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I do eat a lot of rice/potatoes and such so I think my macros are fine.

Wow, I thought 3000 was a lot for me before loo. I guess I was just never used to eating this much.

I do follow a structured program from the forum that you posted. I do a 3 day muscle split because thats the amount of days I could go to the gym with my school and work schedule.

I started taking on seriois mass protein powder yesterday to help me reach my 4k calorie intake a little bit easier instead of taking all frok food such as (steak,chicken,etc)

I don’t see any noticable increase on my lifts either and I lift hard as much as I can.

Almost 2 weeks. I’ve been bulking since november where i started at 2600 calories but kept increasing cause I couldn’t see any weight gain.

Right. I was just wondering if there’s a difference with muscle growth or gaining less fat with eating more densed food than actually eating more volume of food.

Is there a difference with eating more volume vs eating high density food?

It’s just weird cause I feel like I’ve already been eating a lot and I track my good accurately by weighing every single food and drink that I take in but yeah I will try to up it up to around 3,000 calories or 3200. I actually thought I was already gaining weight when my weight reached 145 but then it started going back…

Thanks man! I wouldn’t mind a slower progress as I’m not in a hurry to more muscles plus winter is coming up so I’d rather be eating at around maintenance than cutting! Lol!

Thanks for all the suggestions. I would just do a body recomp even if the progress is slower. Body recomp means eating at maintenance right?

I would really love to bulk and gain some muscle but I know that if you have too much fat, you won’t really gain a lot of muscle when you bulk so that’s where I’m at right now cause I don’t mind gaining some fat as long as I am gaining muscle as well. I just hate how bloated I get when I’m eating a lot especially with high…

This is me when I’m not bloated and have just woken up

Kind of bloated as I’ve had eaten a lot today and ate an ice cream a few hours ago.

I love carbs so I was happy when I increased my calories but then again I don’t want to be bloated every night so I’ll just add more fat. More burger patties and steak! Lol!

I’ve added lots carbs. I’ve been eating my usual whole grain high fiber wheat bread and added brown rice to my diet now. My belly looks so bloated every night and my weight already increased by 5lbs which is ofcourse water weight but I’m glad that I’m not so obsessed with what the weighing scale says anymore cause if I…

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Thanks! I’m just trying to get stronger and look better but have always been afraid to bulk up because I was afraid that I might gain all the fat I lost.

I’m 5’6 and weighs at 138.5 lbs as of this morning.

Okay, thanks for all the insights!

Will do! Thanks so much for the tips! I would probably take a break from cut for at least 2 weeks and just do maintenance as I really want to eat more food especially I’m travelling for the next 2 weeks.

I was also taking in at least 140-150g or more protein per day. I domt think I’ve lost any muscle mass or at least minimal cause I was able to lift more on compound lifts and maintain my isolation lifts weight.

I did 5x5 for quite a while then recently I tried doing a 5 day split of one muscle group per day and I actually liked it since it made me feel better going to the gym 5x instead of 3x. I was 159lbs when I started and now I’m at 143. I started march 21 so its almost been 4 months. I simed a 1lbs/week weight loss

Thanks for the suggestion. I’ve looked up a lot about recomp but its really slow so I will just cut on a .5lbs/wk instead of 1lbs/week so I could eat a little bit more. Do you think I should cut till I see my abs before bulking?

I’ve been lifting since I started my cut. Actually, i’ve been lifting since 2015 but never really cared about my diet and just ate anything I wanted.

Alright, i will do a .5lbs/wk weight loss just so I could eat more. Do you think i should cut till i see my abs?

Woops the 3rd photo was a photo of me before i started my cut. Here is my photo rn

I’m around 5’6 or 5’7 btw and fluctuating at the weight 143-145lbs

Agreed! I realized that giving yourself some leaway with your diet is actually more fun!

Thank you!