3600 calories/day for a week, lost two pounds?

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polarmystery

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Ok I'm boggled. I'll post what I ate this past week (I'm trying to gain just fyi, and doing so on the cheap)

Wake-up:
1 scoop whey

Breakfast:
6 eggs whole
1 cup oats
1 TBsp PB
1 Banana

Mid-morning:
32oz whole milk

Lunch:
1 cup veggies
1 medium sweet potato
6oz grilled chicken

Mid afternoon:
32oz whole milk

Pre-workout:
1 scoop whey
1 medium orange

Post-workout:
2 scoops whey
5 TBsp powdered gatorade

Bedtime:
1 cup FF cottage cheese
1 cup strawberries (or grapes)

On days that I don't work out, substitute, 6oz chicken, sweet potato, and 1 cup veggies for dinner. I don't get it. I did the math (it's on an excel spreed sheet even!) and it adds up to around 3600 calories/day. I only worked out 3 times this week, and most of the week I have been sedentary. I am 28 years old and I know my metabolism is not that fast. I went from 182->180 (weighed myself this morning). What's the deal? I figured I'd at least put ON a pound or two, but losing two??? I'm baffled.
 
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crt1530

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My weight fluctuates 4-5lb just about every day depending on how much I have had to eat and drink, and when I last had a bowel movement. You need to weigh yourself under the same conditions if you want to observe actual results. I would recommend doing it when you wake up in the morning after you go to the bathroom.
 

polarmystery

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My weight fluctuates 4-5lb just about every day depending on how much I have had to eat and drink, and when I last had a bowel movement. You need to weigh yourself under the same conditions if you want to observe actual results. I would recommend doing it when you wake up in the morning after you go to the bathroom.

I did. It was this morning after I took my morning piss. But yeah, it could be some odd fluctuation. I'm not ruling it out.

Needs moar milk.

I was going with 1/2 GOMAD. I guess I might have to go full on GOMAD. I feel I might become lactose intollerant with that much milk though.
 

TallBill

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Time to go to 3900-4000 calories. :) A gaining diet is every bit as tough or tougher than a weight loss diet.
 

brikis98

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One week worth of results is not statistically significant given how much bodyweight can fluctuate on any given day. It could easily have to do with water retention, bowel movements, inaccurate scale and so on. Stick with it for another week or two and if your weight is still the same (or less) after that, eat more. And yes, GOMAD is a very easy and effective solution for "more".
 

polarmystery

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Time to go to 3900-4000 calories. :) A gaining diet is every bit as tough or tougher than a weight loss diet.

I am with ya man. It just seems odd considering my age and lifestyle. If I'm not at the gym, I'm usually sitting in my cubicle.


How about your strength, did you go up at all anywhere? I go by that.

Yeah, but not a lot. My deadlift 1RM went up about 40lbs but I probably wasn't working out hard enough to begin with.


One week worth of results is not statistically significant given how much bodyweight can fluctuate on any given day. It could easily have to do with water retention, bowel movements, inaccurate scale and so on. Stick with it for another week or two and if your weight is still the same (or less) after that, eat more. And yes, GOMAD is a very easy and effective solution for "more".

Yeah I agree with that too. I just wanted to have "some" frame of reference. I'm gonna go with full on GOMAD from now until the end of this month and see how that works. I'm trying to get up to 190 and I think I should be able to get there. (Most I've ever been was 215)


Thanks for the input so far fellow bodybuilders!
 

polarmystery

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Your deadlift went up 40lbs in 1 week?

Most of us aren't bodybuilders, but you're welcome :)

That may have been a slight exaggeration. :(

I did 8x225, 8x225, 6x275(fail) two weeks ago, and last week I did 8x225, 6x275, 4x315. I think I just wasn't pushing myself enough before but I'm not sure.

Anyways, thanks again for the advice. Now I gotta buy more milk!
 

AyashiKaibutsu

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Pissing drops about half a pound off me and my weight fluctuates 1-2 pounds at 130. When I was heavier, my weight fluctuated way more.
 
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