Feelings during bulking.

[Weapon X]

I am trying to majorly bulk these days and it is working pretty well.
Mrs. Weapon and I went out yesterday to buy me all new pants since I have grown out of all my existing jeans and khakis.
The question I have is whether y'all experience lethargy when bulking.
I can really feel the extra weight I am carrying around. I had been 135 lbs for years and now I am at 153 lbs with 6" wrists (still too small, I know). 5 years ago I had a 28 inch waist, and yesterday I bought 32 inch waist jeans. I am 5'5".
I find that I am perspiring more and I feel heavier.
I certainly have added fat to my waistline, but when I complain about my belly getting bigger, my friends all laugh and say, "I don't see any fat, man!" I'm smooth, and I've got some love handles, but I'm certainly not fat or overweight to any of my athletically-active friends.
And my wife says that I was too skinny before and she doesn't think I'm fat (and she is very skinny!)
My in-laws are in town and they have paying for nice dinners all week, and I am just about sick of food! I gorge myself, then go home and drink a weight gain shake.
I am feeling very good about my weight going up, and I think that I am looking better abnd better as thepounds add up, but it's also kind of frustrating to be tired and feel so heavy. Will I just adjust to my new bodyweight over time?


Do you guys feel like this when bulking?

 

[danielson]

YES

its even worse when people go 'uve just got fat' and im like, yep but lets sprint and i still beat em. they dont sem to realise that youmight not have defination but that can come later, jut getting the muscle is hard enough.

i get increasingly depressed about my increasing waistline (usuaklly 32" now 34" lowest its been when i was a cardio monster was 30")...im 5"7 so these increases in fat worry me when i think about my appearence. at the end of the day its nearwinter now so ur muscles arent really gonna need to show thier definition what witha all the jumpers, just kick on the muscle and cut when ya need to

like winny fan said 'its important to look good naked'

just go until u feel or close people to you feel u might be getting a bit too porky then cut

 

[Frackal]

Absolutely...it can be MISERABLE sometimes...particularly when you have to do physical work always on a super fool stomach...like me at KFC, when I used to work there I was bulking at up to 7,500 relatively clean calories per day, and I was always exhausted...

 

[Weapon X]

Thanks, danielson.

It's odd to like the way I look, but to also feel so tired all the time.
Feeling so tired makes me feel fatter than I look, I guess. I haven't been doing any cardio at all as I've been bulking. Maybe at the end of Winter, I'll start cardio again and start cutting a bit for Spring/Summer.

I've been used to being a skinny guy all my life (when I enlisted in teh Army, I weighed 110 lbs.!!)who had no trouble touching his toes, etc. Now I feel so heavy.

For the first time, I feel like I don't look stupid in a football jersey.

 

[RyanH]

WeaponX---

First, ------"Mrs. WeaponX"------only you could come up with such a title for your wife. LOL.

I agree with your complaints about SWEATING and INCREASING wasteline. I'm now at 214 lbs, 6 feet, but my waist line is out to a 34, up from a 32, and I sweat like fuck all the time....When I leave the gym, I'm drenched in sweat as well as when I'm having sex.

And usually, I'm not a big sweater.

I also believe that the size of my stomach has also grown. I've done around 6 cycles, and I swear that it's bigger now than its ever been (although people who know more about this, may tell me its my imagination).

Thus, you are not alone.

Ryan.

 

[Weapon X]

Thanks, Frackal.
That's reassuring to hear!

 

[Weapon X]

RyanH, thanks for the input. As I've mentioned, it's reassuring to hear:

1.) That what I'm feeling is normal.
2.) That it means that I am bulking more successfully than ever before in my life.

My waist has gotten bigger, but shirts are also getting tighter on me in the arms.

P.S. - My wife really gets a kick out being called Mrs. Weapon! She loves hearing about all the goings-on here at EF! She also thinks we're fucking crazy, but she likes what I'm doing to my bod (and hers! )

 

[danielson]

ya gotta love that feeling when you put on a jumper and you feel it constricting your shoulder and arms

hopefully not to much of that will go when i finish cutting

im not sure about the tiredness though....as in an unwillingness to do physical work outsiode of the gym or like not being able to get out of bed due to physical exhaustion. i get very unwilling to do physical work when i bulk (i hope you mant lethargic in this way), so i guess thats normal

 

[KokDeisel]

Feelings about myself while bulking!!

LOL!!

When I see my waistline increase I just chill out wit my supahmodel ho's for a week.

A week of binging/purging keeps me looking like the kokky all ya'll know and love!

LMAO!!!

 

[Weapon X]

Re: Feelings about myself while bulking!!

LOL!!

When I see my waistline increase I just chill out wit my supahmodel ho's for a week.

A week of binging/purging keeps me looking like the kokky all ya'll know and love!

LMAO!!!

ROFLMAO!!

IMHO!!

LOL!

