Alright, I was OK to maintain for a while, but my cheetah-like metabolism had me still losing weight very slowly at 4000 calories per day. I decided if I'm going to have to force feed myself, I might as well go all out and do a bulk at 5000 per day....cautiously, I'm going to stop before I gain too much fat.

Most is simply coming from food although I decided to give Cytogainer a try. I have one a day which helps me out with 580 calories

Sweet! Nice to see you with an active journal once again. How have things been otherwise in life?

Everything is awesome. We moved in on Friday. I love the new house!! Love the yard, love the neighborhood too. I got my new equipment in my basement... Life is good.

Thanks for asking

Are you trying to put on weight? Why ???

That's great to hear man! Glad the moving situation worked out so well!

Let's face it, the world could use a little more Gooch

What an odd question, it's like asking 'why try and get better?'

Good luck with the 5k dude, doing 4.5k through solid foods is pretty good going

Nice I think I drank that in beer yesterday

Will be hard work eating 5k, but hope u bulk that sh1t up man.

Whilst were on about calories, it pisses me off that most uneducated people think all (men in this case) will maintain at 2.5k calories, just because it says it on the nutrition lables of food products. If i were to tell them some people maintain on 4k+ they'd be like WTF are you talking about.

I know what you mean. People don't understand the concept that activity level, body weight, and other factors (freaky fast metabolism in the case of GOOCH) go into it...

If I ate 2500 calories I'd probably weigh 110 lbs LOL

So far I've been surprised how easy it's been. Walnuts and rice are my best friends

I've heard stories the the evil calorie monster Gooch before but this has me convinced now.

I hope you enjoy this omgwtfpwn metabolism. I sure would.

What are your workouts like to be maintaining at 4k??

Eric

I was starting to drop weight at 4000. I was at 183 for a few weeks, then all of the sudden I dropped down to 180...and that was my magic number where if I got that low I was going to bulk.

I am into running and I do it every day so that is a big part of the equation, but I decided to stick with 5k distance instead of going longer. I lift 3 days per week.

I know the 7 day per week running isn't optimal for muscle growth, but it's what I like doing so I'm gonna! Plus I like a challenge

Starting pics:




...and this one is for Phate who says I look too serious in all my pics

Ah now I see...still nice to be able to eat that much...I wouldn't say your maintenance line is above normal (for someone who runs as much), but meh - still considered high by many, including myself.

Lookin' ripped and lean there man!

A 180# man who can run this much has my respect.



Eric

I don't know. Even for a beginning runner like me 5K only takes about 30 minutes.