Got ripped off by a nutritionist and now I don't know what to believe.

Hi guys,

Saw a nutritionist who sorta half-assed it, then split. I'm 32m, 6'1", 174lbs, ±20% BF and trying to bulk up and, if i can manage, lean out a little before a proper cut.

Basically, she put me on a super-clean, gluten-free, dairy-free, high fat diet, and dramatically reduced my intake of insoluble fibre. It REALLY worked to solve my stomach problems, but none of the meal plans she wrote had calorie or macros built in. I was starving and my lifts all went down, then she bailed, so I had to go it alone.

When i worked it out, the diet she wrote was basically 50% fat, 20% Carbs, 30% Protein at 1600 calories, which was clearly not enough. And the macros seemed WAY too high in fat.

I'm lifting 4-5 times a week for an hour, and riding to and from work Mon-Fri at a decent pace for about 30 minutes each way. I used the BodyCal app to work out I'd need ±2800 calories a day, and I changed the macros to 30% fat / 40% carbs / 30% protein. It's been working out alright, lifts going up. But I'm still pretty hungry and the weight is only going up .5lbs/week if that.

My questions are: The high fat diet - any advantages to this? It seems to have helped my guts, it's certainly delicious, but do i have any hope of leaning out if I'm eating so much fat? AND the calories - is 2800 enough if I'm exercising 2 hours a day but doing a desk job for 8?

Thanks in advance. Any advice is very much appreciated.

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