Before and after - Two months of trying to get bigger... Diet help questions ect...

[Peytonmanning_18]

So about two months and one week ago i decided to actually start going to the gym. At first i just felt like need to loose weight and tone, but this quickly turned into me just wanted to get bigger/stronger/faster... I set a goal for me to get to 160lbs and be at 10% bf by august 16th

I'm 18 yr old
I'm 5'8
I started off at about 143lbs and am about 154-156lbs now depending on the day
my starting body fat was about 12%... i'm not sure what I am at now though i will be checking on the 16th. i'm assuming i will have dropped some seeing as i'm down from wearing a 33 or 32x30 jean size to a 30x30.

For about the first month and a half, i was trying to gain muscle yet keep fat down. To do this i was running 1 mile a day getting it to around 5min 50sec on days where i would push myself. With weights i was seeing very slow gains while doing this an example of my diet would be...
meal 1:
3 eggs w/ 1 slice provolone cheese
half cup of almonds

meal 2:
8oz turkey breast
2 cups of brown rice

Workout
jack3d
5mg creatine
bcaa's

meal 3:Shake
3 scoops dynamize protein
hand full of strawberries
whole banana
half cup of fat free yogurt
half cup 1% milk

meal 4:
3 chicken breasts cooked in 4 tbs of olive oil
2 cups of broccili

The whole month and i half i was eating this i was never stuffed and felt comfortable with how my body felt but probably saw 4-5 lb in gains...
I decided that i wasn't happy with my gains at all and decided to just dirty bulk (largely influenced by my summer school starting and there not being healthy options on campus)

The interesting thing is in my last month i've made huge gains in my lifts, weight, and i feel like i look better despite feeling bloated and fat all the time. I started taking PRIME and I also completely cut cardio out.
Sample day,

Meal 1: 8:00 AM
two biscuits w/ raspberry preserves
two eggs
3 slices bacon

Meal 2: 11:00 AM
1 1/2 cup yogurt with strawberries and blueberries
pizza bagel
-or-
blueberry bagel w/ strawberry cream cheese from einstein bagels

Workout
3 scoops jack3d
5mg creatine
bcaa's

Meal 3: 4:00 PM
3 scoops dynamize protein
hand full of strawberries
whole banana
half cup of 2% fat yogurt
half cup 1% milk

Meal 4: 6:00'ish
Varies day to day but could be anything ranging from zaxby's fried chicken to a sub shop

I feel like i'm eating so much more grease now, i'm not worrying about fried foods, and ill eat desert if i want it now...

My dilemma is i hate how bloated i feel despite how much better i look now compared to when i started going to the gym.

I'm unsure of how to keep gaining weight like i currently am yet feel like i was when i was eating healthier. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
beach pic is before, cell phone pic is after, comments appreciated!


ps, I still feel like i can't get my arms to get bigger :/
Thanks!

[Peytonmanning_18]

no one loves me

[borkach]

good job buddy! you deff got bigger chest, shoulders and arms! keep it up!

[Twist]

You look better bro. The reason you are gaining weight (if its good weight) from the dirty bulk and not the clean bulk is because of the extra calories you are getting in. May I suggest going back to a more clean bulk and upping the calories by double at least? You need much more protein. If you keep going down the dirty bulk path you will gain fat more than muscle at an alarming rate.

Do about 20-40 minutes cardio either pwo or at a separate time. Workout hard. You don't have to watch what you eat closely meaning you can eat healthy but still have snacks and desserts etc. Eating healthy is a must because you need to good nutrients.

Ps. 10lbs in two months is great. You are just starting out so ride the gains bro. When you hit a plateau just up cals in the form of good carbs/protein to gain, or up cardio if the fat goes up.

[Matt]

Well done bro, always remember this is a marathon and not a sprint...

[gbrice75]

Definite difference, looking much thicker - and you definitely dropped bodyfat while gaining that muscle which is awesome!!!

Diet can use tidying if you want to bring it to the next level.

[stpete]

Keep up the good work!