women who are bulking/ who have bulked
adorable_aly
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So I just started my first bulk! Looking for friends that have done it and can offer advice and support 
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I'm just starting my first bulk too. FR sent 0
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Good luck ladies, I have quite a bit to cut before bulking, but I do eat all the foods due to my current work lvl lol0
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I'm doing my second bulk right now. Last year I was too conservative and only gained 6 lbs in 20 weeks. This time I'm being more aggressive. 32 years old, 5'6", 128 lbs, 16% body fat. Goal weight for bulk is 140-145 lbs.
ETA I'm eating 2700 cals/day and lifting 4x/week.0 -
Good luck ladies, I have quite a bit to cut before bulking, but I do eat all the foods due to my current work lvl lol
Nice, best way to cut!I'm doing my second bulk right now. Last year I was too conservative and only gained 6 lbs in 20 weeks. This time I'm being more aggressive. 32 years old, 5'6", 128 lbs, 16% body fat. Goal weight for bulk is 140-145 lbs.
ETA I'm eating 2700 cals/day and lifting 4x/week.
When you say aggressive, how much is your surplus? I'm reverse dieting, to work my way up to 2000-2300 depending on results, measurements etc.
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adorable_aly wrote: »Good luck ladies, I have quite a bit to cut before bulking, but I do eat all the foods due to my current work lvl lol
Nice, best way to cut!I'm doing my second bulk right now. Last year I was too conservative and only gained 6 lbs in 20 weeks. This time I'm being more aggressive. 32 years old, 5'6", 128 lbs, 16% body fat. Goal weight for bulk is 140-145 lbs.
ETA I'm eating 2700 cals/day and lifting 4x/week.
When you say aggressive, how much is your surplus? I'm reverse dieting, to work my way up to 2000-2300 depending on results, measurements etc.
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Last time I was scared to go too much above my TDEE and I shortchanged myself. I'm eating about 300-400 calories above TDEE this time.0 -
adorable_aly wrote: »Good luck ladies, I have quite a bit to cut before bulking, but I do eat all the foods due to my current work lvl lol
Nice, best way to cut!I'm doing my second bulk right now. Last year I was too conservative and only gained 6 lbs in 20 weeks. This time I'm being more aggressive. 32 years old, 5'6", 128 lbs, 16% body fat. Goal weight for bulk is 140-145 lbs.
ETA I'm eating 2700 cals/day and lifting 4x/week.
When you say aggressive, how much is your surplus? I'm reverse dieting, to work my way up to 2000-2300 depending on results, measurements etc.
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Last time I was scared to go too much above my TDEE and I shortchanged myself. I'm eating about 300-400 calories above TDEE this time.
ohhh okay, thats a decent surplus I'm aiming in that region too, hoping like most of us do that I can get that balance between building some decent muscle but not getting too fluffy
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I am bulking, I have been since Sept- Oct (more October since I was really just maintaining the whole month of Sept)0
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I tried to bulk before, but wimped out and got nowhere.
Doing much better this time. Reverse dieted slowly, now at about 2500-2700 plus eat back calories for exercise. Starting to see some slow gain at last, and working hard at keeping my nerve. x0 -
Kestrelwings wrote: »I tried to bulk before, but wimped out and got nowhere.
Doing much better this time. Reverse dieted slowly, now at about 2500-2700 plus eat back calories for exercise. Starting to see some slow gain at last, and working hard at keeping my nerve. x
I don't log. When I do, I rethink my food and eat less.0 -
@PwrLftr82 I have the other problem- I forget to eat if I don't log... oops! Logging is definitely a good thing for me.0
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Kestrelwings wrote: »I tried to bulk before, but wimped out and got nowhere.
Doing much better this time. Reverse dieted slowly, now at about 2500-2700 plus eat back calories for exercise. Starting to see some slow gain at last, and working hard at keeping my nerve. x
It has taken me almost 2 years just to get up the nerve to bulk, its definitely something you have to be psychologically ready for
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I don't log. When I do, I rethink my food and eat less.
