End of 5th week

[Meloncap78]

Hey Khaz. My job is pretty active. I average about 9-10 miles a day on my feet on workdays. Still though....a 4000 calorie maintenance?? I am stuffed all day as it is. Monday chest, tues back, wed legs, thurs shoulders, fri arms. I average 7-9 hours of sleep every night. I am probably the king of cortisol lol. Even when there is nothing to stress over I am anxious about something. My BP has been about 150/79 on cycle which I am told is pretty decent. Taking hawthorne and low dose aspirin. I had bloods done in 3rd week and probably wont be able to get them done again until PCT. The only other option for me if it is in fact calories would be a mass gainer on top of my existing diet.

[Khazima]

Hey Khaz. My job is pretty active. I average about 9-10 miles a day on my feet on workdays. Still though....a 4000 calorie maintenance?? I am stuffed all day as it is. Monday chest, tues back, wed legs, thurs shoulders, fri arms. I average 7-9 hours of sleep every night. I am probably the king of cortisol lol. Even when there is nothing to stress over I am anxious about something. My BP has been about 150/79 on cycle which I am told is pretty decent. Taking hawthorne and low dose aspirin. I had bloods done in 3rd week and probably wont be able to get them done again until PCT. The only other option for me if it is in fact calories would be a mass gainer on top of my existing diet.

With an active job at your weight i wouldn't be surprised if you need to eat that much to make up for the activity. Think about it, cycling at a moderate pace (heart rate 160-170bpm) 20 mins will burn roughly 200 calories (for me).

Last couple days i've worked 8 or so hours which is way out of my routine, and i was reverse dieting, at 2500, last couple days i've eaten 3000+ and lost weight when i would've been (lean) bulking on 2800.

Try not to stress so much, i know it's hard and it's a long term change, you can't just suddenly change a major component of your personality but try to catch yourself stressing over nothing and just think is there anything you can do about it, don't stress over things you can't control. If you can do anything about, either do it or make the decision to do it later and stop stressing!

If the easiest way to fit extra calories in for now is weight gainer shakes do it, that was the thing that helped me get from not gaining any weight to fat where it became easy to eat enough calories. Instead of buying the expensive waste of money pre mixed shakes buy maltodextrin and normal protein, just make a protein shake and mix some maltodextrin in there, will save you a tonne of cash.

Also, if your current split isn't working for you switch it up, i really like push pull legs or legs push pull but many here believe in one a week. Up to you.

Good luck!