Muffin wrote:My goal is to reach 200lbs by the end of this year.
I hate this goal, but understand it because at your age I was 6'2 and about 170ish lbs. Currently I'm 6'2 ~193lbs. I've been as heavy as 210.
Most of you already know I played multiple sports in high school and some at the collegiate club level. I also used to be a memeber of the National Strength Coaches Associate and I even passed the Certified Strength and Conditioning coaches exam.
Now that I should have a little more credibility than just being 40, I'll explain why I hate that goal. At that height and weight proportion I always felt skinny and not in an attractive to females way, more like a "man that guy's a twig" way. While you motivation might not be exactly the same, I don't think just adding weightfor the sake of weight is a good thing.
I much rather see you have goals related to being strong or to have a specific strength purpose. Could be a sport, could be ninja warrior, or could be to win a cross fit competition or something. Regardless, I feel like just trying to be bigger in my experience is usually poor for your functional movement, but it's also usually short lived.
Back when I went up to 210 from about 175-180 my goal was to be able to play line backer and not get manhandled by fullbacks and tight ends. I needed to be heavier and stronger to preform this. I didn't know it at the time but most of my weight was put on because I was using multiple chains of muscles in almost all the exercise I was doing. At the same time I ate like a ravenous ant colony. It was a lot of work. I was able to keep the weight on because I was using all those muscle chains and supplying my body with more than enough calories and protein to sustain it.
Another thing about having a specific strength goal or challenge is mind is that your body will make itself right for that challenge. For examples if you train for a marathon you'd like lose a bunch of weight. If you train for rock climbing you'll probably make massive gains in upper body strength.
If you just want to get bigger, I understand. I've been there, but since you want to be me in 10+ years I should help you get there.
1. align your ideal body to the ideal body of someone that activity well (hopefully something you enjoy)
2. train and eat for that activity
3. Don't really look at the scale much
As for meal prep, I suck at it. I can say the f-fal opti-grill is a fantastic machine for cooking 4 chicken breasts at a time. I'd marinate up to 4 and just use that machine to cook them after 24hr marinate.