Thread: what's the most calories you've ever tried to set your diet at?

i agree its hard to hit those kinda cals. everyday. sometimes i get so pissed off listening to people cry about loosing weight they dont even realize some of us are struggling our asses off to put weight on i wish i was on a cutting cycle bulking is 100 times harder cutting is easy all you need is a healthy low fat diet and descent cardio all though what i call descent is pretty intense for most anyways keep those cals. up and good luck to ya by the way a weight gainer is a quick and easy way to raise your calories dont live off of it you must eat as well eat everything in sight.

I did 5 meals a day at around 1400 cal's each. You get used to it after the first few days. Bathrooms do come in handy though ... clean ones that is.

I ate all the meat/fish/poultry groups, a shit load of fruit and veggies, pasta, egg croissant breakfast sandwiches, and drank whey shakes/smoothies as my beverage of choice. If you lift/work out hard enough and drink that gallon of water a day you will adjust very quickly.

Good luck man you'll get-er-done

i was taking in about 7500 about 5 years ago before i knew that u still had to take in quality nutrients n not just junk food to healthily gain weight. I was young and just hittin up the mcdonalds to try n put on weight

Originally Posted by THE BEAST

i agree its hard to hit those kinda cals. everyday. sometimes i get so pissed off listening to people cry about loosing weight they dont even realize some of us are struggling our asses off to put weight on i wish i was on a cutting cycle bulking is 100 times harder cutting is easy all you need is a healthy low fat diet and descent cardio all though what i call descent is pretty intense for most anyways keep those cals. up and good luck to ya by the way a weight gainer is a quick and easy way to raise your calories dont live off of it you must eat as well eat everything in sight.

I wouldn't say that really. Although i'm a fatty so i will never know how a hardgainer eats, but i've been at both ends of the spectrum. Cutting with CKD's and bulking with 4500+kcals. Bulking was waay easier to me, i wasn't eating all clean of course and i gained a bunch of fat, but hardgainers won't have that problem. I had a great time with that, I got to eat stuff i never eat on a regular basis (pasta with sauce, english muffins, white rice, burgers etc). Hell after leg day i would eat a double whopper as a reward for surviving another one, lol.

I get mad at the so called "hardgainers" who complain about not being able to put on weight. I tell em you gotta eat and they say "yea i do eat" meanwhile when i'm with them for 6+hrs i chow down atleast twice and they don't even look at food...and I'm cutting. Sorry but i have no pity for people who can maintain six packs while eating McDonald's all day.

I ate 4500 cals a day for a couple months. Now 4000 is good for me for a slow bulk.

I'm trying to hit 3500-4000 plus the water and it still hasn't gotten easier. It's been a month now. My wife says I look like a tick at the end of the day. I will literally lose up to three pounds overnight. Where the hell do those pounds go? My hardest times are on the weekend since I don't have my time regulated. At work by 6am with set breaks during the day makes it a lot easier to schedule the meals...

JCHAPPJ youre not alone buddy i have to eat like crazy just to maintain i could easily loose a pound or two a day without even trying i hate getting on the scale ill go up a couple a pounds and the same damm day sweat it all off. youre not doing any cardio are you?

In the 4K range over the past few months. Put on some nice size too.

I've never had a problem putting weight on that's for sure. I've actually been trying to slim out for a majority of my life...

Maybe im not being patient enough after i dropped cardio and raised my calories up to 4500-5500 i expected to see results quickly i have gotten a belly and love handles but it just looks like ive gotten fat the scale never seems to go up. damm scale.

Originally Posted by THE BEAST

Maybe im not being patient enough after i dropped cardio and raised my calories up to 4500-5500 i expected to see results quickly i have gotten a belly and love handles but it just looks like ive gotten fat the scale never seems to go up. damm scale.

How far did you raise them up from? You don't want to raise them too high right away.

Used to aim for around 5000/day when i had an active job that involved doing stuff.. Now the majority of my job involves sitting around so i aim for around 3500 and im slowly putting weight on.

1,000 cals per meal, 6-8 meals per day.

I'm bulking for 4 weeks as of right now and intaking 3500+ calories of clean meals is a *****! Cutting is so much easier than bulking for me. I don't know why. =(

Originally Posted by THE BEAST

JCHAPPJ youre not alone buddy i have to eat like crazy just to maintain i could easily loose a pound or two a day without even trying i hate getting on the scale ill go up a couple a pounds and the same damm day sweat it all off. youre not doing any cardio are you?

No, I tried knocking off all the cardio but to tell you the truth doing a little cardio helps ramp up my appetite. Double edged sword I guess...

You guys suck!

Last time I bulked was 3 years ago and that was the most I ever set my cals at. A mere 2100 cals per day to bulk.

Well, you don't need to be bulking to require a lot of calories. If I'm in training and on my extended cardio days, I can be on a cut and still require 3,800 -4,000 cals simply because I'll burn anywhere from 4,200 - 4,500 cals in one day.

I will always eat good clean food though. Junk calories don't even count in my mind, I can't see filling the gas tank in my car with sand and water and saying hey at least I'm putting something in it. It's not gonna burn right and will just slow me down and screw me up.

1500

3500-4000.

3500 is probably my maintenance...stupid overactive metabolism.

The highest I've set my calories at for average daily consumption was/is around 4000-4400 calories a day... Some days it was probably closer to 5000 (Chipotle anyone?), some days it was probably around 3500 depending on many factors.

Originally Posted by Jodi

You guys suck!

Last time I bulked was 3 years ago and that was the most I ever set my cals at. A mere 2100 cals per day to bulk.

Yeah but you're a lil tiny female and we're like 100 pounds heavier than you. At 2100 calories a day I'd turn into that dude off of The Machinist.

Me@2100cals/day=Trevor Reznik

Originally Posted by ReproMan

In the 4K range over the past few months. Put on some nice size too.

I've never had a problem putting weight on that's for sure. I've actually been trying to slim out for a majority of my life...

Amen to that, I can't put size on no problem. I'm primarily looking for a little less marshmellow look these days though.