Food choices while on cycle

Hey guys just coming up to 12weeks in on first cycle, 38lbs up so far, I started at 2700cals, which was all clean with one “cheat” meal a week- as my cals got higher- foods got dirtier, once I hit around 3700 cals my food choices where based more calorie dense and not at 4800, they are still calorie dense, I am not sure how effective this is but I have gained 38lbs and not much body fat at all.
So my question is, would it be better for me in future cycles to eat more clean or is this an effective diet providing you have the money to do so? Also like to add I have had blood work done twice and everything came back good in terms of hematric and HDL And LDL were not too bad, I have been regularly testing my blood pressure and that is not too bad either, out of range slightly but looking more like 130/80

My typical day of food now looks like this-

(Will wait to get ripped into lol)

Meal 1- 150 oats 2 scoops whey

Meal 2 subway 12inch meat feast

Meal 3 pre workout meal- 150g oats 2 scoops whey

Meal 4 post workout meal- 3x double cheese burgers from McDonald’s and 1x orange lucozade

just to confirm.. your eating fast food twice per day and your only other meals are oats and a protein shake ?

don't you know how to cook or food prep at all brother !

if your going to stick with this your going to need to learn how to cook and meal prep and make it a lifestyle.. first AAS cycles and fast food will only get you so far

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Originally Posted by GearHeaded

just to confirm.. your eating fast food twice per day and your only other meals are oats and a protein shake ?

don't you know how to cook or food prep at all brother !

if your going to stick with this your going to need to learn how to cook and meal prep and make it a lifestyle.. first AAS cycles and fast food will only get you so far

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Yes I know it’s bad at this point- I was meal prepping up to around 3600 then it was just a lot easier with calorie dense foods, I’m a business owner and always eat my meals cold and tbh I f*king hate cold chicken and rice, gonna try cold potatoes instead, rice knocks me sick these days

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Originally Posted by ChasinGains

Yes I know it’s bad at this point- I was meal prepping up to around 3600 then it was just a lot easier with calorie dense foods, I’m a business owner and always eat my meals cold and tbh I f*king hate cold chicken and rice, gonna try cold potatoes instead, rice knocks me sick these days

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does not need to be cold . you need a high quality thermos (one that keeps things warm for 12+ hours). you simply prep your meals this way
- dice your chicken up in small bits, cook it,, take your cooked rice,, maybe some steamed carrots or celery.. boil some chicken stock. then throw that all into a thermos and you have a prepped meal that will stay warm for you all day .
you can do the same thing with ground beef and potatoes, steak and potatoes, etc.. just be sure to have the chicken stock mixed in and heated up super hot.

or if you only cook/prep meals once per week and then store it in the fridge. its the same concept . prep all your steak and chicken and cut it up real small and store it in the Tupperware in the fridge . but the morning you leave for work you take and you heat up that chicken and rice in the microwave and boil your chicken stock, then throw it into your thermos.
pretty easy

you can also to crock pot meals and a rice cooker that always has warm food ready for you , and before you walk out the door you just throw it all into a thermos all ready to go (instead of Tupperware) and it will stay warm all day

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Originally Posted by GearHeaded

does not need to be cold . you need a high quality thermos (one that keeps things warm for 12+ hours). you simply prep your meals this way
- dice your chicken up in small bits, cook it,, take your cooked rice,, maybe some steamed carrots or celery.. boil some chicken stock. then throw that all into a thermos and you have a prepped meal that will stay warm for you all day .
you can do the same thing with ground beef and potatoes, steak and potatoes, etc.. just be sure to have the chicken stock mixed in and heated up super hot.

or if you only cook/prep meals once per week and then store it in the fridge. its the same concept . prep all your steak and chicken and cut it up real small and store it in the Tupperware in the fridge . but the morning you leave for work you take and you heat up that chicken and rice in the microwave and boil your chicken stock, then throw it into your thermos.
pretty easy

you can also to crock pot meals and a rice cooker that always has warm food ready for you , and before you walk out the door you just throw it all into a thermos all ready to go (instead of Tupperware) and it will stay warm all day

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Never thought to put it in a thermos or use chicken stock, that would make things much better, thanks mate I’m gonna go hunt for a thermos and have a go, meal prepping isn’t the problem, it’s just the eating cold and finishing 4800 cals in clean foods haha, but I am fully aware my diet is awful, but considering my. Diet, body fat has stayed fairly low

