switching to bulking

[Godson]

i am 5'6 150lb body fat % ?

my diet is

2310 cals
213g protein ( 36% )
252g of carbs (43 % )
55g of fat (21%)

so obviously im just simply maintaining my current weight of 150lb

im preparing to switch to a bulk, roughly jumping up to 3500 calorie diet

my question is once i get up to 165lb-170lb with my 3500 calorie diet and i want to stay at that weight,

i just switch back to my 2310cal diet just to maintain the 165lb the same way i maintain the 150lb weight ?

may be a dumb question,but i never been above 160lb so i dont really know how my body is going to react...logically im sure i could just bulk up with the 3500 cal diet, then reach my goal at 165lb and switch back and maintain it with 2310cals

[FireGuy]

The answer is probably somewhere in between those numbers. Unless you are super active with a very fast metabolism 3500 calories is more than needed to maintain 165lbs.

[Godson]

The answer is probably somewhere in between those numbers. Unless you are super active with a very fast metabolism 3500 calories is more than needed to maintain 165lbs.

my metabolism isnt really that fast..basically i dont wanna bulk up to 165lb then switch back to my 2310 diet and slowly lose weight back to 150lb