Changes to Make to My Diet for Gains?

For sure. I love em but really notice zero benefits from them. I do a carnivor “ish” style of eating and feel great at 42. Loads of red meat, eggs, quality salmon and a judge page of other stuff.

To each their own. I’m 36 I have three dietary approaches. Low carb, healthy carbs cleanish 90%, and drinking beers.

So now , do i keep my mattress or throw it away lol

Stay natty, no mattress

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Stag beer. My fav.

Au natural?

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Cover it in vegetables.

easy pwo is cream of rice and whey isolate. if you need more calories add some coconut milk. its fast digesting and taste awesome

For now , i am having almond butter and bread and its good enough for me

You’re not “stuck.” Just eat less calories, and more protein.

It sounds so simple and obvious, but this is why you’re not losing weight.

I am doing stronglifts 5X5 and it suggests i eat at maintanence which i am not , still in a deficit but still gaining weight

Both of these things cannot be true.

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Height 183cms
I do SL 5x5 thrice a week and consistently eating 2400cals every day except for one day

21/09/2019-81.9kgs
23/09/2019-82.4 kgs
24/09/2019-81.2kgs
26/09/2019-81.3kgs
27/09/2019-82.8kgs
29/09/2019-81.6kgs
01/10/2019-82.5kgs
03/10/2019-83.5kgs
05/10/2019-83.0kgs
07/10/2019-83.3kgs
09/10/19-84.9kgs(post cheat day)
11/10/19-83.3kgs
13/10/2019-82.9kgs
15/10/2019-83.5kgs
17/10/2019-84kgs
19/10/2019-84.3kgs
21/10/2019-82.8kgs
23/10/2019-83.8kgs
25/10/2019-83.7kgs
28/10/2019-84.2kgs

So now do i cut more calories or do i add in cardio ?

From a purely calorie in minus calorie out point of view, either will work. I would suggest cutting calories is probably easier than adding cardio, although cardio has other benefits too.

Edit: just to clarify OP, I’m far from an expert on nutrition, so feel free to wait for smarter posters to chime in.

Maybe cut/limit this?

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I don’t see one cheat meal in a month as a deal breaker, to be honest.

OHHH I misread the post. I thought it was once a week.

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That was the only cheat day i had , but still gaining weight despite sticking to 2400 , going lower than that i feel hinders recovery and i cant put more weight on tje bar and i am stuck at the same weight on SL 5x5

Perfectly believable. Less food is less recovery. Less recovery will mean slower strength gains, hence why most 5x5 plans tend to recommend a calorie surplus.

OP, are you set on sticking with the SL 5x5? If I understand it, you basically have to add weight on the bar or you’re not doing that program. That gets tough to do after awhile even in a surplus. If you want to lose weight, like @dagill2 said, it’s going to start getting hard.

Anyway, the question of adding cardio or dropping calories is really just a “how do I want to create my deficit?” You’ve gained more than a pound a week over the last month, so you’re probably going to have to do both. I’d still recommend one at a time (I like to alternate the two, when I’m taking things seriously).

Are you doing any cardio? There’s huge health benefits to doing some, so if you’re doing none, I’d start by doing a minimal amount that you’ll kind of always keep as a baseline. 20 minutes 3x a week is as good a starting point as any. I’d do this for 2 weeks and see what happens. If you’re really at 2400 calories, we’d hope to see your weight at least stabilize.

Are you eating the same meals every day?

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