Initial weight gain

chaines0145
chaines0145 Posts: 18 Member
edited November 26 in Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
I have been bulking for about a month now and am up about 5 pounds. I am a 21 year old women. I am just wondering if that is the initial weight gain everyone talks about, or should I cut back my calories. My mantainence calories are about 1650. On non workout days I eat about 1850. I burn about 400 calories on workout days and consume about 2200 on those days. Any advise?

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  • chaines0145
    chaines0145 Posts: 18 Member
    I have a Microsoft Fitness bands, that is where I get my mantainence calories and workout calories
  • benjam2421
    benjam2421 Posts: 24 Member
    guideline is something around 1/2 lb - 1lb increase a week and i have no clue on any kind of fitness watch but this iffym calc http://iifym.com/iifym-calculator/ will probably give you a more accurate maintenance and bulking
  • chaines0145
    chaines0145 Posts: 18 Member
    I did use that to get an idea. It says I should bulk at about 2100 calories, but I feel like on non workout days that is a very high surplus and on workout days it is a really small one.
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