That those who consume a large dinner are twice as likely to suffer a severe heart attack, and have heart problems than those that eat a large breakfast instead. This is because you can burn off the calories throughout the day, and the big bedtime snacks are converted to fat in your sleep. Now this doesn't mean that you should starve yourself in the afternoon, and evening either though. Soft drinks and carbonated drinks are not good for you. The carbonation bonds to your blood cells, and decreases the surface area of the cell, which will inhibit the free flow of oxygen, and can affect your lifting enormously.
Guidelines Here are some basic guidelines to accompany the above nutritional information.
You can either have a big lunch, or slightly larger snacks, I use the latter approach. Start off this schedule using about 3000-3500 calories a day, and go up from there only if you aren't getting bigger. With this nutritional program, accompanied by a good lifting routine, you can expect to gain a lot of lean weight.