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26/10/2026 12:23 pm
The body will only grow so fast regardless of cals. If you force feed yourself the food will either sit in your stomach(constipation) or get stored in other areas.
What I have def learned in over a decade of doing this is eat when your hungry. If that's 3 meals a day or if that's 8 meals a day. Learn to trust your body not necessarily someone else advice. Once you do this you will stay leaner why you bulk, still put on the same lbs and strength and feel lots better
26/10/2026 12:49 pm
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26/10/2026 1:16 pm
The body will only grow so fast regardless of cals. If you force feed yourself the food will either sit in your stomach(constipation) or get stored in other areas.
What I have def learned in over a decade of doing this is eat when your hungry. If that's 3 meals a day or if that's 8 meals a day. Learn to trust your body not necessarily someone else advice. Once you do this you will stay leaner why you bulk, still put on the same lbs and strength and feel lots better
sumtimes i feel so bloated but im hungry n try to eat but cant eat much cuz i just feel uncomfortable.. its not all the time.. just some days are worse than others.. gonna take the advise u guys given n hopefully i figure out how to solve this problem
26/10/2026 1:33 pm
The body will only grow so fast regardless of cals. If you force feed yourself the food will either sit in your stomach(constipation) or get stored in other areas.
What I have def learned in over a decade of doing this is eat when your hungry. If that's 3 meals a day or if that's 8 meals a day. Learn to trust your body not necessarily someone else advice. Once you do this you will stay leaner why you bulk, still put on the same lbs and strength and feel lots better
That's not the best advice when you consider how little calorie intake has to do with hunger. Due to leptin, ghrelin, glucose and how they all interplay, it's possible to be hungry after downing 3,500 calories, or satiated after an 1800 calorie day. If you're going off "feeling," (the above factors) it's then completely down to what time you ate beforehand and what you ate to determine how "full" you are. Example: 500 calories of a simple carb will have you hungry again in a few hours. 500 calories of complex carbs, or oatmeal and steak will keep you VERY full, as will something fibrous, etc.
Not saying that going off feeling is a bad solution, but it's far from the best solution. A bodybuilder should be counting and measuring what they eat to hit a protein/calorie target daily for maximizing results. This is crucial not only for newbies (who eat nowhere enough), but especially if you've hit your "genetic limit" or are running steroids, diet is one of those necessary factors that can make a huge difference.
Also, if you want to maintain below 9-10% body fat year-round or have dreams of competing, you need to be counting what you eat.
26/10/2026 1:56 pm
I never said don't count cals at all. What I'm saying is half people don't even know how many cals they need to put on size and they eat way to much. Learning to listen to your body is the most important part of bodybuilding.
Lets just say I need 4000cals to maintain weight ED. That's 28000. So I know on my leg and back days I'm a starved beast so I can eat 6000 cals those days. That's 12000. Chest/shoulders and arms days are more like 4500 and days off are like 3000. That's a surplus of 2000 cals a week for growth. I've learned this just off observing myself.
Now how you get those cals is up to you, your work/school schedule, family life, metabolism etc. Long as you get the cals rather its 3-6 meals with sufficient protein you will grow and it's completely irrelevant
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