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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.
friend requests sent
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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