Ghost

The problem comes down to trying to make bodybuilding diets work for martial artists.
This is where i really feel martial arts falls flat on its face, there isnt enough written or looked into regarding diets for martial artists.

Quite simply though you need a ton more carbs than a bodybuilder does and a bodybuilding diet doesnt translate at all well for a martial artists looking to bulk up. If anything you will probably shrink on it.

higher levels of protein are not so much needed as higher levels of carbs though you should be getting a good amount of protein in and good fats + nutrients.

Taking the above into consideration gaining weight/muscle, providing you do some training that will stimulate growth, is a simple equation of taking in more calories than you put out.
Thats scientific fact and not debatable. If you arent growing you arent eating enough and probably not enough carbohydrate if you are a martial artist.
I am very careful with what i eat and need about 10,000 calories a day to grow.

EDIT:
you can do it cheaply, tesco do oats for 38p per kilo and you can add fat to your diet to ramp up calories as well as fat is calorie dense.
Try eating really alot more.

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