So, ive been on a 6 month "bulk", and ive gotten fat as hell without gaining much muscle. lol.
The goal of this journal is to clean up my bulk over the next 2 weeks, so it actually resembles a real bulk and not an excuse to eat garbage. And then to slowly turn into a long cut.
I'm 6'4". About 6 months ago, i was at a low of 198lbs. I'm currently around 250lbs. I'm taking 10-15g of creatine a day now (i wasnt 6 mo ago), so im assuming 5-10lbs of that is water weight. I havent had my bf tested, but i think its around 20%.
My last journal only lasted a few weeks, because i lost the motivation to keep it updated... so i'd really appreciate some bumps if anyone notices this thread getting buried. I'll be tracking my workouts and my diet.
Often there would be a 7th meal as well, puttting me up around 5000 cals.
Suprisingly, i was only eating when i felt hungry, too. So it was every couple hours that id feel hunger pangs, and eat up a storm.
Eating like that made me gain about 8lbs/month. So i'm a little unsure of what i should be eating now, at 250lbs, to be cutting. I was thinking around 3500 cals/day?
Mono, what gym did you train at when you were in NYC??
It sucks when you don;t have time to prepare all your meals. I am really tired sometimes because I miss sime sleep preparing my meals for the next day (7 meals!!). I have since started cooking/preparing for three days in advanced. On sunday I cook for sun., mon, tues and wed. Then on wed. I do my cooking for thurs, fri, sat. I has worked out really well.
Messing up a bulk is not the end of the world. It sounds like your strenght is up, which is good. Now you just need to set up a good cut diet, harness that new strenght and get real shredded. Sometimes it can be hard going from cutting to bulking, but if you can hang in there for about a week it seems to fall in place. Also, after a week or two you really drop some water and start seeing progress and that can be very motivating.
Originally posted by P-funk
Mono, what gym did you train at when you were in NYC??
It sucks when you don;t have time to prepare all your meals. I am really tired sometimes because I miss sime sleep preparing my meals for the next day (7 meals!!). I have since started cooking/preparing for three days in advanced. On sunday I cook for sun., mon, tues and wed. Then on wed. I do my cooking for thurs, fri, sat. I has worked out really well.
Messing up a bulk is not the end of the world. It sounds like your strenght is up, which is good. Now you just need to set up a good cut diet, harness that new strenght and get real shredded. Sometimes it can be hard going from cutting to bulking, but if you can hang in there for about a week it seems to fall in place. Also, after a week or two you really drop some water and start seeing progress and that can be very motivating.
good luck,
patrick
Yeah, thanks man. I think i just need to start looking in the mirror more... help me spark that motivation.
And when i was in NYC i was training at the World Gym Manhattan. It was just below Washington Square Park.
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