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2950 Calorie Meal Plan
for Muscle Building and Weight Gain
Here's a 7-day sample week with three meals and a snack a day, averaging 2,909 Calories.
Build your own day below, or jump to the full week.
This 2950 Calorie Meal Plan gives you three meals and a snack a day for seven days. It averages 2,909 Calories, with 208g protein, 112g fat and 298g carbs (including 57g of fiber). Protein is high for a general plan, at 29% of Calories.
How many Calories you need depends on your age, sex, size and how active you
are. Here's what 2,950 Calories a day would mean for four example
people, using the same Mifflin-St Jeor estimate as our Calorie calculator.
Example person
Maintenance Calories
At 2,950 Calories a day
Woman, 35, 5'5", 150 lb, desk job
1,650
About 1,300 Calories over maintenance, or roughly 2.6 lb gained a week. That's faster than most people want to gain.
Same woman, works out 3 to 4 times a week
1,890
About 1,060 Calories over maintenance, or roughly 2.1 lb gained a week. That's faster than most people want to gain.
Man, 35, 5'10", 180 lb, desk job
2,110
About 840 Calories over maintenance, or roughly 1.7 lb gained a week. That's faster than most people want to gain.
Same man, works out 3 to 4 times a week
2,420
About 530 Calories over maintenance, or roughly 1.1 lb gained a week. That's faster than most people want to gain.
These are estimates, and everyone's different. Treat them as a starting point,
and adjust based on how your weight changes over a few weeks.