is it okay if i eat breakfast at 4am and eat dinner at 8 and no lunch break and i have to eat around 1500 calories per day to gain weight.
can you guys give me examples of 500 calorie breakfast and a 1000 calories dinner.
Is it okay, it depends on your body type but it shouldn't be too much of a problem. 1500 calories to gain weight? What is your BMR man, that just sounds too low for gaining weight, most people maintain their weight at like 2000-3000 calories. About examples of meals, the best thing is to figure it out yourself. Combine carbs, protein + fat source. 500 calories might be 80g oats, 300ml milk and 1 egg or something like that. As you can see it's not a lot of food if you decide to eat this breakfast, so it's best to find your own favorite healthy foods and check the nutritional labels and eat accordingly, dinner can be 300-400g fish with rice and peanut butter, heck I don't know man what if you're allergic to peanuts for example, or can't stand fish. You have to figure it out yourself, trust me it's better for you. It's kinda hard to tell you examples taking the fact that you have 2 meals one at 4 AM and then dinner at 8, why are you doing that? If it's a religious thing then okay but if it's not a religious tradition, there's no need to do that.
it is a religious tradition and ill try to make it 2000 calories
Gligor
Okay that's a reason I expected, good to see religious people around. Well first of all you should calculate your TDEE/DIM (Total Daily Energy Expenditure or Daily Intake Maintenance, same thing), I don't know if you have the nutrition calculator thing by Chris, but if you do, you can easily calculate your DIM. I didn't say it's not 1500 calories, it just sounds a little bit low in comparison to other people that are bulking (gaining weight). You will have to find your TDEE/DIM and then eat above that. The calculators are right 90% of the time, they weren't for me but they are right 90% of the time, you can find one online as well, you have to put in your current age, current height, current weight and how many times a week you workout or plan to workout and then it will give you a number of calories you need to eat to maintain your weight, and all you have to do is add 300-500 or less/more (you will figure it out, if it's going slow eat more if it's going fast - gaining a lot of fat as well, eat a bit less), especially as a young person the metabolism should burn calories faster and more and not just 1500, that's why it seemed strange. You probably know all this. But like I said, be sure to have a protein source + carb source + fat source in your meals, and the first month or two you will have to weigh your foods and track them on pages like MyFitnessPal, after that you will have a perspective of how many calories every meal has. I will tell you carb, protein and fat sources and you make yourself a meal that you will like by combining them and getting the calories you want for your meal.
-Carb sources:
-Bread, bagels, beans, potatoes, rice, different kinds of fruits, different kinds of vegetables,
-Protein sources:
-Different kinds of meat (chicken, turkey, etc.), different kinds of fish (salmon, hake, cod, etc.), eggs, cheese, beans, legumes, peas, (also in: different kinds of nuts & seeds, oats, milk)
-Fat sources:
-Different kinds of nuts, nut butter, different kinds of seeds, avocado, cheese, oils, (also in: different kinds of meats, fish, milk, cheese, oats, milk)
-Carbs, Protein, Fat (all 3) sources in one food:
-Oats, different kinds of beans & peas, Peanuts, milk, cheese.
There are a lot more, you can easily find them on Google, and you can check nutrition label on the internet as well, to see calories & macros, and make meals accordingly to your caloric & macro needs. Hope I was of help. Salute!
wow thank you so much for your help!
When do i train tho ?
Since you said your dinner will have more calories I'd suggest you train before dinner if you can.