Your body doesnt know the difference when you eat something like KFC compared to chicken breast and eggs or any other 'healthy' food. Like Jack Goff said, I needed a quick way to hit 4000 cals daily while coding 8-12 hours a day (I dont like taking long breaks eating). So i pretty much disregarded PCF ratios, stuck to a certain amount of protein (around 220g a day) and just filled the rest of my calories with anything. Didn't care how many carbs/fats I was getting. This way I never really crossed 150g fats but It made life much easier for me. The key to gains is consistency and if you can't follow a flexible approach in your diet, you lose that consistency when you cant cram in the same boring 'healthy' food in daily and end up missing on your macro goals or binge eating and going over it. For me it'd take an easy 3-4 hours to eat 4000 cals of clean food through the day. That's time that I don't have now really.
Are you on the sauce trying to take in 220grams of protein daily? Alright man, I can see your reasoning why...I thought you thought it was like the best way for you to get where you want to go! But work is totally understandable, I'm kinda in the same boat as a network installer, shit sucks trying to maintain a steady diet. A tip maybe? Take it if you like its what I do and it works out pretty well.
Pretty much every Sunday I'll grill up around 10lbs of chicken or red meat, then divi it up in to 5 Tupperware bowls. I don't weigh it or anything crazy like that, just eyeball it and I'm good for the week. I know chicken gets boring but I change it with different spices, bbq sauce (not super healthy), teriyaki sauce etc. . . Couple that with uncle ben's 90 second rice and its a solid quick meal throughout the week! Anddd its way cheaper than KFC, that shit is ridiculously high haha.
That throughout the day with some tuna, your protein and whatever else as a snack and your good to go!
Some quick math to back it up a little bit.
They say there's about 25 grams of protein per 4oz's of chicken breast. The way I divide it up I'm getting around 2lbs of chicken in throughout the day. That's around 200 grams of protein before I even factor in my egg white protein shake in the morning, the tuna, whatever little snacks I eat.
Meh, just realized this doesn't solve your calorie intake goal lol....welp I'll still post it, save it for your "cutting cycle" lol.
