posted Thu, 06/06/2013 - 10:57
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Bulking with poor appetite.
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I'm currently bulking. I've been trying for 42-4500 calories a day. But I have absolutely no appetite. Eating all day is a constant struggle. It doesn't matter what options I have, eating a pizza sounds even worse then eating a bowl of rice and chicken. The morning is the worse. It's nearly impossible to eat a large bowl of oats.
I bought a gainer shake to make up the calorie difference so I can guarantee at least 4000 cals a day. But this is torture.
I've never had a huge appetite and this has always been my biggest problem with bodybuilding.
I tried GHRP6 and that didn't potentiate my appetite.
Do you guys know any tricks that may help?
I can't wait I can start to lean out.
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I had this problem too. Have you tried doing some cardio first thing in the morning? I know it sounds counterintuitive when bulking to be doing morning cardio but for a lot of people, including myself, a good morning cardio blast gets the appetite going. Im not talking about a long slow arduous 45 minutes on the step mill here tho, I think HIIT cardio outside works the best. Try 15-20 minutes of wind sprints first thing in the morning, give it 30 mins and then eat up! Plus i believe doing morning cardio like that primes your muscles to soak up nutrients better throughout the day.
You can slowly increase the size of your meals so ur body gets used to eating more per sitting slowly. Maybe experiement with eating either smaller more frequent meals or fewer larger meals and see what is easier for you. I do agree with some of the other comments too about eating calorically dense food. Try dark meat chicken and turkey rather than breasts, whole milk, avocados are one of my favorites, peanut butter. I def wouldnt do shots of olive oil tho.... lol. Throw some butter on ur sweet potatos (you are eating plenty of potatos and sweet potatos right?)
And if all else fails, the marijuana suggestion isnt half bad either. Honestly I do smoke and a lot of the time it is for that very reason lol. It really does help with gettimg meals down, sleep too. Ive never tried gear or any of the peptides so cant chime in at all as far as that goes. Good luck!
If you arent particularly concerned with your macro p/c/f split, then taking in alotta fats(clean or dirty) will help alot since they are so calorie dense. Clean food makes hittin those calories difficult, especially with a small appetite.
Of course alotta people will recommend, equipose to help with your hunger, but i particularly liked
IGF-1 Lr3. That stuff made me hungry ALL day. Good luck!
I like B12 pretty well for appetite. Inject Synthetek B12 is the best around.
BigBmajFuck standing on the scale to determine progress. 5 people a day can tell me I'm looking good, and I'll stand on the scale to see no major change and loose my shit.
The biggest appetite killer is stress. I'm just not going to think about it for a couple weeks and see what comes out of it. Forcing things never seems to work well.
Oh and I got some B-12 to help with appetite.
Thanks for all the good comments.
If your looking to get the calories in then you gotta get dirty in some cases, peanut butter is godly calories, as is olive oil, i remember guys in the gym telling me how they would do shots of olive oil.
Try to find foods which are as calorie dense as possible, nuts also work.
Also drink plenty of water though the day to expand your stomach, it may take a few weeks before you feel the effect of this. I find that once you start eating you've got 10-15mins before your body triggers the "full" feeling, so use that time period to literally shovel the food into you.
have u tried marijuana ? other wise ur just gunna have to up the sodium in all ur food, drink some diet coke its known to increase the appetitite... sorry cant think of any else,never had that problem, maybe eat some sugar like a banana.. stay away from the slin, if u cant eat then there is no point, infact u might raise ur liver enzymes then u wont be able to eat at all
BigBmajI'm running the following right this minute, but am making changes in the next few days.
600 Test E wk
100 Test P EOD
500 Deca Switching to NPP
100 Anavar ED
I thought perhaps the Anavar was causing some stomach problems but I've messed with this and its not the case, that I've noticed.
I wonder if forcing a small meal in the minute I wake up, something like a whey isolate to stimulate hunger would be a good thing? Sometimes protein shakes can make me hungry.
I go in waves, sometimes I can eat like mad and other days its just impossible. Seems to do with my mood, the better my mood the more appetite I have. I'm wondering if this is just a great opportunity to practice some carb cycling just going by how I'm feeling. Maybe I need some of that CB-1 I see advertised above (:
I like the idea of trying some ghrp2. I was hoping the 6 was going to knock my socks off. I'm almost wondering if I should take a small amount of insulin like 2iu to cause a hypo situation, as unpleasant as it sounds.
The EQ is in the mail. That should help too.
Thanks for all the great feedback guys.
that's a terrible idea. first 2iu isn't guaranteed to cause hypo. even if you do go hypo, extreme hunger isn't always noticed as a side effect. Another issue is insulin can cause an appetite decrease. Oh and thats stupid and dangerous bro I'm hoping you at least have a glucometer
I remember when I took deca and anavar I had zero appetite. That combo robs your hunger. Especially if you are taking caber or prami. Also check you estrogen if it's too high your appetite will be low
BigBmajYeah I do have a glucometer. And now that I think about it I've been using some insulin post workout with gainer shake. I wonder if that is destroying my appetite. I hadn't even thought of that. Ill drop that for awhile and see what happens. I am dropping the anavar for now as well.
Thanks.
Whatever you do, DO NOT throw your diet out the window just for calories. I did this on my last bulk because I have never had a big appetite. Long story short I got up to 242 and looked big as hell in clothes but in reality I was fucking fat. That was six weeks ago. Since then I have dropped down to 213 with a VERY strict diet. I learned two things:
Not saying you were planning on doing this. Just wanted to share in case you were.
Sounds like me. I'm the same way. That's why all my cycles have boldenone in them. GHRP2 really upps my appetite with cjc
RustyhookerBig meals are rugged. Agree with j223.
If it helps, i start my first meal at 7am and last at 11pm thru cycles. Last mean super clean unless dirty bulking.
If you're on tren, I'd also check into that. Teen suppressed thyroid slightly and suppresses appetite incredibly in some people. A buddy of mine barely hits 2,000 Cal's on tren due to lack of appetite.
I'd have your thyroid checked, what drugs are you running? Not having an appetite is not normal. I was having similar problems and it turned out it was hypo thyroidism. I'd also check your drugs, some drugs suppress appetite, obviously not what you want to run on a bulk. Eq is notorious for increasing appetite so I'd also check into that.