[quote]fr0IVIan wrote:
lol the good thing about the buffets I go to is they usually have sushi, white rice and some veggies that aren’t completely doused in greasy sauce. but then again I eat like that maybe once every 4-8 weeks.
I do need to eat more veggies and it seems like I can never get enough in a day. I would like to eat them at every meal except for immediately post-workout.
I ditched the fruit juice and I make a point to eat fruit usually in the morning so the fiber can get into my system earlier and help absorb water/nutrients and improve stool quality for the day. I started eating oatmeal for breakfast again, I had completely forgotten about it somehow.
on training days I will usually eat maybe a cup of almonds at night with a protein shake if I’m somewhere where/when eating a proper meal would be inconvenient. on non-training days I’ll usually eat around two cups for the day. since I have a half hour drive to work, I started eating about half of that and some fruit if I have any, eat a few handfuls throughout the day when I’m short on time, eat the rest on the way home then eat a P/F/C meal if possible.
I tested my DL 1RM for the first time a few weeks ago and hit 365 (chalk, mixed grip, no belt) after I finished my 1’s week workout on the 531 template. I’m pretty sure I could pull 400 if I dedicated a week or two to pulling heavy triples/doubles/singles. I might even be able to pull it tomorrow since I’ll be pretty fresh (did rows on Saturday), but I’m planning on another cycle of 531 before I re-test. my bench and squat are coming along and I’m confident I could hit a 1RM between 250-300 for both (wrist wraps needed for bench due to problems with left wrist).
after this period of bulking, I can say with a fair amount of certainty that 20 kcal/lb will lead to too much fat gain for me, and that I need about 15-16kcal/lb to see gains on the scale. however, I recognize that I have to eat closer to 20 kcal/lb to keep some lifts from stalling.[/quote]
If you want to stick with gaining weight very slowly, then it might help a great deal to adjust your training (and expectations) to that.
There are some training cycles Ed Coan used that have worked really well for me while staying roughly the same weight. (not the calculators available on the net!)
As far as “too much fat gain”… Obviously there is only so much you can do without getting fat, but, again, your gym progress has a good bit of influence on that. If you are only gaining, say, 20 lb on your squat, dead and bench, 5 or whatever on your curls and extensions and such while gaining 10 lb or more of bodyweight as a natty in that time-frame, well… No reason for that 10 lb gain to be mostly muscle.