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Originally Posted by GearHeaded

does not need to be cold . you need a high quality thermos (one that keeps things warm for 12+ hours). you simply prep your meals this way
- dice your chicken up in small bits, cook it,, take your cooked rice,, maybe some steamed carrots or celery.. boil some chicken stock. then throw that all into a thermos and you have a prepped meal that will stay warm for you all day .
you can do the same thing with ground beef and potatoes, steak and potatoes, etc.. just be sure to have the chicken stock mixed in and heated up super hot.

or if you only cook/prep meals once per week and then store it in the fridge. its the same concept . prep all your steak and chicken and cut it up real small and store it in the Tupperware in the fridge . but the morning you leave for work you take and you heat up that chicken and rice in the microwave and boil your chicken stock, then throw it into your thermos.
pretty easy

you can also to crock pot meals and a rice cooker that always has warm food ready for you , and before you walk out the door you just throw it all into a thermos all ready to go (instead of Tupperware) and it will stay warm all day

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JC, the thermos idea is F’n brilliant! TY GH!

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Originally Posted by Proximal

JC, the thermos idea is F’n brilliant! TY GH!

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the chicken stock added to the meal in the thermos is not only going to keep everything super warm all day , it will also keep your meat and rice moist and from drying out..

dried out cold chicken and rice sitting in a Tupperware all day . no thank you .. hot steamy moist chicken and rice with the flavor and wetness of the chicken stock , tastes great (add some veggies like celery will also help keep things moist)

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Originally Posted by GearHeaded

the chicken stock added to the meal in the thermos is not only going to keep everything super warm all day , it will also keep your meat and rice moist and from drying out..

dried out cold chicken and rice sitting in a Tupperware all day . no thank you .. hot steamy moist chicken and rice with the flavor and wetness of the chicken stock , tastes great (add some veggies like celery will also help keep things moist)

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Great advice bro, that’s a game changer, the only reason I get shitty take out is because it’s nice and hot

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Originally Posted by GearHeaded

the chicken stock added to the meal in the thermos is not only going to keep everything super warm all day , it will also keep your meat and rice moist and from drying out..

dried out cold chicken and rice sitting in a Tupperware all day . no thank you .. hot steamy moist chicken and rice with the flavor and wetness of the chicken stock , tastes great (add some veggies like celery will also help keep things moist)

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Been and got all my stuff including the thermos, excited for my chicken and potatoe meal tomorrow now haha gonna have one now just to see how good it tastes!

No one knew what i was talking about in the shop when I was asking for a crockpot- turns out in the uk we call them stock pots lol

If you can’t make the sacrifice to eat how you need to forget this whole thing. I hope you realize your 38lb gain is not muscle but loads of fat and water retention.

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Originally Posted by redz

If you can’t make the sacrifice to eat how you need to forget this whole thing. I hope you realize your 38lb gain is not muscle but loads of fat and water retention.

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I know the 38lbs isn’t all muscle, lots of water retention but some muscle, but wrong about the lots of fat- I’m leaner than when I started

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Originally Posted by GearHeaded

just to confirm.. your eating fast food twice per day and your only other meals are oats and a protein shake ?

don't you know how to cook or food prep at all brother !

if your going to stick with this your going to need to learn how to cook and meal prep and make it a lifestyle.. first AAS cycles and fast food will only get you so far

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Hey gearheaded hows this look bro-

Meal one- 3 toast 3 eggs 30g oats 1schoop whey

Meal 2- 150g chicken breast 120g pasta in chicken stock with carrots and celery 2x pieces of bread

Meal 3- 150g beef mince 400g white potatoe in chicken stock 2x pieces of bread

meal 4 pre workout meal- 120g oats 1scoop whey

Meal 5 post workout- 5x rice crispy squares bars 1 banana 1x orange lucozade

Meal 6 before bed meal- 1x 227g sirloin steak 250g rice

Lots of steaks and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches :)

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Originally Posted by GearHeaded

the chicken stock added to the meal in the thermos is not only going to keep everything super warm all day , it will also keep your meat and rice moist and from drying out..

dried out cold chicken and rice sitting in a Tupperware all day . no thank you .. hot steamy moist chicken and rice with the flavor and wetness of the chicken stock , tastes great (add some veggies like celery will also help keep things moist)

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Stop picking on my food!


