Culking Bishes!!! Winter2016 / Spring 2017
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One little bump in the road I have in keeping the calories 3500 and up, are deload weeks. I simply don't need the extra food because I don't have the drive to eat beset on by that training hunger. ("Trunger?") I get food apathetic because the break in my training routine.
Things were much easier when I was an office drone. I had a drawer of food right by my desk and half the company fridge to myself where I'd be stuffing my face every 1.5 to 2 hours.
ARGH, I hate food apathy.0 -
OK, so I'm going to try for a little bulk, about 4 lbs to start. I know when winter break comes, I will be out of town 1 week(no access to weights) and little to no weights the other week. I do have dumbbells at home, and can do body weight. Any ideas on what to do during those two weeks so my bulk can continue with muscle gain?1
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nakedraygun wrote: »One little bump in the road I have in keeping the calories 3500 and up, are deload weeks. I simply don't need the extra food because I don't have the drive to eat beset on by that training hunger. ("Trunger?") I get food apathetic because the break in my training routine.
Things were much easier when I was an office drone. I had a drawer of food right by my desk and half the company fridge to myself where I'd be stuffing my face every 1.5 to 2 hours.
ARGH, I hate food apathy.
This is me on Monday's and Tuesdays- Monday is easier because I lift- but Tuesday is dance-and it's not the same unless we are doing something heavy duty like an hour of drilling- or west african- which is like doing cardio lunges (everything is SUPER low to the floor- and quad heavy)....
Otherwise- I just don't care. I get home and I"m tired- I don't want to cook and I'm not hungry enough....so I usually get a serving of ice cream to make myself feel a LEETLE better that I ate- but god. I know in the back of my head- I'm not pushing hard enough to eat. derp.
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Up about 7lbs over the normal water weight gain so about 11 total and my 33's are still fitting
201 as of yesterday and lifts are going in the right direction1 -
Up another 0.5kg/1.1lbs since last week. The slow bulk is coming along nice and slowly.1
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Ughhhh I am on a quick mini cut - for about 2 weeks. I am gaining too fast. I am probably around 109 pounds right now and I think around 112 pounds is where I will really hate how I look. There is a little bit of yuck going on when I look in the mirror now - I keep looking at my calves and thighs and thinking they look enormous. I want to keep going until the end of February. I need to try to get a 1-1.5 pounds of this off and slow things down.
I have no idea why I can be disciplined to cut or maintain weight but am having trouble with gaining slowly. A little extra food and I want MORE!0 -
I still haven't taken ANY pictures for progress- I'm thinking this weekend I need to do that. Which will be a month out.
Start
1 November 2016
Calories 1650 up to 1900.
I've held at approximately 1900 for the month- definitely all about averages- had some high- had some low- but I'm feeling already fluffy- so I think my optimism was high- going to I think do calorie jumps on a monthly basis right now. Unsure- I need to do better at tracking and at a documenting.1 -
I'm just going to do a picture at the end, but I will take measurements this weekend (doing that monthly and I'm just ending month two). Pretty sure my thighs are seeing the most of the weight gain - my pants are a little more snug in this area.
I started out at 1800/1900-ish and now I'm set at 2290 plus I tend to eat my exercise calories - I definitely eat all my cardio, which isn't all that much on any given week. I ate less this week because I gained too much last week and it was all fat, I'm assuming (rest week + Thanksgiving).
I think I'll definitely be ready to stop at the end of January.0 -
My friend invited me to do a food challenge with him this past saturday, it was my first, but he's done many. A 28"/10 lb pizza between 2 of us that has to be done in 1 hour. We did it in less than 15 minutes. Bulking is awesome
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10 pound pizza?!?!? holy crap. LOL that seems like a lot. But I ate almost a whole tomato pie by myself the other day- so #teamnoshame and #teamnoregrets!
Nicely done by the way!
it's December- this is officially month two for me!! So I'm upping my calories from 1900 to probably 2100.
I really need to do some pictures- I haven't done any yet. womp womp.1 -
All I can report is that I have gained..a little fluff, and a lot stronger..muscle pumps are nice, pants and tops are tighter!
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10 pound pizza?!?!? holy crap. LOL that seems like a lot. But I ate almost a whole tomato pie by myself the other day- so #teamnoshame and #teamnoregrets!
Nicely done by the way!
it's December- this is officially month two for me!! So I'm upping my calories from 1900 to probably 2100.
I really need to do some pictures- I haven't done any yet. womp womp.
