Thread: the munchies?

When on a bulk i eat because i have to, not because i am hungry.

Originally Posted by SkinnyKid

ok so if i know i have to eat, but i'm not hungry for whatever reason, would it be bad to like smoke a blunt to get some munchies going then pig out on all the protein i need? would that not work? eating alot is the biggest part of bodybuilding, so if i have the munchies all the time i'd be constantly eating those valuable proteins and calories. let me know if this plan would work.

Well , you could , BUT I would think about a few things before doing it .

1) Make sure you eat well if you plan on doing this . I would even recommend having the thing ready before you smoke , then smoke and then eat it. I used to smoke quite a lot in high school , and that was my main problem , is that I ate junk.

2)Smoking weed , pot etc can make you not want to train or just push it till later . I dont think its a good idea to smoke weed and training for that main reason. Thats why I stopped in highschool. Lack of interest in the things I wanted to do . If you want to try it , its up to you , no one can stop you , but I dont think its a smart thing to do if you want to be bulking. I would recommend eating what you are used to at the moment and each day add about 250 calories until you get at the good calories amount for you size. Remember , Im saying calories here , but you should aslo calculate how much proteins/carbs/fat you need with that calorie intake.

Plus , no need to say thats its not good for your cardio.

well i'm a pothead but i always work out before i smoke. so i have tons of energy during the workout, but afterwards what if i'm not hungry? gotta eat, and i just generally dont have much of an appetite. so for a person like me that has little appetite naturally, would it be a good idea to get the munchies then eat like a couple turkey sandwiches or something?

Blunt-for-munchies: Bad idea.

Pot doesn't make for good training.

Take it this way , if you have trouble eating it , just tell yourself that when youll be eating everything you need to bulk , you wont have any room left for junk food. Thats what I feel right now. I eat like a freaking pig , you wouldnt believe it. But Im never hungry for any junk food

i dont eat candy or anything, dont worry about me eating bad food or anything.

look, this is my question really: when you eat nutricious food when you have the munchies, is your metabolism too speeded-up for your body to absorb those proteins and calories?

Originally Posted by SkinnyKid

well i'm a pothead but i always work out before i smoke. so i have tons of energy during the workout, but afterwards what if i'm not hungry? gotta eat, and i just generally dont have much of an appetite. so for a person like me that has little appetite naturally, would it be a good idea to get the munchies then eat like a couple turkey sandwiches or something?

Like I said , I really dont recommend it . If you really like to smoke , and still want to train , try cut on the smoking a bit ... But , really, you just have to get used to eating more. Dont go from 1500 cals to 3000 cals a day . Try to eat 6 meals a day as a start and then add more and more to each of those meals as you go on and hit the aimed calorie intake.