Its rather difficult to gain eating completely clean on a bulk. Definitely dont hit up the chinese buffet/ pizza stuff too often but I wouldnt worry about things like milk, sausages, etc. Good way to add calories without filling you up too much.
I’m not afraid to eat “dirty”. but for the most part that means eating the visible fat on meat, whole eggs, fatty fish, EVOO on/in everything, etc. I try to keep postworkout protein lean, but if I don’t have a choice I’ll eat whatevers available.
I’ve learned that nutrient partitioning really works. if I eat p/c/f in that order or p+c/f, I can usually get more food in than when eating everything together.
I can see myself taking a shot or two of EVOO after meals in the future…
Enjoy the journey for the next month and dont look at the scale.
You have done great so far, don’t let the last five pounds bring you down.
thanks! I won’t let it bother me.
lol however, the next ten pounds on the bar are a different story… that never fails to frustrate.
[quote]JFG wrote:
Enjoy the journey for the next month and dont look at the scale.
You have done great so far, don’t let the last five pounds bring you down.[/quote]
I have taken to this mentality^^
I started the Juggernaut method two months ago at 200 even and swore to myself I wasn’t going to step on a scale or take picture updates till I was through all 16 weeks. Main goal being to get my lifts as high as they will go and after eating my protein 250/day getting my cals in as cleanly as possible.
Regrettably my curiosity got the best of me and I stepped on the scale this morning. 5 pounds of weight gain doesn’t seem like good results for a bulk but I was shooting for 10 pounds of weight gain over the 16 weeks with most it, if not all, being lean tissue. (aren’t we all?)
I am on track to hit my weight gain and projected maxes are coming along nicely.
I do not have any new maxes on video so I don’t want to even mention numbers.
^
Forest for the trees.
You gained five pounds, celebrate, tweak if needed, don’t if you enjoyed yourself.
Gaining can’t really be measured. You are not sure how your particular body will respond. Maybe you need more food, maybe you need to up the intensity, maybe you did everything you could. Just be honest with yourself, realize you accomplish something here and you have a life time to enjoy.
Most people here are not going to compete, yet ask questions like they are. They stress about the smallest things and wonder why they don’t make gains.
Friend of mine wanted a 500 lbs squat. He hit 485, got discouraged, and quit. He couldn’t see that he started with the bar a few years back after 3 knee surgeries. After 5 years and about 100lbs of fat, he realize how foolish it was to concentrate on a number. Yes, he’s back and will reach 500 in a year or so (as he puts it).
Enjoy life, don’t fight it.
^What about my post makes you think I am missing the big picture?
I agreed with your post and then wrote a personal antidote about keeping the big picture in focus.
Maybe I just didn’t make that clear.
We both did. Cheers on your progress and positive attitude.
My post was more general to add to yours.
Smiley face and all of that.