Srs how can some of you bulk on >3k calories

[Jccj300]

I have been reading others journals and people bulking on less than 3k calories

And i weigh less , with way less lean mass and over here eating at least 3800 is my goal but actually getting to 4500 most days & loosing weight or just maintaining.
I know eat more or stfu but dam
Yea 5-6 45 minute gym sessions a week. I quit running too
Anything else I can do besides more freaking food

Feel like I am 20 crew

[doughnutgut]

I have been reading others journals and people bulking on less than 3k calories

And i weigh less , with way less lean mass and over here eating at least 3800 is my goal but actually getting to 4500 most days & loosing weight or just maintaining.
I know eat more or stfu but dam
Yea 5-6 45 minute gym sessions a week. I quit running too
Anything else I can do besides more freaking food

Feel like I am 20 crew

Well I maintain on 2540. Give or take an exact figure of =/- 50 and I am good to go.

3800 or over and I would be full potato by now.

Been putting on 0.54 lb per week since January.

Lucky you.

[Jccj300]

One mans curse is another mans blessing

[acrawlingchaos]

Do you count calories? Weigh your foods?

[Jccj300]

Do you count calories? Weigh your foods?

Use my fitness pal
Buy lb steak eat look it up
Lots baked potatoes chicken breast pop tart& peanut butter, ramen tuna. Things that are easy to measure calories and macros & White Castle

[Brackneyc]

Do you count calories? Weigh your foods?

Highly doubtful.

[Jccj300]

My nutrition last week

[induced_drag]

My nutrition last week

All that's good and well but if you are not weighing or measuring accurately, it really means nothing. Garbage in garbage out.

FWIW I at one time ran surpluses @ 2900 cal. Now a few years later my tdee is right around 3000.

[Jccj300]

I really shouldn't be complaining .. Almost setting pr every other week. Gaining size. Just staying same weight

[acrawlingchaos]

I really shouldn't be complaining .. Almost setting pr every other week. Gaining size. Just staying same weight

HOW are you counting? Are you using a digital scale to weigh your food? What is your macro split?

[Jccj300]

HOW are you counting? Are you using a digital scale to weigh your food? What is your macro split?

55 carb almost 500 effing grams protein25 and fat 20 but fats go over hence me going over on calories to meet carb/protein .. And I use pre cooked meat weight

[Karn235]

I would love to beable to eat as much as you, when im bulking and eating 3k+ cals Im still hungry all day lol, I could pound 6k+ easy

[drudixon]

I don't doubt there are days you get that many. Many I do, but, I don't do it every day. It's sustained averages. There are metabolic outliers, but to sustain what you're talking about at your size and not grow you'd have to be smoking meth.

[JBWarren70]

Yea 5-6 45 minute gym sessions a week. I quit running too

What are you doing during these workouts?

[Jccj300]

Today's workout push


Squat
Bar x 10
100lb x 10
225 x 6 x 3

Bench flat
Bar x 10
90 x 10
150 x 6 x3

Db military press
25x 10
40x 6x3

Dips
Assisted
8x2

Incline db
45 x 6x3

Tricep push down
8x2

Eat

[Jccj300]

I don't doubt there are days you get that many. Many I do, but, I don't do it every day. It's sustained averages. There are metabolic outliers, but to sustain what you're talking about at your size and not grow you'd have to be smoking meth.

ADHD problems

[doughnutgut]

ADHD problems

Ok so your on a PPL routine.

You nailed your problem with 20g of fat per day.

One of many who do not incorporate a good amount of fat in their diet.

I do see you like carbs.

Pop to the nutrition section and read the stickies.

[daddyuk]

I have been reading others journals and people bulking on less than 3k calories

And i weigh less , with way less lean mass and over here eating at least 3800 is my goal but actually getting to 4500 most days & loosing weight or just maintaining.
I know eat more or stfu but dam
Yea 5-6 45 minute gym sessions a week. I quit running too
Anything else I can do besides more freaking food

Feel like I am 20 crew

Maybe post your diet up mate to see if people can help at all.

[acrawlingchaos]

Ok so your on a PPL routine.

You nailed your problem with 20g of fat per day.

One of many who do not incorporate a good amount of fat in their diet.

I do see you like carbs.

Pop to the nutrition section and read the stickies.

He isn't tracking properly either.


OP, you do not weigh out your food, you have no clue how much you are consuming. You are guessing.

[doughnutgut]

55 carb almost 500 effing grams protein25 and fat 20 but fats go over hence me going over on calories to meet carb/protein .. And I use pre cooked meat weight

This is a good enough example of the diet. Its ok. I read the above posts.

[Jccj300]

Pack of ramen w tuna in oil and 2 pop tarts w 2 tbs peanut butter 3 cups milk
Breakfast 1508 cal 39% carb 42%fat 19%protein
Breakfast

[ScottAllan77]

I think this is a great example of why TDEE is a baseline, and not Gospel.

What I call "active" others call "lightly active" while others would consider "sedentary."

Simply knowing your body and what your body needs to grow (or shrink) is the battle. Most of us on here have put in work getting more fit. I've always felt the more fit a person is, the more that person needs to rely on there experience, and not calculators.

I was bulking at 2500 and steadily gaining 0.5 lbs a week. That stalled and now I'm up to 2700 to restart my weight gain. A year ago I was cutting deep and hitting 2000 with double or triple the cardio I am doing now. Just listen to your body and get the scale to move.

[Brackneyc]

I maintain on 2100 a day, and I weight 200lbs. A few years ago I lost 100lbs, and I did it on far less than 2100 (far far less). I am back up about 30lbs, but it was intentional, so I am fine with it. Given that, I still gain if I stay above 2100 for any length of time. I am far from sedentary.

I weigh and track my food. There may be a bit of discrepancy in my cals due to my own measuring techniques, but I am consistent within my own system, so even if I am off by a little, the main idea is that my daily cals are considerably low.

[Jccj300]

After what feels like weeks and weeks of eating till sick. I think my body needs a break

No pre for a few weeks
Cutting back to 3k
Cut back to gym 4 days a week (push n squat) twice (pull and deads) twice

[michail71]

What do you do for a living? That can have a big impact.

Also, I could be wrong but you don't look like you could weigh 165 @5'9" in that avi photo. Those are my stats and I look considerably more built. Where is the weight coming from?

[pharmamarketer]

Pack of ramen w tuna in oil and 2 pop tarts w 2 tbs peanut butter 3 cups milk
Breakfast 1508 cal 39% carb 42%fat 19%protein
Breakfast

Prison diet.

[Jccj300]

What do you do for a living? That can have a big impact.

Also, I could be wrong but you don't look like you could weigh 165 @5'9" in that avi photo. Those are my stats and I look considerably more built. Where is the weight coming from?

remodeling

[Jccj300]

Prison diet.

you do what you can sometimes

[BankWalker]

If you don't weigh your food and measure your liquids accurately, you're only getting a ballpark figure. I've weighed prepackaged trail mix that was labeled 2.5 ounces and it was actually closer to 4 oz.

[davidolson22]

After what feels like weeks and weeks of eating till sick. I think my body needs a break

No pre for a few weeks
Cutting back to 3k
Cut back to gym 4 days a week (push n squat) twice (pull and deads) twice

Aren't you going to lose weight since eating til you burst is barely got you to maintenance?