Well you also have to take into consideration, if you eat like crap, but you eat ALOT of crap like hamburgers, french fries, etc. you will gain weight of course but I'm sure your general health will suffer greatly. You'll gain muscle too, but ALOT of fat with those gains. ArmyGirl's story about her husband is very true, and I learned that myself the hard way when I first got into this sport, when Chinpiecedave said that nutrition is 90% of this, he obviously wasn't lieing and he knows what hes talking about take a look at the poundages in his 5x5 journal.