How to adjust calories while using "wet" compounds?

[bwandrade]

Not really. What I usually do is find a ride a maintenance for a couple of months (weight staying within a consistent trend of +/-2 lbs.) and use that as my starting point. Add or subtract ~250 kcals/day depending upon the goal to start. Then I let the first couple of weeks of fluid retention pile on, and reassess once things have stabilized.

Yeah, I guess waiting for the water gain to stabilize is the best I can do to get as close as possible to the optimum amount of calories. I don't think there's much else to do...

[Gallowmere]

Yeah, I guess waiting for the water gain to stabilize is the best I can do to get as close as possible to the optimum amount of calories. I don't think there's much else to do...

Nope. The body is extremely dynamic, and individual response precludes even making blanket recommendations for specific doses of specific compounds. Drugs send a signal, but how your specific system responds to those signals can be largely variable. It’s why I don’t really get THAT much fluid retention from test/deca/mast/dbol, yet some guys turn into water balloons with lower doses than even my trivial amounts.
All of this applies to energy status as well. Some guys will turn into infernos on cycle and have to eat everything AND the kitchen sink. Others, not so much.

[bwandrade]

Nope. The body is extremely dynamic, and individual response precludes even making blanket recommendations for specific doses of specific compounds. Drugs send a signal, but how your specific system responds to those signals can be largely variable. It’s why I don’t really get THAT much fluid retention from test/deca/mast/dbol, yet some guys turn into water balloons with lower doses than even my trivial amounts.
All of this applies to energy status as well. Some guys will turn into infernos on cycle and have to eat everything AND the kitchen sink. Others, not so much.

To be honest, I am expectin the worse, the first and only time that I used deca and dbol together I ended up looking like someone smashed my face with a frying pan. On the other hand, it was like 6 years ago, my BF now is close to 8% and it was, if I am not wrong, the second cycle that I ever did. Who knows what will happen now that I have a little more experience under my belt? But as I said, I am prepared for the worst, lol.