How does your body know you have hit your macros ?

[ectoteen]

Say to bulk at 500cals over i eat 3600 cals during 8am - 10pm and i sleep at 11pm is it whilst you sleep the extra calories you didnt burn through the day either desides to build muscle whilst sleeping or store it as fat ?

also whats your take on casein protein before bed.

if you hit your macros = will build muscle whilst sleeping / is there any posibility the body wont use the extra calories and not build muscle ?
if you hit your macros - the extra calories will be put on as fat.... so what if you bulk at 100 cals surpluss a week, see if you gain muscle, 2 nd week 200 cals surpluss see if you build muscle, surely if you find out how many calories your body just needs to build muscle then you wont put on fat ?

[Ptrulli]

Not to make this confusing, track your calories and find your maintenance level through trial and error.

Once you figure that out, eat slightly above it (x10-20% maintenance) see how your body reacts. Me personally after such a long cut I like to lean bulk. But that's up to you.

If your eating over you cal main, then your gonna both build muscle and gain fat as well. It's just how the body works.

Hope that helped a bit.

[chameleonism]

It takes time for muscle to grow. Eating a consistent surplus will aid in this. In natural athletes, research suggests MPS lasts up to 48 hours for the most part. Assuming a proper training routine, the excess calories will help build muscle and build some fat at the same time. A consistent small caloric surplus (called a "clean bulk") is often the best strategy for gaining muscle and limiting fat gains. It is also important to note that full digestion of foods can take days so attempting to time intakes is mostly irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. Eat when its convenient for you and hit your macros/micros.

As for casein before bed...completely unnecessary.

[ectoteen]

interesting about the casein protein... i guess if you have already hit your macros for protein then thats enough to aid in muscle building.

but my point is ..

say for example were building a house 1 builder = 1 calorie , to build our house we need lets say 250 builders to do the job, but say if 350 builders turn up , then we will have to many people working who are not needed so the body stores them as fat.

surely muscle building is just burning left over calories to do its job but what if you just have enough calories to the job , so then the body wont have any left over calories. ?

[TomBremner]

interesting about the casein protein... i guess if you have already hit your macros for protein then thats enough to aid in muscle building.

but my point is ..

say for example were building a house 1 builder = 1 calorie , to build our house we need lets say 250 builders to do the job, but say if 350 builders turn up , then we will have to many people working who are not needed so the body stores them as fat.

surely muscle building is just burning left over calories to do its job but what if you just have enough calories to the job , so then the body wont have any left over calories. ?

how high are you...

[RyGuy14]

Eat. Train. Sleep. Repeat.

When you're happy with your gains/unhappy with fat, Eat a little less. Train. Sleep. Repeat.

[weknow24]

lol @ analogy of building a house lol

[KoHuskie]

Simplify your thinking. Try and get 500 calories over maintenance from when you wake up to when you go to bed. The differences in timing are extremely trivial.