I had this problem when I was trying to lose, so I stopped counting too... was really bad for me. But by that point I knew cals and macros pretty well so I still lost a fair amount of fat just estimating, which was way better for me mentally.
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I'm actually bulking at the moment too! this is my first bulk and it's kind of been a mixed bag. feel free to send me a request, i could use the support as well 0
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I spent the better part of this past year bulking and then doing a bit of a recomp. Mostly because I couldn't stick to my cutting cals consistently. lol
My advice is to ramp up your calories to a slight surplus until you get the feel of that amount of food without getting stressed about it. Shouldn't take you long
Then, put all of your focus on the weight on the bar, not the scale. As you increase your lifts, you will probably care less about what the scale says. After a while, it really truly becomes more about how much your pushing, the shape of your muscles, and how dense/hard they feel.
I've just started a moderate cut (AGAIN!).... as I've been maintaining for a while I've learned that my maint. cals are around 2300 per day. My cut goal is just under 2000 cals per day while maintaining my strength gains. Now I want to finally reveal all of that muscle I've spent so much time building 0 -
I was in the middle of a bulk when I was forced to take time off to recover from injuries. I'm starting my routine again today, though, and would love to have more heavy lifters on my list.0
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I'm getting ready to start my second bulk. I learned a ton during my first one (mostly by doing things wrong) and I'm hoping I can keep my second one going longer.0
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I started my first bulk on Nov. 1st. I'm still in the reverse dieting phase. I'm already not sure this will go well for me. I can already feel myself chickening out, lol.0
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I am seriously considering a bulk, but am teetering on the edge of whether or not I could handle the weight gain. I also feel nervous about getting too comfortable with eating more and having a harder time cutting back again.
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I spent the better part of this past year bulking and then doing a bit of a recomp. Mostly because I couldn't stick to my cutting cals consistently. lol
My advice is to ramp up your calories to a slight surplus until you get the feel of that amount of food without getting stressed about it. Shouldn't take you long
Then, put all of your focus on the weight on the bar, not the scale. As you increase your lifts, you will probably care less about what the scale says. After a while, it really truly becomes more about how much your pushing, the shape of your muscles, and how dense/hard they feel.
I've just started a moderate cut (AGAIN!).... as I've been maintaining for a while I've learned that my maint. cals are around 2300 per day. My cut goal is just under 2000 cals per day while maintaining my strength gains. Now I want to finally reveal all of that muscle I've spent so much time building
Wow this is super advice. Yeah I got tired of being on a cut, not because of cals (though that wasn't going so well) more because my workout sucked and I just want more energy!
Yeap I am totally looking forward to really getting my lifts up and getting my triceps to grooooow!!
wow, cutting on 2000 cals? That sounds not so bad, using TDEE calculators that might end up being my bulking calories
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Ladies, I'm sure I will also make many mistakes, feel free to call me out on it! Sometimes I can be a little slow to catch on
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I started my first bulk on Nov. 1st. I'm still in the reverse dieting phase. I'm already not sure this will go well for me. I can already feel myself chickening out, lol.
You can do it! I'm doing the reverse dieting thing to, right now I am just focusing on how cool it is to have great workouts and eat all the foodz 
LeanButNotMean44 wrote: »I am seriously considering a bulk, but am teetering on the edge of whether or not I could handle the weight gain. I also feel nervous about getting too comfortable with eating more and having a harder time cutting back again.
Just a thought, you might find you can cut on more calories after your bulk
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adorable_aly wrote: »I spent the better part of this past year bulking and then doing a bit of a recomp. Mostly because I couldn't stick to my cutting cals consistently. lol
My advice is to ramp up your calories to a slight surplus until you get the feel of that amount of food without getting stressed about it. Shouldn't take you long
Then, put all of your focus on the weight on the bar, not the scale. As you increase your lifts, you will probably care less about what the scale says. After a while, it really truly becomes more about how much your pushing, the shape of your muscles, and how dense/hard they feel.
