Trying to clean bulk
holly_habanero
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So I eat every three hours... I can't seem to even hit 1700 calories a day. I work out 6 days a week, weight lifting and hiit. My diet is mostly beans, rice, lean meats. Not very exciting but I just have no more room for food!! How do I hit my calorie mark?!?
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do you count macros? what're your fats like? eating energy dense foods helps eg. nuts, fattier meats etc. When you say 'clean bulk' what do you mean like are you trying to increase your muscle mass while staying lean?0
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You must be eating super small portions only getting 1700 cals and eating that frequently. Idk how old you are but you need to eat larger portions with what you're saying.0
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holly_habanero wrote: »So I eat every three hours... I can't seem to even hit 1700 calories a day. I work out 6 days a week, weight lifting and hiit. My diet is mostly beans, rice, lean meats. Not very exciting but I just have no more room for food!! How do I hit my calorie mark?!?
The main issue is you are eating all low calorie items. Swap lean meats for higher fat meats, add in nuts, avocado, eggs, cook things in oil or butter (or just add butter), ice cream, nut butters (even eating spoonfuls of them), more ice cream (love my Klondikes), high calorie protein bars/shakes, bagels, etc...
Also, drop the HIIT. It's going to burn a bunch of calories which will require you to eat more. If you get to a point where you can keep up with the eating, HIIT is fine. I know I will use it when I get to a point of a bulk because I have no issue eating 3500 calories or so.
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holly_habanero wrote: »So I eat every three hours... I can't seem to even hit 1700 calories a day. I work out 6 days a week, weight lifting and hiit. My diet is mostly beans, rice, lean meats. Not very exciting but I just have no more room for food!! How do I hit my calorie mark?!?
The main issue is you are eating all low calorie items. Swap lean meats for higher fat meats, add in nuts, avocado, eggs, cook things in oil or butter (or just add butter), ice cream, nut butters (even eating spoonfuls of them), more ice cream (love my Klondikes), high calorie protein bars/shakes, bagels, etc...
Also, drop the HIIT. It's going to burn a bunch of calories which will require you to eat more. If you get to a point where you can keep up with the eating, HIIT is fine. I know I will use it when I get to a point of a bulk because I have no issue eating 3500 calories or so.
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I am bulking on about 2800 calories a day and my diary is open. I have no problem hitting that number.0
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holly_habanero wrote: »So I eat every three hours... I can't seem to even hit 1700 calories a day. I work out 6 days a week, weight lifting and hiit. My diet is mostly beans, rice, lean meats. Not very exciting but I just have no more room for food!! How do I hit my calorie mark?!?
The main issue is you are eating all low calorie items. Swap lean meats for higher fat meats, add in nuts, avocado, eggs, cook things in oil or butter (or just add butter), ice cream, nut butters (even eating spoonfuls of them), more ice cream (love my Klondikes), high calorie protein bars/shakes, bagels, etc...
Also, drop the HIIT. It's going to burn a bunch of calories which will require you to eat more. If you get to a point where you can keep up with the eating, HIIT is fine. I know I will use it when I get to a point of a bulk because I have no issue eating 3500 calories or so.
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Ice cream and peanut butter is always the answer for "more calories".0
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Ice cream and peanut butter is always the answer for "more calories".Ice cream and peanut butter is always the answer for "more calories".
And for those of us with a peanut free house (kids have peanut allergies) sunflower seed butter is good too. Especially the crunchy kind…yum. Cals, fats and a bit of protein.
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Add protein shakes. Drinking doesn't make you fill nearly as full as eating does, so you can def increase calories that way. You can add other things besides a protein powder to the shake such as oatmeal, peanut butter and milk to add extra calories and increase your macro levels. Increase your cals slowly. You don't want a 'dirty bulk'. If you go from a low cal to a high cal too quickly you run the risk of excess fat storage. Let your body adjust to the slight increase over a few weeks. Increase in increments0
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Try optimum nutrition serious mass. Take 1 serving aday. 1scoop in the morning 1 scoop evening. Add that in with your normal diet0
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EliasRider wrote: »Try optimum nutrition serious mass. Take 1 serving aday. 1scoop in the morning 1 scoop evening. Add that in with your normal diet
Great way to burn a whole in your wallet...0 -
Thanks u guys for the tips!! Trouble is, I can't have dairy, gluten, or sugar bc I have multiple sclerosis. However I've implemented the tips that I'm able to and I have successfully increased my calories up to 2,000 per day. Next week I'm aiming for 2,200!!
@ndj1979 @roycenichols @Hornsby @psulemon @piperdown440 -
do you count macros? what're your fats like? eating energy dense foods helps eg. nuts, fattier meats etc. When you say 'clean bulk' what do you mean like are you trying to increase your muscle mass while staying lean?
I do count macros, my protein/carb/fat ratio is 30/45/25. And yes I'm trying to increase mass without putting on too much fat in the process!! Thank you for your help!
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If you have multiple sclerosis, take vitamin d 5000 units a day plus whatever else you would need according to your doctor. No related with the other topic but it is known to help a lot in your condition... but some many people still don't know it ;–)
for muscles try to do less HIIT and more work outs, in my opinion, but I know less about it...0 -
Peanut butter + spoon= GAINZ
seriously though try upping your cals ~150 cals/day every few days until your glycogen stores top off (gain 3# of water 'overnight'). Hang out there for a while to figure out maintnence then add 250 c for your daily bulking calories. There is No Way you are working out 6 days a week and bulking on those calories. 0 -
@sergiogasc thank you!! I do take lots of vitamin D! I'm not taking any meds and I'm going the all dietary route so I'm very health conscious. I appreciate the tips!0
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holly_habanero wrote: »So I eat every three hours... I can't seem to even hit 1700 calories a day. I work out 6 days a week, weight lifting and hiit. My diet is mostly beans, rice, lean meats. Not very exciting but I just have no more room for food!! How do I hit my calorie mark?!?
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tonmoysaha22 wrote: »
Eat more calories dense foods like dates,bannas, but butters etc...holly_habanero wrote: »So I eat every three hours... I can't seem to even hit 1700 calories a day. I work out 6 days a week, weight lifting and hiit. My diet is mostly beans, rice, lean meats. Not very exciting but I just have no more room for food!! How do I hit my calorie mark?!?
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Try adding some wheat pasta into it
Oats
Granola
Eggs
Mix some protein with Greek yogurt
I hit around 4700 calories daily as ease with these0
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