Hey man, thanx D-railed! I have been researching a lot and it seem like most people bump up their calorie intake to around 4k. I have always had a rather slow metabolism (family thing). I'm eating right and the diet is in place already (40/40/20 with daily protein in take of 1.5 x my body weight), but since i know my maintenance calorie intake is on the lower side i was just afraid of putting on too much excess fat on during the halo bulk cycle. Just wanted to make sure. Thanks again.