Absolute novice needs help with diet... please

[DirtyD]

Have been looking at this website and seem to be a lot of great people offering what seems to be good advice...

Here's my story I'll keep it brief so I don't bore ya... wanna look to put more weight on in the form of muscle... I don't plan on trying to get to competition stage or any thing like that but actually like to try and shake off a little beer belly and lets be honest about it ... a perfetic frame... Joined a gym 2 months ago and also have weights in my garage... have got back in reasonable shape fitness wise but now want to put on the muscle...

I'm 27, wiegh 13st (about 180lbs i think?)

Problem is I'm on a budget as family has to come first... currently I've just started eating the following

7am - Protein shake (holland&barretts), beans on toast, banana
9.30am - Tuna sandwich
12pm - Chicken and rice
3pm - tuna sandwich
6pm - dinner (carbs & Protien), banna
workout...
protein shake

Can anyont advise of a good diet on a budget or point me in the right direction of a good thread that I could get some info from...

Thanks for help...

 

[oldfella]

Have been looking at this website and seem to be a lot of great people offering what seems to be good advice...

Here's my story I'll keep it brief so I don't bore ya... wanna look to put more weight on in the form of muscle... I don't plan on trying to get to competition stage or any thing like that but actually like to try and shake off a little beer belly and lets be honest about it ... a perfetic frame... Joined a gym 2 months ago and also have weights in my garage... have got back in reasonable shape fitness wise but now want to put on the muscle...

I'm 27, wiegh 13st (about 180lbs i think?)

Problem is I'm on a budget as family has to come first... currently I've just started eating the following

7am - Protein shake (holland&barretts), beans on toast, banana
9.30am - Tuna sandwich
12pm - Chicken and rice
3pm - tuna sandwich
6pm - dinner (carbs & Protien), banna
workout...
protein shake

Can anyont advise of a good diet on a budget or point me in the right direction of a good thread that I could get some info from...

Thanks for help...

Think macro nutrients. Break your diet down into numbers. look at the amount of proteins, carbs and fats you ingest by numbers of grams. You may find that you are not eating enough protein daily. maybe something like this
300gms protein 200 gms carbs and 100-150 gms of fats. You can adjsust these to suit. But that was just an example! The above will put you in the range of 3000cals per day.