You bulk on 2,100 calories @JoRocka ? No fair. Here is poor me on around 3,500 and I'm just about gaining.0 -
Maurieawest wrote: »My friend invited me to do a food challenge with him this past saturday, it was my first, but he's done many. A 28"/10 lb pizza between 2 of us that has to be done in 1 hour. We did it in less than 15 minutes. Bulking is awesome
That sounds delicious @Maurieawest . Bulking does have its perks alright:)1 -
I have all the bulk I need. It's a matter of turning that into muscle; which once was muscle. My life has been like a board game lately each time I move forward a step I land on go back three steps.
I'll be getting back into the swing of things again soon but even then I have to schedule a surgery that will have me down for approximately six months.
What was working for me was setting my macros around 40/35/25 (protein/carbs/fat) and cals at 2250-2500. I would eat most of my exercise cals back, when I could.
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I guess I'm semi bulking right now, plus this thread looks fun and I want in.
Here's a flattering pic, I'm much fatter in person so trying to keep weight and fat gain to a minimum. (So maybe it's more of a recomp-bulk?) Tired of cutting and feeling weak so I'm going to attempt to get strong and muscley for a bit while not straying too far from 181 (weight class I want to make for May meet).
I was down to 180, but been hanging around 183 for the past month or so.
Calorie goal is set to 2400 right now, but I've had a lot of days around 3000. If I actually stick to my goal I suppose I could raise it some more.3 -
10 pound pizza?!?!? holy crap. LOL that seems like a lot. But I ate almost a whole tomato pie by myself the other day- so #teamnoshame and #teamnoregrets!
Nicely done by the way!
it's December- this is officially month two for me!! So I'm upping my calories from 1900 to probably 2100.
I really need to do some pictures- I haven't done any yet. womp womp.
Yup, #teamnoshame! And we're going to step it up to a 12 lb'er next month. And thank you!jdscrubs32 wrote: »
That sounds delicious @Maurieawest . Bulking does have its perks alright:)
It was real good pizza, too, which certainly helped. Though, I don't meet too many pizzas I don't like. I am very much enjoying the large meals on this bulk!
And as far as my progress, last week average was up over a lb because of the pizza challenge and my birthday earlier in the week which involved lots of cream pie. Other than that, 5 weeks into my bulk I am averaging 1/2 lb ish per week gain. My lifts are going up and my pants fit the same.... so far so good. I am going to keep as is at 3300-3400/day the rest of this month.0 -
TresaAswegan wrote: »
I guess I'm semi bulking right now, plus this thread looks fun and I want in.
Here's a flattering pic, I'm much fatter in person so trying to keep weight and fat gain to a minimum. (So maybe it's more of a recomp-bulk?) Tired of cutting and feeling weak so I'm going to attempt to get strong and muscley for a bit while not straying too far from 181 (weight class I want to make for May meet).
I was down to 180, but been hanging around 183 for the past month or so.
Calorie goal is set to 2400 right now, but I've had a lot of days around 3000. If I actually stick to my goal I suppose I could raise it some more.
I'd say your looking like your doing rather well. I found that in order for me to cut weight faster I would need to increase my cardio for a few weeks at a time and then lift heavy. But that was me and it was most likely because I was just to impatient to wait for the pounds to fall off from lifting.0 -
TresaAswegan wrote: »
I guess I'm semi bulking right now, plus this thread looks fun and I want in.
Here's a flattering pic, I'm much fatter in person so trying to keep weight and fat gain to a minimum. (So maybe it's more of a recomp-bulk?) Tired of cutting and feeling weak so I'm going to attempt to get strong and muscley for a bit while not straying too far from 181 (weight class I want to make for May meet).
I was down to 180, but been hanging around 183 for the past month or so.
Calorie goal is set to 2400 right now, but I've had a lot of days around 3000. If I actually stick to my goal I suppose I could raise it some more.
I'd say your looking like your doing rather well. I found that in order for me to cut weight faster I would need to increase my cardio for a few weeks at a time and then lift heavy. But that was me and it was most likely because I was just to impatient to wait for the pounds to fall off from lifting.
I wasn't really having any problems cutting weight, actually it was falling off almost faster than I would have liked without doing any cardio. Probably could have just upped my cals and kept on trucking, but I wanted to change gears for a bit. Lifting and not being in a deficit is just more fun haha.
I'm down about 30 lbs from my heaviest. After one month at maintenance I hit a 20 lb deadlift PR. So I'm fine with not cutting for a while.1 -
Maurieawest wrote: »10 pound pizza?!?!? holy crap. LOL that seems like a lot. But I ate almost a whole tomato pie by myself the other day- so #teamnoshame and #teamnoregrets!
Nicely done by the way!
it's December- this is officially month two for me!! So I'm upping my calories from 1900 to probably 2100.
I really need to do some pictures- I haven't done any yet. womp womp.
