So you're trying to bulk up right? Well, first thing (I haven't even read your diet yet) is to acknowledge that you're gonna be growin' some fat.. it's inevitable. Unless you've got great genes, you're gonna have to forget about the abs if you wanna get a big chest.
Okay, just read it. First of all, your ingredients are good. Not much junk there. Just a few rearrangements/comments:
- You generally want a high energy, high protein diet. I can't be bothered counting calories, but I certainly do count protein (I've gotten used to it, so I just do it in my head as an estimate). Now you should be eating around 2.6xyourweightinkg grams of protein per day. So because I weigh 81kg, I should be taking in around 81 x 2.6 = 207 grams per day. If you're hardcore, take it upto 250g. Of course, you want it all spread out throughout the day, but you want to take alot before bed, when you wake up and after a workout.
- You wanna take the creatine BEFORE you workout. The point of the supplement is to boost your ATP generation capabilities for a workout, so taking it after a workout is kinda, well.. pointless. If you only just went on creatine, don't forget to load up on it, which takes around 5-7 days where you consume 20 grams per day instead of the usual 5. Also, don't put creatine in water for too long, it's unstable in solution. I usually just shovel a spoon into my mouth 20 minutes before a workout and take it down with water.
- You might wanna boost your breakfast. Reason bein, you've been fasting all night long without food, and your body is in a catabolic (muscle wasting) state in the mornings. Plus you need to rejuvenate your body with nutrients so your muscles can keep growin. My breakfasts are usually huge, a 20cm diameter bowl (around 10cm high) filled with Nutrigrain/weetbix/oatmill with low fat milk, protein shake or sandwiches etc. That usually offers me around 60-80 grams of protein, I would estimate.
- You want to make your Mid Afternoon meal big. Why? Because you need as much energy as you can get during a workout. Remember, that's what creatine is supposed to help you with.. give you more energy so you can workout longer and harder hence more hypertrophy. But food is always the first thing, before creatine or any supplements, so make sure you get heaps of energy from food first. Since your mid afternoon meal is 3 hours before your workout, you can afford to make it big. Pasta, sandwiches, meat.. whatever really. Personally, I eat a huge meal few hours beforehand, take glutamine, creatine and some sugar 20 min before I hit the gym.. and then even some caffeine sometimes.. just to give me as MUCH energy as possible for the workout.
- Good job on the chicken breasts, you need the protein for recovery.
- Personally, I take heaps of protein right before bed (infact, I usually eat 10 egg whites right before I hit the sack, which equates to around 60 grams of protein). Your muscles grow then, so obviously you'll be needing it, plus of course you'll be fasting all night.. and no food for 8 or so hours doesn't exactly help to promote growth (which is why I take anti-catabolic supplements like L-glutamine).
- Good job on the water aswell, since you're taking creatine you need to take a large amount of water in (I swear the bodybuilders are the ones killing our dams)
- If you're the type who wakes up in the middle of the night to take a piss/masturbate/look at pr0nz.. whatever, then it wouldn't do harm to squeeze in another meal.
- A sugary meal right after a workout is the only time of the day where it's GREAT.