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Bulking for the first time is strange - particularly after a sedentary, out-of-shape, and overweight adulthood, punctuated with a couple years of losing the fat and overhauling my lifestyle with the goal of moving the scale downward. That has all left me in a position where it's quite hard, psychologically, to be deliberately moving the scale back UP, and overeating. But that's what it's going to take if I want to harness the lifting I'm doing and grow some muscle for the first time.
I've still been trying to figure out whether I've been adding ANY actual body mass yet, or whether it's all just been water weight. In theory, after a few weeks of controlled overeating, the weight gain should level off after the initial water weight surge. I expected that initial jump to be about 4 to 6 pounds - it was a little troubling when I hit 10 pounds. That seemed to be levelling off (although after the vacation earlier this summer, I probably have the capacity for at least 14 pounds of water weight), and yesterday I was feeling, frankly, fat.
Did some jogging in the morning and light lifting at night - had to remove deadlifts from the routine because of some pinched nerves that I'm trying not to aggravate - and was strict about logging all the night eating. Clocked in around 2600 calories, and the scale is down over 3 pounds this morning. Apparently my body is just a sponge for water. And I still am not sure how much I need to eat to actually put on weight. Getting big was easy when I just sat still in front of a computer all day and ate whatever crap looked tasty. Now that I move around a bit and eat more whole foods....not so much.
If nothing else, this whole process has been a great biology lesson.
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2991 kcal
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Rasva: 83,50g | Prot: 223,32g | Hh: 370,12g.
Aamiainen: maple grove sugar free, Blueberries, Whey & Casein Blend Elite Gourmet - Chocolate Peanut Butter, meijer whole milk, soy slender, quaker oats, Omega 3 Fish Oil, tomato. Lounas: member's mark cottage cheese, maranatha almond butter, Flavor & Fiber Bars - Chocolate Brownie, dymatize, Nonfat Plain Greek Yogurt (Chobani), EB egg, carrot. Päivällinen: carlson fish oil, blueberries, body fortress, MEIJER 2% MILK, fiber one. Välipalat/Muut: Sugar Free Low Calorie Breakfast Syrup, monster lo-carb, raisins, naturally nutty, dymatize elite gourmet, Almond Breeze Unsweetened Chocolate Nondairy Beverage, soy slender, Instant Oatmeal - Apples and Cinnamon, rockstar zero carbs, plum, cocoa roast almonds, broccoli, carrot, sugar free jello, member's mark cottage cheese, strawberries. lisää...
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