Best way to improve my diet to see results in muscle gain?

Protein.

Steroids. I take em.

You’ll need to do exercises (like resistance and weight training) to build muscle. Cardio exercised will help burn fat. Eating all the healthy food in the world won’t build you any muscle. You definitely want to make sure you have enough protein in your diet for muscle building as well.

GA @Seaofclouds I cannot imagine eating vegetables thinking they would produce muscle.

Eat more protein. It builds lean muscle mass.

Diet doesn’t have much to do with muscle mass gain as long as your diet is adequate to sustain you. Have a balanced diet with adequate carbs, vitamins, minerals and protein and you’ll be fine. Exercise is what builds muscle mass, as long as the food supply is adequate to support the muscle building.

On the contrary….A healthy diet like what you have right now can be very useful for gaining muscle mass. I would recommend that you do some push ups about three times a week on mornings and abdominal crunches also. Weight train and running should also be included. Is the diet that you have right now is helping you in any other way…just curious? Cus it should.

My point was that if you have a good and balanced diet, adding MORE food won’t build more muscle. Your diet must be adequate but excess food is just turned to waste and fat.

@GeorgeGee Ok i understand, but is the quitting of soda entirely and the consumption of more vegetables can increase muscle?

Prohormones works. It works quickly too. And find someone to help you with them, b/c it’s safe if someone knows what they were doing.

@EGGIE, Yes, I believe soda should be avoided, but not because of muscle mass. Soda has either sugar or artificial sweeteners and either way, it doesn’t help bodybuilding. Further, because of the carbonation soda has carbonic acid which reduces bone density. Vegetables are an important part of a balanced diet, providing natural vitamins and minerals, but again, vegetables beyond what you need to support muscle development don’t make a difference.

If you’re 150–160lbs now and if I assume you’re male and about 6ft tall then it’s going to be tough for you to put on that much muscle without a lot more protein/fat/some carbs and a strict weight training program. If you’re still growing (under 20 male) then you’ll probably end up with horrible stretch marks and body aches from the extra weight on your frame. Also, if your family genetics don’t naturally lend themselves to being that “big” then it’ll take less than a month of slacking off for your gains to turn into flubber.

Basically, you need to regularly work out physically and eat a healthy diet such as the food pyramid suggested by the NIH (National Institute of Health). You can increase your protein intake with whey protein. “GMC” has a product that I use called “Amplified Muscle Meal” made up amino acids. I’m not interested so much in muscle bulk as muscle strength.

You are likely interested in building muscle strength as well as bulk so routinely and regularly hitting the weights hard is important.

Get some expert help at a gym and then get fired up and make it happen.

No one recommended eggs!?

Eggs are an excellent source of protein/make a great breakfast (with bacon!). If you’re craving a snack, hard-boil one of these suckers and lightly salt.

If you weigh 150–160lbs, gaining 40lbs more sounds a little unrealistic, unless you want to fatten yourself up (or take a lethal dosage of steroids). Gaining more muscle definition and staying lean sounds more ideal – cross-training would be best.

Your diet sounds good, otherwise. Greens/fruits are very important. If you’re doing cardio at all, make sure you get your grains/fibers. Pasta!

I was 5’11 and about 130 lbs, (aka skinny) and managed to go up to 150 lbs and had nice muscle definition. Here’s what I did.

Diet: Get some whey protein. Every time you work out, have a shake made with this and 3% milk afterward. Eat at least 2–3 servings of vegetables and fruit everyday. Other than that, just eat your normal meals. Hell, you can even go to McDonalds if you want.

Exercise: Get a 20lb dumbell and 2 5lb dumbells. 5 days a week you do your workout. 50 push ups in two sets of 25, 100 crunches in two sets of 50, 24 reps on each arm with the 20 lb in 2 sets of 12, and then at the very end do reps with the 5lb in each hand until you are too tired to do anymore.

I didn’t get huge, but I had a nice Bruce Lee type body after a few months of this. Of course then I got lazy and stopped working out, and the muscle mass faded – but I didn’t get fat because I never had that much mass in the first place, fit or not.