Yep, what westcoast7 said. Also, at this point, I want to grow starting from a leaner state. Allows more room for me to grow until I hit that point of fatness that I’m uncomfortable with.
Great thread. Killer arms and legs as bug said. Hope to see more updates
[quote]WestCoast7 wrote:
Please sticky/pin this nowza![/quote]
awesome development.
You should post more Sloh!
Just wanted to say what a quality thread this is, full of gems on nearly every page! I’ve put many people in this direction if ever they needed it, and it’s proper motivated myself.
Sloh; a few thoughts about gaining after dieting - just wondered if you ever find it hard gaining after being so lean for some time? You may not have that problem, but I seem to have like the fastest metabolism ever (in my early twenties I remember losing weight in 1-2 weeks while eating 6000 cals a day! lol That was a very active week or two)
I can’t pin-point it exactly on myself, but after a cut, for some reason it seems to take forever to get the gaining momentum back up again after the initial few pounds of ‘bloating’ up??? It’s as if my metabolism is one step ahead of me after a diet and so gaining again (getting the scale to budge) takes some time. It could just be that after dieting you’re out of the habit of over-eating, so it appears harder?
Thanks in advance…
[quote]sloh wrote:
Yep, what westcoast7 said. Also, at this point, I want to grow starting from a leaner state. Allows more room for me to grow until I hit that point of fatness that I’m uncomfortable with.[/quote]
I’ll be doing the exact same thing. Please keep us updated on how it goes for you.
BBB, do you have another means of communication?
[quote]its_just_me wrote:
Just wanted to say what a quality thread this is, full of gems on nearly every page! I’ve put many people in this direction if ever they needed it, and it’s proper motivated myself.
Sloh; a few thoughts about gaining after dieting - just wondered if you ever find it hard gaining after being so lean for some time? You may not have that problem, but I seem to have like the fastest metabolism ever (in my early twenties I remember losing weight in 1-2 weeks while eating 6000 cals a day! lol That was a very active week or two)
I can’t pin-point it exactly on myself, but after a cut, for some reason it seems to take forever to get the gaining momentum back up again after the initial few pounds of ‘bloating’ up??? It’s as if my metabolism is one step ahead of me after a diet and so gaining again (getting the scale to budge) takes some time. It could just be that after dieting you’re out of the habit of over-eating, so it appears harder?
Thanks in advance…[/quote]
Hahaha I think I may be a little different. Honestly, after dieting and being hungry for so long, I can’t wait to jack up the calories. On the other hand, I don’t just hop from 1800 kcals to 4000 all in one go. I definitely do not need over 6,000 kcals like you do. After this diet, I’ll probably slowly ramp up the cals the first 1 or 2 weeks. I generally start gaining steadily at 3,000 kcals and then after a couple more weeks I have to ramp it up to around 3500-4000 but I rarely have to go higher than that. The only time when I was eating 5,000 kcals a day was when I was at my heaviest at 200 lbs.
I should also mention that as a former fat boy, I have a very big appetite. I’m not liking this hunger right now, and I load up on tons of diet soda everyday to curb the hunger.
Ah I see (haha) thanks for the reply! It’s funny cas I always can’t wait to gain again, but then when I am gaining it takes ages to get into the grove…
Anyway, have fun eating again 
BBB
if you come back in this thread would it be possible for you to email me. I have a couple questions that i would rather not post in the forums. My PMs are broke as well. My email is in my Hub
Ryan
Badass.
Ha, gotta also say–the surroundings in the pic definitely show how glamorous the life of a med student truly is.
btw, do you have a particular strategy regarding training once you’re interning? I’m not a med student, but a number of folks on the forum are headed down that path, and it might be helpful/interesting for you to speak to training with the time constraints interning involves.
I’m just going to do the best I can with it. If that means bringing the training down to 3 days a week, so be it. I can still progress on a split of legs, back/bis, chest/shoulder/tris.
Not all rotations are that bad either.
I can get by on a lot less sleep than others in my class. I average on 5-5.5 hours, so I’m not too worried. I could ease up on studying and sleep more but I’m really gunning it to stay top 10% in my class b/c I want to keep my options open as far as specialties go (anesthesiology, pathology, emergency medicine are what I’m considering right now)
I had a lot of people tell me I wouldn’t be able to keep up with this hobby when I was going to start school. Not only am I able to make time for it right now, I’ve pretty much crushed every course so far. I think if you really want it, you’ll find a way to make time for it.
Photoshop.
Aren’t you Asian?
Asians can’t get swole.
Good job, kid. I remember your PMs from way back then… you’ve come a long way and you have a sense of balance about the whole thing.
[quote]sloh wrote:
I’m just going to do the best I can with it. If that means bringing the training down to 3 days a week, so be it. I can still progress on a split of legs, back/bis, chest/shoulder/tris.
Not all rotations are that bad either.
I can get by on a lot less sleep than others in my class. I average on 5-5.5 hours, so I’m not too worried. I could ease up on studying and sleep more but I’m really gunning it to stay top 10% in my class b/c I want to keep my options open as far as specialties go (anesthesiology, pathology, emergency medicine are what I’m considering right now)
I had a lot of people tell me I wouldn’t be able to keep up with this hobby when I was going to start school. Not only am I able to make time for it right now, I’ve pretty much crushed every course so far. I think if you really want it, you’ll find a way to make time for it.[/quote]
Good shit man, it will be interesting to see how I fair with this once I start dental school in 2 years. Unfortunately I can not get by with 5 hours of sleep. Less than 7 consistently really kills me.
[quote]David1991 wrote:
[quote]sloh wrote:
I’m just going to do the best I can with it. If that means bringing the training down to 3 days a week, so be it. I can still progress on a split of legs, back/bis, chest/shoulder/tris.
Not all rotations are that bad either.
I can get by on a lot less sleep than others in my class. I average on 5-5.5 hours, so I’m not too worried. I could ease up on studying and sleep more but I’m really gunning it to stay top 10% in my class b/c I want to keep my options open as far as specialties go (anesthesiology, pathology, emergency medicine are what I’m considering right now)
I had a lot of people tell me I wouldn’t be able to keep up with this hobby when I was going to start school. Not only am I able to make time for it right now, I’ve pretty much crushed every course so far. I think if you really want it, you’ll find a way to make time for it.[/quote]
Good shit man, it will be interesting to see how I fair with this once I start dental school in 2 years. Unfortunately I can not get by with 5 hours of sleep. Less than 7 consistently really kills me.
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Then you are screwed. They make those classes more competitive by the year.
looking sick