Good points, thanks for explaining!

I've always had 2 protein shakes a day.

Upon Waking: 2 cups of skim plus, 2 scoops of chocolate whey, 1 banana
Post Workout: 16oz OJ, 2 scoops of Vanilla whey

From now on:

Adding an additional scoop of whey and 4 oz of milk to the morning shake
doing 20 oz of OJ , 3 scoops of whey BEFORE my workout

I moved the OJ shake preworkout a month ago. Much better. 2 extra scoops of whey each day = 50 grams of protein. I think I can use it.

Sam, I also prefer carbs pre workout - I don't know the science, but I feel better knowing that I have a bit more 'fuel in the tank' going in to a workout, ESPECIALLY when dieting

Here's a speculative diet I want to start this week sometime:

½ Gal milk-1200 cals 64g prot (104g carbs)
1lb 80/20 beef-960 cals 76g prot
2 bananas- 200 cals
2 cups rice-450 cals (98g carbs)
Bagel-270 cals(50g carbs) 3g prot
Cream Cheese-100 cals 3g prot
6 eggs-360 cals 36g prot
2tbsp peanut butter-190 cals 6g prot
2 scoops whey-240 cals 48g prot
Total: 3970 cals 252 carbs 236g prot

Trying to keep cost low due to being a poor college student. Trying to think of cheap protein sources. Maybe add a can or two of tuna a day? Thoughts? Trying to keep carbs decently low as well. Maybe chicken quarters? Our local walmart usually has a 10lb bag of them for 7.00 or less. add one a day and get another 30+ grams of protein. Just looking for input or notes of anything I'm missing.

Additional supplements taken: fish oil. creatine. beef aminos. glutamine.

Honestly, and I'll probably get flamed for this but I eat whatever/whenever I want. Being a college student, I've found it very difficult to make/schedule out a food program especially realizing just how expensive food is after leaving the house lol. What I do make sure s that I eat at least 4-5 times a day and am constantly snacking on something. I do drink a shitton of soda and a shitton of beer, so that's probably not good and I eat fast food a good 2-3 times a week. For example, I've had a mcdonalds chocolate shake for the past 4 days in a row now, yet I seem to not be gaining any weight. Plus I'm just too lazy of a person to make food ahead of time and shit. Upon further review, I need to grab a gf to do all these things for me. So take my "Iron Fuel" with a grain of salt but it's getting me by for now.

As far as supplementation goes, I take 100% ON Whey 2x a day at least with 2 servings of creatine a day. I was on DAA Pure for as long as I had the bottle but it's empty now, so creatine and protein are my miracle workers

If you stepped up your nutrition and had at least some semblance of a plan, I GUARANTEE you'd be getting better gains. How much protein are you getting? If it's not AT LEAST 1g/lb BW then you need to get a life coach not a gf lol. I hear you, I'm in college too. Just be smart and make it work. Talk to Mr. Popular, he said that he was living in poverty and still gained a shit ton of weight.

What Im eating now - this is the healthiest diet and the most whole foods not from fast food ive ever eaten so this should be good

2800-3000 calories

meal 1
5 eggs cooked in 1tbsp virgin coconut oil
multi vitamin

meal 2 pre workout
2 cups egg whites
1 cup oatmeal
1 tbsp natural peanut butter
200mg ALA

meal 3 post workout
2 scoops whey
2 tbsp natural peanut butter

meal 4
2 scoops whey
1/3 cup nuts

meal 5
4oz ground beef
1 scoop whey
1/2 cup fruit
2 hard boiled eggs
multi-vitamin

meal 6
1 scoop whey
1 tbsp natural peanut butter
5 fish oil caps

any feedback would be great if anyone has any

Good looking cutting diet, but I thought you were bulking?

some veggies would be a good idea... lol. as for me this is what I ate today (didn't lift)

4 egg omelet with mushrooms/green pep/onions, w/ coconut oil
2 scoops MD Muscle Growth

2 scoops MD
2 tbsp almond butter
1 orange

10 oz skirt steak
Tomato/feta cheese salad
2 scoops MD Muscle Growth
Metamucil/superfood

12 oz ground pork w/ green beans

New Diet: Training Days:

Meal 1: Shake: 2 scoops whey, 1 cup oats, 1 banana, 1/2 tbsp VCO, 200mg ALA
Meal 2: 8oz Grass Fed Beef cooked in 1/2 tbsp VCO, 2/3 cup cooked brown rice, 200mg ALA
Workout: 1 scoop whey, 2 servings WMS
Meal 3: 2 cups oats, 2 scoops whey, 400mg ALA
Meal 4: 10 cage-free eggs cooked in 1 tbsp VCO, 3 slices sesame Ezekiel bread, sunflower seeds, 200mg ALA

About 4,000 kcals/400g carb/275g protein/140-150g fat...approximately