My grow season log - first bulk in years

[Livinlean]

Monday May 18 223.8
Tuesday 223.4
Wednesday 222.6
Thursday 221.4

Been having issues with digestion lately so I've had to reduce my calories quite a bit in an attempt to get the hunger going again. I feel hungrier today than I did yesterday and the day before but today I will aim for 4200 calories hoping that tomorrow I am ready to take down 5k minimum. The goal is to hold 220lb and I will likely be hovering right around there tomorrow.

Attaching an updated back shot. Lats are getting wider which is my primary focus in regards to my back. I need to start focus on trap height as well..

[Livinlean]

Friday 227.4
Saturday 226.2
Sunday 224.2

Since dropping the lantus my hunger has been down quite a bit. I like forcing food but only to an extent so I am now working on finding a new caloric threshold to hit. I aimed for 5600 today but had issues getting it down. Looks like I will be getting in about 5300 which is a 900 calorie drop. Normally I don't snack but I am hoping to add a chocolate bar before bed which would put me at 5500 cals.

Got a little fluffy so the calorie drop will help in that regard. Just a few days off of lantus and my muscles are much much harder. I will be adding more volume to my workouts in an attempt to burn more calories. Diet will be closely monitored daily and I will add calories if I am hungry but I doubt it will be necessary until lantus is added back in.

I am well on my way to my goal. If i do a contest prep this fall, it would be about 27 weeks from now. So 16 weeks for prep, gives me 11 weeks. I would like to hit another 2-3 week bulk phase in there before taking 4-5 weeks off.

May 15 - June 6 (3 weeks) : No Lantus. Humalog pre and post. Not pushing food while maintaining 220lbs. Push food if weight drops below 220.
June 6 - June 27 (3 weeks) : Add lantus. Humalog pre and post increasing if needed. Push food while doing fasted cardio.
June 27 - Aug 1 (5 weeks) : 250mg test dose. Humalog pre workout to keep workout intensity up. Fasted cardio.

This is a very tentative plan and can change at any time. I'm essentially just posting it here almost like its a note pad for me to come back to. The 5 week "off" period will be test only, I will keep insulin (humalog) in the mix to help maintain muscle but also to keep workouts where they need to be. The point of this period is just to give my body some sort of break from the high anabolics before starting a prep.

[Livinlean]

Am weight: 227.4lb

Yesterday was my last day on lantus so it will be interesting to see what happens to my weight. I am still on injectable dbol at 25mg pre workout for a few more days so I don't expect too much of a weight drop until at least dropping the dbol. Calories have been bumped slightly to 6200 due to feeling hungry after meal 1 so I just added a bit more carbs to that meal.

After reading over the first page of this log, I now realize I am very close in strength and weight to my all time PRs. I am only 2lbs away from my heaviest weigh in. For strength logs, I am playing it safe and going with higher reps for now but once my body gets used to this weights (don't want to risk ligaments & tendons) I will start pushing things. Once I start pushing things proper workout logs will come into the mix and will be posted in here... For now I am only logging a single exercise per workout to help ensure progressive overload but not cause any unneeded pressure to lift more and more...

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[Livinlean]

So I ended up switching things up as I was on the same compounds for quite some time. I haven't decided where I will dose my anabolics but they will consist of NPP and test. I start my bulk this coming Monday, will blast for 3-5 weeks, all depends on how I feel and then go straight into a cruise before a potential fall prep starts. I already started NPP at the end of last week to let it build up but I will significantly increase the dose as of Monday.

Rough cycle idea as of Monday June 8.
Test 1200, maybe 1600?
NPP 600-750mg
HGH 3.5iu
Lantus 50iu
Humalog 10iu. I still start this at breakfast, pre and post. Eventually I will add it to every meal. I may even start it at every meal but with 5iu.

I am hovering between 217-220 right now so I was able to hold the weight that I wanted to. Now, I NEED to pass 230. On two separate blasts I hit 229, but not quite that 230. I will be aiming for 240 so wish me luck. No plan for orals as it does seem to zap my hunger. Maybe something towards the tail end for 10 days or so.

I will post my actual cycle and diet once I have it set in stone. Right now I am just listening to my body and trying to ensure proper digestion. It gets a bit difficult when pushing 5k+ calories and will be even harder once I start pushing 6k again.

Current back shots taken 2 days ago. Staying relatively lean with zero cardio right now.

[Livinlean]

Woke up at 219.4lbs today.

I had been dealing with a stomach virus for the past couple days but am starting to feel better today. I take Wednesdays off from training so the only change to my diet today will be the exclusion of my intra workout drink and of course the pre and post workout insulin. The only real change I made to my diet was adding juices. I was able to add just over 100g carbs by doing this. Much easier on the digestive system than increasing the rice intake.

Now this will be my third time running lantus. Based on my last two experiences, I believe the majority of weight gain is water and is lost after a week of being off lantus. I will run lantus for 3 weeks followed by a week of dropping the lantus to see any changes if theres any noticeable changes in tissue. Personally I seem to like the method of running humalog with meals but this time we are combining that method with lantus in the AM with my HGH. None of this is new and I'm not inventing anything by any means but rather experimenting with ideas that others have used to see what fits my body best.

T3 - 50mcg
HGH - 3.5iu
Lantus - 50iu
T400 - 800mg
Sustanon - 500mg
NPP - 600mg
Humalog - 10iu with 4 meals + 10iu pre on training days

Diet:
Meal 1: 9am
90g cream of rice
1 large egg
1 cup egg whites
1 scoop hydrolysate
40g honey
1 cup berries
1 cup orange juice with pulp
956 cals, 160 carb, 6 fat, 61 protein

Meal 2: Noon
1 scoops protein
1 cup oats
1 tbsp PB
20g honey
635 cals, 82 carb, 15 fat, 43 protein

Meal 3: 130pm
6oz chicken
250g white rice
1/2 avocado
Mushrooms, spinach & broccoli
1/2 cup organic cranberry juice
780 cals, 101 carb, 19 fat, 52 protein

Meal 4: 4pm
7oz chicken thighs
250g white rice
1 tbsp coconut oil
1 cup watermelon juice
862 cals, 104 carb, 28 fat, 47 protein


Intra workout shake:
1 cup pure pomegranate juice
1 scoops carb powder (cluster bomb)
30g maltodextrin
30g dextrose
5g Leucine, 5g creatine, 10g glutamine
470 cals, 118 carb, 0 fat, 1 protein


Meal 5: 730pm
1 scoop isolate protein
1 cup oats
20g honey
2 cups krave cereal with almond milk
860 cals, 142 carb, 16 fat, 44 protein

Meal 6: 930pm
7oz chicken thighs
250g white rice
1 tbsp coconut oil
2 oranges
803 cals, 95 carb, 27 fat, 47 protein

5448 cals, 818 carb, 112 fat, 297 protein, 50 fibre