I've just started a moderate cut (AGAIN!).... as I've been maintaining for a while I've learned that my maint. cals are around 2300 per day. My cut goal is just under 2000 cals per day while maintaining my strength gains. Now I want to finally reveal all of that muscle I've spent so much time building
Wow this is super advice. Yeah I got tired of being on a cut, not because of cals (though that wasn't going so well) more because my workout sucked and I just want more energy!
Yeap I am totally looking forward to really getting my lifts up and getting my triceps to grooooow!!
wow, cutting on 2000 cals? That sounds not so bad, using TDEE calculators that might end up being my bulking calories
I think you'd be surprised by what your maintenance calories could really be. Not sure how long you've been in a deficit for, but there's a really great group on here called Eat More 2 Weigh Less (EM2WL), and it talks about metabolism repression due to long periods of low cal dieting, etc. It's really interesting. If you're starting a bulk, it could be a really good time to get your calories up to where they could be
I'm a foodie....I want to eat as much as possible and still lose. haha.
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I started this week too! It's hard to calculate how much I should eat, but I took a guess at 2200 for a 57kg/165 cm woman. Metabolism is a tricky thing. and I how much little exercise you get, like walking to the train/office, strolling downtown etc.
After being on 1500kcal for months I'm amazed at how warm I am, almost flushed so metabolism has definitively gone up.
Going to start measuring weight and widths so I see what's happening, hopefully I get to eat MORE 0 -
adorable_aly wrote: »So I just started my first bulk! Looking for friends that have done it and can offer advice and support
hi, I will FR you.
last year I bulked from the end of Oct thru Feb. and gained 1" on my biceps/triceps, added 1" to lat.s and overall evened out the upper and lower body proportions. (mind you I do this for others as a living!)
It's so f'n hard to get up the nerve to do this yourself! And having to eat all the time...the protein. ugh.
So this year, 2014, I've been focusing on a bulk mode with specific lower body gains since June. I'm not growing. So, here I am focusing on bulk mode through dec 2014 and slowly increasing carbs with my protein... still slowly waiting on that magic to happen! I could use some motivating too. Some days I just want to give up on the heavy lifting and protein intake and give up. Help. I'm a hard gainer.
happy training you guyz!
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This is my first bulk and I started this Aug, well more Sept cause I pretty much spent the first month figuring the right calories. So far I have gained about 4 lbs and I plan to cut or just recomp by next spring (Feb or so)
It was not easy for me to really adopt the idea of bulking since I have been trying to loss weight my whole life. The idea of putting weight on scared me more then I thought. Like neyllett said, focus on the weight on the bar, not the scale. I was lucky to be friends with a lot amazing women here who's also bulking and helped me a ton. I have seen some good muscle definitions on my triceps, quads and hamstring. That really helped me keep going or I would have give up on bulking already.
Good luck and happy bulking!
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I'm bulking now or at least slowly bumping calories til I am actually bulking. I'm on 2200 NET calories which is probably maintenance or just below. It's hard to tell. Last year I was on 2300 Net cals happily gaining a quarter pound a week like planned and then 2 months in, I lost the 2 pounds that I'd gained plus 2 more in a big woosh! I am doing stronglifts and Krav Maga (martial arts).0
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LeanButNotMean44 wrote: »I am seriously considering a bulk, but am teetering on the edge of whether or not I could handle the weight gain. I also feel nervous about getting too comfortable with eating more and having a harder time cutting back again.
Just a thought, you might find you can cut on more calories after your bulk
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Now THAT would be really awesome!
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I think you'd be surprised by what your maintenance calories could really be. Not sure how long you've been in a deficit for, but there's a really great group on here called Eat More 2 Weigh Less (EM2WL), and it talks about metabolism repression due to long periods of low cal dieting, etc. It's really interesting. If you're starting a bulk, it could be a really good time to get your calories up to where they could be
I'm a foodie....I want to eat as much as possible and still lose. haha.
I am really hoping for that! Yeap I'm actually a member of the group and have been doing some perusing to try and get an idea of how to do reverse dieting, but thats exactly what I figured do it as a boost metabolism/ build muscle thing and see where I am in a few months
LOL same, I love ice cream. A lot.
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