2009 Strongman Diet "Guidelines"

I have been experimenting with diet and nutrition for the last few months and have settled on some general guidelines. Here is a sample of my daily diet plan:
Rise - 32oz water
Breakfast (8:30) - 2 eggs, 1/2 cup beans, Ham or 1/2 corned beef hash, 8oz milk, 32oz water, 1 scoop Muscle Milk shake. 800cal

Lunch (12:30) - 1lg chicken breast ( 1 cup canned chicken or tuna in water), 1/2 cup beans, 1/2 cup rice or one baked potato, 32oz water 400cal

1 hour pre-workout - 2-3 slices of turkey, 1 scoop Muscle Milk shake, 1 power bar, 32oz water. 200cal

post workout - 2 scoop Muscle Milk shake, 32 oz water. 300 cal

Supper (6:00) - 1 lg serving protein, 1 serving pasta, mixed veg., 32oz water. 600cal

Before bed - 1/2 serving of efficient protein (turkey, ham, ). 30 cal

If my calculations are right I should be taking in 2500-3000 calories per day when I am training. And 1-1/4 gal of water. Once I get into the spring and am in competition training mode I may have to increase that cal total by 200-500 per day. The difficulty is balancing the diet and training so that I don't gain weight when I am not lifting hard enough to burn the calories, and not loosing muscle mass by not eating enough calories when I am training hard. January will be a good month for working out the bugs in this program.