Once again I am going to try to up my calories...

Traineo (and any other bmr calculators I have seen) will be suggesting around 2700-2800 per day and I've been around 2000 most days. Reset my goal to 2400 and I'm going to try to figure out how to hit that

One thing I'm wondering about is that I'm much more hungry in the AM - say about 9am until about 1/2pm, and not so hungry in the afternoon. Is it good/bad to eat pretty consistently all morning to help reach the calorie day for the goal?

Here's what I eat:

7am, omelette (4 egg white, 1 egg, spinach, turkey, slice 2% cheese)
930am, 2 pieces 35cal 7-grain bread w/ 1tbsp natural pb, piece of fruit or nuts
11am piece of fruit or nuts
1230/1pm - lunch of lean turkey/chicken, veggie or beans, maybe bit of tostito's salsa conqueso for yum factor, hot sauce, and 2% string cheese
230 - packet of tuna (5-7oz), 2 slices aforementioned bread
4 - piece of fruit
630 - protein shake immediately following workout, about 220-300 cal w/ 46-60g protein (2+ scoops)
8/830 - some dinner, generally lean turkey/chicken w/ veggies or beans again. maybe snack on some almonds/cashews

That day will yield between 2000 and 2100 calories...

i feel like i'm REALLY eating a lot, and not sure where to get another 400 calories per day (and maintain around 45% protein).

Or, am I over-analyzing this and should I just keep doing what I'm doing?? I feel like it's too early to worry so much about specifics, but I definitely don't want to be hurting my long term goals by not doing something correctly right now.

Keep doing what your doing. Its hard to sometimes get in all that you want.

Toss in a can of tuna at some point during the morning with your fruit and nuts. 175 calories 30g of protein.

Try smoked salmon in the mornings. I have it on a bagel and it's GREAT.

Heh, with over 2lbs of tuna a week and smoked salmon in the morning, I should have Mercury poisoning by Christmas

Good suggestions, and I will probably make the smoked salmon a treat on the weekends, with red onion and capers!

Smoked salmon... hmm that sounds good. ON a bagel with maybe a fresh tomato... dang getting hungry now..

dark tuna is better than light tuna if you are worried about mercury poisoning. if you are not sure what to do, try it one way one day and another way another day-its always good to mix it up anyway. see what works and what you can live with.

ive taken numerous nutrition classes and basically, although there are limits where you are eating too many calories and too little calories... just eat healthy foods and stop eating when you're full. if you're not hungry after your usual diet that you just spelled out for us, then dont add anything else. eating more food after you are already full? that will in no way help you lose weight. those who tell you otherwise - well, its just hype!

I just recently heard about the mercury poisoning thing. So now I only eat smoked salmon in the mornings that I lift, which is 2 days a week. Gotta stay away from that mercury!

Boston, good point! One issue with that is the sorts of food you are eating though - I eat a lot of high-fiber complex carbs and protein which tend to make people feel more full... I could triple my calories just by adding wonder bread and beer, but I sure don't want to do that