Bulk Journal Introduction

What I will be doing:

1. Recording meal times, and nutritional info of each meal and the total day
   
2. taking a picture of each meal (with my digital camera whenever possible)
3. Noting the day's workout.

How i will track my intake:

1. Using the nutritional info of each food item
2. measuring the food using a digital scale. This saves measuring tools (cups, tablespoons etc.), and gives more accurate data.
3. checking sites like the daily plate to get a good estimate of what i just ate.
4. Guessing (if steps 2-3 dont apply)
   

What am I going for?

1. 3000 calories per workout day. Macro ratio goal: 50% carbs, 30% protein, 20% fats
2. 2800* calories per non-workout day. Macro ratio goal: 40% carbs, 30% protein, 30% fats

*On day 4 i went for 3000 calories, but i have decided that 3000 is too much for a non-training day.
What program i will use to log all meals:

1. The Ipod Touch Application Lose it!. This application allows me to enter my own foods. Lose It! automatically rounds nutritional info to the 10th of a gram. Since the FDA rounds nutritional info on packages, and this program rounds, and measuring might be slightly off, all the macros might not add exactly up to what the given total is (and the percentages may add up to 101%) (but when plugged in, most time it was off by no more than 2-5%, which is not a problem at all).
   

What a (short) day would look like:

Day 1 of bulk - 7/18/09
Workout: Chest/Back

Meal 1 @ 20:38
Oatmeal + blueberries and cinnamon
(Click on photo for full size)
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Daily totals: 223 calories. 4.2g fat. 41.6g carbohydrates. 6.3g protein
Macro ratio:

• Fat - 17%
  
• Carbohydrates - 73%
  
• Protein - 11%