The Top 5 Pounds of a Bulking Cycle

Ugh.  Bulking sucks BOTH of my nads.  Actually, let me re-state that: Reverting -even partially- to a normal caloric intake once you start bulking sucks both of my nads.

I've made no secret of the fact that when I'm binging on carbs and egg whites and gorging myself on beans and greens and guzzling gallons of water, the top 5 to 10 pounds on the scale are all food, water, and creatine weight.  I know it's not legitimate body weight, yet it's always a kick in the ego to watch it drop even the slightest

So for the holiday weekend, I mixed up a batch of whey protein, creatine, and glutamine to bring up to the beach house with my DBs, and like a douche, I left it on the counter.  D'Oh!!  I stopped at the grocery on my way out to the island and scored everything I thought I would need to keep the tank topped off.  Yet still, even with all that eating and loafing around soaking up rays, I slipped back five pounds in three lousy days.

Of course, it probably doesn't help that I did a lot of biking (CARDIO!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!), and very likely wasn't replacing my fluids as well as I thought.  Seriously tho: island.  Sun.  Sand.  Surf.  Do you have any idea how many bikini-clad hotties are out riding bikes around the joint?  Yeah, like I'm gonna leave my bike home with that goin' on.

I guess it's just one of those inevitable speed bumps I'm always talking about.  Anyway, I'm back home again, beat the crap outta my quads and hamstrings this morning, and I'm ready to get my carb binge back on again.

Anyone else see a holiday hiccup like this?

My home away from DBB

Yeah,  I was just about down to 180, perfect fighting weight, and my abs were all nice and showing. Throw in a 4 day weekend + 3 bbq's and a ton of beer and I am now at 186 and bloated. ugh, and I feel like crap.

I didnt realize after not drinking for a while how quickly you get buzzed that first night either

Hey cool, grats on the nice holiday!

wrrle
 

Throw in a 4 day weekend + 3 bbq's and a ton of beer and I am now at 186 and bloated. ugh, and I feel like crap.

I didnt realize after not drinking for a while how quickly you get buzzed that first night either

Wow that was exactly how my weekend went.....I really fell off the wagon as I went camping and 2 days in a row went with...gulp BACON and some eggs.   Have to say it was great but the drinking really made me feel like crap.

Height 5' 8" Weight  200 lbs Body Fat 16%
Bench 315-Squat 365-Dead 405
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wrrle
 

Throw in a 4 day weekend + 3 bbq's and a ton of beer and I am now at 186 and bloated. ugh, and I feel like crap.

I didnt realize after not drinking for a while how quickly you get buzzed that first night either

Wow that was exactly how my weekend went.....I really fell off the wagon as I went camping and 2 days in a row went with...gulp BACON and some eggs.   Have to say it was great but the drinking really made me feel like crap.

Yeah I was sitting there eating my second hamburger and having a beer, and said those exact words..man I cant believe I fell off the wagon... the guy sitting next to me said "man its just a beer", to which I replied...



I am talking about the 2 enriched flour hamburger buns, you know how bad these things are for you?


He looked at me like I was crazy, maybe just a little bit!

I fall off the wagon every single weekend.  It's the only thing that keeps me sane though!

"True genius, in many fields of human endeavor, is often revealed in elegant simplicity."

- A smart man

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Well it wasn't a holiday but 4 days of grueling work.  I feel like it set me back a month in my physical progress, but so far my numbers in the gym with weights are still about the same if not still improving.  I dunno though is 800 dollars worth the month, sadly I needed the money.  I have a vacation this weekend, and one a week after, hioping I can keep myself up to par during that time.

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Bugers, Brats, and a piece of cake. I think the sugar did me in. I have not wanted to do anything but sleep since. I did play Ultimate frisbie with a bunch of under 20 kids from the hood. Then I blew off some fireworks late in the evening. Isn't lighting dozens of flying booms cardio??

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So let me see if I got this straight.  I'm the only one here who is pissed off that he lost pounds?

Meh.  No biggie.  I got 'em back already

My home away from DBB

veggeep


So let me see if I got this straight.  I'm the only one here who is pissed off that he lost pounds?

Meh.  No biggie.  I got 'em back already

It is summer time everyone is cutting(or at least watching their intake) except you!

Friends over Friday:  Ribs, bacon with baked bean sauce on top, potato salad, wine, strawberry shortcake.
Saturday:  Leftovers, and a lot of 'em!
Sunday:  2 Egg McMuffins (2 for $3, how could I resist?), hashbrowns.
Camping:  2 hamburgers, 3 ears corn w/butter, 4 or 5 smores, some baked banana/chocolate/marshmallow thing, wine.
Overnight:  Panic at 2am:  I'm starving like never before.  My body is eating my luscious muscle mass alive!!!  Walk from tent to car trunk and feast in the dark on milk and bananas.  How could I forget my protein and gainer mixes?!  Arrrgh!
Monday:  Eggs and sausage.  5 or 6 tacos for dinner.

Weight:  Just fine.  May have even gained because I didn't work out and stuffed my face alll weekend!  Is that what the "happy ending" is all about?

