Why am I not getting fat???

[HansNZ]

My stats:

age 27
height 186cm (6'1")
weight 94kgs (208lbs)

My question: Why am I not getting fat?

I started with a fina+winny stack, eating 5,500 calories a day. I put on about 1lbs of weight a week and people commented on how I was looking more ripped.

Following this I immediately changed to a dbol/EQ/Sust stack, continuing to eat 5,500 cals a day. I am not gaining ANY weight, but people are commenting on how my body is developing and I seem leaner.

For some reason (if perceptions are correct) these steroids are burining fat. With such a high calorie intake should I not be gaining weight? How can I eat 5,500 cals a day and not change weight on the scales?

I am an ectomorph, so maybe my metabolism just goes up and up and up the more I eat?

 

[testalot]

5,500 calaries to a true ectomoprh isnt shit.

i used to drink 3 1,050 cal drinks a day

eat 7 meals all protein based.

and eat peanut butter from the jar as a snack, and cake all day, i never got fat but found i needed 8,000+ calaries a day to grow more after my first two cycles. you simply arent eating.

 

[EndOfSilence]

eat more

 

[Silent Method]

I'm about yor size. If I'm training hard enough, 5500 calories is nothing. Of course I'm talking about intense training beyond just a weight training session a day.

Anyway, sound like your making great progress regarless of what the scale says.

If you still wish to get heavier, assuming your training is in check, bump up those cals bro.

 

[Reebok]

Surely you want muscle not fat. Eat more, and be consistent. Stimulate muscle growth with heavy, compund exercises. Use longer rest periods between sets and avoid cardio.

Should do it bro'.

 

[ragin']

obviously the gear is working for you the way your body wants it to. you, being an ectomorph, must take into consideration that you may be loosing some excess body fat while gaining lead muscle. almost an even trade. muscle weighs more than fat and you mentioned that people are commenting so... somethings working. eating more is always good, too.

 

[HansNZ]

Yikes! I thought 5,500 cals a day was a lot. I hear you boys! I'll start eating more as of now.

I'm training about 5 days a week and i've given up cardio. I'm not sure if I can fit in 8,000 cals a day but i'll raise my intake to 6,000 immediately.

 

[Twitched]

Are you scandanavian? Thats probobly why. You guys cant do anything wrong .



This is off topic, but I wan't to go on a scandanavian vacation some time soon. Can you recommend any of the best, most american friendly places to visit? How do you guys feel about americans over there.. Hopefully better then parisians!

 

[HighIntensity]

same thing here on fina but im looking better so fuck the scale

 

[MrQuestion]

Either you are measuring incorrectly (although I have a hunch you are measuring skinfold/s correctly) or you need to bump up calories until you see a happyy compromise where you can see an excellent muscle/fat ratio. Add a burger with extra veggies or a decent 500 calorie meal and see how that works.

SECOND, how do you know you are eating 5.500 calories? Are you just guessamating (it's another word that I invented) your caloric intake? One of my friends used to moan and bitch about not being able to gain weight. To my surprise (not), he was NOT counting calories. He would look at a plate and his superior genius head magically told him how many calories were there. Of course. he was off. Once we tracked down how many calories he was eating per day, he was eating too little.

 

[maxellyz]

Are you scandanavian? Thats probobly why. You guys cant do anything wrong .



This is off topic, but I wan't to go on a scandanavian vacation some time soon. Can you recommend any of the best, most american friendly places to visit? How do you guys feel about americans over there.. Hopefully better then parisians!

Bro i think hes from New Zeeland at least that what it says on location , Scandinavia as you probably know is Sweden, Norway and Denmark. I live in Sweden. And all the countries in scandinavia are america friendly , all the big cities are nice and have good night life especially stockholm .

 

[Axe]

This is off topic, but I wan't to go on a scandanavian vacation some time soon. Can you recommend any of the best, most american friendly places to visit? How do you guys feel about americans over there.. Hopefully better then parisians! [/B][/QUOTE]

Go to Norway. I was over there and the women are the most beautiful I have ever seen. Was out in the boonies (around the fjords). Friendly and they love Americans

 

[supertech69]

Can someone post one of your 6,000 plus calorie diets? I eat all day long & have trouble staying above 5,000 w/out eating a shit load of junk food. I too gain w/out going up in bodyfat very much but, I'd like to see if I could gain more.

