jenscats5 said:
How is that going for you so far?
On monday I'm upping the cals to 3000, been on 2500 for a 10 days (coming from 1900-2000).
It is really a mind-game. During the first week you completely FREAK OUT by how much weight you gain (no wonder with 350grs carbs, 3 grs water per 1 grs carb will do that you).
This is the most important reason why you just can't jump straight to your target cals...
I'm up to 205lbs, from 196... at this point I don't trust my body fat scale, since the water levels are insane... it says I'm 20%... My lowest point was 193.5lbs @ 17,4%
I noticed the weight is stable now at 205, so time to up them to 3000... If I plateau, then iti s 3400, which is my theorical bulking point.
In a nutshell, so far so good, it's hard to eat this much, specially after 1 year cutting and I already belive bulking is harder than cutting (bulking in the correct way, not pigging out at the nearest McD) getting to 3000 cals with good foods takes a LOT of food, the yummy part is I get to eat 400 grs carbs/day... hahahaha, take that!!!
I'll run this till the 21st of Oct then cut for 2 straight months, drop them cals to 2000 again and hit the cardio