chrisrennert

David, I don't envy your journey, because you are going to get sick of eating, but here's the calculator I use, when i'm on a bulk. Granted, when i'm bulking, my maintenance is at about 3200 calories, so I'll usually eat, at most, 4k, and i'll gain weight. I don't have near your intensity though. I hope this helps.…

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Excellent response. Being honest with yourself, realistic and patient is definitely the key to success!

Honestly, at your size, I believe you are undershooting your calories quite a bit, especially with your cardio work in. Using a progressive over load routine, such as Madcows (http://stronglifts.com/madcow-5x5-training-programs/) , and making sure you are eating at 20% over maintenance "to start", you will put on muscle.…

Love your approach! Great job so far! Created by MyFitnessPal.com - Free Calorie Counter

My fear would be that your calories may be too low, especially working out 5 days a week. What type of workout do you? One thing I would do is to find your maintenance level for your calories, I personally use this calculator, and then add a 20% deficit from there. When you start dropping your calories too low, you start…

Wow, congratulations! You're doing great.

Good luck on your journey! I'm cutting now, and down 10 so far, probably gotta lose another 20 before I reach my goal.

Awesome post. I was going to reply to the original, until I read yours. You said it all.