To be over, or to not be over...

Past few weeks I've been failing at bulking. only like 100-300 cals over for an entire week. I read a post not too long ago by someone on here saying "eat at around maintenance and body re-composition will take over." Granted I'm perfectly fine being "skinny" as long as I'm not skinny-fat, which I see alot of guys trying to bulk become. Thoughts on this idea?

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  • minijuggernaut
    minijuggernaut Posts: 98 Member
    Body recomp is pretty painfully slow and wheel spinning... but you're not failing, 300 cals over TDEE is a perfectly acceptable slow bulk.

    What's stopping you from eating more?
  • VeinsAndBones
    VeinsAndBones Posts: 550 Member
    Body recomp is pretty painfully slow and wheel spinning... but you're not failing, 300 cals over TDEE is a perfectly acceptable slow bulk.

    What's stopping you from eating more?

    300 over per week is 0.1lbs per week, which I don't mind too much. I just don't want to get Skinny-fat, seen it happen and it's not pretty
  • minijuggernaut
    minijuggernaut Posts: 98 Member
    Body recomp is pretty painfully slow and wheel spinning... but you're not failing, 300 cals over TDEE is a perfectly acceptable slow bulk.

    What's stopping you from eating more?

    300 over per week is 0.1lbs per week, which I don't mind too much. I just don't want to get Skinny-fat, seen it happen and it's not pretty

    You should be fine as long as you're lifting hard and making the bulk worth it's while :)
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,261 Member
    Body recomp is pretty painfully slow and wheel spinning... but you're not failing, 300 cals over TDEE is a perfectly acceptable slow bulk.

    What's stopping you from eating more?

    300 over per week is 0.1lbs per week, which I don't mind too much. I just don't want to get Skinny-fat, seen it happen and it's not pretty
    300 a day. Most guys I see complaining about not building muscle just don't eat enough, eat.