To Eat or Not to Eat...

Training Bodybuilding
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Ever since I got educated on the merits of eating I have found myself constantly waivering between eating lots to get huge and cutting back on eating to stay lean…

I can never make up my mind! I feel like if I eat a lot, I will pack on a few pounds and lose my 6 pack but then I think about how I wanna gain some more muscles so I then eat and jack up my calories…

What do you guys do? How do you gauge how much to eat etc? What’s a good balance? Thanks.

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I would say to

  1. check out Berardi’s Massive Eating guide and figure out your daily calorie needs http://www.t-nation.com/findArticle.do?article=body_146mass
  2. keep a diet log and figure out how you are doing!
  3. keep your calories just about maintenence to slowly, but surely gain lean muscles without packing on the fat

my .02

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Fall and winter are around the corner. Screw losing your six-pack and pack on the beef. You can always get lean in the spring.

I feel you though. I am always wanting to gain without getting fat, but you just have to suck it up and realize that you’re not going to keep a six-pack year round and gain strength and mass. Not unless you’re genetically gifted to always stay lean, even when you gain.

As long as I can see a two-pack, it’s all good.

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Word!

GFH baby!

Who needs a 6 pack when you can have a keg…

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[quote]IronHell wrote:
Ever since I got educated on the merits of eating I have found myself constantly waivering between eating lots to get huge and cutting back on eating to stay lean…

I can never make up my mind! I feel like if I eat a lot, I will pack on a few pounds and lose my 6 pack but then I think about how I wanna gain some more muscles so I then eat and jack up my calories…

What do you guys do? How do you gauge how much to eat etc? What’s a good balance? Thanks.[/quote]

Anyone who has read my old posts already knows where I stand on this. I have yet to see someone who got “huge” by never losing sight of all ab muscles without using drugs. I am not talking about those who think that 180lbs is a great goal, but those who have a goal of actually reaching over 220lbs at average height relatively lean. When I am gaining, that is all I work on. Gaining a little body fat is not an issue to me. I am in a shirt 90% of the day. I have never understood needing to take off your clothes for anyone to tell you lift weights. I could wear a turtle-neck sweater with fleece lining and people will know I lift.