SHOULD I EAT MORE PROTEIN OR MORE CARBS?

You should stick with an even dietary intake from day to day and focus on a specific percentage for each nutrient. A good nutrient breakdown is:

30% protein
50% carbs
20% fat

You also want to really focus on these two main areas with your diet plan:

1. Get enough protein.You want to make sure to get enough protein at every meal in order to keep positive nitrogen balance and keep your muscles growing. Focus on getting at least 1 gram per pound of body weight and make sure your protein is coming from quality, lean sources like chicken breast, turkey breast, egg whites and whey protein powder.

2. Eat clean food.Make sure to eliminate all of the empty calories from your diet (soft drinks, junk food, processed foods, etc). Focus on eating whole foods and stick with good fibrous carbs like broccoli, squash, green beans, mushrooms and zucchini. Your starchy carbs should come from whole wheat sources like 100% whole wheat breads, brown rice and whole wheat pasta. Stay away from white flour as much as possible. Reference above for your protein sources.