hey pumpingiron. Just out of curiosity if you don't mind. Could you share your pre and post workout meals (what time do you lift?), along with what you eat before bed and during the night.
about an hour preworkout i have an apple and a shake. the shake is 2 scoops of TP WPI, 1.25cups of ground oats and 12.5grams of bcaas.
during i take in 4 scoops of Xtend
immediately after I drink 1/4cup of ground oats and 1 scoop of TP WPI
within and hour I eat a meal, which is normally 1 of the following:
1. Low sodium Chili, made with 8oz ground chicken and 1/3cup brown basmati rice
2. Stir Fry, made with 8 oz Lean Chicken Breast, whatever vegetable I want and EVOO, and 1/3 cup brown basmati rice
3. 1/2 cup WW Pasta and a "no sugar added" meat sauce (8oz ground chicken)
Then, before bed it's 2 scoops of Casien, 12.5oz BCAAs, 1tbsp Metamucil in 12-16oz of Skim, plus 1/2cup FF Cottage Cheese, and 1oz of Unsalted nuts (usually pecans or almonds)
Currently I'm not eating anything in the middle of the night, but if I was having trouble gaining size and I wanted to break through a plateau, I would wake up 3-4 hrs after I fell asleep and have a small protein shake, something like 8oz skim, 1~1.5 scoops of casien and 10grams of bcaas.
EDIT: I lift between 4-5. My preworkout meal is meal 4.