JKurz1 said:
GOT the lift and sleep down pretty good.....actually, sleep is a solid 7-8hrs a night....trouble is 3x a night to piss........that sucks.....maye I should be tosing down food each time....nah....diet is the hardest part for me, I'm wayyyyyyyyy to picky and everything weighed and measured to the tee......
for example...sf jello.....I got the box that has 4 servings...I'm freaking neverous about sprinkling a little in my preshake to make it creamery because it has maltodextrin as its third ingreditent and 6g of freaking carbs........
JK, the good thing is that you actually know you can overthink and be a little too neurotic. To simplify it, don't look at maldodextrin, don't count the carbs, think how many more calories it actually adds. Does it matter if you eat 4,200cals or 4,239? No, it isn't gonna make a bit of difference if you look at things in the grand scheme. Gaining muscle and bulking really doesn't require the level of detail that getting in BB contest shape does.
About being 30 and justifying eating more than the average person....AGAIN, you're not the average person. The average 30 year old American wakes up, smokes a few cigarettes, skips breakfast, has 2 doughnuts from the cafeteria at work around 9 AM, eats a Value Meal from McDonalds washed don with a sugery coca-cola at lunch around noon (and then wonders why they feel 'so tired' after lunch), then the afternoon consistes of not eating anything and taking a few 'smoke breaks'. They then come home around 5 or 6 PM and eat dinner (which is usually the best meal they eat all day), they then lay around until bedtime, and maybe drink some alcohol or munch on some potato chips. Oh yeah, about once or twice a year (New Year's and before Summer) they get a thought in their head that they may or may not like to begin working out, the thought usually passes within a few minutes, if no, they join the gym and go once or twice before stopping entirely. Eating 2000 cals a day on a starvation diet would be a million times better than what the average American slob typically does. It would not be better for YOU.
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed my little example, lol, but seriously, you are NOT the average person when you look at your goals and workout schedule......so don't let that thought pop back into your head.