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Cold boiled chicken breast and rice sitting in Tupperware all day is a staple of my nutrition

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Originally Posted by i_SLAM_cougars

Cold boiled chicken breast and rice sitting in Tupperware all day is a staple of my nutrition

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I can’t do that kind of diet anymore mate, done that for about 4years and sick of it, Iv been adding chicken stock and it’s helped a lot tbh since starting this thread, good nutrition and tasting good

Were you like 140 pounds before your cycle? Because there is no way you gained even 15 pounds of muscle with that diet unless you were a toothpick before you started.

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Originally Posted by ChasinGains

Hey gearheaded hows this look bro-

Meal one- 3 toast 3 eggs 30g oats 1schoop whey

Meal 2- 150g chicken breast 120g pasta in chicken stock with carrots and celery 2x pieces of bread

Meal 3- 150g beef mince 400g white potatoe in chicken stock 2x pieces of bread

meal 4 pre workout meal- 120g oats 1scoop whey

Meal 5 post workout- 5x rice crispy squares bars 1 banana 1x orange lucozade

Meal 6 before bed meal- 1x 227g sirloin steak 250g rice

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I would be smaller than the people in old age homes eating that little food that has almost zero micro nutrition.

im not currently on any ABS but have been working out at the gym every day for the last 4 months and been trying to diet right, but i,ve got down to 212 lbs and weighed today and up 218, i dont feel ive gained that much muscle or even fat, but the scale is not lieing, so what would your input be on this matter. ive pretty much was born in the gym sort to speak, ive worked out must of my life just fyi,so it's not like my first day of working out and have questions, im just confused about the weight gain, not being on a cycle for a long time.....any input would be helpful.

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Originally Posted by ChasinGains

Hey guys just coming up to 12weeks in on first cycle, 38lbs up so far, I started at 2700cals, which was all clean with one “cheat” meal a week- as my cals got higher- foods got dirtier, once I hit around 3700 cals my food choices where based more calorie dense and not at 4800, they are still calorie dense, I am not sure how effective this is but I have gained 38lbs and not much body fat at all.
So my question is, would it be better for me in future cycles to eat more clean or is this an effective diet providing you have the money to do so? Also like to add I have had blood work done twice and everything came back good in terms of hematric and HDL And LDL were not too bad, I have been regularly testing my blood pressure and that is not too bad either, out of range slightly but looking more like 130/80

My typical day of food now looks like this-

(Will wait to get ripped into lol)

Meal 1- 150 oats 2 scoops whey

Meal 2 subway 12inch meat feast

Meal 3 pre workout meal- 150g oats 2 scoops whey

Meal 4 post workout meal- 3x double cheese burgers from McDonald’s and 1x orange lucozade

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Looks a lot like my diet used to. Its overpriced and not very nutrient dense. I've been slowly cleaning it up finally started doing my own meal prep. I run my own business to go I know it's a pain just have to set an hour or two aside 1-3 times a week cook everything up and freeze it.

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Originally Posted by 99JT

Looks a lot like my diet used to. Its overpriced and not very nutrient dense. I've been slowly cleaning it up finally started doing my own meal prep. I run my own business to go I know it's a pain just have to set an hour or two aside 1-3 times a week cook everything up and freeze it.

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Been a while since I started this thread, I did take the advice from GearHeaded and my lunch time meals are now mince potatoes, celery and carrots in chicken stock thermos and all other meals are also clean with plenty of vegetables, since finishing that cycle I ended it around 44lbs up, kept around 16lbs

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Originally Posted by ChasinGains

Been a while since I started this thread, I did take the advice from GearHeaded and my lunch time meals are now mince potatoes, celery and carrots in chicken stock thermos and all other meals are also clean with plenty of vegetables, since finishing that cycle I ended it around 44lbs up, kept around 16lbs

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Up 44lbs? Wtf?

What weight and height are you now?

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Originally Posted by Mr. Small

Up 44lbs? Wtf?

What weight and height are you now?

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Was a first cycle at the time mate and defiantly a lot of water retention, and I am currently floating around 217lbs, 5ft 10, by no means impressive like, but progress made during first cycle for sure