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Right now I am bulking. 4500 cals per day.
How about you?
How about you?
Lol, I'm not sure what's happening. I must be gaining muscle. I try and eat 170-200 grams of protein everyday. Metabolism seems the same. Pants are falling down. I also use Hydroxycut, drink coffee, green tea and use Hyde as pre-workout. I wonder what happens when I start eating more calories again.Wait you are eating 1500 calories and lost 5lbs in 2 months.. You kill your metabolism?
terrible idea to jump from a ridiculous deficit into a full blown bulk. You're going to just get plum fatOnly about 1,500 for the past month or two. I have dropped 5 lbs, gained strength and stamina (my reps are increasing), and lowered body fat. I do cheat alittle on the weekends. This will end on Tuesday and I will start to eat 3,500-4,000. That is what I was eating before I started cutting. So ready for more calories
in short, yes. He destroyed his metabolism.Wait you are eating 1500 calories and lost 5lbs in 2 months.. You kill your metabolism?
Definitely... At this point your metabolism has slowed down dramatically. I agree that you should slowly start to increase calories.. Perhaps by 350-500 a day. Then actually go slightly ABOVE where u plan on maintaining calorie wise.terrible idea to jump from a ridiculous deficit into a full blown bulk. You're going to just get plum fat in short, yes. He destroyed his metabolism.
Thanks for your two cents. Time will tell. I currently weigh 170ish. I don't really care to eat, so when I do increase calories I am pretty specific about making meals. I have never been more then 176lbs and I am almost 42 years old. Oh, this isn't the first time my calories have fluctuated like this. I'm not to worried about getting plump. I keep a log and can post how things work out if anyone's interested. Haha, I'm going on a cruise in a week. That's why I dropped the calories. That's also why I am increasing the caloriesterrible idea to jump from a ridiculous deficit into a full blown bulk. You're going to just get plum fat in short, yes. He destroyed his metabolism.
I see what you mean. That sounds like a good plan. Thanks for the adviceDefinitely... At this point your metabolism has slowed down dramatically. I agree that you should slowly start to increase calories.. Perhaps by 350-500 a day. Then actually go slightly ABOVE where u plan on maintaining calorie wise. Slowly work up to 5,000 a day for one week then reduce it to 4,000 and maintain
Thanks for the advice. Thanksgiving is one thing and two days later I leave for 7 days on vacation. 5 of the days consists of all you can eat, all day anything buffets. This is like macro suicide. To eat or not to eat! This is my dilemma lol5'5" 147 crew... and gaining nicely at 2,800 kcals. mark i'd just add 100 calories every 4-7 days, i did my reverse from my cut doing 100 kcal a week in the form of CHO and i'm shocked by how lean i've stayed while eating 385g of carbs a day idk if that'll get you to 4,000 by thanksgiving lol, but thanksgiving will be a calorie massacre. "And on that day, not a single macro was counted"
Where you headed ??Thanks for the advice. Thanksgiving is one thing and two days later I leave for 7 days on vacation. 5 of the days consists of all you can eat, all day anything buffets. This is like macro suicide. To eat or not to eat! This is my dilemma lol
Buffett tables and Tampa. Then Grand Cayman Islands and Cozumel.Where you headed ??
haha eat and enjoy yourself, but that is macro suicide lolThanks for the advice. Thanksgiving is one thing and two days later I leave for 7 days on vacation. 5 of the days consists of all you can eat, all day anything buffets. This is like macro suicide. To eat or not to eat! This is my dilemma lol
I use to rotate my kcals on training days and "off" days. Don't any more.3.5k on training days 3k on off days
Yeah buddy good things come in small packagesI use to rotate my kcals on training days and "off" days. Don't any more.
Another 5'5" 150lb guy checking in lol
Enjoy!Buffett tables and Tampa. Then Grand Cayman Islands and Cozumel.
5'11" 205...trying to get bigger.I use to rotate my kcals on training days and "off" days. Don't any more. Another 5'5" 150lb guy checking in lol
Another 5'5 checking in @ 180lbs empty stomach this am. Midway my winter bulk eating ~4k a day. I still rotate low carb days on non training days thoughI use to rotate my kcals on training days and "off" days. Don't any more.
Another 5'5" 150lb guy checking in lol
Damn! I'm Omw to that lol5'5 checking in @ 180lbs empty stomach this am. Midway my winter bulk eating ~4k a day
I dnt like it past 180lbs but I'm on a mission this year. Fatest I've been was 192. And correction I'm eating around 3-3.5k. I just checked my fitnesspal appDamn! I'm Omw to that lol
Wow. I take that you're all better now?I was 187 at 5'3"... Broke my femur twice and was on a wheelchair for a couple months, and my grandma porked me up big time
Then I lost 50 lbs going into college
Oh yeah I'm good to go, lol. I fractured my skull too in that car accident. Then rebroje the leg, then 3 years later dislocates my knee cap in baseball, and had tommy John two years ago which ending my college career :/Wow. I take that you're all better now?
I'm the same way with the abs lol, wanna be able to see the top 4 at least, didn't lose all that fat to not have them show anymore!Heaviest I was, was 175lb before I started my prep. I'm slowly getting back there, but I'll stay in the 12-15% range. Refuse to get that big and not see abs lol
I'm helluva lot stronger now at 150 than I was at 175 though.
Actually in two weeks I'll bump my cals (haven't had a bump in two weeks)
Abs do not dictate your BF%, some males hold more fat in their midsection, some in other area's. Some people can still be sub 10% BF and not have abs, not the best indication.I'm the same way with the abs lol, wanna be able to see the top 4 at least, didn't lose all that fat to not have them show anymore!
My legs have striations year round, my arms basically have 0 fat on them as well. I am under 10% even without much abs showing at all.True. I carry most of my fat predominantly in my stomach. My legs stay stupid lean but my love handles and lower stomach usually get fat first
Second time much easierTrue will do.
Bob do you find its easier to cut down and get to that single digit range after building your metabolism up in the offseason? Some have told me you're second time cutting is easier than the first and so on
I ahve used a bodpod and a dexa, both have shown me under 10% and not even having abs, i come from a VERY overweight background, and being over 240 in a 5'7 frame, so my loose skin is very deceiving.I always gauge how fat I am when I can't see my abs. And I always will.
My shoulders have striations in them, back stays lean, quads show separation but the minute my abs disappear I know I'm gaining weight
That and I use an ultrasound lol
Know exactly what you mean, I hit 240 before starting to take my health seriously and improving myselfI ahve used a bodpod and a dexa, both have shown me under 10% and not even having abs, i come from a VERY overweight background, and being over 240 in a 5'7 frame, so my loose skin is very deceiving.
Tore MCLKnow exactly what you mean, I hit 240 before starting to take my health seriously and improving myself
Well you made a hell of a comebackTore MCL kept eating like a lineman blew up because i could not walk for 9 months in a leg immobilizer.