Muscle growth. A controlled calorie surplus with a good macro split of high protein and the rest split into carbs and fats, the % of which depending on goal.

So, by most research [1-4], you need unlikely more than 1.8g/kg of body mass. Slightly more if you're _cutting_ weight, and less the more well trained you are. Let's count high (2g/kg) for the sake of argument. I have no idea how big you are, but let's say you weigh 90kg. That's 180g of protein a day.

That's 667g of chicken a day, or less if you combine it with yoghurt, eggs, beans, protein powder, etc. That's ~1050kcal if going just chicken.

That's all the protein you need. If you're gaining, I'm assuming you're aiming for 2500kcal and up. 3000? 4000?

Eating any more protein than that is a waste at best, and kidney stones at worst. Just eat whatever you want on top of getting your protein quota. Carbs aren't great, but some won't hurt you. And you should really go for more fat, and that's very calorie dense.

And just to reiterate: I'm counting very high on protein, it's unlikely you'll use more than 150g a day, if that. And that will significantly decrease the amount of kcal you'll get in the pursuit of protein. Go nuts with the rest.

[1]: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22150425

[2]: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19927027

[3]: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24472635

[4]: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22935440

On the "Actually dropit, it's quite achievable if you plan for longer than ten minutes into the future" correction---yeah, you're right. It's just cathartic to complain, ha. Thanks for your reply.

Heh, I get it. Anyone should go with what works for them. I sure as hell have tried handfulls of different macros/diets/regiments to see what fits me physically, socially, mentally, timewise. Good luck!

3250 even though im currently injured. This might not end well ;-)

I still follow the 1g per pound even though im aware its too much based on research. Its a habit now. I was just answering in the the context of why high protein in general. Not high protein zero carb. I should have made that clear.

Nope. No reason not to be eating carbs when trying to gain muscle. Yes, you need protein. No, that doesn't mean you can't also eat carbs. In general if you're trying to gain muscle you should be eating quite a bit of carbs (and fat) because the alternative is to make it really hard to eat enough, for no real reason.

Agreed its undoubtedly easier. 40/30/30 or a 40/40/20 etc. Only real reason i can think for OP to do it is part of some form of prep?