Originally Posted by
CommanderFun
This past week I've been feeling off recovery wise. Suddenly instead of being able to bounce back from session to session and keep setting new squat PRs, I'm degrading quite a bit. I doubt with about a month or so into the NLP and a 210 work set that I need to start considering intermediate programming. So, I decided to audit my regular diet based on the lightest meal I end up eating for dinner, which is the only meal that currently varies much. Protein count is good, 259 grams is above target. But my calories are quite low for the recommended target numbers I've found, only 2940. Granted on days with bigger dinners this goes up, but it's not reliable enough I don't think, and even the bigger average dinner might only up things to about 3500. Some things I've turned up recommend something like 4000, and some sources even recommend as much as 5 or 6 thousand. For reference, I'm a 34 year old male, 6'2" 230 pounds. What are some good foods to add in for getting more calories? I am going out on a limb and guessing the obvious quick fix of pounding back cookies and soda is not ideal.