Veg,
    You're doin' the shore thing all wrong, man!  If you want to put on weight, Jersey Shore style, here's whuh choo do:  Get yourself a size-too-small banana hammock (Speedo for the uninitiated), and manage somehow to get that on.  I've learned a couple things about you lately which may or may not be issues.  You are confimedly NOT a gay sailor (gleaned from another thread) but are concerned your clothing may make you appear so.  In this case the hammock ain't helpin', if you hear me knockin'.  ;)  Second, I now know (see above) that you have not none, not one, but a whopping TWO nads.  Stuffing those babies and anything else that might tag along into a too tight Speedo may be a conundrum.
   Anyway, having accomplished the dress code, pick your favorite nicotine delivery device, and favorite alcohol delivery device, and sit your fat a$$ down right next to me, even though the whole friggin beach is practically barren.  Blow smoke, burp, and lift the closest butt cheek my way, farting frequently, and of course audibly and aromatically.  The gut will magically spill over the bikini waistline.  The pounds will come, I promise you.   You will look like there's no way in hell anyone would want to look at you in that little thang.
    Think Field of Dreams here, although in your case Bod of Dreams:  If you build it (proper Jersey Shore dress code) they (you're desired poundage) will come.  Simple really.
     For checking out chicks, binoculars my man.  Smoke in mouth, beer in one hand, binocs in other.  Pervert perfection achieved!  Zero calories burned.  Any questions?

veggeep

So let me see if I got this straight.  I'm the only one here who is pissed off that he lost pounds?

I'm sure we all would be displeased with the prospect of losing muscle. But I think the M.O. with most people on vacation is overindulgence, so naturally their fears will reflect that. At any rate, like I said above, gz on the nice vacation, and now gz again for gaining the weight back.

i really fell off the wagon...cancun for 7 days haha

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dont worry veg I'm with you. I haven't lost anything per se, but I'm trying to tip the scale over that next milestone with a set number in mind and dreading going even a pound backwards every time i weigh myself, and when I miss a meal (like I have due to tiredness the past 2 days) I get extremely anxious.

V,
    You're the Clipart Photoshop GOD!

 

JMBS


Veg,
    You're doin' the shore thing all wrong, man!  If you want to put on weight, Jersey Shore style, here's whuh choo do:  Get yourself a size-too-small banana hammock (Speedo for the uninitiated), and manage somehow to get that on.  I've learned a couple things about you lately which may or may not be issues.  You are confimedly NOT a gay sailor (gleaned from another thread) but are concerned your clothing may make you appear so.  In this case the hammock ain't helpin', if you hear me knockin'.  ;)  Second, I now know (see above) that you have not none, not one, but a whopping TWO nads.  Stuffing those babies and anything else that might tag along into a too tight Speedo may be a conundrum.
   Anyway, having accomplished the dress code, pick your favorite nicotine delivery device, and favorite alcohol delivery device, and sit your fat a$$ down right next to me, even though the whole friggin beach is practically barren.  Blow smoke, burp, and lift the closest butt cheek my way, farting frequently, and of course audibly and aromatically.  The gut will magically spill over the bikini waistline.  The pounds will come, I promise you.   You will look like there's no way in hell anyone would want to look at you in that little thang.
    Think Field of Dreams here, although in your case Bod of Dreams:  If you build it (proper Jersey Shore dress code) they (you're desired poundage) will come.  Simple really.
     For checking out chicks, binoculars my man.  Smoke in mouth, beer in one hand, binocs in other.  Pervert perfection achieved!  Zero calories burned.  Any questions?

That is an extraordinarily disturbing image... and yet... elegant in it's sublime simplicity!  I do believe you have discovered a Unified Field Theory of Obesity!  Here I always thought the banana hammock followed the beer gut, but this makes infinitely more sense!  It seems entirely logical that all the black-socks-and-sandals-clad defensive linemen swathed in less cotton than typically found in an aspirin bottle in fact began their sartorial exploits as well-muscled, club-hopping party animals with salon-perfected complexions and single-digit body fat stats.  In other words, GUIDOS!!



It would seem that if an affinity for banana hammocks precedes the aforementioned revolting state, we must now turn our attention to identifying the exact moment this transformation commences.  I postulate that it must be a very abbreviated transition period indeed -perhaps measured in the length of a single Lady Gaga dance track- wherein the application of hair gel reaches a critical mass, and the subject undergoes a kind of "coolness supernova".  This could explain why we never see any regular, ho-hum guys sporting banana hammocks on America's beaches.  There is no middle ground.

My home away from DBB

Veg,
   You took the words right outta my mouth, man!  Uncanny!  Now, where's my friggin dictionary?  What's another word for "thesaurus"?

You f***ers crack me up!

"True genius, in many fields of human endeavor, is often revealed in elegant simplicity."

- A smart man

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i managed to not fall of the wagon one bit over the weekend

but i did get a concussion and immediately after i could not remember the last couple days, my dad told me that all i kept asking was what i ate the day before because i was nervous i forgot to carb up haha

he eventually wrote it down on a piece of paper and handed it to me, but all my memory is back now so its all good

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