 

[Freak Show]

Re: Feelings about myself while bulking!!

LOL!!

When I see my waistline increase I just chill out wit my supahmodel ho's for a week.

A week of binging/purging keeps me looking like the kokky all ya'll know and love!

LMAO!!!

You know... I clicked on this thread just cuz I saw you posted. Once again, I was not let down.

 

[FrankRizzo]

I decided that 240 is big enough for me. I will never eat another Dbol or A bomb again. I doubt if I will ever take more that 500mg per wek of a long ester test again either. I have been dieting better than ever and started a cycle three weeks ago fo Fina/winny/T-prop/EQ.

I am up to 239-240 from 232. I look better than I ever have IMO. I was tired of that big bloated look. No more winter bulking here. I am going to get under 10% BF and stay there and do cardio 3-5 times a week. I also look bigger now that the gut and love handles are diminishing than I did before.

I wanna be able to go to Harolds and get a suit that fits and keep it for a while this time! It is a bitch to get them to split one up for you. All the 50-52 inch coats have 40 inch pant waisted slacs with them. I have to "sneak" a pair of 34-36 pants into the suit when I buy one.

 

[theoak01]

when i bulk naturally yes i get it,but on a cycle i feel like a god,confidence through the roof

 

[TxCollegeguy]

I've been clean compared to most here I was guilty of taking tons of andro and creatine at one time, but within 6months I jumped from 175lbs at 6-7%bf to 230 at 14-15%bf that was my first big bulking time and I loved it

3 spoon fulls of dehydrated skim milk a glass with 3 glasses of milk at every meal gave me a shit load of calories. and no cardio having quit college distance running allowed me to bulk up alot...It took me another 6months to put on another 30lbs and watch my bf get over 20% pushing closer to 25%

pretty disgusting as it was I hit the bike and treadmills and dieted down to 230 and was fairly pleased....Did I love bulking up....You bet, it allowed me to keep eating like I did when I was a runner. I was able to split my workouts to 2 a day and getting in alot of different types of lifts with moderate to heavy weights. My only problem now is that I have to go from 207lbs now from 225 a few weeks ago and get around 200lbs-195lbs when I leave for basic

 

[Weapon X]

55 lbs on Andro & Creatine? You kidding, Tex?

 

[TxCollegeguy]

I wish I was...my parents wanted to have me take a drug test. I didn't see them but for major holidays since I was going to school in west texas

I have probably at one time an appetite that I have seen in few people

eating $20 worth of food at a lubby's wasn't beyond me. I would eat till I was close to throwing up, then I would rest for 1.5 hours, stretch for 30minutes to wake up and lift. I had my heavy meals for Breakfast and an Afternoon lunch

the dehydrated skim milk is what I'm convinced what put about 70% of that weight. It was high in calories and I consumed 3 glasses with 3 spoonfulls in addition to 10 glasses of water each time I got up to grab another tray of food

Those all you can eat food bars at College was a good value. Egg Omlets with 9 whole eggs with bacon, ham, cheese, added with 4 bagels, 2 bowels of cereal with whole milk, 4 hardboiled eggs just eating the egg whites

needless to say IT was overloading my system like I had never done before...I was 19 at the time so beer was pretty frequent as well...I would usually eat 1ft long subway meatball before bed at least 3-4 nights a week, followed up by half a gallon of milk and half a gallon of water...

Just imagine how often all that would wake me up at night...

 

[TxCollegeguy]

I turned into a fatty for a good while, most of my friends thought I was nuts. I never did get the good cut in my abs back since then, not as cut as they should have been. I actually took 2 the recomended amount of andro and took it 7 days a week and not 3 like it recomended. I was fortunate to have been a Resident Assistant at my dorm so I was able to spend most of my paychecks on protein shakes and pointless other shit from GNC

 

[Weapon X]

Tex, I'm gonna try your dehydrated milk trick!
How could you tell that it was overloading your system? Excess bowel movements, stomach upset, bad gas, or what?

 

[Priscoj]

me too

I have been officially dubbed 'the sweaty guy' by my friends...I am hot everywhere I go, sweaty forehead...wet hat...ugh. Hopefully when I cut up fro spring break it will go away..or maybe just the winter cold will do it.

 

[TxCollegeguy]

All of that...Man I would get up close to 2 times every 30minutes to an hour to take a piss...I had water everywhere I went and would usually fill up my water bottle after my bathroom breaks....Tums were always handy cause my stomache would hurt like hell

Also every 3 weeks I would cut back the creatine and about 25% of my calories and overload on stuff like Ripped fuel inorder to sweat off some of the crap so to speak

I have to go run some errands pm me if you want more of the details

 

[Weapon X]

Tex, your pm box is full, bro.

I also keep Tums by my bedside. Heartburn and indigestion wake me up several nights a week.

When my asthma acts up, I cough alot. These days, when I cough alot, I start to feel as though I'm going to puke.