Yup, #teamnoshame! And we're going to step it up to a 12 lb'er next month. And thank you!jdscrubs32 wrote: »
That sounds delicious @Maurieawest . Bulking does have its perks alright:)
It was real good pizza, too, which certainly helped. Though, I don't meet too many pizzas I don't like. I am very much enjoying the large meals on this bulk!
And as far as my progress, last week average was up over a lb because of the pizza challenge and my birthday earlier in the week which involved lots of cream pie. Other than that, 5 weeks into my bulk I am averaging 1/2 lb ish per week gain. My lifts are going up and my pants fit the same.... so far so good. I am going to keep as is at 3300-3400/day the rest of this month.
Sounds like you are doing a successful bulk @Maurieawest . Carry on as you are:) Likewise I'm gaining at a rate of 0.5.kg/1lbs a week so nice and slow.0 -
jdscrubs32 wrote: »Maurieawest wrote: »10 pound pizza?!?!? holy crap. LOL that seems like a lot. But I ate almost a whole tomato pie by myself the other day- so #teamnoshame and #teamnoregrets!
Nicely done by the way!
it's December- this is officially month two for me!! So I'm upping my calories from 1900 to probably 2100.
I really need to do some pictures- I haven't done any yet. womp womp.
Yup, #teamnoshame! And we're going to step it up to a 12 lb'er next month. And thank you!jdscrubs32 wrote: »
That sounds delicious @Maurieawest . Bulking does have its perks alright:)
It was real good pizza, too, which certainly helped. Though, I don't meet too many pizzas I don't like. I am very much enjoying the large meals on this bulk!
And as far as my progress, last week average was up over a lb because of the pizza challenge and my birthday earlier in the week which involved lots of cream pie. Other than that, 5 weeks into my bulk I am averaging 1/2 lb ish per week gain. My lifts are going up and my pants fit the same.... so far so good. I am going to keep as is at 3300-3400/day the rest of this month.
Sounds like you are doing a successful bulk @Maurieawest . Carry on as you are:) Likewise I'm gaining at a rate of 0.5.kg/1lbs a week so nice and slow.
I'd argue that 1lb a week is not really that slow.1 -
I took my measurements this weekend (end of month two). I'm up approximately 1/2 an inch in my arms, waist, hips, and just under an inch in my thighs.1
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_benjammin wrote: »In.
I'll be doing more of a hypertrophy routine for a few months. Currently weigh ~163. I'll bulk slowly and cut eventually back to below 165 for PL Meet in June.
Up about a pound.
Have decided I won't be cutting before June '17 meet, will go up a weight class.
Hoping to be a relatively lean 175-180 for meet.0 -
_benjammin wrote: »_benjammin wrote: »In.
I'll be doing more of a hypertrophy routine for a few months. Currently weigh ~163. I'll bulk slowly and cut eventually back to below 165 for PL Meet in June.
Up about a pound.
Have decided I won't be cutting before June '17 meet, will go up a weight class.
Hoping to be a relatively lean 175-180 for meet.
how tall are you?0 -
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5'10" with very skinny wrists and ankles.
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Not really sure how my "bulk" is going. My weight spiked last week, but then dropped 2.2lb this week, so basically back to normal. My lifts are better. Increased bench, OHP, squat, and added a rep to deads.0
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_benjammin wrote: »^
5'10" with very skinny wrists and ankles.
Jesus. MOAR FOOD!!! LOL
I'm 5"8" and I sit at 160-165. I agree with you not cutting before your meet. LOL0 -
_benjammin wrote: »^
5'10" with very skinny wrists and ankles.
Jesus. MOAR FOOD!!! LOL
I'm 5"8" and I sit at 160-165. I agree with you not cutting before your meet. LOL
FWIW, Most people think I weigh ~175+.
Small boned! lol
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Ughhhh I am on a quick mini cut - for about 2 weeks. I am gaining too fast. I am probably around 109 pounds right now and I think around 112 pounds is where I will really hate how I look. There is a little bit of yuck going on when I look in the mirror now - I keep looking at my calves and thighs and thinking they look enormous. I want to keep going until the end of February. I need to try to get a 1-1.5 pounds of this off and slow things down.
I have no idea why I can be disciplined to cut or maintain weight but am having trouble with gaining slowly. A little extra food and I want MORE!
The mini cut went well. I feel like I gained back control of what I am eating. I started to develop a it doesn't matter I am on a bulk attitude. I guess I can't eat 1,000 calorie desserts several times a week.
I ate at maintenance yesterday - and probably today and then I am going to start adding slowly increasing calories and hopefully I won't lose control again!2 -
Welp- I have put on my normal winter pants- and... they feel snug- weight gain. issssaaaahappening.3
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