nuts ok for this? Everywhere I read or anyone I talk to always mentions almonds/cashews/walnuts etc but I'm not too fond of those and I really like the taste of pistachio therefore eating them wouldn't be as much of a chore.

Thanks in advance.

xgtdec

Pistachio nuts, why not...get them down ya!!!

but im baffled as to how your struggling to get to 3000 calories in a day, can you post a full days food and your age/height etc.....its possible your diet could be tweaked to better effect!!!

Gym Halpert

xgtdec wrote: »

Pistachio nuts, why not...get them down ya!!!

but im baffled as to how your struggling to get to 3000 calories in a day, can you post a full days food and your age/height etc.....its possible your diet could be tweaked to better effect!!!

Breakfast would be a bowl of porridge with a teaspoon of honey and a pinch of powdered cinnamon with a cup of decaf tea.

Gym

Lunch/post workout would be a double scoop of whey protein with 4 eggs 2 whole 2 egg whites, and usually 35-70g of premium sliced chicken/turkey with about 20-25g of lettuce. And a decaf tea.

Dinner is usually brown rice with Quorn chicken pieces (Vegetarian). (Sometimes with a decaf tea)

Supper is usually either more chicken/turkey or eggs or porridge with some cream crackers with flora light on them. (The crackers aren't a means to bulking or health or anything I've just loved them my whole life) With Decaf tea and another double scoop protein shake.

I know 4 meals a day aren't great and I should probably be aiming for more but it's hard to bring myself to eat much more at this point, I'm sure I'll get used to eating more. That's why snacking on nuts would be handy enough, I just want to know how much I should have, I had like 70ish grams of almonds today. No use me eating too many and going over the fat quota.

Chancer3001

get some protein in your breakfast gym!

Gym Halpert

Chancer3001 wrote: »

get some protein in your breakfast gym!

Hehe, I know, I keep meaning to boil 2 eggs the night before and have them cold with breakfast but I never do. Rest of it's not too bad though is it?

Burkatron

You could always add another scoop of whey to your porridge if stuck!!

At dinner why are you eating Quorn? Nothing wrong with it but Calories in 100g of Quorn is roughly 100kcals, calories in 100g of chicken is around double this & tastes 1000000000 times better! Eat meat!

Do you take dairy apart from whey?Add Milk (full fat)

I saw you mentioned a fat quota! Why? Fat is calorie dense & will easily get you over your 3000 mark! You wont put on fat just because you're eating it! You'll put on fat because of excess calories, so it's not really avoidable! It wont be all muscle!

themandan6611

where is all the veg (broccoli, spinnach etc), steak, chicken and fish ?

get them 4 staples above in order, drop shakes and then talk about extras like nuts / fruits and all that

Mellor

Why are you throwing your egg yokes away? You are trying to get calories in and you are dumping the majority of the calories and all of the nutrients from the eggs.

35-70g of sliced chicken/turkey. 35g is tiny, eat more more than that. Also eat actual meat, meat slices aren't meat.

Gym Halpert

I probably should just get diced chicken for my stir fry but ultimately it's cheaper to buy a 500g pack of quorn and have 100g of it in each one and I nearly prefer the taste of quorn lol.

If I were to add fish to my diet again I'd probably go for frozen stuff which is likely no good. And I don't eat red meat, only red meat I've ever been able to stomach was a burger and that was probably only down to the buns, sauces etc.

The reason I went for sliced chicken/turkey rather than fillets is because I can just throw it on a plate and eat it rather than having to health grill them every time. I used to have stews daily with proper chicken fillet diced into it and all the veg etc but I got really bored of it so have cut it out for a while.

I think the best suggestion for me so far is milk, I probably should have mentioned I have my 2 protein shakes (2 scoops in each) in 700ml of light milk. If I switch one of them to full fat along with adding nuts and a glass or two of full fat a day I'll probably rack up the calories simple enough.

I currently take a multivit/mineral but I really should add some veggies somewhere, it's just finding the time...