Trying to gain muscle... only get fat!

ok just got my blood work results (Hematology) here and there's some weird stuff...

The not-so-great values are:
LYM. - 43.3% (15-40)
MCV - 100.2 fl (81 - 94)
MCHC - 281 g/l (310-350)
THR - 149 m/mm^3 (140-340)

Checked some of these.. MCV/MCHC has something to do with vitamin b12 deficiency... which is impossible as i take like 7.000% RDA of this.
THR on the other hand is Threonine - EAA... Also shouldn't be this low! I eat LOTS of meat, curd cheese, protein from powders (whey, casein) and green veggies. My total protein per day is about 180g to 200g.

Also got S-TSH tested, which is normal - 2.05 mIU/L (0.27-4.20) and morning glucose which is 4.6 (3.6-6.1)
 
Anyway you can workout earlier? The majority of your calories should be coming after you workout to get the most out of IF, not before.
 
What is your routine like in the gym? Is your strength on lifts progressing? 3000 calories doesn't really seem like enough to gain weight at your size IMO. I had great success bulking at 3500 cal/day from 165lbs to my current 190. I eat a relatively well balanced diet however, I don't take much stock in diets that cut one macronutrient to bare bones, but that's just my 2 cents. 1800 calories from fat every day seems like the reason you keep putting on fat to me, especially if it's coming from stuff like cream and butter, that's 60 percent of your intake. Carbs are important for growth as well. I also would eat more protein if I were you. You are barely above 1g/lb bw, 1.5-2g/lb has always yielded nice results for me. I am not a nutrition "expert" however, I am just letting you know what has worked for me. It kinda seems like your stuck in a rut, but don't really want to change what you are doing to fix it man. Stuff like "don't recommend high carbs, been there done that" makes it seem like you want a change but are unwilling to act. Maybe switch up your routine to a steady progression program. It kinda looks like you are just "winging it" with your current routine. Do you progress based on percentage of your max or just go in and lift how you feel that day?

Edit: I read about your routine and progression. Didn't see the post when I was writing this.
 
I used to workout in the morning with like 2k kcal meal after it.
It went ok..

To Randoja...
I wrote down my gym routine above. I tried everything from 2.8k kcal to 3.6k. But my belly/hips grow like crazy after 3k!
I've been watching what i eat and doing some sort of exercise for about 5 years. I tried every single way of eating for a few months.
Tried different portions of protein - from 120g a day to 300g... all kinds of macro ratios. High fat with time-to-time carb feeds worked by far best .. for fat loss or muscle gain. I wrote down my progress for each diet etc.
I simply cannot gain any real mass and apparently with low T levels thats nearly impossible.

I had a first visit to an endo... he told me that diet can affect T levels, but not by that much that with good diet your T levels can be OK, but with bad they'r down the drain.

I have my second appointment in February next year.. argh.

Anyways....
In meantime, whats recommended to boost my T levels? But i don't want them affected in that time as I'll have blood tests.

I've looked into it and thought that for 8 weeks (4 weeks on, 1 week on, 4 weeks off) I could try this supps:
- DAA ... 3g a day, half in morning half before sleep
- PES Erase (aromatase seem to be my issue) - 2x25mg in the morning
- Horny goat weed extract.... 2h before workout
- Stinging nettle extract ... with horny goat weed and before sleep

So I'd have two potential test boosters with two AI's.. Hows that sound?
 
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