Thanks big fella. I’m not gonna stage ready or anything but I think I need at least a bulk break. Appetite is rarely high for me these days. I’ve been eating more for a while now and still feel good. Still I think it’d be best to take a break and cut a smidge while I’m still in the floating volume / off season on the Sheiko app that can stimulate keeping muscles.
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Sounds like a good approach
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Are you hungry all the time? I eat more than you 
Well, this was the aggressive cut option. I don’t know how many weeks @Pinkylifting would run that. But, as long as I don’t confuse him with someone else, he’s mostly sedentary during the day because of his job so your respective step counts are not comparable.
And then the exact calories that cause you to lose/gain weight remains a sliding window. I maintain my weight at 2600 calories. I also maintain my weight at 3000 calories.
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Again, to build on what @Voxel said, this is a low calorie day for someone with a sedentary lifestyle. His average calorie intake, while on an aggressive cut is still noticeably above yours. You’re cherry picking data points to make your case.
I’m actually looking for every “excuse “ to eat more. It’s hard since everyone seems to be aiming to “shed the holiday fat “
Then don’t worry about what everyone else is taking in to move towards their goals. Their body, their lifestyle, and their training is just that. Theirs. What you have is yours. Your goals. Your body. Your lifestyle. Your training.
What I eat, what @dagill2 eat, what @Pinkylifting eats, none of that should matter to you.
You are trying to gain.
Continue to monitor scale weight and adjust based on that. Not gaining quickly enough? Increase by 250-500 calories a day (lower end for smaller guys and higher end for bigger guys).
Shoot to gain 200 grams of scale weight per week (at least).
P.S. Since you are not a “guy” consider yourself a small guy. Or, really go for it with vehement determination and eat as if you are a bigger guy.
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That’s not your goal. Why do you care what they are doing to get to theirs?
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If every single person on your log, several doctors and your parents telling you that eating more decent calories will immeasurably improve your quality of life and your lifting, I don’t honestly know what more “excuse” you need.
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You can always lose fat later, but every week you are not putting mass on your frame is a week lost, that week is never coming back. At least that is what I try to tell myself to drive me to gain more.
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Have you considered the Dave Tate mass gainer diet?
Yes, but I don’t know if you’ve ever seen my before picture. I have adipocytes ready to fill right up, so I’m trying to find the right balance with gaining but not gaining to fast. But first I have to succeed at gaining at all. I’d rather have this happen though
A few weeks: Fail to gain
And then: Gaining adequately
Continue to: gain adequately, and maybe gain more per week as I grow comfortable with the process
Than
Week 1: Gain too much
Week 2: Freak out
Week 3-6: Undereat
Repeat Week 1.
Truly, my failure is erring too much on the side of caution. So, genuinely, I’m to blame for my own failure in this regard. However, I’ll add that despite owning up to that the last few weeks haven’t provided the best breeding grounds for success. I plan my week out, and adjust afterwards. During these weeks, there’s been a lot of events that have increased my caloric needs that I either failed to realise would increase my energy expenditure as substantially as they did (moving apartments) or simply couldn’t have planned for. In the last two weeks I
Tuesday (prev week): injured a pulley in my finger, increases calorie needs marginally
Thursday: hurt my back (again), increased calorie needs substantially
Monday (this week): had back reset my physio, back to something akin to normality,
Thursday: sprained a hamstring, increased calorie needs somewhat
This week I traded almost 50-100g (depending on the day) of protein for carbs, keeping calories the same, and I thought for sure that seeing as carbs are more easily digested than protein I could keep calories the same and see the scale show higher numbers than before it certainly hasn’t, presumably as a consequence of the injuries.
Also, the Dave Tate mass diet isn’t really geared towards healthy options and… I’ve avoided the unhealthy choices for so long that there is no appeal left there for me. I don’t have those cravings. Whenever I try it, my digestive system throws a fit because it’s too unused to processing that stuff, and together with the mental anguish that accompanies a “bad” choice it’s not a viable alternative for me.
Secondly, I live in a country where take-out is really expensive. As are restaurants. As is alcohol (not that I drink). And, while I could cook pizza and burgers myself, I’m not inspired by either. I’m looking to get back into baking again though. I though I had a tough time digesting bread, but I was mistaken. Seems as if lactose was the issue. Taking a sourdough class later this spring for fun.
Sorry @Pinkylifting for the derail.
I think this is cognitive dissonance… You’re a starving foodie? :).
No worries, my fault for not actually posting any training I guess.
With that in mind.
CrossFit Weightlifting accessories session 1
Front squat - 4s eccentric
40 x 5
60 x 5
80 x 5
100 x 5 x 2
Jerk from half split + jerk
60 x (3 + 3) x 4
Muscle snatch + overhead squat
50 x (5 + 5) x 4
500m row (1:55) Was supposed to be 1,000m but cardio is boring. I wasn’t gassed, just fed up. This is why I can’t self program cardio
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I don’t think I’ll ever understand why some people want to workout until they puke.
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How is the weightlifting? I know crossfit may not have the highest standard of technique but are u getting into the positions aight?
That’s why no one will remember ur name - Brad Pitt / Achilles
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Far from perfect but surprisingly competent. Had no idea I could do an atg overhead squat. As long as it’s snatch grip anyway.
A lot to work on from a timing perspective,. especially with lofts from the floor, can snatch more.from hang than from the floor
Have you seen a squat jerk?
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SO impressive, a lot of shoulder mobility to get that right. More than I have at the moment with that grip width for sure. I prefer the look of that to the split jerk. More balanced and i dislike asymmetric training.
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