Fine-tuning First Cycle

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Keep upping your meals every two weeks just a thought I have used weight gainers and protein powders before but I see a lot more progress with real food. I take 2cup almond milk with a banana add 4 eggs whites sometimes the whole egg along with oatmeal and some other fruits it’s a lot cheaper and better for you just a thought for you.

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Keep upping your meals every two weeks just a thought I have used weight gainers and protein powders before but I see a lot more progress with real food. I take 2cup almond milk with a banana add 4 eggs whites sometimes the whole egg along with oatmeal and some other fruits it’s a lot cheaper and better for you just a thought for you.

I've increased to 3300cals on workout days now.

At 7:00am I do a big shake with 4 scoops of whey, 2 cups of 1% fairlife milk, one banana, 2 cups of frozen berries, 2 bags of instant oatmeal, and half a cup of eggs white. I drink it half at 7:00am, half at 10:00am.

Then I have lunch around noon, when I target 6 to 7oz of chicken/meat/fish + carbs,

at 4:00pm a sandwich with 2 slices of whole wheat bread, one slice of harvarti cheese and 6 slices of turkey bread.

PWO shake at 5:00pm with one banana, one bag of instant oatmeal, one cup of 1% fairlife milk, one scoop of whey.

Post work out, one banana, one shake with two scoops of whey.

Dinner at 8:00 targeting 6 to 8 oz of chicken/meat/or fish +carbs.

Then late night if I'm missing protein targets I do another shake with casein, or if I'm missing carbs, I eat greek yogurt with lots of granola

On the last days, I've been at 182lbs right before I go to sleep, with a huge new layer of belly fat built during the day. In the morning, I wake up back at 178lbs and the fat layer is gone.

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Today my morning weight jumped to 180.5lbs, at 14.5% bf. That's a 5.5 lbs increase. Indeed, I definitely noticed being fuller. During chest work-out today I got back to my previous bench PR at 8x205 + 3x6x225. Hope these improvements are just the beginning

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Keep upping your meals every two weeks just a thought I have used weight gainers and protein powders before but I see a lot more progress with real food. I take 2cup almond milk with a banana add 4 eggs whites sometimes the whole egg along with oatmeal and some other fruits it’s a lot cheaper and better for you just a thought for you.

I've just purchased a weight gainer to help on some days when I''l be targeting 3600 to 3800cal. Each serving is ~1200cal, but if I would get one every day it would mean a third of my cals would come from it. Therefore, I'll just supplement with half a serving every day, 1/4 on my pre workout shake and 1/4 on my post workout shake.