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Thought my weight graph was leveling off so I re-charted the April numbers in Excel. The trendline showed just a 1 pound increase for the month. That would explain why my lifts haven't been increasing too much the last few weeks.
Bumping up the calories from 3100 to 3200, maybe a little more.
Still planning to switch back to a cut around 180-183. So much for cutting the body fat in time for summer.
Diet Calendar Entry for 02 May 2012:
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3395 kcal
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Fat: 106.33g | Prot: 217.05g | Carb: 437.83g.
Breakfast: cocoa roast almonds, strawberries, broccoli, optimum strawberry, chobani plain nonfat, banana, carlson fish oil, monster rehab, eb egg. Lunch: cocoa roast almonds, jack link's beef jerky, apple, carrot, broccoli, eggland's best. Dinner: Chili (Large), Ultimate Chicken Grill Fillet. Snacks/Other: Fruit Bars - Antioxidant, kashi golean crunch, krema, daily chef cottage cheese, crunchmaster, ben & jerry's greek, monster rehab, Dark Chocolate Dreams Peanut Butter, fiber one chewy bar, banana, optimum strawberry, blue diamond vanilla, 2% milk, extra gum. more...
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wow. still a month to summer though. where do you list your lifts?
02 May 12 by member: Helewis
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Getting my bulk/cut cycles lined up for the seasons is a lost cause at this point - if I have another 6 to 8 lbs left to gain, that will take me 3 more months, at the right pace. Dropping the 12-14 lbs of body fat that I think I'll need to shed will take another few months. Might be back on track for next year. It's not a terrible problem to have :) Anyway, I just do my lifting in my bedroom. I have a weight bench and a set of squat stands; that's all I need. I'd prefer a gym, but the nearest one is a good 30 minute drive.
02 May 12 by member: Nimm
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wow. Well you have this down to a science, Nimm. What's the bf% now? Something crazy low I'm sure.
02 May 12 by member: Helewis
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Thanks helewis. It took a lot of trial and error to figure out my maintenance calorie level, but yes, I do have control over the process now. At 3100 calories I was gaining at just around 2 lbs/month. As I got heavier, that has started to level off - exactly as it should. I just didn't see the slowdown until I charted April's numbers separately. The whole process became a lot easier once I: a) counted my calories -closely- and b) filtered out the water weight fluctuation noise by using an Excel trendline to judge my true weight. It's made a huge difference.
The body fat % is actually higher than it's been in a while. If you're not on steroids, and not going through puberty (the same thing, basically), the best you can hope for is to gain muscle and fat about 50/50 when you're lifting and in a calorie surplus. Hence bulking and cutting cycles - add muscle and fat, then diet off the fat. Repeat.
Since I'm nearing the end of this bulk, my body fat % is actually higher than it's been in a while, I'm guessing around 17 or 18%. I'm not comfortable letting it get much higher. Fortunately, the lean mass that has been growing underneath it makes me look and feel very, very different than the last time I was at this weight. It's turned me evangelical for weightlifting, which I avoided like the plague for the first 39 years.
02 May 12 by member: Nimm
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wow, amazing. thank you for the great info you always share.
02 May 12 by member: Helewis
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