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9/23/12 at 2:54pm

Khayembii Communique

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Everyone bulking, what's your diets looking like? I was going to clean bulk but I just eat like a fucking pig nowadays and it's starting to show. I'd like to switch over to a clean bulk but don't want to spend a ton of money doing so.

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9/23/12 at 3:03pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Khayembii Communique

Everyone bulking, what's your diets looking like? I was going to clean bulk but I just eat like a fucking pig nowadays and it's starting to show. I'd like to switch over to a clean bulk but don't want to spend a ton of money doing so.

Daily staples:
-Chicken Breast
-String cheese
-Cottage cheese
-Chocolate milk
-Poptarts
-Digiorno Meat Lovers PIzzas
-Peanuts(blended in shake)
-Instant oats(blended in shake)

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9/23/12 at 3:23pm

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I'm doing a bulk with 1000+ maintenance on workout days and 500+ on rest day.

Been eating pretty clean.

In the standard rotation:

- Chicken breast

- Brown rice

- Broccoli

- Spinach

- Whole wheat pasta

- Canned tuna in water

- Minced Beef (20% fat)

- Greek yoghurt

- Cottage cheese

- Black olives

- Beans

- Milk

- Oatmeal

- additional veggies are red and yellow onions, cucumber, tomatoes and carrots

Occasionally I go out and eat a burger somewhere and I make casein protein fluff mixed with berries when the ice cream cravings kick in.

Here's roughly what I eat on workout days (IF style - "breakfast" is around 2 pm and dinner around 9-10 in the evening):

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FOODS	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Cholest	Sodium	Sugars	Fiber
Breakfast
Chicken Breast Fillet (Frozen), 330 g	330	1g	6g	60g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g
Brown Rice, 150 g	525	119g	1g	6g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g
Onions - Cooked, boiled, drained, without salt, 100 g	44	10g	0g	1g	0mg	3mg	5g	1g
Carrots - Cooked, boiled, drained, without salt, 100 g	35	8g	0g	1g	0mg	58mg	3g	3g
Spinach (Frozen) - Spinach, 150 g	23	2g	0g	3g	0mg	0mg	2g	2g
Fiber Oatmeal), 2 dl (40 g)	312	48g	6g	11g	0mg	0mg	1g	12g
Frozen berries, 75 g	20	3g	0g	1g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g
Turkish Yoghurt 3.5%, 50 g	35	3g	2g	2g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g
Milk, 150 ml	60	8g	1g	5g	0mg	0mg	8g	0g
Wok Chinese, 50 g	27	4g	0g	1g	0mg	0mg	2g	1g
Lunch
Spaghetti, 200 g	680	130g	4g	28g	0mg	0mg	6g	14g
Tomato sauce, 200 g	50	6g	1g	2g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g
Onions - Raw, 0.2 cup, chopped	13	3g	0g	0g	0mg	1mg	1g	0g
Broccoli (Frozen) - Broccoli, 150 g	30	8g	0g	5g	0mg	0mg	3g	5g
Tuna, 225 g	248	0g	0g	56g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g
Turkish Yoghurt 3.5%, 75 g	53	4g	3g	3g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g
Dinner
Tuna, 225 g	248	0g	0g	56g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g
Tomatoes - Red, ripe, raw, year round average, 50 g	9	2g	0g	0g	0mg	3mg	1g	1g
Cucumber - With peel, raw, 50 g	8	2g	0g	0g	0mg	1mg	1g	0g
Onions - Raw, 25 g	11	3g	0g	0g	0mg	1mg	1g	0g
Generic - Balsamic Vinegar, 2 Tbsp	28	6g	0g	0g	0mg	8mg	4g	0g
Cottage Cheese 1.5% Fat, 100 g	70	3g	2g	11g	0mg	350mg	2g	0g
Turkish Yoghurt 3.5%, 150 g	105	8g	5g	6g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g
Axa Sport Muesli - Muesli, 0.6 cup uncooked	270	43g	5g	9g	0mg	0mg	5g	8g
Snacks
Apples - Raw, with skin, 150 g	78	21g	0g	0g	0mg	2mg	16g	4g
Frozen berries, 150 g	41	7g	0g	2g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g
Milk, 100 ml	40	5g	1g	3g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g
Walnut, Unsalted, Raw, 25 g	165	3g	16g	4g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g
TOTAL:	3,558	460g	53g	276g	0mg	427mg	61g	51g

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post #20749 of 29274

9/23/12 at 3:35pm

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Random thought:

In my opinion, I'm still a novice when it comes to the powerlifting/strength game. (Only 500/310/550, 1360 total).

I used to be the tiniest guy in my gym and still feel like that sometimes.

So it's strange to see that I'm one of the overall strongest in my gym now and get told how strong I am from people around me.

I wonder if I'll ever see myself as strong as others see me.

There is always heavier weight to move, so probably not. Hopefully not.

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9/23/12 at 3:38pm

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Originally Posted by stinger70

Took a video of my bent over rows from today for no real reason. weight is 160. I think i've got a lower back sprain, slight pain in one side, been wearing my belt for pretty much everything to try and take the stress off it, really hoping i dont have to take time off to heal it.

You probably shouldn't load the spine if you have pain. AKA, avoid movements that would aggravate it.

Wearing a belt is a HUGE clutch.

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9/23/12 at 4:06pm

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I know that feeling. My total is significantly less than yours...feels DYEL to me even...yet people at the gym stop and watch in awe while I deadlift.

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9/23/12 at 4:52pm

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Decided to try weightlifting shoes out, which should I get?

or

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9/23/12 at 5:11pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by TKJTG

I know that feeling. My total is significantly less than yours...feels DYEL to me even...yet people at the gym stop and watch in awe while I deadlift.

By the time I hit any milestone I've set out for myself, it's lost almost all of it's impressiveness. Four years ago, junior year of high school, my goal on bench was 175x10. I got 235x10 a couple weeks ago, and wasn't even particularly excited. Crazy how that works.

I do, however, have a general feeling that I've attained something - but always more to do.

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post #20754 of 29274

9/23/12 at 5:38pm

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Meh I don't even have any goals, I just go to the gym 3 times a week and bust my ass as hard as I can, if I hit my target I weight up. Looking back I can see the insane progress I've made over the past year. Sucks that I'm still so damn small, though.

I never do ORM's or anything like that, I just record my lifts.

My goal right now is seriously just to bulk until the end of the year and get as big as possible, no more specific than that.

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post #20755 of 29274

9/23/12 at 6:09pm

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Can't wait to be done bulking. Sitting at 205 w/ around 12-14% BF right now. Weight is hard to come by these days though...progression is slow as fuck. Think my metabolism is super ramped right now.

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9/23/12 at 6:48pm