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As is always the case it is calories in vs calories out. Why anyone would want to get all of their calories from juice is beyond me? Why not just eat real food (have a calorie deficit), do a bit of strength training to maintain muscle and lose fat? Simple (losing fat is simple, though not always easy). No wonder every week…

I love bacon but when i don't have the calories left (but i want some) Turkey Bacon has really grown on me.

Ouch!

I often have ice-cream-- nothing wrong with that (iifym)

I eat more than that in one meal. But if it is working for you (and you're not experiencing health issues) who cares what other people think. When you lose the weight are you going to slowly bump your calories up (i am assuming you won't be eating this low for the rest of your life-- i.e. 1600/day)?

Yup!

I am smaller than you but eat around the same level. I am currently maintaining at about 3000 cals. Will bump up to 3400 in July when i start my bulk (and adjust from there)

Once you get in your protein (about 1 gram per pound of bodyweight, assuming you are not overweight), all you need to do is fill your calories so that you are over your maintenance level. Try to gain 2-4 pounds a month. Your body composition won't care if those carbs come from ice-cream (my fav), cookies, or poptarts.…

Losing weight is simple (though not necessarily easy). Gaining weight (at a rate of 2-4 pounds a month), month after month is not easy either. Gaining muscle is much harder. I can easily lose 1-2 pounds in a week but would be lucky to build 1/2 a pound of muscle in a week).

Why would that be a "cheat"? Looks pretty healthy to me. How many calories a day are you starting your bulk at?

Looks yummy-- i'm on maintaining my weight until July 1st (then starting my bulk). Can't wait.

As long as you're getting your protein requirements (easiest to just go for about one gram of protein for each pounds of bodyweight, unless you are hugely overweight). Now fill in the rest of your caloric requirements. Anything that adds to getting you above your maintenance (where you are gaining anywhere from 2-4 pounds…

There are many people that only eat one or two times a day-- as long as his calories are in line, there is nothing to worry about

1/2 a tub of ice cream-- done and done! Bonus-- eat the other half.

I sometimes go under a few hundred a day (I am currently trying to maintain my weight and will be heading into a bulk in a few weeks). If i go under my maintenance calories for a few days I always make up for it on the weekend-- for example today i have to make up an extra 1200 calories that i didn't take in during the…

During my last bulk (about 8 months)-- yup! Never had a problem hitting my macro's (when i got sick of eating, which was rare, i simply added ice-cream, milk, McDonald's, cookies, pizza, protein shake with oatmeal, peanut butter and fruit...). Granted i wasn't Intermittent Fasting during my bulk (I only learned about IF a…

Thanks, i'll take a look.

Thanks for you take on IF (i certainly love it on a cut but have never bulked on it yet). I must be a pig because i can easily eat large amounts of food (day in day out). On my last cut I had a 4 hour eating window (about 2500 cals/day) i only ate two meals, pretty much equally divided. I was never hungry but could easily…

Hey Waldo, Recomping for a newbie is a slow train to nowhere. But... What is your take on Intermittent Fasting on a bulk (as long as you are in a surplus everyday-- i.e. NOT like LeanGains-- where one day is surplus, another slight deficit)? I like big 2-3 meals (eating large meals is never a problem for me).

Those numbers look like iifym bang on!

Thanks for your input. How many grams of fat do you aim for per pound of bodyweight?

I am curious on how YOU keep track of this 0.8g protein/lb LBM. For example, say i have 160 LBM (which equals 128 grams protein/day). Would you hit 128 with high quality (meat, egg, milk) and then any extra from lower quality protein sources (say bread, rice...) is just a bonus. I wonder this because say i hit 128 grams a…

Justin, so you don't do soft tissue work/foam rolling? Or do you do this after your workout (or off days)? Or not at all? Thanks I agree the 5X5 program is a solid basic program-- i want to get strong.

I will check out YTPL. I have never done band work but plan to, as many of the shoulder mobility/warmup seem to involve this.

I like the idea of not doing light cardio-- it bores me to death. So after you are generally warmed up what do you do? Do you do mobility movements, more dynamic stretching specific for the weightlifting exercises you will be doing, or just go right into training (with warm up sets of course). BTW. I am going to be…

I find that a general whole body warm up gets me slightly ready to lift. Usually i then to a weight-specific warm up (e,g, if i were benching, i'd start with the empty bar , and then after a few increases in weight get to my working set). However.... I still find i am not completely flexible (especially in the shoulder…

I will check it out-- thanks

Last night, before bed (at about 10:00) this is what i ate-- i love potatoes 750 grams of baked Russet potatoes (600 cals) --> 4 tbsp (64 grams--> 340 cals) of chocolate peanut butter on top of half the potatoes --> 30 g (~ 6 tsp--> 210cals) margarine on the other half of the potatoes - 400 grams of pork loin (with…

Either way, whether you decide to gain 4 pounds a month (or 2 or 3), you will gain some fat on a bulk. But losing fat is easy compared to building muscle. Gaining weight sensibly, will keep you moderately lean (not 6 pack lean). What you don't want is to gain 10-20+ pounds a month under the delusion that you are packing on…

I agree that you may need to eat more (and not pay attention to immediate sometimes drastic leaps in scale weight)-- it is likely water retention and extra food in your system. So after that initial weight gain due to more food/water retention, keep track of your weight for 2-3 weeks (if you have not gained weight, then up…