Seriously?! I started lifting in February and have made great gains for the time I've gotten back into it. I started monitoring my calories very closely over a month or so ago and saw I was taking in about 2,000 calories... ok that's a bit low so I bumped it up to 2700 calories a day which a bit harder but I just switched out things I was eating (lean chicken for salmon, more red meat, etc). I was considering bumping it up a little further but geez... is my stomach ever going to adjust to eating so much every day?! I don't know that I can bump it up to 3000 calories a day without feeling stuffed non stop even if I decided to pull the trigger on it. I just don't know that I've been seeing the gains I've hoped for over the past few weeks at 2,700 so I've been considering it.
Anyone else out there around 6' tall 170lbs with some input to give me? Should I be more patient or just attempt to find clever ways to sneak calories in? Some input would be appreciated, honestly.
edit for clarification: I'm eating "clean" not dirty or junk food!
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06-29-2016, 10:01 AM #1
How do you guys bulking eat so much?!
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06-29-2016, 10:05 AM #2
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06-29-2016, 10:05 AM #4
There's your problem. You're not eating junk food.
A bowl of ice cream a day will take care of it real quick.
But if you don't want to do that then make your own salad dressing using olive oil and put that on your food. Or marinade in high calorie dressings. Peanut Butter does wonders.I'm an introvert trying to be an extrovert.
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06-29-2016, 10:09 AM #5
Thank you for the helpful suggestions. I could pretty easily get in some junk food (except ice cream because lactose intolerance.... don't want to be on the toilet all night) but I would prefer not to.
I realize that for others this may seem like a stupid or simple question, but I was legitimately trying to avoid not eating junk and still eating "well" while staying in a surplus.
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06-29-2016, 10:10 AM #6
Give this a read: http://www.completehumanperformance.com/clean-eating/
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06-29-2016, 11:20 AM #9
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that's your problem , understanding there is no clean or dirty food only macros and calories
I can hit 1500 calories in one meal , breakfast then 2 more average meals( protein, veg, starch ) and some snacks throughout the day
cottage cheese, PB, nuts, fruit, ice cream , shakes , milk , cheeses etc...who says love has to be soft and gentle ?
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06-29-2016, 11:22 AM #10
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06-29-2016, 11:28 AM #12
Thanks for that. Not helpful though I can see where it could be easy to be sarcastic.
Thank you. This is what I'll have to do. I'll focus on fattier foods
Thank you. I have to avoid the dairy because of lactose intolerance but all the other suggestions are solid. I appreciate the non sarcastic answer.
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06-29-2016, 11:54 AM #14
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Have you tried fairlife milk ? double the protein , no lactose and it tastes better than regular milk .. milkier
http://fairlife.com/our-products/whole/who says love has to be soft and gentle ?
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06-29-2016, 12:01 PM #15
Thank you to all who have convinced me that I've been approaching this with a flawed mindset.
Never tried it before. I haven't even heard of it before. I usually pick up lactaid milk and sometimes Soy milk but it's so expensive compared to regular milk. Just about any kind of cheese/milk product makes my stomach feel bloated as hell and uncomfortable which ends in me on the toilet or constipated. That's probably TMI but it sucks and it's miserable.Last edited by Jammer02xd; 06-29-2016 at 12:12 PM.
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06-29-2016, 12:32 PM #16
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Avoiding dairy is not such a hard task to do unless you're Italian or French
you might not be able to find it yet it's everywhere around here.. northeast but it might not have reached other parts of the country
anyway.. there are many ways to eat more calories start by not thinking clean and dirty , there is no dirty food unless you drop it on the floor and no need to be scared of fatty fast food indulge with anything in moderationwho says love has to be soft and gentle ?
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06-30-2016, 05:59 AM #22
You've been well covered as far as getting in more calories, if thats whats needed.
I'd add that you mentioned you've not " been seeing the gains I've hoped for over the past few weeks". You should not be expecting to see anything at all on such a small timescale really, other than an average of about half a lb of scale weight gained, and a very small increase on your lifts.
Adding strength and muscle is a very slow process. If 2700 calories is allowing you to progress on your strength training and its causing you to gain ≈2lbs a month (or even less, as long as you're not losing weight really), then its enough.My band: www.thesunexplodes.com
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06-30-2016, 07:52 AM #26
Bro fuk everyone that says don't eat clean food chit. Eat clean, eat a pastry look like a pastry. Change some of your brands, make simple food combos like adding granola to yogurt, and as weird as this may sound diet soda or carbonated water, I can't remember. I know that's strange but it does some weird thing with insulin where your body will crave carbs
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