 

[HighIntensity]

let me add you must also eat a vareity of different foods

get protien from

chicken
beef
fish
nuts
beans
cheese

eat tons of veggies and fruit

quick protien =

10 extra glasses of milk a day-2 of them being whole milk

easy carbs to consume

ceral= I try and eat 4-5 bowls a day, also packed with vitamins

eat hard boiled eggs- 15 a day

peanut butter - half a jar a day

tuna and toast
egg salad and toast

Beef Jerky once a week is good 2


EAT MY FRIEND EAT AND EAT AND EAT

 

[Twitched]

Go to Norway. I was over there and the women are the most beautiful I have ever seen. Was out in the boonies (around the fjords). Friendly and they love Americans [/B]

Sweet . My girlfriend is a 4th generation american, but is pretty much pure Norwegian and she is hot as hell. I love the blue eyes, and I love that jawline.


It's settled, off to Norway and Sweden!

I might even move there someday. They probobly don't need any more mathematicians and computer scientists though.

Ever seen that movie insomnia? If all the girls look like that/like my girlfriend, I am truly down with that.

I love extremely thin girls too, I'm sick of this "I want some girl with some meat on her bones" that you always get over here in america.

 

[maxellyz]

It's settled, off to Norway and Sweden!

I might even move there someday. They probobly don't need any more mathematicians and computer scientists though.

I dont think you want to move here cold as shit in the winter extremly high taxes and very strict and harsh drug laws(even ephedrine is illegal here ). They are even thinking about making it even worse for us that workout if the government gets their way in 2003 many legal supps will become available only in pharmacys.

But other then that its great

 

[Axe]

Its colder than shit in the winter but summer is insane. It is light forever and like I said the women are unreal. I met the most beautiful woman of my life there and she had no attitude. I would not spend the winters there but I would love to spend my summers there. Have fun Twitched

 

[Twitched]

New york city by winter, stockholm by summer, sounds like a plan.

I wonder if it would be easier or harder to get laid as a tourist there..

 

[maxellyz]

New york city by winter, stockholm by summer, sounds like a plan.

I wonder if it would be easier or harder to get laid as a tourist there..

Sounds like a good idea also dont worry about the women there are a lot of easy women over here so i dont think you will have that problem especially not if you are an american .

Yeah Axe in the summer its light forever it starts in july but if you go up north then its really light forever...

Anyway hope you enjoy your stay in stockholm

 

[HansNZ]

Are you scandanavian? Thats probobly why. You guys cant do anything wrong .



This is off topic, but I wan't to go on a scandanavian vacation some time soon. Can you recommend any of the best, most american friendly places to visit? How do you guys feel about americans over there.. Hopefully better then parisians!

Hey bud, I am half Swedish and half Dutch, so my blood lines are 50% scandanavian. But if you look at the panel to the left you will see that I now reside in New Zealand

 

[HansNZ]

Either you are measuring incorrectly (although I have a hunch you are measuring skinfold/s correctly) or you need to bump up calories until you see a happyy compromise where you can see an excellent muscle/fat ratio. Add a burger with extra veggies or a decent 500 calorie meal and see how that works.

SECOND, how do you know you are eating 5.500 calories? Are you just guessamating (it's another word that I invented) your caloric intake? One of my friends used to moan and bitch about not being able to gain weight. To my surprise (not), he was NOT counting calories. He would look at a plate and his superior genius head magically told him how many calories were there. Of course. he was off. Once we tracked down how many calories he was eating per day, he was eating too little.

I am counting the calories correctly. I weigh my food and in the past used to calculate everything to the closest 5 cals. I think that was too precise and I am content with rounding things to the closest 50 calories. I assure you I am not undercounting them, hehe.

When I first started eating 5,500 cals a day I grew heaps. But I am an ectomorph, and I think people with my body type tend to attenuate to food like other people do to exercise. Its now time to up those calories again.

If you saw me 6 years ago you would be shocked that I am almost 210lbs now. I was the skinniest most anorexic looking god-damn thing you have ever seen!!! Gaining weight is an up-hill slog for me. My body just metabolises whatever goes into it and shits it out the other end again, LOL

 

[HansNZ]

I dont think you want to move here cold as shit in the winter extremly high taxes and very strict and harsh drug laws(even ephedrine is illegal here ). They are even thinking about making it even worse for us that workout if the government gets their way in 2003 many legal supps will become available only in pharmacys.

But other then that its great

Hey bud, go to the US, pay their income taxes plus add the costs of their medical insurance and university fees onto your costs and you'll find that your scandanavian taxes are the cheaper deal, lol.

I know what you mean about the gov't controlling substances. Here in NZ even vit A is a controlled substance and you can't buy ephedrine at all!