well its a pretty dry compound, no? I don't foresee more than a couple pounds of water weight. And I can make up cals in protein. When I serious about bulking OR cutting, I either replace my meals or supplement them with chugging 2-3 500ml cartons of egg whites per day (240 cals, 56 grams of protein). I could do that, throw in some extra red meat, high calorie good fats, etc all of which would avoid having like 500 grams of carbs while hitting high cals