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Originally Posted by Ross86
You're only taking in 3400 calories??? Aren't you hungry all of the time?  |
Not at all.. Remember that I've moved up from as little as 2500 cals on my deficit. 3,200 is baseline. If you include BCAA's and little things that add up in a day, on training days I'm closer to 3,400.
Also, keep in mind that a very big part of dieting is that you're picking up whole foods predominantly, in which it takes A LOT of to hit your totals. So today's menu excluding my postworkout meal:
- 2.5 whole chicken breasts
- 3 sweet potatotes (cooked in 12 tsp olive oil)
- 2 cans tuna (w/ 2 tbsp mayo), 4 pieces of whole grain bread
- 50 grams whey, 5 tsp heavy cream, 1 apple
Postworkout meal was a 65 gram whey, 50 dextrose w/ 30 grams BCAA's pre/during workout.
So, my point is that it's a lot to put down your gullet. Other days a meal for me would be 12 egg whites, 1 whole, 2 pieces whole wheat bread, and an apple. Trust me, it's enough! I wish eating 4,000 cals were as easy as using whole milk and whole eggs, but that's a huge mistake IME. That's what was responsible for me hitting a higher bodyfat percentage over the years. As of now, I'm still using the redpoint software, and 3300 cals is EXPENSIVE.... IF you're doing it the RIGHT way and eating good whole foods.
Now, if you're still hungry all the time, it's not at all difficult to substitute your low gi carbs for an abundance of broccoli, is it? I'll NEVER again recommend irresponsible dieting in order to hit 4-5 thousand cals. I'm finally down to the mid teens bodyfat wise.
Just think about this. Think back to when you first started lifting. How many people here do you think got fat as they were building muscle? There's A LOT, trust me. But noone ever said it was easy neither lol.
