Assuming I'm not going way over on calories is it okay to have a couple mcdoubles a few times a week while bulking?
Each has
390 cal, 20g fat, 32g carb, 22g protein
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03-01-2021, 10:45 AM #1
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I ate them pretty regularly on my first serious bulk and gained a ton of mass but still got fat. That said, I wasn't counting and was basically just inhaling food. Wouldn't recommend anyone mimic that and the McDoubles shouldn't be to blame.
IIRC they do have trans fat though. Might want to keep that minimal.Last edited by EliKoehn; 03-01-2021 at 11:03 AM.
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There’s no difference in the ‘quality’ of weight gain... bodyfat is bodyfat and muscle is muscle. It’s not gunna be ‘McMuscle’ just because you bought the food from McDonalds.
The main issue is that you’d be eating several servings of processed red meat several times a week... that is not ideal for heart or digestive health.
Why not just buy your own leaner cuts of meat and make them at home?"When I die, I hope it's early in the morning so I don't have to go to work that day for no reason"
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True it is 100% beef, but given McDonald’s reputation for poor sanitary conditions and general business practices, I would venture to guess they’re not using the freshest, highest quality ingredients.
Also they probably cook them at very high temps causing a higher accumulation of PAHs"When I die, I hope it's early in the morning so I don't have to go to work that day for no reason"
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doesn't matter what he eats, it's not a dreamer bulk if he's in a slight surplus - at least i'm assuming that's what he meant by "not going way over on calories"
i've also experienced an eager bulk (not dreamer, just thought 500 surplus as a ~20% bf beginner was the thing) and cutting all that fat was horrible
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03-01-2021, 12:40 PM #22
Have you considered the Dog Food Diet. It's nutritionally complete and doesn't have any artificial ingredients. I gained about 6 pounds of lean body mass in 3 months with it, although I ended up in the ICU. What's the dog food diet? You just keep a baggie of dry dog food in your jacket pocket and eat the morsels throughout the day. It's protein and fat from beef, pork and chicken. Carbs come from grains like corn, potatoes and rice. It's pretty much a dry form of steak and potatoes or chicken and rice. Now you might think it's poisonous, but that is far from the case. Our pets have been eating dry dog food for decades with no ill effects. And our pets are probably in better shape than we are. You are probably wondering why I ended up in the ICU. I got hit by a car when I was sitting in the street licking my balls.
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I don't really understand why SF is talked about in terms of % of total intake. Isn't less almost always "better" when it comes to blood lipids? Why is it ok for someone on 3k calories to eat more SF than someone on 2k when, regardless of total intake, more SF is worse for blood lipids. I mean I know that someone on higher cals can get more of the other "heart healthy" fats and Omega 3s, but doesn't raising SF raise LDL regardless of how many other healthy fats are in your diet?
This is what I tend to rely on when I'm pressed for time, except for that bullchit about "1 serving of PB". If you actually only put one serving of PB on your sandwich, then you sir live a life of pain.
Ik there's at least one study I've read that backs you up on this, but I'm very skeptical of this idea. Why would the levels of SF, all other things being equal, result in more fat gain? Did they actually control for overall fat intake, protein, carbs, etc.?
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03-01-2021, 06:31 PM #29
Dasitmane!!!
I've never heard of that but damn that sounds way too extra to me. Did people in the 50s eat that?!
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Idk man, that sounds like flying too close to the sun to me lol
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