posted Sun, 08/03/2014 - 04:55
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Food and Calories
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Hi Ladies.
I know I've been quiet on here but still working hard
I have been increasing my calories and started to put on weight 0.5 pound per week on 2750 calories (most in cho)
I was wondering I should actually be shooting more for 1lb per week? to bulk
Also how do you decide when to finish your bulk? when you have hit a target weight or when your clothes no longer fit?
Please bare in mind I am doing this on no gear.
Thanks as always in advance
Kila
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the questions you are asking are really pesonal preference..
I can tell you what works for me but may not work so well for you .. you've got to experiment a little bit. Ie, I m running a bulker but went about seven weeks without putting on any weight what so ever.. and I m eating so much that the thought of food disgusts me and eating makes me feel like puking. I am however dropping a lof of fat in the process and my clothes are getting really tight again ..
I place a lot more trust in the mirror than I do in the scale anymore.. its just a number that doesn't tell me much except that because of how fast the earth is spinning I weight x amount.
when to finish.. when you feel like you aren't making any more gains.. or at least thats when I call it quits for the moment.
Food is an anabolic agent and without it gear means absolutely nothing so it doesn't matter at this point that you are going au natural ..
I'm a firm believer in bulking without adding fat. I don't understand why people blow themselves up while bulking, but I'm not that far into training. I am trying to maintain 170, while dropping fat and tracking only with a weekly weigh in and bf calipers. So far it's working like a dream.
AnonIf you're truly bulking, putting on fat is inevitable. The amount of fat is controllable. The name of the game in a "bulk" is adding size and mass. The quickest way to do it is by eating. If you compare gains on a calorie restricted diet or a "maintaining" diet to muscle gains on a caloric surplus, the latter blows it away. I've never been worried about adding fat because I know I can diet it off. It comes down to personal preference- if you can deal with the added fluff knowing that it is serving a purpose in getting you closer to your goals, id suggest it. Plus, you get to eat the good stuff!! ;) ;)
You nailed it Iron.. you can't worry about putting on some fat while bulking .. bulking is about adding size and muslce mass and there is no way to pussy foot around it trying not add fat at the same time. the advantages of adding mass by eating blows away the dieting down issues.. which isn't all that hard when you get right down to it.. if you really want to do something ... NOTHING.. is going to get in the way of getting it
ps I love chips and donuts
AnonI would make love to a Krispy Kreme donut. Matter fact, that's prob exactly what it sounds like when I'm eating one.. (Or six)
lmao.. I wont discuss how the last donut went ... ;-)
AnonYou dirty grrl!!!
mhmmm ;-)
I hate dieting lol I've been eating clean and the only real change has been protein 200g or more ed. I believe it probably is slower this way, but I'm patient and it saves me from having to really diet later on. Calorie restriction is something I try to avoid. If I'm ever ready to compete I'll suffer then.
AnonAwesome for keeping up with things! I decided to stop bulking (I was natural at the time) when I literally was grossed out. The thought of food was making me sick. I stopped being hungry and the thought of force feeding myself made me ill. I felt lethargic, slow, clothes didn't fit and my face looked like a damn marshmallow. Id like to think that my body let me know when it had had enough after 5ish months.
Thanks IB. I thought that might be the case. I'll keep bulking until my clothes start feeling they might rip at the seams.
Just one other thing. I am really thinking of upping the calories to 3000 but honestly - I am happy with the 'clean' foods at 2750 but wondering I could just eat 500 cals 'dirty/high calorific' food because it's so much volume on 'clean' food e.g. potatoes, gains, oats etc
AnonYes, you can. It will put some weight on you.. I don't subscribe to the " a calorie is a calorie" mindset.. They are not all created equal. With that being said. I would suggest having those meals post training. I have a shake and a piece of fruit immediately post workout and then eat a meal about an hour afterward. I'll throw in a poptart (oh, the horror) or cottage cheese with pb to up my calories.
Thanks for that IB. I'll keep the post workout calories to more 'pop tarts' type food.
AnonNoo keep eating what you have been. I throw in extra calories in those meals, but only when I've hit the right amount of protein, carbs, etc. it's in addition to, not in substitute of.
Ahh got ya.
This bulking m'lark is damn hard work.
Bro .05 a week is good on no gear, you will have minimal fat gain adjust your calories as you start climbing the scale.The bulk is done when you feel its done when you cant take being fat anymore lol.you could shoot for a 1b a week but you will see that is will be muscle/fat since your natural at the moment hope this helps
1, This is a ladies area/forum
2, I am a women
my bad,advice still runs true whether male or female concept is the same