Real men stick to their diet 365 days a year - Most people say to build muscle or lose fat you should stick to your diet 365 days a year. What happens by doing this is an occasional all out binge by eating six chocolate bars in two minutes and dreading your next meal.
Instead you should schedule a cheat day one day a week such as Sunday. Eat what you want, but do it early in the day so it can be burned off throughout the day. The rest of your diet throughout the day should be the same except don't bother writing the nutritional value of the food you eat throughout your cheat day.
Putting on 5 lbs a week is better than 1 lb - Over doing carbs will make you fat. Most people realize this but they still take in huge amounts of carbs with the excuse that it gives them more energy to train.
If you put more than 1.5-2 lbs a week most of it will probably be fat or water so you would have done yourself no favors by putting on any extra weight.
Eating anything that doesn't move - Some people get the idea that to put on muscle you need to eat as much as possible. Although bodybuilders and elite athletes must eat a lot, especially those with fast metabolisms, eating to many calories will only stored as body fat. It would be far better to eat at your maintenance level and add on another 300 calories on top of that to put on mass while limiting body fat.
